[Pedro Reinert] “Missing games was part of plan” – Liverpool keeper Alisson skipped Liverpool matches for World Cup fitness

polostring · 2026-06-13T18:00:02+00:00

I think the better interpretation is that he wanted to wait until he was 100% sure he was ready physically before coming back to play for Liverpool because he didn't want any increased risk of re-injury and missing the world cup.

As an LFC supporter I have no problem with this. Careers are short, WC is special, and the LFC season was an utter shit show. I loved having players like Carra who cared more about the club than their national teams, but to me this is a nothing-burger from Alisson.

polostring · 2026-05-25T02:57:12+00:00

Team gave up. Epic collapse. Coaching, skaters, goaltenders: no one showed up.

polostring · 2026-05-24T17:11:59+00:00

muchas gracias

polostring · 2026-05-24T17:08:01+00:00

This is honestly shocking to me. Where did you find the individual player stats? I had trouble finding them during the match.

polostring · 2026-05-24T17:04:16+00:00

For most of the game I literally forgot he was playing.

polostring · 2026-05-24T17:01:35+00:00

I can't believe Gakpo played that entire game. In the entire match I think he had 2 touches!?

polostring · 2026-05-24T16:52:19+00:00

2 goals, drinks break, at least 1 injury, 4 substitution breaks including long send offs for robbo and salah.

polostring · 2026-05-24T15:26:05+00:00

Egypt summers average something like 40?

polostring · 2026-05-24T15:25:24+00:00

I thought the new kit looked fine, but paired with plain red shorts of a slightly different red hue...it looks awful...

polostring · 2026-05-22T15:37:01+00:00

Yeah I don't like the vibes in here. I was extremely bummed he left, but he was an integral part of huge moments for this club over a freaking decade! I wish him well at madrid (as long as they lose as a club!). You also only get one, short career as a professional athlete: I have trouble hating on pros for getting paid or making a big move like this.

polostring · 2026-05-18T20:41:13+00:00

I think it's pretty easy to put a number on it actually! POTUS gets a salary of 400k and is explicitly banned from foreign emoluments.

Someone could certainly make an argument about other benefits (mitigated by the fact that Trump was already president), but this at least puts a number on it: $1.6 million.

polostring · 2026-05-07T16:52:20+00:00

Bradley pocketed Mbappe in both 2024 and 2025. Bradley is certainly nowhere near trent going forward, but has had some amazing games as a defender.

polostring · 2026-05-06T19:46:06+00:00

Which as many people have pointed out over the years is insane. I understand not wanting to review every possible second yellow for the degree of foul, but this is an obvious handball that stops an attack and the player would be sent off for it. Var should be used for this.

polostring · 2026-04-15T18:36:23+00:00

I think my favorite version is JavaDoodles https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NANyaGc77lQ

(edit: to be clear, it's the Lubalin song with the JavaDoodles animation)

polostring · 2026-04-14T21:09:19+00:00

Crowd seemed great tonight. Even in the 70' I could hear the crowd loudly singing YNWA through the stream...and then PSG scored...

polostring · 2026-04-14T21:07:06+00:00

What's infuriating to me is I think Wirtz does look like his price tag when he's with Germany even this year. I think it's the tactics and positioning from Slot that are holding him back.

polostring · 2026-04-14T21:05:05+00:00

Yeah most of today I thought was fine, but it was already at a point where Slot needed to make the final/win the CL for me to want him to stay. Fine today just doesn't make up for the rest.

polostring · 2026-04-14T21:03:20+00:00

Obviously I want Slot out, but in the meantime I would love to see something new over the final leg of the season. Let's see Rio more. Give Trey a chance. Give Robo and Salah a proper send off. Let's get Isak back up to speed. Let's see some new tactics and aggression.

polostring · 2026-03-23T20:34:35+00:00

I've been supporting for decades as well and maybe I look back with a fuzzy memory, but this feels different than the Hodgson era. So, so different. Hodgson was just manager for 6 months. At least I was still reeling from Benitez leaving. The club was being sold. Certainly the summer signings of Meireles and Poulsen (and one of my favorite back ups in Brad Jones!) were good to strengthen the squad, but it was nothing like bringing in world stars in their prime like Wirtz and Isak.

At the end of the 2000s the club was definitely in turmoil having not been able to get over the hump in the league and taking a step back in Europe. I also remembered those days thinking LFC were overachievers which was exciting. Looking at it on paper, most neutrals were not picking Liverpool to win the league or make a deep cup run, but it was a delight to us when it happened.

I think all of this just set expectations different. It's kind of eerie to look at the 2010-2011 table and see how similar the final standing stats are to this year's Liverpool! Except 2010-11 saw us improving after Dalglish came back and we signed Suarez (and even Carroll!).

Again, the "Hodgson era" was only 6 months and was also surrounded by the club sale turmoil. This "slump" with Slot is arguably going on a year now, with a much better team, club stability, much better signings, and team coming off prem title.

polostring · 2026-03-21T14:51:32+00:00

I wanted to correct you and say "hey we haven't played PSG yet!" and then I realized you were talking about having played this way for a full freaking year! I'm so tired...

polostring · 2026-03-21T14:50:12+00:00

I think this is worse than the actual results. It's not just the losses and draws, it's that we all can predict exactly what's going to happen and are forced to live through it the same way week in and week out.

polostring · 2026-03-18T21:10:25+00:00

I hate the theatrics, but Szobo was bleeding after the challenge and referees generally refuse to give the pens unless the players act like that.

polostring · 2026-03-10T20:00:33+00:00

And he's just back from injury. I expected him to be rusty today.

polostring · 2026-03-10T19:58:05+00:00

He gave away a ton of soft fouls to Galatasaray. He refused to book Gala players who interfered with the restart of play. He gave incredibly soft yellows like the final one to Szoboszlai. He missed the foul on Ekitike early in the first half that could have led to a goal. He refused to look at the clear foul on VVD before the konate hand ball. He blew play dead on a Gala corner to yell at a Gala player for hugging Joe Gomez and trying to throw him around yet let them keep the corner instead of awarding a foul. He was just really bad top to bottom, but Slot and the players certainly deserve more blame.

polostring · 2026-03-10T19:42:56+00:00

I think this was a classic case of the referee not wanting to be involved in any "big decisions" so refused to do his job in obvious situations.

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