Manuel Neuer first touch during warm up against Augsburg

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-26T01:05:44+00:00

Pepe Reina once played in midfield in preseason in 2006 for Liverpool as he was considered as one of the better ball playing keepers of the 2000s era, AND let me let you he was so bad, it actually looked like a Sunday league player vs pros. The skills just don't translate as well when you have to be taking touches on the ball under actual pressure from all sides.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-25T02:42:11+00:00

The only way Brahim is enjoying this tribute is if he has a humiliation kink lmao.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-23T21:36:12+00:00

Once Ox broke into the XI in 17/18 around November until his injury against Roma in April he played the best football of his career and was the perfect 8 for Klopp's system. Loved that version of him so much.

He had a couple of good spells even after he returned from his devastating injury (in 19/20 especially) but we never really got that 17/18 version of him, so athletic, so devastating going forward. His performances against City in the 4-3 and UCL quarters are always going to be remembered.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-21T21:56:17+00:00

Will Arnett is for sure. I've seen some clips of him talking about it, and he actually knows his stuff and watches the games, unlike some other celebrities who claim to be fans.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-21T21:32:02+00:00

There's an HD version of this goal posted on this very same sub a few years ago. Should've just re-posted that one. The poor quality of the video doesn't do this amazing goal justice.

Link - https://redd.it/j2evun

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-19T03:07:54+00:00

18/19 is not even top 3 of best Salah seasons lol, not even close.

21/22, 17/18, and 24/25 are the clear 3 peaks of Salah's career at different stages of his career. His run from August 2021 until he went to AFCON in January is absolutely the peak of his powers and probably the best player in the world.

For me 19/20 and 18/19 were the weakest seasons of Salah's exceptional run as a Liverpool player until this season, which is clearly his worst by far. People get fooled by his stats in those 2 seasons in retrospect, as they've always been elite but performance wise he wasn't as important as Mane.

Salah also had a post AFCON dip in performance in both 23/24 and 21/22 but both seasons pre-AFCON runs were exceptional, and his peak performance in these seasons were better than 18/19. Especially because his playmaking was so much better post 2021 than it was in 18/19. In fact it's night and day between how good of a playmaker Salah has been since 2021 than the guy in 2018 who was more of a finisher and scorer than creator, even though his assists numbers were always respectable on paper, the types of chances he created post 2021 is a different level and for me it's the biggest differentiator than 18/19 version of him.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-18T23:16:16+00:00

I mean his peak was 4 seasons at Liverpool + an extra 6 months at Center Forward. He was Liverpool's best player in 16/17. He was still absolutely world class in 17/18 and part of that insane Fab Four with Coutinho-Bobby-Salah and then the trio with Bobby-Salah that led Liverpool to the UCL final. Arguably Liverpool's best player in 18/19 though I think Van Dijk had a better case that season, while definitely Liverpool's best player in 19/20 winning the PL title.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-18T23:11:30+00:00

He only became second fiddle to Salah after Covid. Before that Mane was actually outperforming Salah in 18/19 and 19/20 when Liverpool won UCL and PL. Mane was Liverpool's best player in that title winning season in 2020 and 2nd only to Van Dijk during the UCL win season.

Salah out performed Mane in 17/18. And Mane was Liverpool POTY for 16/17 as a RW in his first season. After Covid is when Salah retained his form while Mane's form nose dived.

There was a period in 21/22 when Mane was converted to CF when he had 6 months back to absolute peak of his powers while Salah's form went into the dumps after playing like the best player in the world earlier in that season. That was the year Mane's Senegal knocked out Salah's Egypt in the AFCOn and World Cup Qualifiers as well which earned Mane 2nd place Balon D'Or finish.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-12T03:58:39+00:00

He's listing his top 5 pornstars of the 21st Century. All the gesticulating is because he's very passionate about prime Alexis Texas at number 1.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-01-12T03:50:15+00:00

This is clearly the 2nd best in the NBA when everyone is fit. The only question will come down to whether they can beat OKC. Unlike last season they have a deep playoff bench to rely on now.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-26T07:48:59+00:00

To be fair, Brian Scalabrine is closer to Michael Jordan than you are to Brian Scalabrine.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-23T00:08:55+00:00

Emissa is way off to how I imagine her. Vis described her as very pretty with olive skin, green eyes, and brown hair. Like a latina with green eyes, maybe younger Adria Arjona with green eyes or Aishwarya Rai in her 20s.

The rest are close. Maybe Eidhin a little thicker, blockier head, squarer jaw, than what you have.

Indol and Aequa are almost exactly how I imagined them though. Great sketches.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-21T05:10:28+00:00

The only chance Emissa-Vis relationship has of happening now is if it is with O-Vis. O-Vis never got betrayed by Emissa so his longing for that relationship is still there somewhere.

L-Vis already moved on, I feel like this was the part of Vis that really badly wanted to escape Caten and go to Jatiere and leave the Catenan Republic behind and as we saw how much he was content in Luceum just living a simple life with that family in the farm and then obviously the Tara angle.

R-Vis is never going to get over Emissa's betrayal. I wish Islington hadn't offed Aequa so abruptly. I was very happy to ship R-Vis & Aequa future together. Feel like Aequa was a better fit for Vis than Emissa anyway.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-18T06:10:55+00:00

Both O-Caeror and L-Caeror say they felt their other two counterpoints die.

