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the-fauxpas · 7 years ago

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six / spice night

uni AU co-written with @ineffably-styles

a story of late nights, unorthodox household plants, and a trip to Vegas that changes everything

“All right then!” Niall clapped his hands, a dangerous spark in his eyes. “Hope you're ready," he grinned and Savannah thought he looked almost sadistic. "Never have I ever..." he trailed off glancing carefully at everyone in the room. His eyes lingered slightly longer on Savannah and Harry before his lips quirked up into a semi-smirk. "Let's start off with an easy one. Never have I ever slept with anyone in this room."

chapter five / story page

“Someone please remind again me why we’re here,” Savannah groaned, reaching over and swiping a drink from Reyna’s bag. She’d come packed with bagged sandwiches and everyone’s favourite drink along with bottles of water in a neatly organised backpack that she’d made Zayn carry.

“I want to be here about as much as you do,” she grumbled in reply, trying to shield her eyes from the glare of the sun. “And I forgot my sunglasses too, can you believe how shit this day is already?”

“Hey, cheer up,” Zayn laughed, also grabbing a drink from the bag. “Look, we just scored a goal.”

“We did?” Reyna squinted at the scoreboard, where sure enough, the point tally had risen by one in favour of UCL. “When did that happen?”

“I’m guessing just before our side of the field started cheering,” Alexa mused sarcastically as she finished off her sandwich, earning herself a swat from Reyna. “Hey! You’re the one who asked.”

“I didn’t appreciate your tone of voice,” she replied as Zayn chuckled.

“I feel like bringing you guys here was a big mistake on Louis’ part,” he said thoughtfully.

“You got that right,” Savannah replied tiredly, eyes trained on the field. The only thing that she could gather was that the side she was supposed to be cheering for were in the blue and that one of their players was in possession of the ball. “Look, something’s happening!”

“That’s Harry,” Zayn explained. “He’s got the number 10 jersey on.”

“That makes him the attacking midfielder, right?” Reyna asked, biting into the sandwich she had in her hand. “What?” she asked, when the others shot her an astonished glance.

“Since when do you know anything about football?” Savannah asked, glancing at the field when the opposing team’s supporters started cheering.

“That was bullshit!” Reyna yelled in return. “Louis didn’t even tackle him! The twat faked it!” she grumbled. “I couldn’t sleep last night,” she explained to her friends.

“So you ended up on Wikipedia,” Alexa supplied.

“Figured I might as well learn something for today,” she shrugged. “You know how I hate not knowing things.”

“Yeah, but we’ve got Zayn to teach us,” Savannah pointed out.

“Uh, yeah,” Zayn scratched the back of his neck. “I mean, I could try and explain things to you, but chances are I’ll be wrong. I told you guys I was never any good. I used to always accidentally scrape the ball with a part of my hand and that’s like an automatic free kick for the other team. Eventually they ended up putting me in goal. They figured I couldn’t cause much damage from there. Too bad I’m like super skinny and have next to no muscle mass, so I was a pretty shit goalkeeper too,” he grinned.

“So when you said you stopped playing, did you actually stop playing or were you dropped from the team?” Reyna teased, making Zayn laugh.

“Nah, I actually quit. They threw me a party and everything, but I always suspected that was more because they were glad to be rid of me than for anything else.”

“Well, it’s -”

“That was a blatant penalty! What the fuck is the ref doing just standing there. There’s a whistle in your mouth for a reason, BLOW IT!” Reyna suddenly yelled.

Savannah looked towards the field, noting the way a group of players had huddled around a fallen body, they moved apart a little and she was able to spot that it was Harry who was wincing a little as someone prodded his ankle.

“Is he all right?” she asked worriedly.

“I think so,” Zayn replied, equally worried. “Yeah,” he sighed in relief, the worry clearing from his face as Harry clambered back onto his feet. “He should be fine.”

“What happened to him?” Alexa asked, settling back into her seat as a free kick was handed to their team.

“Illegal tackle,” Reyna answered, still scowling at the field. “The twat should have been given a yellow card for that.”

“It wasn’t that bad, Rey,” Zayn laughed.

“Harry could have been hurt,” she insisted. “It was dangerous,” she crossed her arms across her chest.

“Got a bit of a crush on him, do you?” Zayn joked, making Reyna scoff.

“According to Louis, Harry’s their best striker. I’ve got money riding on this game and if Harry’s hurt then we’re not very likely to win, are we?” she grumbled, cracking open a bottle of coca cola.

“So you’re more worried about losing the game than an injured friend?” Alexa asked, her tone holding a little bit of judgment behind it.

“Bones heal,” was all Reyna said, before glancing at the disapproving look on her friend’s face. She rolled her eyes. “Fine, if you had to pick between a painting from eons ago that no one’s ever seen before, preserved in pristine condition and Harry not breaking a leg, which would you pick?” she asked.

“The painting,” Alexa replied without blinking.

“Exactly my point.”

“Yeah, but Lex’s choosing a priceless painting, you’re just choosing yourself,” Savannah cut in, the three of them completely tuning out of the match, leaving Zayn the only one who was paying any attention to the field.

Reyna snorted. “Please, if you were given the choice of never owning another plant again or Harry breaking his leg, you’d choose the broken leg,” she said to Sav.

“While that may be true,” Savannah paused. “Yeah, I’ve got no defense. I’d choose the broken leg. Like Rey said, bones heal,” she smiled sheepishly.

“All I got from this conversation,” Zayn mused, interrupting the three of them, “is that you’d all let Harry suffer from a broken leg if it meant getting what you wanted.”

“Wouldn’t you?” Savannah challenged as Reyna crossed her arms and stared him down. Alexa was the only one who seemed to have any sense of shame for her choice.

“Let’s put it this way, if I was given a choice between passing my biochemistry unit and Harry not breaking his leg, I’d pick passing.”

“So basically, we’re all selfish.”

“Yeah,” he grinned. “At least we’re all in this together.”

“Don’t you dare start singing High School Musical,” Alexa glared at Sav and Rey.

“Us? Never,” they said simultaneously, donning an innocent expression.

Lex merely shook her head. “How long until this game is over?” she asked Zayn, leaving Reyna and Sav to grin at one another happily.

“There’s another 15 minutes game time, so maybe around 20 minutes?” he posed it as a question.

“So that’s at least another hour till they’re out of the locker rooms,” she sighed.

“That was a bullshit call!” Reyna yelled suddenly, making her friends jump in response.

“You’ve really gotta warn people before you yell like that, Rey,” Alexa sighed.

“It’s not my fault the referee is shit. I bet he went to a public school.”

“Hey! I went to a public school!” Savannah said indignantly.

“Yeah, but you’re different. You’re going to college, that shitty ref is not,” she grumbled, pulling out a bottle of water.

“Actually,” Zayn squinted down at the field. “I think he’s a professor at King’s.”

“That’s bloody worse! Bias is a real thing people,” Reyna ranted.

“You don’t even like football,” Sav said, exasperated.

“That’s not the point. Do you want us to lose against King’s?” she glared at her friends, who shot her equal looks of disdain at the mention of their rival university. “Exactly, then I think it’s time we cheer because Harry’s just about to score another goal,” she said happily, just as the crowd around them erupted into applause.

“So, what did you guys think of the match?” Louis asked, bounding up to them as he, Harry and Niall finally walked out of the locker rooms.

“It was good,” Reyna shrugged. “Glad we won.”

“How’s your ankle, Harry?” Zayn asked, before Louis could say anything in response to Reyna’s less than enthusiastic response.

“Just a little banged up,” he shrugged.

“It’ll match his face soon,” Niall grinned gleefully.

“Piss off,” Savannah glared at him, her cheeks pinking up as everyone glanced at Harry’s bruised face.

“So, where to now?” Alexa asked, while Harry glared at them all, seeming thoroughly unimpressed.

“I need to head home to shower,” he muttered. “Dunno about the rest of you.”

“You didn’t shower in there?” Reyna gestured roughly behind them as they all began to walk towards their respective vehicles.

“God no,” Harry screwed up his face in disgust. “It’s a mess in there.”

“Also, last time he showered, his clothes were stolen,” Louis pointed out helpfully.

“Don’t remind me,” Harry scowled. “Bloody King’s students. I don’t understand why anybody would go to that rotten college in the first place.”

“Rotten,” Louis snorted. “My nan uses that phrase when she’s talking about teenagers. You know what I predict for you, Haz?” he held his hand up to his head the way Sav had seen psychics do at carnivals. “I predict that you’re going to be an angry old man yelling at children to get off his lawn.”

“Shove off,” Harry grumbled. “I love kids.”

Alexa sighed loudly, garnering everyone’s attention. “Is anyone actually going to come up with something to do because if not, I’ve got a couple of tv shows calling my name on Netflix.”

“We’re going down to the bar to celebrate,” Niall said quickly.

“Now?” Reyna put her hands on her waist. “It’s barely mid-afternoon. I’m not going to the bar at this time like some sort of alcoholic. Give me a week or two more of classes and then you’ll find me day drinking,” she joked.

“We can meet at Zayn and Niall’s?” Louis mused. “For pre-drinks.”

“Why at our place?” Zayn frowned, thinking back to last week’s party.

“Because, it’s closest to the bar,” Harry backed Louis up.

“So it’s decided, then. We’ll meet there around five-ish?” Savannah waited until everyone was in agreement, albeit grudgingly in Zayn’s case, before she turned to face Louis. “We carpooled with Zayn, think you could drop us off home since you’re heading that way anyway?” she asked.

“Yeah, sure,” he smiled, twirling his keys around his fingers before unlocking the door and allowing them all to climb in. Savannah swore mentally as Louis cut Harry off as they made their way out of the parking lot and watched as Harry flipped them the bird in return.

It was going to be a long drive.

“Never have I ever…” Niall began, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“Fuck no,” Louis spoke up, taking a swig from his beer bottle. The group had all reconciled back and Zayn and Niall’s for a couple of drinks before heading out to a bar down the road. Where they had managed to find the energy after a football match, Savannah didn’t know, but she kind of wished she had that come exam time.

“Why not? It’ll be fun,” Niall argued, watching the random cricket match that was playing in the background.

“I agree with Niall… it’s better that watching that rubbish that he and Louis have got playing,” Reyna spoke up, shooting daggers at Louis who was not listening to a word that she was saying, his eyes trained on the TV. “Besides, it’ll let us all get to know one another on a more personal level,” she grinned.

“Right, cos knowing that Niall wet the bed until he was twelve is really something we can all bond over,” Harry rolled his eyes sarcastically.

“Oi!” Niall yelled. “You said you wouldn’t tell anyone!” he grumbled, before switching the subject back to the game - much to Sav’s disappointment. “So, are we playing then?”

Savannah glanced around anxiously at everyone else. If there was a drinking game that she hated, it was Never Have I Ever.

"I'm in," Harry spoke up, distracting Savannah from her thoughts. She turned her head sharply towards him, her eyes wide. She couldn't believe he'd just agreed to a game Niall had suggested - she couldn’t believe Reyna had either. From the short amount of time that she’d known Niall, she’d pretty much gathered that he and Louis’ suggestions often went ignored...except for tonight, apparently.

"I’m in too, I guess," Zayn shrugged, rolling his eyes. "Not like I had anything important to do before you lot hijacked my flat," he said sarcastically.

"Fuck off, Z," Niall scoffed. "You’ve been sat in your room playing with paint since we got back."

"I wasn't playing with paint, you tosser," Zayn crossed his arms. "I was working on an art project."

"Really?" Alexa turned towards Zayn, her attention piqued at the mention of art.

"Not now Lex," Reyna groaned from where she was frowning over at Louis, her eyes flicking from him to the television remote in contemplation. “We know how much you love art, but once you start you’re pretty much dead to the world for the next few hours.”

"I can show you some of my stuff later if you'd like,” he said, glancing at Lex. “They're not very good though," he warned as an afterthought.

"I'm sure that's not-"

"Excuse me," Alexa was cut off by Niall, and Savannah felt her shoulders slump. "You two in?" Niall asked Savannah and Alexa.

“Yeah, ok,” Alexa nodded, making Savannah sigh when everyone turned to stare at her. “Don’t have much of a choice now, do I?” she said bitterly.

