but his opponent this week Rhys James although getting the score wrong has this to say
" This is a peek into the future for the Southampton players - this is Liverpool juniors versus Liverpool, or dads v lads. Whoever scores for Southampton will be playing for Liverpool in 12 months time. 1-3"
I may most likely be totally fucked in the head, but have a sneaky suspicion that it might just come right - IF MoPe plays the right side and goes for it, it could a 3-2 etc. If we try and defend and park the fucking tram, we will get hammered
I shall be wearing a cap-sleeve T shirt and shorts ( look out for my Bay City Rollers tats)…full experience will be enhanced by the forcast of occasional snow flurries. I’ll keep an eye out for you…I assume you will be wearing full Arctic gear.
Lime greenish genuine original fake North Face Goretex over fleece with as many layers under that as I can manage. May sneak my Ryder Cup Bobble Hat into the case if I have space now being taken by work suits. FFS all my work suits are designed for Dubai summers - ultra light arrgh
Row Y 489 area 18 - or just touch the concrete flooring and follow the vibrations from my shivering.
Bay City Rollers Tats eh? I assume you had the silk Tartan Scarf as well?
Row Q…about 5 seats in from the aisle the row infront of the disabled platform…left side of the goal as you look at the pitch. I’m the silver haired gentleman signing autographs for the poor sods who mistake me for Roger Waters.
The 26-year-old submitted a transfer request and went public with his frustration at being denied a move to Anfield last summer, when Southampton reported Liverpool to the Premier League for an alleged illegal approach. Klopp admits Van Dijk must be mindful of the hostile reception that awaits him.
“I will talk to Virgil about it,” the Liverpool manager said. “ With other players I didn’t talk about it because I didn’t know or look at where they were coming from. But I will talk to him. We are all human beings. We are influenced by circumstances. It will not be a normal game – how can it be? It was a special story for him most of the time, really positive, and then not that positive at the end.
…It was a special story for him most of the time, really positive, and then not that positive at the end.
Yes it was…Saints took him from a Mickey Mouse league, gave him a good wage, a stage on which to develop his game, with good players around him, who he would come to regard as friends. It was fun and something Virgil appreciated to such an extent he signed a 6 year contract extension…all really positive.
Then along came a new agent and good old Clippity Klopp who thought it would be a bright idea to sew a little avoricious seed in his head with an illegal approach. Let’s test his resolve by flying him in a private jet for a secret meeting and show him all the lovely bin-dipping his new found wealth could give him…all really positive.
Sadly it was then that it turned, “not that positive in the end”…the nasty club that held his contract found out about the illegal approach and fucked eveything up. The atmosphere at his club turned sour and the club and fans were not at all pleased. How unreasonable that the fans, his club and fellow players felt betrayed.
So now the fans will be showing their utter comtempt of the sulky shit when he appears for the Bin Dippers tomorrow. I will be amongst those who sincerely hope we will be able to applaud a continuation of his rich vein of poor form…long may it last.
I don’t disagree with any of that, a very succinct and accurate portrayal of the whole unsavoury VVD to Liverpool saga. But showing contempt by continuous moronic booing is not the way to go in my opinion. Complete silence when his name is announced, perhaps ironic cheers if he fucks up, misplaced pass etc, is much more effective. The continuous jeering is totally self defeating, it surely just inspires and motivates him and his team mates. Sadly, the morons braying like donkeys every time VVD, Lallana or Lovren go near the ball are too thick to work this out.
I find the VVD saga a lot easier to deal with if you simply change what “VVD” stands for. At the default setting, “Virgil van Djik”, it’s not a lot of fun.
Liverpool desperate for VVD
Klopp in secret Blackpool meetings to get VVD.
VVD desperate to escape Southampton
etc.
Change VVD to mean “vicious venereal disease”, and it becomes a lot easier to manage
Unfortuately re-educating the whole fanbase within the 90 minutes is going to be a tough ask so I will probably resort to moronic booing when he’s down our end. It’s not really my sole intent during the game…despite my advanced years I usually save some of my invective for the ref and early leavers.
Right, off to get the telly box fired-up and half hour or so shouting at the pundits as the routinely talk about Saints selling all of their best players year on year…etc etc…