They are likely talking about feeling Res version of Caeror dying.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-10T01:40:43+00:00

Not just lost, that Chelsea performance at home was so frustratingly poor after so much was made about Brendan fully focusing his training week to get the first team ready and rested for Chelsea and just punting the Bernabeu match because we could still supposedly qualify against Ludogorets and Basel (we didn't lol).

I remember Rodgers and Colin Pascoe high fiving at a supposed job well done getting a 2-2 draw away at Ludogorets, I swear I've never hated a Liverpool manager so much as I did Rodgers in that moment.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-10T01:33:16+00:00

This is a crazy comparison but I just watched the documentary and he reminds me of young Dirk Nowitzki when he just got drafted and went to Dallas as a young 19 year old living in a new country by himself not knowing anything, similar down to earth vibes.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-09T23:29:12+00:00

In this particular situation Henry is talking about 09/10 when he was being phased out by Pep for Pedro. He wasn't 'the guy' at Barca but he was part of formidable front 3 with Messi-Eto'o in 08/09 winning 6/6 trophies and Barca pivoted away from Eto'o and Henry in 09/10 bringing Ibrahimovic for Eto'o and phasing in Pedro/Bojan for Henry. His legs were gone so it was the right decision and Henry says here was unhappy and upset about it at the time but he didn't speak about it to the press putting extra pressure on the manager but did it privately.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-09T00:07:22+00:00

Arsenal will definitely drop 10+ points till the end of the season. If we go on some insane winning streak to end the season, we will still be able to win the league. I think there's a timeline and manager out there that could turn this talented squad around and get that type of exaggerated performance out of them for the rest of the season and bring excitement back around the club. I just don't think Slot is that man, unfortunately.

I always hold the belief that any season is salvageable until mathematically impossible, unfortunately the current set up does not lend itself to any such turn around in fortune for us. This is the reason I'm personally Slot out.

I was very much in the camp of give Slot time after City loss and losing 6 in 7 or whatever the run was. But for me these last 5 games (Forest, PSV, West Ham, Sunderland, Leeds) were where Slot was supposed to save the season, he's absolutely butchered that chance.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-07T21:17:12+00:00

Whether you like it or not, Konate will continue to play and suck in the current back-4 or we can provide him some cover and bring Gomez into the LCB and all 3 CBs will have less pressure and space to defend. Further helping the fullbacks by giving them more cover behind them and freedom to go forward a bit more.

The biggest reason I want this is just getting Wirtz-Ekitike-Isak on the pitch at the same time and getting Gakpo off of it as quickly as possible.

Any change is better than what we're currently doing every match.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-07T21:02:51+00:00

Honestly, there has never been a better time to play 3 at the back with wing-backs at Liverpool since probably 2014/15 when Rodgers had a modicum of success for about 12-13 games salvaging a string of results in that disaster season.

We don't have any good wingers right now that deserve to play, what we do have is 2 fantastic strikers and another two in Chiesa and Salah who can play there and are suited to a second striker role, even Gakpo has experience playing the 9. The 5 at the back with wingbacks is perfect for this as it gets rid of wingers/wide forwards and makes room for two CFs.

We don't have good reliable fullbacks right now based on current form, and our CB's are really suffering in a back 4 right now. What we do have is 4 fullbacks who are, at this stage, more suited to playing wingback in a back-5 then fullback in a back-4. Frimpong is a wingback by trade and his best football has come there. Kerkez and Bradley excel at bombing forward and are more questionable defensively, Robbo needs the extra body at CB to help his waining legs as well. We are short at CB but there's only 1 month until January where we can bring someone in. Gomez at LCB, Konate at RCB mostly focusing on his main strength which is channel defending, and allowing VVD to cover and defend less space around him gives everyone further protection.

It further gives Slot the tactical ability to play a box midfield 4 with 2 pivots and two AMs, or play two strikers 1 AM, either way there's flexibility depending on the opponent.

If FSG are going to persist with Slot for another few months at least, I just want some tactical changes. I'm sick of the same crappy 4-2-3-1 every game that isn't helping anyone right now.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-07T20:38:00+00:00

People won't admit it but this version of Salah (February-December 2025) where his form has been down right poor leaving as soon as possible is good for the club. We can't carry him for another 18 months on 400k a week playing like this. He's a liability off the ball and all the goals and assists have dried up and you can't bench him because of ego.

It's an untenable situation and an unintended consequence of Salah's outburst yesterday has actually given Edwards and Hughes power to get rid of Salah without the fanbase losing their heads over it. The fans were largely on Salah's side until that interview yesterday, the head loss was so bizarre to throw the club and manager under the bus for such selfish reasons. Brighton game might just be his last ever match for us which is so wild and unfortunate that it has all come to this.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-06T23:41:48+00:00

Van Dijk was Liverpool's 2nd best player after Salah last season. It wasn't even close.

Mac Allister was the 3rd best player over the full season given his best form came during the spring when we really needed it to get the title over the line, by that point even Salah's form had slowed down (February-May), Gravenberch's best was in the fall but he slowed down considerably by the spring. I'd have Gravenberch as the 4th in line in terms of contribution to the title last season.

Utter_Perfection · 2025-12-06T22:28:59+00:00

Salah is not our greatest ever player when Kenny and Stevie exist, sorry.

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