“Louis,” Reyna tapped him on the shoulder. “Turn that bloody game off and join in with the rest of us.”

“It’s England versus Australia, Rey,” Louis said, barely glancing away from the television screen.

“All the more reason to turn it off, England sucks,” she snorted. “Cricket is worse than football, if you ask me,” she retorted, trying to grab the remote that Louis held away from her reach.

“You are the most uncultured person I know,” Niall muttered, re-entering the lounge with a tray filled with various alcoholic drinks - Savannah hadn’t even realised he’d left the room.

Louis turned away from the screen long enough to roll his eyes. “The only sport you’d willingly watch is the tennis,” he raised a brow, daring Reyna to argue with him. When no argument came, he continued, “And personally, I’d rather stick pins in my eyes than sit through another year of the Wimbledon.”

“You can always check the score later, mate,” Zayn said from where he’d taken a seat beside Alexa. They’d all rearranged themselves into a small circle in the middle of Niall and Zayn’s lounge room after Harry had moved the small coffee table to rest against a wall.

“Bloody hell,” Louis huffed. “Fine. But I’m only agreeing because it’s looking like England is getting their arse handed to them.”

“As usual,” Reyna commented, only to be ignored.

“So you’re playing?” Savannah asked miserably.

“That’s what it looks like,” he grumbled, grabbing a beer from Niall. “Budge up,” he ordered, before dropping onto the floor between Savannah and Reyna.

“Who’s going first?” Alexa asked.

“We’ll go in a circle,” Niall grinned, pouring everyone a shot and handing them out evenly.

“Shots? Really, Niall?” Savannah rolled her eyes, taking her glass from Louis. “You’re going to poison us all.”

Niall let out a loud laugh and Savannah found herself wondering if he’d maybe snuck in a few drinks beforehand. “That’s just to loosen us up, Sav,” he explained. “We’re not going to take shots after every question. That’s what the beers are for. Bottoms up,” he said cheerily before knocking back his glass. “I’ll go first then Zayn, Alexa and so forth,” he waved his hands dismissively, eager for the game to begin.

Savannah sent out a silent prayer before following suit, making a face as the alcohol burned its way down her throat. She considered asking for another shot, but decided that getting piss drunk probably wasn’t in her best interests tonight.

"Wait," Louis interrupted loudly. "Do you mean shagged or actually slept? Because if it's just slept then I've slept with most of you at least once. Sometimes twice, if you're lucky," he stated slyly.

"Shagged," Niall said immediately. "I definitely meant shagged." And Savannah was sure he had momentarily glanced over at her as he said so.

She bit her lip to hide a groan as she took a swig from her beer, refusing to look over at Harry. She knew, theoretically that everyone probably already knew about the two of them but confirming it during a drinking game just seemed a lot more confronting to her; as if she was sealing the final nail on her own coffin, dramatic as that may be. So when she took a swig of her beer, she might have taken a little bit more than was necessary.

Zayn was next and she felt like she’d be a lot safer with anything he could throw at her. “Never have I ever,” he paused in the contemplative manner that she thought only he could pull off, “gotten into a physical altercation,” he shrugged.

“Fight. You mean you’ve never had a fight,” Louis rolled his eyes. “There’s no need to be so bloody formal while we’re playing a fucking drinking game.”

“Oh, piss off,” Zayn retorted. “Fight, then,” he rolled his eyes.

Then came Alexa’s turn. Savannah assumed that most people would feel comforted knowing that it was their best friends’ turn, feel safe even. But Sav found herself breaking out into a nervous sweat because while they were her best friends, they were also the ones who knew the most about her - which meant they could, with a single sentence, essentially ruin her life.

“Never have I ever pretended to regret sleeping with someone,” Alexa said quickly and Savannah breathed out a breath of air as not only she but Louis, Niall and Harry also took sips of their beer.

It was her turn next and she was determined to make Niall drink again - not that it seemed like he cared. She rather thought he was hoping he’d get to drink himself. “Never have I ever failed to make someone orgasm,” she smirked, raising a challenging brow as all four boys glanced down and away from everyone else. She was delighted when they all brought their drinks up to their mouth and took long drawn out gulps. She was even more giddy when she spotted the significant pinkness she could spot on Niall’s usually pale cheeks.

Louis cleared his throat. “Right,” he said awkwardly. “My turn. Uh, never have I ever made friends with a one night stand.”

As expected she and Harry took sips, Reyna doing the same and collectively surprising everyone in the room.

“What?” she shrugged. “He was a nice lad.”

“Who was it?” Lex asked curiously.

“Someone from uni,” she waved her off, returning back to the game. “My turn,” she said cheerfully. “Never have I ever had to ask someone if we’d shagged because I wasn’t sure.”

Savannah, Zayn, Niall and Harry all took a sip, sparking a discussion as to with whom and when and how it had happened. The only one who had been willing to disclose any of the details was Niall who launched into a detailed story about a girl he’d met named Olivia.

Harry and Savannah shared a mutual grimace - whether at Niall’s story or the reminder that neither of them had been sure what had happened the first night they’d met, she wasn’t sure - before turning away and back to Niall who was still in the middle of a story. She sighed, tracing the neck of her beer as she waited for Niall to finish his tale complete with hand gestures and sound effects that no one really wanted to see or hear.

“It’s my turn, innit?” Harry spoke once he was done in that deep, slow drawl he had. “Never have I ever,” he paused for a second, as if choosing his words carefully, “lobbed a textbook at an innocent person’s face.”

He turned to grin at Savannah, his face expectant.

“I hate you,” she deadpanned before taking a long gulp of her beer, glaring daggers at a smug Harry. “Can’t leave that in the past, can you?”

Harry scoffed, pointing a finger to the bruise that was still quite prominent on his cheekbone. “I’ve been walking around looking like a tosser who’s been socked in the face. I’m never letting you hear the end of it.”

“It does look pretty bad, mate,” Louis piped up unhelpfully. Harry’s attempts at telling the story to Louis himself had completely failed - Zayn had already texted him earlier about what happened - which meant that Louis had given him shit for getting hit in the first place, and also for not telling him about it as soon as it had happened.

“Thank you so much, Lou. Thanks for your input. It was appreciated greatly,” Harry said sarcastically.

“Alright, this game looks like it’s pretty much over,” Alexa interrupted them. “Are we ready to head off?” she asked, checking her phone for the time. “It’s almost half eight and we want to get good seats.”

Everyone started to get up and gather their things. Savannah helped Reyna pack away the empty bottles of beer, and lingered behind the group while everyone filed out of the door. Harry was still by the kitchen counter, shrugging on his jacket.

“I really am sorry about this, you know,” she said, waving her hand in the general direction of his cheek.

“I know,” he replied. “It’s ok, really. I’m just taking the piss,” he reassured her upon seeing the worried look on her face. “Come on, we should go. Don’t wanna be late.”

The atmosphere around the bar was buzzing by the time they all got there and Louis and Reyna immediately disconnected from the group to find them a table large enough to fit them all. In the end, they managed to all squeeze in a booth towards the front of the room, right in front of the mic stand after Reyna had done some negotiating with the previous two occupants.

“Look, we’ve got a perfect view of the stage,” Louis commented, setting a handful of beers down on the table and seating himself beside Harry.

“They are pretty good seats,” Harry agreed. “We got lucky.”

“Yeah,” Savannah snorted. “Lucky is one way to put it. What’d you promise them, Rey?”

“Nothing,” Reyna shrugged. “I asked nicely if they could pretty please move so we could sit.”

“Right,” Lex dragged out the word, “‘cause that always works, doesn’t it?”

“So I might have bribed them a little,” Reyna shrugged.

“With what?” Savannah asked, sipping on a beer while she watched the guy up on the stage try his hand at some standup comedy.

“Told him Louis would buy them a bottle of whatever they want,” Reyna shrugged, following Savannah’s line of sight. “This guy sucks.”

“You did what?” Louis demanded. “And yeah, he does suck. Even I could do better than him.”

“I told them to put it on your tab,” she grinned. “Not like you can’t afford it.”

“Can we go back to the part where Louis claimed he could do better than the lad on stage?” Harry cut in.

“Yeah,” Zayn nodded.

“I’d pay to see that happen. And for the inevitable show that would follow from the crowd’s reaction.”

“Oh please,” Louis scoffed, “I’ll be the best act up there tonight.”

“Oh no-” Alexa muttered under her breath, predicting what was going to happen before it did.

“Then prove it,” Harry said simply, challenging Louis with a smirk while the others watched on gleefully.

“You’ll have to do better than that, Styles,” he huffed in reply. “I’m not doing this without some form of payment.”

“500 quid.”

“Deal.” In a flash, Louis got up and disappeared amongst the tables, no doubt on his way to find the sign up sheet.

Reyna sighed. “Look what you’ve done!” she glared at Harry and Zayn accusingly. “You’re paying the tab if he embarrasses us all.”

“I’m out, I’m already five hundred quid down because of this mess,” Harry replied, looking stubborn.

“Like that was anyone’s fault but yours,” she replied, rolling her eyes before looking over at Zayn.

He sighed, “Fine.”

“Is that how you rich kids play?” Savannah spoke up sarcastically. “Bet away the amount of a person’s life savings?”

Everyone at the table looked away uncomfortably, the silence broken by a loud screeching coming from the microphone as the owner of the particular bar got up to introduce the next act.

“Wasn’t that just incredible?” he yelled encouragingly to the crowd only to be met with a light splatter of polite applause. “Now our next act is someone a bit more local to us. Enlightening us with his favourite one-liners and punny jokes, we have Louis Tomlinson!”

Louis’ entrance on stage was met with loud, raucous applause - which, Savannah thought, might have been due more to the fact that he frequented the bar every Thursday night rather than his success as a local comedian.

“Good evening, fellow comrades. I hope you’ve been enjoying the acts so far,” Louis began into the microphone. He waited for the cheering to die down before continuing, “Now I’m going to start off the night by asking you all to honour one of our own, Mr Harry Styles.”

“Oh no,” Harry muttered under his breath, eyes narrowing as Louis smirked in his direction from the stage.

"Harry's been having, well, let's just say he's been having some 'performance' issues lately. So I just wanted to reassure him - publicly - that it’s completely normal, and yes, there are medications out there to help with that. A moment of silence for Harry Styles, everyone."

“I’m going to kill him,” Harry muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear.

“Well, can you do it after he’s done?” Reyna requested, casually sipping at her drink with one hand and holding her phone up with the other. “I’d really like to get this all on video in case he’s shit.”

“I dunno, he seems to be doing pretty well up there,” Savannah shrugged, as the crowd started laughing at something else Louis had said.

“For now,” she shrugged, looking quite confident that he’d mess up soon.

“So anyway,” Louis was saying, “it’s quite hard thinking of a funny joke when I’ve got the friends I’ve got. You know, since they’re the biggest jokes anyone will ever come across.”

“I’ll help you kill him,” Reyna leaned over to whisper to Harry.

“No, no, but really,” Louis spoke into the microphone, trying to quieten the crowd’s laughter a little. “My friends can be funny sometimes. Once, when I was quite drunk, I texted Reyna - she’s the one with the phone, guys and gals. I told her that she was my moon and stars and she texted me back - and this is a direct quote - she said, ‘thank you. You’re my pluto’, then she linked me to an article about how pluto no longer existed.”

“I remember that,” Savannah snorted.

“Yeah,” Alexa agreed. “Reyna was quite proud of it. She showed it to everyone who’d listen.”

“Louis did the same thing,” Zayn leaned back, draping his arm over the booth behind Alexa.

Savannah smirked into her drink, turning her attention back to the stage. “Look’s like Louis’ done.”

“Thank god,” Harry snorted. “If I had to listen to another one of his jokes, I was walking out of here.”

“Then you wouldn’t be able to kill him,” Zayn said casually.

“Reyna would do it for me.”

“True,” she agreed. “I probably would have.”

“What would you have done?” Louis asked, sliding back into the booth.

“They’re planning your murder,” Alexa answered him.

“I can’t believe that was actually funny,” Savannah piped up, completely taken by surprise and ignoring the current conversation. “Like, people were legitimately laughing at you.”

“I like to think they were more laughing with me,” Louis shrugged.

“They’ve got shitty taste then, don’t they?” Harry grumbled in reply, still slightly annoyed that he was the first one to be roasted out of the group.

