Champions league Final

[whittyclaretandblue]

That was his last game for Liverpool that's for sure, the death threats are a bit much but last night he was giving Calamity James a run for his money.

the search for a replacement is well under way seemingly, spotted outside Anfield today.

[outwoodclaret]

Grobbelaar was ok with his wobbly knees.
Hard to see Karius playing again for them. None of his teammates consoled him - he’ll be an outcast for some time.

That is his Liverpool career over. He had an absolute double shocker but was just left hung out to dry at the end.

[sinkov]

That is his Liverpool career over. He had an absolute double shocker but was just left hung out to dry at the end.

The lack of compassion or support for Karius from his team-mates wasn't the only thing about that game that seemed a bit odd to me. Two players left the field injured, they were both in tears. What was that all about, it was disappointing for them obviously, but it was only a football match, nobody was going to die. If they're going to collapse into blubbering heaps because they can't finish a game of football, how are they going to cope when real tragedy impinges on their lives.

They can be a strange breed today's top footballers, I'm not sure I understand what makes a lot of them tick.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Could you possibly imagine a Burnley player breaking into tears with SD on the side line.

If that goalkeeping "performance" does not instigate £20 million heading our way for Heaton, nothing will!

[oldcolner]

Also strange that Zidane didn’t speak to Bale for 3 hours after the game and Bale sat at the very back of the celebratory bus tour of the city.
United willing to pay £220m for him

[oldcolner]

Could you possibly imagine a Burnley player breaking into tears with SD on the side line.

If that goalkeeping "performance" does not instigate £20 million heading our way for Heaton, nothing will!

Liverpool are set to step up their search for a new goalkeeper with Roma's Brazil international Alisson and Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid and Slovenia, both 25, among the main targets. (Mirror)

[oldcolner]

Also strange that Zidane didn’t speak to Bale for 3 hours after the game and Bale sat at the very back of the celebratory bus tour of the city.

United willing to pay £220m for him

In a suit at the back - weird.

[whittyclaretandblue]

Sinkov don't forget it was not just the champions league final they could be out of though, both of them will have initially thought they will be missing out on the World Cup finals and put in the same situation most men would have been a little upset at the thought of missing out on that.

[oldcolner]

So Sergio Ramos did the same last year to Danni Alves

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ani-Alves.html

He also elbowed Karius in the face a minute before his error. The ultimate professional ... fouler.

[Supersub6]

So Sergio Ramos did the same last year to Danni Alves

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ani-Alves.html

He also elbowed Karius in the face a minute before his error. The ultimate professional ... fouler.

The difference being that it was deemed to be a foul on Dani Alves but there was no foul committed on Saturday.
Ramos is a big strong defender who is a master of the dark arts of the game and he uses his experience in order to try to gain an advantage --nothing wrong with that except that modern football seems to be going down the track to remove any physical contact and make the game 'pretty' to watch.
His elbow on Karius was caused because he was pushed in the back by Van Dijk, a point which seems to have been missed in the witch hunt with people trying to get him banned retrospectively for an incident (Salah) that was not even regarded as a foul.
I had to laugh at a lot of comments made by Liverpool fans who seem to have forgotten about some of their past players like Tommy Smith who was far from subtle about his intent on some occasions.

Football is essentially a game of physical content, however, because it appears that the powers that be are trying to get rid of contact from the game, don't be surprised when players like Ramos find ways to circumvent the system and also to use it when feigning injury.

The monster is being created by those running the game, aided and abetted by many of those playing it, who feign injury and try to con the officials and many, many more who watch it and don't wish to witness players tackling each other.