“Aw, don’t worry Harrykins,” Reyna started, cooing at him as he glared at her. “Erectile dysfunction affects about-”

“-please stop talking,” he groaned, running his hands through his hair as he sunk deeper into his seat.

“Alright, alright,” Alexa tried to calm the group, always the voice of reason. “Let’s all just agree that Louis surprised us all and that he did something that none of us would be willing to do.”

“Pft, I could do that,” Harry said stubbornly.

“Really?” Zayn perked up, leaning forward interestedly.

“No, not this again,” Savannah cut in. “We’re going home now,” she told them all decidedly.

“We’ll talk about this later,” Zayn told him as they all made their way out of the bar, leaving Louis behind to pick up their tab.

“We’re not going to be talking about anything,” he said, charging in front of the group as they made their way down the street back towards Zayn and Niall’s.

“What’s the plan now?” Louis asked, catching up to them as he shoved his wallet back into his pocket.

“We’re going home,” Reyna said, gesturing to herself, Sav and Lex.

“That’s no fun,” he grumbled in reply. “You guys are grandmas.”

“Come again?” she challenged in reply, the cogs turning in her head as she prepared for a fight. Savannah quickly pulled out her phone and ordered an Uber, just in case they needed to make a quick escape.

“Let’s just pretend I never said anything,” Louis said quickly while Harry snickered at his response.

“That’s what I thought,” Reyna replied smugly. Savannah waved to the car pulling to the kerb, before walking up and greeting the driver.

“Let’s go,” she said quickly, opening the door and moving to get in.

“Hold up,” Louis called, halting her mid-movement. “You guys are coming to the party next weekend, right?”

“What party?” Alexa questioned curiously.

“The one at Harry’s,” he replied matter-of-factly, shrugging slightly.

“What? What party? I didn’t plan a party,” Harry piped up quickly, eyes darting from his phone to Louis.

“I did,” Louis said casually, hands in his pockets as he turned towards the street and headed in the opposite direction.

“Wait, Louis-”

“We should go,” Savannah said quickly, climbing into the car. “Good luck,” she said to Zayn, gesturing towards the image of Harry scrambling after Louis while the latter seemed to not notice him.

“Thanks,” he replied sarcastically, waving as he jogged after the pair.

AN: hi guys, sorry again for the one-day lateness but it’s up! let me know what you think xx

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fmlfpl · 5 years ago

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Lineup Lamentations - GW14

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week!

No Slacker of the Week this week sorry about that bad job by me.

And if you missed it for subscribers Friday My Life episode just came out!

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WALSH

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Sterling, Mount, Abraham

IN (for -8 points hit): Ozil, Lacazette, Son

Welcome back new and old friends.

Got rid of the pieces of shit who have been making me want to kill myself and in come players I love and who are not pieces of shit.

Really just rolling loose right now on that sweet sweet tilt, but hey, I am but a man.

Ozil picks himself with new bald manager bounce. I was even thinking of purchasing him before the good ebenings became bad ebenings and the firing gave me more than enough of an excuse to do. Laca I anticipate will be playing central striker so let's fucking go Laca. Was a close one with him versus Jesus but in the end pod partner was speaking good sense to me in saying Laca could be a long term hold.

Finally, after much deliberating over Alli my lover, I went with private corporal suonnyboy. Good player, good guy. Am a bit terrified of rotation but he is a fit machine so hopefully he isn't impacted. New look squad feels good if I can't figure out how to get green arrows at least I can figure out how to get friends in.

GK:

Pope (CRY)

Pope in the last good fixture before they turn for Burnley.

Will have to deliberate and think about whether or not I'll hold him past this weekend as the rest of my team suddenly looks good. Well it better look fucking good after I just took 12 point hits over this GW and last combined.

Pains me to say it but holy fucking hell do I need a 0-0 in this one.

DEF:

Alexander-Arnold & Robertson (BHA)

Trent and Robbo go.....again. Trent rested against Napoli was nice but am now worried about Robbo playing tomorrow. Pewps...we'll see.

Lundstram (wol)

Pointstram goes to the wolverines in a pretty bad fixture suddenly but fixtures don't matter for pointstram. Points incoming probably...as if it matters at this point anyway.

Kelly (bur)

Martin Kelly gets a run out for the first time this season for me with Ward's demise. Really fucking lucky shit for me and all other Kelly owners for Ward to die right before this tasty run of games and fixture pile up.

I'm planning on riding Kelly for the near term / as long as Ward is out so hopefully we pick up some cleans against all these shit ass teams.

MID:

De Bruyne (new), Ozil (nor), Son (BOU)

Suddenly I am stuck with just one City attacker..Kevin the ging...still feels fine though. Stats have been good even if his final balls have not looked so nice recently. Feel like he'll still just pick up points here and there even if City look a bit off it.

New friends mantis bug eyed god and private swan are accompanying Kevin this week and for the weeks to come. I think these three would really get along well IRL and in the locker room as they all offer something different and seem like they would compliment each others personalities really well.

Surely this will have a huge effect on their FPL point output. You're welcome.

FWD:

Kane (BOU), Lacazette (nor), Vardy (EVE)

Tasty front three for me suddenly with Kane, Laca, and Vardz.

Vardy and Kane both a couple of horses who should be able to take all the minutes they can handle in this holiday period.

Laca a massive differential at this moment and hoping that they completely dick over Farke's team this weekend. New manager bounce let's get it going.

CAP:

Kane (BOU)

Sticking with Kane this weekend again.

Bournemouth are in all sorts and will be missing Billing which is pretty big. Everton are also in complete and utter shambles and you really can't go wrong with Vardz. Looking to spike with the mouth breather....come on Harold fucking tit me one time lad.

—

ALON

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Sterling, Abraham

IN (for -4 points hit): Kane, Pulisic

It’s what I really wanted to do... Kane and Pulisic I really wanted them I couldn’t stop mentioning them on Friday My Life and here I am.

My dad and Walsh and my balls lead me towards moving out Raz instead of Mo (even though I think Mo out might’ve been more correct move) and alas here we are. Honestly? It feels great. If Raz hauls then Raz hauls (if he dies he dies) and life is life and I basically won’t know about it anyway because I’ll be on a train to Liverpool going to see Liverpool v. Brighton in real life.

Later Raz.

Kane is looking like a long term hold for me I’m loving what I’m seeing and honestly same with Pulisic. He’s breaking out before our eyes in what seems like an absolute worldy in the transfer market from Chelsea’s scouts. Good job by them.

Eden who?

GK:

Gazzaniga (BOU)

Two matches under Mou and four goals conceded so far so it’s not any sort of defensive fortress yettttttt but hopefully there will be improvement and I expect improvement. Clean would be cool.

DEF:

van Dijk (BHA)

No Fabinho, no cleans, ribcage knock, fuck. Why did I bring in VVD again?

I guess he almost scored vs. Palace and almost scored vs. Napoli maybe VVDue is back? TBD.

Can’t wait to watch him spraying passes tomorrow :heart_eyes:

Lundstram (wol)

Jim will probably get his normal one goal nine point haul and it’ll hurt even more this time... but maybe Lundy will come back the other end and put one in himself??? Whatever start Lund every week gonna be great gonna love it.

Söyüncü (EVE)

Soy clean looks pretty good here. Everton are on the brink of disaster as usual probably with an eye ahead towards the Merseyside Derbz.

Tomori (WHU)

Little sketchy seeing Tomori dropped for Christensen in UCL but then Chelsea were a sieve at the back and Valencia coulda/shoulda scored like 5 goals so I’m not worried. Straight back in for Tomo and hopefully a clean alongside him.

MID:

Salah (BHA)

The words come out of my mouth on Friday My Life where I’m like why do I even bother with Mo anymore and yet here I am again another week with Mo slotted straight in.

In my defense as I wrote above I’ll be at the match so that tipped the scales a lot in Mo’s favor.

Maddison (EVE)

Tick merchant set and forget.

Pulisic (WHU)

Very excited about Pulisic and his breakout. The kid is fucking awesome.

De Bruyne (new)

Kev is still great and a big part of what City do. Should trickle points.

FWD:

Kane (BOU)

Very happy to have Harry and planning on holding him for a while as long as he remains fit. I think Mou will bring the best out of him, or what’s left of him.

Vardy (EVE)

Yeah duh.

CAP:

Salah (BHA)

Easy. Thanks Dave and James and Bug.

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Links 12/29/18

Giraffes just silently went to the list of endangered animals facing extinction India Today (furzy) :-(

Richard Overton (1906–2018), oldest U.S. WWII veteran Legacy (EM)

Dramatic collapse of Indonesian volcano BBC

New calculations may finally make fusion energy a reality Futurism (David L)

Under current policies, residential batteries increase emissions in most cases ars technica

Chinese Gene-Editing Trial Loses Track of Patients, Alarming Technology’s Inventors Wall Street Journal

China?

China’s African debt-trap: Beijing prepares to seize Kenya’s port of Mombasa Taiwan News (Paul R)

Australia is now a popular destination for a Chinese wedding photography craze SBS. Kevin W: “Not just Australia either. Chinese pre-wedding photos are apparently big thing with the Chinese.”

Brexit

PM accused of Brexit deal desperation over John Redwood honour Guardian

Exclusive: Civil servant accuses ministers of ‘Project Fear Mark III’ over no-deal Brexit Telegraph. I’m skeptical due to repeated demonstrations of the Government’s incompetence. Richard North concurs, albeit for different reasons:

This is quite unlike anything written by a civil servant that I have ever seen and, given the propensity of Telegraph journalists to make things up, we cannot avoid the suspicion that this is another piece of fakery to which big-name journals are prone.

A Second Referendum would take a minimum of 21 weeks (147 days) & requires Government support to happen say, LSE, UCL, IoG & Guardian.

1. https://t.co/h47wAIYvjH 2. https://t.co/6AXePku23z 3. https://t.co/NmPEHqqGOi 4. https://t.co/NSR14zJgYc pic.twitter.com/dZ6YJluIIe

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) December 28, 2018

Varadkar says he’s reluctant to use the term ‘vulture fund’ to describe firms that have bought up Irish mortgages The Journal. PlutoniumKun:

Some context – it is much harder under Irish law for banks to foreclose on mortgages, hence they are often stuck with underperforming loans on their books for many years (some claim this has led to Ireland having higher mortgage costs than anywhere else in Europe). Hence the attractiveness to the mainstream banks to sell these off to vulture funds. To be fair, some do seem better than Irish banks at more imaginative ways to manage these loans, but there are increasing fears that they will start ejecting people (no clear evidence of this yet).

Syraqistan

Syria Sitrep – Army To Regain Northeastern Territory – Political Isolation Ends Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen? Child Soldiers from Darfur New York Times (resilc)

Saudi king shakes up government in wake of Khashoggi killing CNN (furzy)

Two new US bases in western Iraq Sic Semper Tyrannis. Resilc: “Why not fund a wall here too?”

Former McKinsey Executive Imprisoned by Saudis Wall Street Journal (Brian C). As one former McKinzoid noted, “I remember a time when acquisitions were as verboten as operating in dodgy countries….”

Trump Transition

Trump administration asks top investor for advice on markets amid wild ride for stocks CNBC (Scott)

Trump threatens to shut ‘entire’ border as shutdown stalemate drags on Sydney Morning Herald (Kevin W)

Trump Scores, Breaks Generals’ 50-Year War Record American Conservative (resilc)

EPA Proposes Rule Change That Would Let Power Plants Release More Toxic Pollution NPR

FCC Says It is Investigating CenturyLink 911 Outage Slashdot

Martha r: “I (left) was proud to appear with my partner and his son and daughter this afternoon and thrilled to be retweeted by greta around the world!”

Heeding @GretaThunberg’s call in Brattleboro VT with @Aletheia33 – 12/28#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #ClimateStrikeBoston #ClimateStrikeVT pic.twitter.com/AvqhdE1oqM

— Justin Brown (@dropshotthenlob) December 28, 2018

Why did nobody mention that Beto O’Rourke’s wife is a billionaire heiress? Spectator USA (furzy)

California Town OKs Destruction Of Police Shooting Records Days Before They Could Be Obtained By The Public Techdirt (Randy K)

Hoyer says House will not seat a North Carolina Republican amid questions about integrity of election Washington Post (furzy)

Maine governor deems congressional election ‘stolen’ while certifying result CNN. Kevin W: “What a dick! He actually wrote ‘stolen election’ next to his signature. You can see it in the image.”

As U.S. soldiers battle landlord, confidential records shine light on his lucrative business Reuters (resilc)

There have been 8,662 trading days since August 1984 (the furthest back we have intraday data). Of all those days, there has been only 1 when the S&P 500 was down more than 2% at 2:30 and reversed enough to close up by more than 0.5%

That was October 28, 2008.

— SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) December 27, 2018

Tesla adds Larry Ellison to its board after SEC slapdown Engadget (EM). What sexual favors were exchanged for Tesla to get this headline? As if Ellison were a model of corporate governance. Gah. His board is packed with cronies. An even more telling take: Tesla Brings On The Grizzled Theranos Team Seeking Alpha

Sears wins reprieve from liquidation as Chairman Lampert makes last-minute bid on bankrupt company CNBC. Kevin W: “Am I reading this right? He destroys Sears and the uses his hedge fund to buy it up on the cheap?”

Confirming our dim vies of Paetron (Chuck L):

So @Patreon suspended my account. They did this in secret. They have not notified me. I simply noticed that they stopped sending me money.

— Scott Helme (@Scott_Helme) December 24, 2018

Class Warfare

Ohio Minimum Wage will Increase to $8.55 on January 1 ClevelandScene (Carla R)

$800 Million in Taxpayer Money Went to Private Prisons Where Migrants Work for Pennies Daily Beast (resilc)

Teachers Quit Jobs at Record Rate Wall Street Journal

‘Shameful’: As Shutdown Continues, Trump Administration Suggests Unpaid Federal Workers Do Odd Jobs for Landlords to Cover Rent Common Dreams. “Let them eat barter.”

SF to developer who tore down landmark house: Rebuild it exactly as it was San Franciso Chronicle (Kevin W)

Accounting as if people mattered Richard Murphy

Antidote du jour (margarita):

And a bonus video:

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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UEFA Champions League Final - Wikipedia

Real madrid v liverpool final - Real Madrid vs. Liverpool - Football Match Report - April 7, - ESPN

Updated at 9. Yes they may win the second leg but their high line looks far too dangerous for their own good. I suspect Real madrid v liverpool final fans will use a different adjective. Mane goes over in the D after an excellent run. Fabinho has moved back into defence. Thiago wafts over the bar from the edge of the D. Given their recent home real madrid v liverpool final, they could do with at least one more goal tonight.

He is a quite brilliant allround No9. But it will be a long night for basics Madrid defence. As one might expect, it's been a tentative start but Madrid have had the better of it. They're pressing high, passing quickly and have got a shot away. Real Madrid have faced Liverpool five times sinceincluding the Champions League final in Kiev in In those five duels, Liverpool scored a total of six goals and Real Madrid netted seven.

In the two games Los Blancos hosted Liverpool each team registered a victory apiece. At home this season in the Champions League, Real Madrid have won three out of their four matches.

The season started poorly for their standards, losing to Shakhtar Donetsk at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, but have bounced back with three wins on the spin. On the other hand, Liverpool have been good away from home this campaign in Europe.

The Reds have scored in all their away games in the Champions League this season and they are unbeaten on the road. Real Madrid real madrid v liverpool final be without Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane tonight, but missing central defenders has been a theme for Liverpool all season. Tonight, Ozan Kabak and Nathaniel Phillips are the chosen pairing, but the young duo have been doing well of real madrid v liverpool final. In their four starts together, they have kept four clean sheets and are now the Reds' longest serving centre-back pairing this campaign, with consecutive minutes together.

Vinicius was one real madrid v liverpool final Real Madrid's players in their second leg matchup against Atalanta in their last Champions League outing, with a sizzling performance down the left wing. The Brazilian did just about everything other than score, and the spotlight will once again shine brightly on his dancing feet. But can he turn his real madrid v liverpool final into goals? That's what Real Madrid fans will be asking. The youngster has played nine games in the Champions League this season, but has only scored once.

Dejan Lovren. Virgil van Dijk. Andrew Robertson. James Milner. Jordan Henderson c. Georginio Wijnaldum. Mohamed Salah.

Roberto Firmino. Simon Mignolet. Nathaniel Clyne. Ragnar Klavan. Alberto Moreno. Adam Lallana. Emre Can. Dominic Solanke. Match rules [47] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. European Cup era, — Copa del Rey Finals UEFA Champions League He also became the second-youngest player to score a UCL knockout goal for Real Madrid at 20 years and days, and youngest since Raul in Madrid dominated the next exchanges and doubled the lead with help of a ghastly error by Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold who, when racing Vinicius to a real madrid v liverpool final through ball down the left, inexplicably played a ball into the path of Asensio with only the keeper to beat.

Asensio's discover here -- a chip over Alisson before smashing home into an empty net -- marked the fourth straight match in which the winger has scored in all competitions. Real madrid v liverpool final have recovered from worse defeats than this, but can they do it without the Anfield factor? We played well but we had difficulties at the start of the second half. In the second half they had one shot and scored. It's tough to take, but that's football.

The ball fell their way and that's that. Real Madrid really haven't missed the Ramos-Varane tandem. Liverpool's early second half zest and sparkle seems to be a little less intense now. Benzema shoots, Alisson saves, it's been a discreet performance from the French striker by his own usual high standards. Twenty left for Liverpool to try and get another goal that would click for source the tie very much alive.

So, just as I fancied the scoreline, Vinicius pops up to see Madrid's two goal advantage restored. Lovely pass from Modric and a neat finish from the Brazilian who tucks the ball into the corner of the Liverpool net.

Asensio breaks and looks to find Vinisius who is free in the box, a poor pass and Trent AA intercepts to clear the danger. Less than half an hour to go in this first leg. The away goal will give the English side some belief and if anything a scoreline looks more likely than The game is very much a solid contest now with the Real madrid v liverpool final we know moving the ball around with poise and purpose.

This is the Champions League tie we wanted and were expecting Playing with a huge sense of belief and verve now. Is this the same Liverpool team we saw in the first half? The Reds have woken up and are taking the game to Real Madrid.

Wijnaldum does well and feeds Jota who strikes on goal with the ball kindly falling for the Egyptian.

Liverpool win a throw after a Robertson freekick.

Vinicius double gives Real Madrid leg up on Liverpool in Champions League

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Madrid struck first with a direct pass from Kroos which was expertly controlled by Brazilian winger Vinicius Jr. Less than ten minutes later there was more woe for Liverpool as a real madrid v liverpool final header was latched onto by Asensio who clipped the ball over Find out here now to double the lead for Zidane's liverpol. Salah, Jota and Mane have been real madrid v liverpool final and with this scoreline, Klopp's men desperately finla the livepool goal to keep the tie alive for next week's second leg.

The whistle sounds at the Alfredo di Stefano and the scoreline reflecting the dominance from the home side. Asensio almost makes it three but drives his shot wide, this time explanation an error from Robertson

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Episode 20 - UCL vs Edinburgh

The team from the Scottish capital have had to wait a while for their second appearance, having made their bow in the series opener, a nail biting clash with Ulster, which they won by only five points thanks in part to a helpful gong. In the nineteen weeks since that match their opponents from the English capital have played twice, losing once narrowly and winning once handsomely. Two adjectives which could not be used to describe Jeremy Bentham, whose puppet-y likeness again takes its place as their mascot.

Both teams introduce themselves with smiles abound. Edinburgh probably seem a bit too relaxed for my liking. I can allow a certain level of camaraderie so long as its clear you’re still taking this seriously, but Heaton-Armstrong and Wang look as if they’re having too much fun. The glory of our great University is at stake here, focus guys (and yes, this is going to be one of my partisan posts)

But I needn’t have worried about their concentration levels. It is Wang who takes first blood for Auld Reekie, his eyes darting with recognition as Paxman reads the first clue about the word ‘red’, and then his hand pouncing once the second clue reveals his thought to have been correct. Carson congratulates him roundly, something you never usually hear the captains doing. Perhaps being friends with each other will work to their advantage.

Bonuses on lost treasure follow, and Wang again provides the answer – Montezuma. I just went and checked the lyrics to the Fleet Foxes song of the same name to see if I should have got it too, but they’re cryptic nonsense as usual, though there is a mention of gold teeth. They miss the next two, one rather unluckily with a guess of the wrong Jacobite rebellion. Its easy enough to mix up your old and new pretenders.

The Londoners get off the mark with a Ten on tennis, which apparently used to be played on an hourglass shaped court. This doesn’t make much sense to be, because how could either player get the ball past the net when there would be sand constantly rushing through it? And the poor player in the bottom segment would have to contend with a desert-y deluge as well, though I presume the court would be upended after the customary hour, as befits the format.

Two of the three bonuses on Matilda waltz them into the lead, which they extend through a Raii guess on the next starter. He and the rest of them had sat mute for ages after Paxman finished the question, but when he got it right he nodded knowingly like he’d just been playing chicken with the question being abandoned completely.

Stone takes the fourth for Edinburgh, and Carson throws another ‘Well done’ in her direction like a proud father. He gives a ‘cheers’ to Wang for his help on the first bonus too, and I find myself hoping his politeness doesn’t extend to the opposition if things are going to stay tight like they did in their first match. It’s the only five pointer they can muster, and UCL retain the lead, which they extend over the picture round, though they miss all three bonuses on the location of art galleries related to a particular artist, a classic UC question.

Carson then gets his first starter with a complete guess that takes even himself by surprise, and Edinburgh sort of work out how to do the bonuses to take back the lead. Needless to say, it doesn’t last long, with Dowell buzzing in solely off the back of the Latin name for the Yew tree, which is quite frankly an unacceptable thing to know in this day and age.

The pendulum kept swinging on its merry way. First Heaton-Armstrong for the Scots, and then Wang’s second following an Allinson neg. They stretch the lead to thirty, the largest of the match so far, but Dowell recognises the soothing croons of Dolly Parton to reduce the arrears once more, and they briefly retake the lead before consecutive starters and a double triple on Greek playwrights and the muscles of the heart (which those playwrights enjoyed tugging at, presumably, I haven’t read any Greek stagework) flip the needle yet again. Please calm down guys, or its my own heart muscles that’ll need questioning.

Raii completes the multimedia hat trick for UCL by recognising Edmund Hillary, which I also guessed, purely because it was a picture of a man wearing what looked like a very warm jacket, and with only a couple of minutes to go we find ourselves level. One forty five to one forty five. Poised, like a ballerina on a cliff edge, beautiful and precarious.

Both sides miss the next starter, and Paxman wastes a minute reciting approximately half of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’. There are things at stake here man, save your poetry slamming for when you’re down the pub with David Dimbleby..

Raii takes the next, on Southeast Asian constitutional monarchies. Thailand and Cambodia. He doesn’t say Malaysia. He could have said it nine times because Malaysia has nine kings, but that doesn’t matter now. The lead is in London. They eke out two five pointers. Twenty points in it.

Heaton-Armstrong with the Ten, but then he overrules a correct answer and they take only one bonus. Five points in it. Seventeen seconds left.

Stone only needs six of them, and takes the final starter of the night with a nerve-splittingly early buzz of Roy Liechtenstein. But it was a correct buzz too, and with no time for the bonuses Edinburgh again won the day by the slimmest of margins.

Final Score: UCL 165 – 170 Edinburgh

The only team from North of the border sure do love to live dangerously, but they just about survive to make it through to the quarter finals for the second year running. UCL came mighty close, but can be proud in their defeat.

And finally, in case you missed by Twitter spam, I’ve compiled all my reviews from last series including Monkman, Goldman, Rudd, Seagull and co. into one huge eBook that you can buy here, if you want. Get it for your Gran for Christmas, even if she doesn’t understand what a Kindle is, I’m sure she’ll appreciate the gesture.

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Debunking the fake "stat" claiming that Liverpool have scored 11 offside goals this season via /r/LiverpoolFC

Debunking the fake "stat" claiming that Liverpool have scored 11 offside goals this season

EDIT: Added cup games, still only 3.

Some random Man City fan account tweeted this, and it's doing the rounds on Twitter and Reddit since. Supposedly it was mentioned on TalkSport too. This is the tweet that seems to have started it all:

Liverpool have scored 11 offside goals this season and been awarded 9 penalties.

If they don’t win the title that has been gift wrapped by Scudamore then the whole football world will never stop laughing at them.

As expected however, it's bullshit. Considerable bullshit in fact. Firstly, Liverpool have had 5 penalties in the league, not 9. Secondly, they've scored 3 offside goals this season as I work out here...hardly a crazy amount.

I have spare time on my hands in work, so let's get to it. Offside goals are highlighted in bold below.

Liverpool 4-0 West Ham

Robertson to Salah, clearly on for goal 1. Robertson to an onside Milner, cut back for Mane, goal 2. Mane marginally offside for goal 3 from the edge of the box. Sturridge directly a corner for goal 4.

Tally: 1 offside goal

Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace

Milner penalty for 1, Mane breaks 1v1 from his own half, round the keeper for 2.

Liverpool 1-0 Brighton

Salah scores from the edge of the box, yards onside, 1-0.

Liverpool 2-1 Leicester

Robertson cut back to Mane, goal 1. Firmino header from a corner for the second.

Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham

Wijnaldum header from a corner for the first. Square ball for Firmino, scored after a defender knocked it off the post - clearly onside, no debate.

Liverpool 3-0 Southampton

Shaqiri onside down the left, cuts back, double deflection on the shot for a goal, 1-0. Matip header from a corner, 2-0. Shaqiri free kick off the bar, finished by Salah who was miles onside, 3-0.

Tally: still 1 offside goal

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

Sturridge from 25 yards, definitely not off.

Liverpool 0-0 Man City

Liverpool 1-0 Huddersfield

Shaqiri slips in Salah who is yards onside, 1-0.

Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff

Scramble in the box, Salah runs from deep to score. Mane from 18 yards clearly onside for 2. Shaqiri beats two defenders on the edge of the box to score. Salah slips in Mane who is a few yards onside, chips the keeper for 4.

Tally: still 1 offside goal.

Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal

Liverpool actually have a goal wrongfully disallowed here, Mane judged to be offside when he was not after Firmino chipped Leno. Goal comes from Milner after the ball is cut back on the edge of the box.

Liverpool 2-0 Fulham

People argued whether or not Salah was onside for the first goal, however later footage showed he was clearly a yard onside having curved his run. Second goal was a Robertson cross to an inside Shaqiri.

Tally: still 1 offside goal

Liverpool 3-0 Watford

Firmino to clearly onside Mane, cut back for Salah to score. TAA free kick for two. Robertson breaks down the left, cuts back for Mane who's shot is saved and headed in by Firmino, no offside anywhere near.

Liverpool 1-0 Everton

VvD's scuffed high pass, fumbled by Pickford and knocked in by an onside Origi

Liverpool 3-1 Burnley

Origi cut back for Milner to score one. Second from a TAA free-kick, volleyed across goal for Firmino who was running from behind the crossed. Third comes from a break, Salah played in down the right, chips the ball over to Shaqiri. No debate about an offside.

Liverpool 4-0 Bournemouth

Firmino long shot rebounded in by Salah who was marginally offside. Second comes from Salah beating a few and scoring from the edge of the box. Third is an own goal. Fourth, Salah chases down a defender to force a mistake, rounds the keeper to score.

Tally: 2 offside goals

Liverpool 3-1 Manchetser United

Chipped ball over the top to a clearly onside Mane for the first. Second and third come from Shaqiri after pull backs.

Liverpool 2-0 Wolves

Salah scores from a pulled back cross for first, second comes from a deep van Dijk run for a cross - no debate he was offside.

Tally: still 2 offside goals

Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle

Lovren volley from a Newcastle-headed clearance. Penalty for the second. Third comes from Shaqiri after a deep run for a cross. Fabinho with the fourth from a corner.

Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal

Defender mix up, Firmino taps in for one, and he scores the second by beating three defenders and scoring. Free kick to Salah, crossed to an onside Mane for the third. Fourth and fifth were both penalties.

Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City

Deep cross by TAA, vollied across by Robertson and headed in by Firmino. No offside.

Liverpool 1-0 Brighton

Penalty.

*Liverpool 4-3 Palace

Long range shot hits Palace man, vollied in by an inside Salah. Firmino clearly onside for second goal from corner of the box. Third was Speroni's OG. Mane cuts in (onside) from the left for the fourth. No debate on offside.

Tally: still 2 offside goals

Liverpool 1-1 Leicester

Mane scores from the edge of the box, not offside.

Liverpool 1-1 West Ham

Mane scores, but Milner was offside

FINAL TALLY: 3 OFFSIDE GOALS

Edit: Round 2 here, adding the games in other competitions because who doesn't love a good supplemental?

26: Liverpool 3-2 PSG (UCL)

Sturridge header from a cross, about 2 yards onside. Second was a penalty. Firmino blasted one in from the edge of the box for the third.

27: Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea (CC)

Shot from the edge of the box parried, overhead kick in by Sturridge who was played onside by Christensen.

28: Napoli 1-0 Liverpool (UCL)

29: Liverpool 4-0 Red Star (UCL)

Robertson cutback, Firmino scores the first. Second is a ball forward to Shaqiri, moved on to Salah who scored - Shaqiri was about a yard onside. Third was a penalty. Fourth, Sturridge played in Mane, everyone clearly onside.

30: Liverpool 0-2 Red Star (UCL)

31: Liverpool 1-2 PSG (UCL)

Penalty.

32: Liverpool 1-0 Napoli (UCL)

Salah backs into defender and turns, skins Koulibaly, slots under the keeper.

33: Liverpool 1-2 Wolves

Milner shot hits defender, Origi finishes from edge of the box.

FINAL FINAL TALLY: Still 3 offside goals.

So there you have it. 3 offside goals - the third in a 4-0 win against West Ham, the first in a 4-0 win against Bournemouth, and the goal yesterday against West Ham.

Can we stop with this false stat now?

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Your Friday Morning Roundup

The Eagles won! The preseason is over! The world is a better place!

Some of you may not have watched, which is fine because the game consisted of just backups for the Birds.

This one ended in thrilling fashion for the fourth preseason game. Joe Callahan found Matt Jones for the short score with 18 seconds left to go ahead. And Jake Elliott made the extra point to spare us hell (overtime in the final preseason game).

It was a game in which guys like Josh Adams, Jordan Mailata, and DeAndre Carter had their final chance to make an impression for sneaking into the 53-man roster come Saturday afternoon. I think Adams and Mailata do make the roster, but I’m unsure if Carter sneaks in as the sixth wide receiver even though his chances are pretty good.

Prior to the game, Carson Wentz showed off his footwork again.

Carson Wentz showing off the footwork. #Eagles pic.twitter.com/DFJr5hiBkf

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) August 30, 2018

Carson Wentz working out pregame… pic.twitter.com/Nw3i0LIV4Q

— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) August 30, 2018

The big question: Will this guy be playing on this field in a week? #Eagles pic.twitter.com/9Y7XALcosA

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) August 30, 2018

Lane Johnson thinks he’ll start Week 1 in six days.

“[Wentz] looks ready to me,” Johnson said. “I saw him throw a ball a couple weeks ago about 65 yards, so he looks about as impressive as I’ve seen.”

So … would he be surprised if Wentz isn’t the starter on Thursday night?

“Kinda,” the right tackle said, “the way I’m feeling.”

Lane is no doctor, because he’s an offensive tackle. But I do think Wentz will start Week 1. He could get cleared for contact on Wednesday or Thursday morning and my money would still be on Wentz starting. But we’ll see.

After the game, Doug Pederson mentioned that Alshon Jeffery would be activated off PUP later today. That’s not a big surprise.

As for opening night, NBC is having some of their programming at the Comcast Center Plaza on Thursday, including the Today Show and Mad Money with Jim Cramer. Bud Light is building some kind of Eagles statue that will be unveiled Thursday night, and Miller Lite is partnering with Septa to offer free rides on the Broad Street Line from 4 PM until midnight on the night of the opener.

But despite the night being about celebrating the Super Bowl and playing a meaningful football game, the Eagles are removing the Super Bowl sign from their locker room inside the NovaCare Complex. That’s a smart move.

Finally, a former Eagle will officially call it a career later today.

Some news: @BrentCelek has informed the @Eagles he is retiring and will release a farewell statement on the team's website Friday morning. The team's longest-tenured player was released after 11 seasons in March. Attracted interest from other teams but decided against playing.

— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) August 31, 2018

The Roundup:

The Phillies were off last night but gained a half-game thanks to the Braves losing to the Cubs. Speaking of the Cubs, they’ll be in Philly this weekend for a three-game series that starts tonight at 7:05 PM on NBC 10. Nick Pivetta will be on the mound to take the start.

Gabe Kapler has used a ton of defensive shifts thus far this season. But are they working?

Remember when Hector Neris was pretty bad? Now he’s looking like the most important reliever on the team.

Theories abound for why Neris wasn’t very good for much of the season’s first three months. Phillies pitching coach Rick Kranitz suggested Neris was throwing too many sliders when he should have stuck with his one-two punch. In the minors, Neris worked with Lehigh Valley pitching coach Dave Lundquist to speed up his delivery by shortening his leg lift. Kapler points to “more vertical movement” on Neris’ splitter now as opposed to earlier in the season.

But the biggest culprit might have been simply Neris’ inability to locate his fastball. In May, for instance, opponents teed off on his four-seamer, batting .400 and swinging and missing only once. Since his return from triple A, he’s holding opponents to a .154 average and has gotten eight swings and misses with his fastball.

“I think the fastball has more life in the zone,” Kapler said. “He’s got a ton of confidence. It seems like every time he goes out there, it’s like a snowball. He gets even more confidence, and as a result, we get more confidence. And we all feel like he’s going to pitch some really important innings for us down the stretch.”

Kapler also moved Aaron Nola’s next start up a day because he’s “awesome.” Early the next day, the team rolled out a Nola-themed promo for Sunday. Coincidence?

Snow the Goalie is back for another episode. This time, Anthony sits down with goalie Alex Lyon.

The team also revealed their promo schedule for the season. There’s a god damn Jake Voracek Chia Pet giveaway in October.

The Sixers’ starting five 2K ratings were leaked. Here are the ratings:

Ben Simmons (87)

JJ Redick (79)

Robert Covington (79)

Dario Saric (79)

Joel Embiid (90)

Speaking of Simmons, his relationship with Kendall Jenner is “cooling off.” Smart move by Simmons!

Despite sucking early on, the Union are actually a pretty good team. They’ll play Orlando City SC tomorrow night.

Even without Saquon Barkley, Penn State still has a legit chance of making the College Football Playoff this year.

Eliot Shorr-Parks is WIP’s new Eagles beat reporter.

The William Hill Sportsbook at Oceans Resort Casino is what heaven looks like.

In other sports news, college football is back! Northwestern held on to beat Purdue, UCF defended their undefeated championship* season by crushing UConn, and Wake Forest needed overtime to beat Tulane (who looked really nice in their unis).

Andrew McCutchen is now a Yankee.

Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL is going to trial.

The UEFA Champions League groups were drawn, highlighted by Juventus and Manchester United in the same group.

OFFICIAL: PSG start their Champions League Group C campaign away at Liverpool. Partial closure of Parc des Princes will take place vs. Crvena Zvezda. #UCL pic.twitter.com/y6ETth5xIU

— Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) August 30, 2018

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— Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) August 30, 2018

In the news, five Veteran Stadium plaques stolen from Citizens Bank Park were found in a scrapyard.

Washington says good bye to John McCain today.

NBC News tried to block the reporting of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct.

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Editorial Q and A: This season's Uefa Champions League should be won by an English club

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Editorial Q and A: This season's Uefa Champions League should be won by an English club

The 2017/2018 Uefa Champions League (UCL) final 16 spherical draw takes place on Monday, December 11 and Purpose’s editorial group is already excited concerning the knockout spherical.

All 5 of the English Premier League sides have certified for the subsequent spherical, and journalist Yusuf Variava caught up with Purpose South Africa editor Ignat Manjoo, who shared his opinion on the event’s favourites.

IM: You realize initially of every season journalists write editorials predicting who’s going to win which trophy. They’re influenced by carried out deal transfers and anticipated transfers developing in August. Earlier than a ball is kicked, these components don’t have any precise foundation on group efficiency and evolution. Then after a couple of video games, and even after a group goes by means of a three-game tough run, early conclusions are sometimes made. I’ve seen this occur with Barcelona on the very starting of this season and with Actual Madrid in latest seasons. What we as journalists must do is, not simply have a look at the outcomes however watch all of the matches and spot how sure weaknesses are solved as every membership progresses from one week to a different. Options are discovered on the coaching floor. Not by lazily ready for the January switch window. It is not the top of the season if golf equipment have issues initially of a marketing campaign. No group is ideal. Issues may be solved in the event that they work laborious at it in coaching and the Champions League provides you a couple of probabilities to select your self up. You need not have an ideal file. We discover that some groups get off to a flying begin. Nonetheless within the Uefa Champions League it is harmful to succeed in your peak early, but I see pundits repeatedly financial institution on early pacesetters.

YV: Fascinating level. Go on…

IM: Does that imply you are not allowed to win each sport 5-Zero? In fact not. In tournaments, we discover that golf equipment who endure tough experiences early on, study from this and so they achieve from it when examined within the knockout stage. Because of this for instance a membership like Tottenham Hotspur went downhill after the excessive of beating Actual Madrid, and the way Liverpool solved their complacency downside after Sevilla got here again from three objectives down towards them. But, on the contrary I learn journalists write off Liverpool after the Three-Three draw towards Sevilla… and others hail the Reds as a critical menace at half-time after they had been Three-Zero up. That is excessive. We’d like a real perspective on judging a group’s stage. Making predictions generally is a mild little bit of enjoyable too, so each season I desire to make my name in December. It is not a prediction. I’ve allowed groups a good period of time to look at their adaptation to the season.

YV: So, making an allowance for all of the factors that you’ve got made, who do you suppose are favourites to carry the coveted UCL title?

IM: I imagine that this season’s UCL will probably be received by an English membership, or we would no less than see a state of affairs like a decade in the past the place there’d be three English golf equipment within the semi-final. However the likes of Barcelona may nonetheless win it forward of these three (as they did earlier than). A method the dominance may be managed is that if there’s plenty of head-on EPL clashes within the quarter-finals however I hope that does not occur as a result of the UCL is about golf equipment from one nation dealing with the perfect from different international locations. We have seen sufficient of the home rivalries within the EPL.

YV: Out of your evaluation, there appears to be a particular powershift in Europe as English soccer appears to be on the up as soon as once more.

IM: It is not simply concerning the numbers – 5 English groups within the final 16. The primary issue is ”starvation”. A decade in the past English golf equipment dominated the UCL by way of positioning within the final eight and semi-finals. However after the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea received it, I might see that the identical starvation wasn’t there anymore. In fact, every group then went right into a transition part. After that the perfect Premier League golf equipment within the competitors weren’t suited to European success. Consider Leicester Metropolis and I do not imagine Arsene Wenger is aware of learn how to win the Champions League (with out Thierry Henry).

English golf equipment struggled for a couple of years and now there is a newfound, burning need to show themselves. On prime of that the main golf equipment have new coaches in place who know the way to reach Europe: Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp (effectively, no less than to succeed in finals). I additionally imagine Antonio Conte’s model is ideal for going far within the UCL. As for Mauricio Pochettino, he is additionally taking part in the correct manner, a really comparable technique as Liverpool however at Spurs he has a greater steadiness, notably with organizing his defenders. Nonetheless, the Reds have the next ceiling in inflicting destruction towards any group, however they’ll additionally fall decrease with embarrassing errors.

Is Totenham an actual contender?

YV: Talking of English soccer’s latest resurgence, Spurs completed forward of the defending champions Actual Madrid of their group, had been you stunned by that final result?

IM: I wasn’t stunned that Spurs beat Actual Madrid and received the group. That was an amazing achievement. Except for Manchester Metropolis’s unbelievable present run, Tottenham’s been essentially the most constant group within the EPL in latest seasons for a purpose. It’s about time they began to shock prime golf equipment in Europe. The rationale this did not occur in different years, is just not Poch’s fault. It is simply that they’ve younger stars. They wanted to achieve expertise within the UCL. It is a completely different kind of sport to England. They’ll hold bettering however my concern with Spurs is that regardless of their sensible outcomes, the membership would not take that additional step by bringing in established winners. I like their youth coverage however you all the time want one or two skilled champions in there. Their switch mannequin is just like Liverpool, however they have not attracted the likes of a Sadio Mane. The actual fact that Spurs have carried out higher than the Reds in latest seasons is all credit score to Poch. The apparent purpose for Liverpool’s stronger pull for greater names is their historic status. A scarcity of historic success may weigh on a membership psychologically, since Spurs have not carried out it within the UCL, it is extra doubtless that Liverpool would win the Champions League, than Spurs.

In the identical manner Spurs have carried out so a lot better than let’s say AC Milan lately, however you think about that if Milan awakes within the years to return, they’d even have the next ceiling. In fact, Spurs followers do not need to hear that. They need to change that historical past. If they’ll do it, it may be the largest story within the competitors for a very long time. The Champions League wants a brand new fairytale, as an alternative of seeing Actual Madrid and Barcelona commerce blows. Do you imagine Spurs can go all the way in which, making an allowance for their present league type?

YV: In my view, there’s a huge distinction between competing in England and in Europe. Within the league, groups are extra conversant in one another whereas in Europe there’s nonetheless that shock issue, and with gamers like Dele Alli and Harry Kane within the squad I would not say it is unimaginable.

IM: So, do you imagine their present run is only a blip?

YV: I wouldn’t say it’s a blip, however moderately their development in each competitions needs to be assessed in another way. Like I mentioned, domestically there’s huge distinction. English groups are conversant in Spurs and it might probably be a case of not transferring with the instances i.e. not bolstering their membership sufficiently. The same state of affairs occurred a number of years in the past when Chelsea lifted the Champions League however had been lower than spectacular within the league.

Had been Bayern higher than Actual Madrid final season?

IM: Good level. Or like Leicester reaching the quarter-final final season. Although, going all the way in which is completely different. I discussed the psychological impact above. I’m wondering if Spurs’ gamers imagine they’ll do it? That is half the battle there. Sure golf equipment count on to compete for the final word title. For instance, Bayern Munich. Final yr this time I felt they might go all the way in which, they had been the perfect group in Europe for me. Although Actual Madrid received the UCL, Bayern had been the higher group even of their conflict… if the referees made the correct selections. Issues change in a short time as of late. Now, Carlo Ancelotti is sacked. Who’s speaking about Bayern as favourites now? I do not help the sacking of Ancelotti, however Jupp Heynckes has received it earlier than and so they can nonetheless be among the best groups. I might examine their scenario to how Actual Madrid received it two years in the past, changing Rafa Benitez with Zidane.

YV: Talking of English golf equipment and going all the way in which, do you imagine that Manchester Metropolis’s loss to Shakhtar Donetsk was a case of complacency, or do you suppose it confirmed the issues of their sport?

IM: I would not learn something into that. That they had already received their group. So Shakhtar did not face the identical Metropolis. Even when all of the gamers are the identical, if the mentality is just not the identical, then every thing can change. Have a look at Sevilla once more. What modified the sport towards Liverpool? At half-time their coach Eduardo Berizzo informed them that he had most cancers. Have a look at how they fought for him within the second half and drew Three-Three.

YV: Fascinating, what different golf equipment are in that bracket?

IG: Some of the harmful, hungry golf equipment is PSG. They’re burning to show they’re the perfect. They need to be thought of among the many elite. It was the identical with Chelsea years in the past, and now with Man Metropolis. All these golf equipment study that in the course of the early years of over enthusiasm, they recover from excited and mess up good alternatives to win the Cup. Have a look at the variety of simple objective alternatives they squandered in earlier years. Each PSG and Man Metropolis’s been by means of that. Their time may very well be shut. It will be an attention-grabbing battle in the event that they face-off later within the competitors. I believe PSG would have the sting. Earlier I mentioned that I fancy the English golf equipment and Metropolis’s considered one of them. Nonetheless, you do not have to play thrilling soccer to win it. I believe Manchester United’s obtained a greater probability tactically however as a soccer lover, you’d need to see Pep go additional along with his optimistic soccer.

YV: Staying with Metropolis, how a lot of an element do you suppose Pep Guardiola’s earlier success within the competitors will play? The Residents have been seen as favourites beforehand, however have didn’t reside as much as expectations in previous tournaments, do you maybe sense a change in mindset this season?

IM: Sure, there’s already an unlimited distinction. Nonetheless, most critics will solely see it if the group lifts the Cup. The reality is just not within the extremes. It is unhappy how Pep did not get the load of credit score he deserved at Bayern. Have a look at the information he broke there within the Bundesliga. He is doing the identical factor with Metropolis within the Premier League now. What a run they’re in! And, they’re additionally profitable the ugly manner when required. Have a look at how they dig in for these late winners. That is the mentality of a profitable group, they’ve the traits of Premier League champions. For me that is clearly a greater achievement than Manchester United hypothetically profitable the UCL and the critics getting on Pep’s again. In the identical manner in 2005 Chelsea had been far superior to Liverpool, despite the fact that the Reds lifted the final word Cup in Europe.

The critics want to grasp that profitable the Champions League would not decide who the actual greatest group in Europe is. If you would like that then begin a league or have a spherical robin with the final eight. That is one other story. It is a Cup now. So, I would not criticize Pep if he fails to win it. Two years in the past, that Barcelona group with MSN was among the best I might ever seen, however they did not win the UCL. Atletico knocked them out, however Barcelona had been clearly the higher group and had nothing to indicate for it in Europe. What a tragic system!

YV: When weighing up potential winners, it’s nearly unimaginable to neglect Barcelona, what do you suppose are their probabilities, and do you suppose Neymar’s departure has affected them negatively?

IM: I believe Neymar’s departure might strengthen Barcelona as a unit. Imagine me. PSG will not need to face Barcelona within the latter phases. You realize, an enormous consider tournaments is the draw. PSG can win it however they would not need to face Barcelona in what needs to be a revenge sport. There’s additionally sure opposition whose strengths expose your weaknesses. That is how Atletico’s obtained the higher of Barca. How relieved Barcelona could be that Atleti’s already out due to Roma! For me I might say that there is two different groups whose kinds can upset the brilliance of Barcelona. That is Liverpool and Manchester United in two completely different approaches.

IM: Mourinho is aware of learn how to beat the perfect groups… or ought to I say, ‘How to not lose’? In a two-legged construction this works higher for him. As for Liverpool, their important hazard is that I believe they’ll beat anybody even away. I would not be stunned to see Liverpool shock a prime group Four-1 away from residence after which draw Three-Three at residence. For Liverpool, the important thing within the largest video games is to play at residence first. You usually hear that you simply need to play at residence final and have the followers encourage you ahead. Now, it is the opposite manner round. Everybody is aware of Liverpool’s weak point is their defending, whereas in assault they’ll dish out three fast objectives anyplace. For those who run at Liverpool, pressurize them, they can not deal with it. So, ideally, in the event that they play the primary leg at Anfield, traditionally European opposition’s afraid of the bottom and so they need to reduce the harm by taking part in negatively for a Zero-Zero or a 1-Zero loss. That might be an enormous mistake.

I can see it occurring as a result of even within the Premier League the place golf equipment know Liverpool, they’re sitting again at Anfield. Sure, they’re afraid of the Reds tempo however you can even rating on the opposite finish. A excessive proportion of alternatives towards Liverpool find yourself at the back of the web. You need to go for it and make the most of that… as a result of should you’re relying on attacking at residence, that’s when Liverpool’s tempo goes to harm you badly. So, I can see Liverpool beating the likes of excellent attacking groups like Barcelona and Actual Madrid, however the way in which to beat them is to go all out to your away objectives at Anfield. You bought to commerce blows with Jurgen Klopp’s model in two excessive scoring matches. If Liverpool cease making errors on the again, they’d be my favourites however I believe Manchester United and Chelsea will make life simpler for themselves to carry the Cup.

I would not like to select one winner, as I imagine there is a mixture of qualities within the 5 Premier League groups for considered one of them to go all the way in which. Nonetheless should you pressure me to select a winner from the English golf equipment, I might go for Chelsea as a result of I can see them giving up on the title race (in some unspecified time in the future) and focusing their greatest vitality in Europe. As you may see, ending second of their group hasn’t stopped me from ranking them larger. These tough video games towards Roma and Altetico offered the expertise required for the knockout stage. The primary purpose I fee them larger than Liverpool and Man Utd, is because of their superior steadiness throughout the park.

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Champions League scores, highlights: PSG runs rampant, Juve-Barca draw and Manchester United shocked

The Champions League group stage's fifth matchday is over. There was a giant upset, a scarcity of objectives in most video games after which an eight-goal bashing in Paris. This is what you could know and see.

Remaining scores

CSKA Moscow 2, Benfica Zero Chelsea Four, Qarabag Zero Sporting Lisbon Three, Olympiacos 1 Juventus Zero, Barcelona Zero Atletico Madrid 2, Roma Zero Bayern Munich 2, Anderlecht 1 Basel 1, Manchester United Zero PSG 7, Celtic 1

Chelsea by to spherical of 16

The Blues had been in one of many two early video games, if you wish to name it a sport. Chelsea rolled to a Four-Zero win at Qarabag and are by to the spherical of 16. Willian stole the present with two high-quality objectives, his second a rocket strike from outdoors the field.

Chelsea advancing means both Roma or Atletico Madrid will fail to make the knockout stage. The 2 play at 2:45 p.m. ET in a giant one.

Neymar and PSG roll

Celtic took a stunning lead over PSG only a minute into their contest within the French capital, however it did not take lengthy for Neymar and firm to reply. PSG rallied and had 4 objectives by the 35th minute, however that they had 4 extra objectives left in them. Neymar's second was a high-quality end off some sensible passing with Marco Verratti. Have a look:

However Dani Alves should have mentioned, "maintain my beer."

The Brazilian outdoors Neymar with this wonderful golazo to make it 7-1.

And with that efficiency, PSG made historical past, beating Borussia Dortmund's group stage purpose file. Dortmund had 21 final season, and PSG has 24 with a sport to go. Dominant.

Messi would not begin, Barca goes by

Lionel Messi was on the bench for Barcelona towards Juve, a shock to many. However possibly Ernesto Valverde is considering forward whereas being cautious. Barca is all however by from the group stage, and over in La Liga, first-place Barca has to go to second-place Valencia on Sunday in a big-time matchup. Holding Messi contemporary for that one actually is sensible. He got here on within the second half and performed a bit, because the match completed Zero-Zero with Juve threatening late.

The consequence was sufficient for Barca to clinch a spot within the spherical of 16

Manchester United shocked

It is a evening to overlook for United and one to recollect for Basel, as they bought an 89th minute winner. The purpose got here on the again put up from Michael Lang and allowed the Swiss membership to maneuver into second place within the group behind CSKA Moscow on 9 factors. United has 12 and is nearly a lock to undergo, however Jose Mourinho actually anticipated to cement a spot within the subsequent spherical on Wednesday.

Objective of the week

It goes to out-of-form Antoine Griezmann, who might have gotten the purpose he wanted to get again on monitor. The Atletico Madrid man produced a shocking overhead kick purpose as Atleti beat Roma 2-Zero to maintain its UCL hopes alive. Try this candy strike:

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A historic win for the Whites and another big game performance Huge win for Madrid as both the Whites and Tottenham start to break away from the rest of the UCL group. It was another historic milestone for Zidane and his men as this was the first win ever at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park; the yellow wall has finally been pierced. It was a whirlwind of a game, where neither team nor fans had time to collect their thoughts. From both sides, it was wave of attack after wave of attack and counter after counter. Dortmund tactically played to Madrid’s advantage and took some major risks. They were not clinical enough to capitalize on those risks and Kroos, Modric, Ronaldo, and Bale had their way with Dortmund’s highline. There were moments of nice intricate football from the Madrid attack also coupled with blistering breaks and last minute defending on the opposite side of the pitch. The match had it all. It’s tough picking a man of the match as Ronaldo came through with two goals, Bale was immense- opening the scoring as well as setting up Ronaldo’s first, Modric dictated the flow of the game and fed Ronaldo for the final blow, and Kroos was cool as ever—never losing his composure and controlling the midfield with his Croatian partner. #RMUCL ¡El once inicial del #RealMadrid frente al @BVB!#HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/tnVjo6PDMh — Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) September 26, 2017Player Ratings: Keylor Navas—6.5: Madrid’s backline was shaky throughout the night and Keylor was put in a number of difficult positions. Came out well to shut down Castro and force him into a bad touch as Dortmund broke through 3 on 1. The Costa Rican was very aggressive off his line and often times that was enough to throw Dortmund off. Aubameyang having a few chances coming centimeters from finding the back of the net. Dani Carvajal—7.5: Best performance of the season so far. Broke free early in the first half with a golden opportunity to set Ronaldo or Bale up for the tap-in, but choose to go alone and ultimately made a poor decision. Made amends with a perfect lofted ball for Gareth Ball to blast home for the first goal of the match. Shut down young Phillip and made some crucial last minute tackles to stop Aubameyang from scoring. He was rampant down the right all evening and proved to be the Dani we all know and love. Looked to be visibly exhausted in 70th minute and was less impactful in the final moments of the game. He has played over 1000 minutes already and is due some rest soon. Raphael Varane—7: Incredible goal saving tackle right at the start of the second half as Nacho fell asleep and lost track of Yarmolenko. The big Frenchman was imposing all game and won every header. There were a few moments where Aubameyang slipped through, but overall Ramos and Varane did a good job to keep him relatively quiet. Sergio Ramos—8: Early in the first half, Ramos had a hand ball and was fortunate to stay on the field, but thank god he did. He was superb tonight. His 1v1 defending against Aubameyang was top class. He uses his experience so well and his positional sense makes it difficult for any offense to break Madrid down on a quick counter like Dortmund continually tried. Covered Nacho well, whenever Yarmolenko managed to get by the Canterano and of course, got himself involved in the attack whenever he saw the opportunity. Nacho—8: What a player. He can do it all—left back, right back, center back—wherever he is put in the backline, no matter the venue or situation, he puts in a good shift. His speed is a huge asset that opposing teams seem to underestimate and he is able to get forward due to his engine, and again, that speed. Casemiro—7: The Brazilian is putting in consistent performance after consistent performance. He is a steady rock that is essential to the balance of the Madrid team. As always, won important tackles and won the battles in the midfield. As often noted by the MM team, his game continues to evolve and he set Madrid off on a few counter attacks to release Cristiano. You can see he is always scanning the field and he now copes well with pressure. Luka Modric—9.5: Positioned even further out on the right than usual today, similar to his role against Juventus in the final, but once again was brilliant. What a luxury Madrid fans have, who is the best midfielder in the world—Modric or Kroos? Modric was unplayable today and he did a great job of switching the field of play. The Croatian always looked to exploit the weak side of Dortmund’s defense. He released Bale and Ronaldo all night, and racked up an assist for Ronaldo’s second goal of the game which ultimately nailed the coffin for Dortmund. On top of his offensive contribution, he worked tirelessly all night to close down the Dortmund midfield and give Carvajal support. Toni Kroos—9: Ice in his veins. The German is a machine and looks to be over any injury he may have had earlier in the week. He is always an outlet for Madrid’s defense to help relieve pressure. No matter the number of bodies he has harassing him, he keeps the ball and picks out the right pass. When Madrid first signed Kroos, Zidane had said the club brought someone who could lead the midfield for a decade, he could not have been more spot on. Isco—6.5: Isco worked tremendously hard all game long. He had to be a bit more tactically disciplined as Zidane wanted him to defend the left flank as part of a four man midfield and a team block of eight. Despite the slightly restricted freedom, Isco was able to break down the left on a number of occasions and whip in a few dangerous crosses that almost found Ronaldo. He had two quality chances that, given his current form, he will be disappointed not to have found the back of the net. Gareth Bale—9: Another top performance. Finished the game with a goal and an assist. Slowly but surely silencing his critics as he builds his fitness. Like Zidane has said, we still won’t see the very best of Bale for another two to three months, but he is certainly producing as he is the Madrid player with most involvement in goals this season. His goal was absolutely brilliant, rifled into the top corner via left footed instep volley. His assist to Ronaldo had it all—his movement and recognition of space was perfect and the weight of his in swinging low driven cross has become a consistent weapon. Bale worked hard all night to press the Dortmund backline. He and Ronaldo were both ready to be set loose on the break at any moment. Gareth was able to pull markers away and again his performances just continue to improve. Cristiano Ronaldo—9: Like Carvajal, broke free pass Dortmund’s high line and instead of shooting (unlike Dani) chose to pass to Bale. In that instant, it may have been the wrong decision. But not to worry, it was only a matter of time until the Portuguese bulged the old onion bag. He played high looking to break through Dortmund’s line at any moment and led the team once again to a huge and historic victory with his two well taken goals. Substitutions: Marco Asensio—6.5: Limited time to make much of an impact, but was able to capitalize on Dortmund’s change to a three-man backline and bursted through the middle using his break neck speed only to take too big of a final touch with Cristiano begging for the tap-in. Comes into this environment fearless and with more time surely would have made a bigger impact. Lucas Vazquez—n/a: Came on in the 85th minute for what hopefully was just a cramping Gareth Bale. Had a few nice touches and knew exactly where he needed to be defensively on the left. Dani Ceballos—n/a: Came on in the 91st minute for Luka Modric. Despite only have a few minutes to play, was active and saw the ball a number of times. Maneuvers his body so well to avoid tackles and retain possession. Excited to see more of Ceballos as the season progresses. Manager: Zinedine Zidane—8.5: A historic win for Madrid and Zidane. Another big game and another big time performance and very important 3 points to boost the squad’s confidence. Dortmund’s tactics played right into Madrid’s hands with Ronaldo and Bale spearheading a lightning quick attack. Stuck to his guns and played the veterans throughout to help see out the match. It was the right call as Madrid secured the win, maybe only criticism was to put Asensio in earlier as Isco looked to be tiring. Man of the Match: Luka Modric Honorable Mentions: Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Toni Kroos #RealMadrid #PlayerRatings #ChampionsLeague

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rodrigohyde · 7 years ago

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s 7 most incredible moments from his record-setting 2016-17 season

Matthew Jussim

Cristiano Ronaldo is on top of the soccer world.

Whether you think it’s Ronaldo or Lionel Messi as the best soccer player on the planet—although, as Ronaldo’s Instagram proves, there’s no one more shredded, at least—at this moment it’s hard to argue that anyone else in the sport is having a better run than Ronaldo.

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Since leading Real Madrid to the UEFA Champions League title in 2015-16, Ronaldo has had a 365-day run unlike any other. On top of winning multiple major tournaments—including the European Championship and the Champions League—Ronaldo also took home the biggest individual trophy in soccer, the Ballon d’Or (and he could win that again for his amazing 2016-17 run.).

Even though Ronaldo has accomplished plenty over the last year, it appears he’s ready for more: The Confederations Cup starts on June 17, and it’s one of the major trophies Ronaldo has yet to get his hands on (the World Cup will have to wait until next year).

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Here’s a look at the unbelievable year from Ronaldo.

(Editor’s note: All stats mentioned are as of June 5, 2017)

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 7 most incredible moments from his record-setting 2016-17 season

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BONUS: Ronaldo shined on the biggest stage.

Scoring two goals for Real Madrid during the Champions League final helped Real Madrid defeat Juventus, but it also gave Ronaldo another major milestone.

Ronaldo is now the first player to score goals in three different UEFA Champions League finals, stepping ahead of Sergio Ramos, Raúl González, Samuel Eto'o, and Lionel Messi, who’ve all done it in two different finals. Could Ronaldo make it a fourth in 2018?

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7. Ronaldo scored his 600th career goal.

Real Madrid’s domination of Juventus in the Champions League final was in large part due to the strong play by Cristiano Ronaldo, who finished the match with two goals.

The scores gave Ronaldo 600 goals through the course of his career for club and country, yet another milestone for the prolific scorer. Over 400 of those goals have come for Real Madrid, while 118 were for Manchester United, and 71 have come with Portugal’s national team. (All stats as of June 5, 2017.)

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6. Ronaldo led the Champions League in scoring—again.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a scorer—plain and simple.

That once again was evident through the 2016-17 Champions League tournament, where Ronaldo finished first among all players with 12 goals in 13 games. Ronaldo jumped over his rival Lionel Messi on the leaderboard with his two goals against Juventus.

This marks the fifth year in a row that Ronaldo has led the Champions League in scoring, and padded his lead as the all-time leader in UCL tournament scoring with 105 goals (naturally, Messi is second with 94).

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5. Ronaldo led Real Madrid to the first-ever Champions League title defense.

Real Madrid did it as a team effort, but after leading the league in scoring and netting two goals in the final, Ronaldo can take some credit for this milestone.

Since the tournament was re-named the UEFA Champions League from the European Cup in the 1992–93 season, no team had ever won back-to-back titles. The last was Milan in 1988-1990, but now Real—also holders of the all-time record with 12 total UCL trophies—has reached that milestone before any other club since the tournament expanded.

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4. Ronaldo’s scoring touch is as strong as ever.

On top of the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time scoring leader in Champions League history, the Real Madrid star added even more milestones to his impressive résumé during the overall 2016-17 campaign.

Ronaldo scored 38 total goals for Real Madrid across all competitions—La Liga, UCL, Copa del Rey—helping the team go through the entire 2016-17 campaign without getting shut out for the first time, a stretch of 50 straight games. During La Liga play, Ronaldo finished with at least 25 goals for the eighth straight season, matching Lionel Messi (of course) as the only two players who have done that.

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3. Ronaldo led Real Madrid to the 2016-17 La Liga title.

For as much success as Cristiano Ronaldo has had with Real Madrid, one area that hasn’t been as fruitful for the club is back home in the Spanish Primera División, aka La Liga. The team hadn’t won the league since 2012, but after a magnificent season from Ronaldo and the club, Real took the title from Barcelona, stopping Lionel Messi and company from winning for the third consecutive season.

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2. Ronaldo led Portugal to Euro 2016 title.

Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal win the UEFA European Championship for the first time, a thrilling 1-0 victory against France in extra time. Even though Ronaldo didn’t score, he had a major impact on the game and the victory meant that Portugal will get to compete in the 2017 Confederations Cup.

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1. Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal for Real Madrid.

Scoring 600 career goals is quite the milestone, but getting to 400 with one club is pretty remarkable. Ronaldo hit the mark on May 14, 2017, scoring a goal against Sevilla in La Liga play in a 4-1 victory.

Ronaldo has scored 282 of his goals in La Liga for Real Madrid, while the rest breaks down as 88 in the Champions League, 22 in the Copa del Rey tournament, four in the FIFA Club World Cup, three in the Spanish Super Cup, and two more in the UEFA Super Cup. Amazingly, in 391 games for Real, Ronaldo has averaged 1.03 goals per game, according to ESPN FC.

Ronaldo is truly one of a kind.

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Lineup Lamentations - GW8

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week!

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WALSH

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Haller & Cantwell

IN: Saka & Abraham

Welp - blowing my two frees to get Tammy in and join the cool kids club.

Time to wave the white flag and make the switch I was supposed to do for free before last gameweek. Missed some value and having to blow another transfer does not...how do they say...feel great...but it's okay guys. Right?

Bottom line is Haller just doesn't look like the same FPL asset that Tammy does. Still love Haller and still think he'll trickle in points but when there are others in his price region who look like exploding with points then it's an easy switch.

I am less enthused about welcoming an Emery rotational fuckstick into the team but realistically I needed to find .2m to get Tammy and had the eye of sauron focused on him. I imagine having Saka will become a problem very fast, but hey, a problem for another day. Or so I hope.

GK:

Pope (EVE)

Pope home Everton seems good for a clean these days so hopefully that works out. Not much to say about him other than he's just a steady hold at this point in my team. Still good underlying defensive metrics for Burnley.

DEF:

Robertson & Alexander-Arnold (LEI)

Robbo and Trent have a kind of tricky fixture against Leicester but I don't think a clean is that out of the question. Realistically other than City I feel like Liverpool have a good shot at cleaning any other team in the division at home and with Alisson possibly back let's fucking go here.

Leic will prob just jam the middle of the park and hope Vardy catches something off the counter. Good luck against Virg.

Otamendi (WOL)

Otamendi has home Wolves which is simply a laugh riot fixture after the orange cucks come back from Turkey on Thursday. Seems good.

Lundstram (wat)

With Kevin out I'll be also getting Lundstram in there.

I'm not reallyyyy feeling a clean in this one, but it's at least a good on paper fixture at Watford. Seems fine and he's always a candidate for an attacking return as we know and love.

MID:

Salah (LEI) & Sterling (WOL)

Mo and Raz couple good friends still in there getting the run out once again.

Mo off some points midweek and Raz off a rest both seem delightful in this moment.

Love seeing the momentum around people selling Mo still and long may it continue. Still the best player in the game on a team that looks unstoppable. Playing the long game and not really considering binning.

Mount (sou)

New boy from last week Masonry Mount with another nice fixture as their run of green continues. Seems great.

Saka (BOU)

Finally, new friend little boy Bakary Saka will get thrown straight into my fire.

I thinkkkkkkkk he'll start? Maybe?

He looks actually good so maybe he's going to be new little pet project for Emery.

As long as Laca is out and Ozil is not allowed near the pitch he seems like a reasonable guy. Maybe I get ridiculously lucky and he spikes something in a fantastic on paper fixture.

FWD:

Pukki (AVL)

Pukki has a good home game for the first time since GW2 so hopefully he comes in with some returns. Norwich been good at home for a while so long may that continue.

Abraham (sou)

Abraham straight in and there isn’t much to be said here.

At Soton is sort of a difficult place to go but the way Chelsea have been looking recently and with the potential of CHO incoming makes their engine even that much more enticing to me.

Feels good to get Tammy in and to not have been punished on the points front even though he led the league in xG last gameweek.

CAP:

Salah (LEI)

As discussed on the new Friday My Life pod I'm going with big diff cap in Mo.

Not the best, good, or even kinda good on paper fixture but it's still Liverpool at home and it's still Mo. I am sticking with my pod shout of not feeling great about capping Raz - cue Mendy starting and Raz is playing central forward but hey fuck me - while he's stationed on the sideline.

Mo off a brace...don't think he has Egypt duties...plus the Brodge reunion tour. I mean would anyone be stunned if this is a 4-0? I wouldn't be. As Alon pointed out on the Friday My Life pod edition...anytime Mo at home is a diff like this he should be considered.

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OUT: Agüero

IN: Aubameyang

Was very unsure of this move but talking about it with Walsh on the pod made me feel way better about it.

Kun, I never know if he will start, especially after a full run out in UCL, so meh yeah I don’t know. That risk sucks.

Add to that Aubz has the very long run of great fixtures and something I forgot to mention on pod is that I think Arsecast attack will continue to get way better once Bellerin and Tierney get in there so I’m looking forward to that too.

Aubz is an easy long term hold and shoudl be a great returner for me in that time. Come on let’s go.

GK:

Gunn (CHE)

Fucking hell what am I doing here? Funds from Kun to Aubz will fuel a Gunn out move for me.

I’d be pretty pleased with one point on Sunday.

DEF:

Tomori (sou)

I don’t really anticipate an away clean here and with Kante only 50/50 it’s made worse... But it’s possible! Also Tomo Arigato got a nice assist in UCL so maybe he can get himself another attacking return for me.

Lowton (EVE)

Another reasonable clean shout here.

Everton struggle for goals currently and Turf Moof must be the worst place to go to try and rectify that.

I’m hoping for a frustrating afternoon for the Blues and Burnley to do a Burnley on’em.

Lundstram (wat)

Fantastic fixture. I think anything less than 3 points would be disappointing for Wilder away to Watty. A clean is very possible too. Just no glaring huge howlers at the back boys, not this time please!

Kelly (whu)

I’m putting Kelly in here because he will almost definitely auto-sub in for Kevin (who is in my lineup currently).

Sakho is out so I expect Kelly to come back in, and he’s been solid all year.

Away to West Ham is a pretty bad fixture but also Palace tend to play way better away from home so this is by no means a nightmare. Clean points are still in play so I’m just hoping and praying for it.

MID:

Salah (LEI) & Sterling (WOL)

Two best players in the game remain the two best players in the game (maybe Kev overtakes Raz but meh)... Both are home and we all know these two teams cannot be touched in the league so I honestly expect points for both.

Cantwell (AVL)

Hoping Todd is fit enough to start and if he does this should be a good attacking fixture for Norwich. Come on Todd. Just need him to put in his oneish big chance that he’ll get.

FWD:

Aubameyang (BOU)

New lad after being rested in Europa league comes into my side with home Bournemouth on the cards. I’m salivating and he probably is too.

Abraham (sou)

Chelsea and Tammy look great.

Very impressive so far and Tammy has taken a big leap forward to just being a top striker this season. Let’s go.

Pukki (AVL)

Another Norwich dude. This is a huuuuuge fixture for the relegation battle but also just for our confidence in Pukki and Norwich to be keepers in fantasy.

We need a performance. Come on you Canaries.

CAP:

Aubameyang (BOU)

I mean, duh. This is as good an attacking fixture as you can get.

Bournemouth normally do not park and Eddie will think that with Arsenal’s defensive frailties they can get a result in this fixture... He might be right.

But anyway there should be plenty of room on the counter for the Gunners to slice and dice Bournemouth all day long. Serious hatty+ potential in this one for Aubz. Come on baby.

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RANDOM SLACKER OF THE WEEK: ESPEN

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TRANSFERS:

OUT: N/A

IN: N/A

Rolling a transfer this week. Two FTs after International Break is always good, or so they say. No obvious problems in my team except Kev so will do the sensible thing and save.

GK:

Pope (EVE)

Old friend Pope with a nice clean shout home to Everton. Burnley still has a nice run going forward so I’m spending zero energy on this spot atm.

DEF:

Otamendi (WOL)

Great job by me getting Ota in for his GW6 haul.

Bad as he is at football, City’s next four fixtures are very cleanable and he should be pretty nailed for the time being.

Besides, he’s a very exciting player to own being a constant red card shout and a fox in the box at the same time.

Robertson and van Dijk (LEI)

Still on double LIV defense and feeling ok with it.

Robbo the lovely lad, quietly returning in the last four and is going nowhere, but VVD might be on the chopping block with the upcoming fixtures.

Home Leicester will probably be a tough fixture but I’m feeling a 1-0/2-0 kind of game so crossing fingers for a double clean.

Lundstram (wat)

What a legend this guy is. I’ve had him all season and he’s been saving my ass auto-subbing on with two double digit hauls.

Playing him in a good fixture over Soy away to Liverpool seems like a no-brainer. Hoping Sheff U can do the same they did at Everton.

MID:

Sterling (WOL)

Feeling good about Raz in this moment.

With his benching “out of the way” I feel confident he’ll play 90 and hopefully this will be a game where he actually converts his chances. One can dream.

Salah (LEI)

Lots of chatter about removing Mo before their rather dire run of fixtures.

Must admit I’ve been thinking about dropping him, but a -4 to get Aubs or something like that just felt like a classic “come back to bite me in my ass” kind of move.

Sticking with him for now as I can easily see him score a couple vs Lei.

Cue Mane brace.

Mount (sou)

Really happy about having Mount in my team. Integral part of the Chelsea attack and their fixtures are just a sea of green. Not much to think about, just a good value pick.

FWD:

Pukki (AVL)

Norwich doing this whole Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde thing on the road vs at home.

Home against Villa should be a great chance to bring the mojo back, and I’m expecting goals again from the Finnish GOAT.

If he blanks I’ll probably start to look elsewhere for points.

Abraham (sou)

My transfer last week, which of course resulted in 3 big chances missed and a blank.

Oh well, we all knew his efficiency wasn’t sustainable.

He’s been good on the road and Soton can be scored on so expecting great things from young Tammy this week and in the time to come.

CAP:

Sterling (WOL)

Sixth GW in a row with Raz as my cap and this might be the one I’m most confident about.

That scares me, and will probably lead to sadness and existential doubt.

Wolves went full strength in Turkey this Thursday and should get absolutely fucked at the Ethiad... Hopefully a rested Raz will do most of the fucking.

Vice on Mo as per.

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