Nah, just bored of it mate! Thought of @johnsonsbaby, wishi, Mrs Chalky, Knotty etc over the weekend and thought I'd poke my head round the door and see if anyone is still about.
Knotty vanished off ja606, he was never on here. Don't know where he went to. MrsC also hasn't been seen in a long while. Wishi is a long story on here. Some folk didn't appreciate being told she's on twitter. Jb and milk are on here.
New stadium looks very arabic inspired. I wonder if they're trying to get middle eastern investment- or Ratcliffe just likes Middle Eastern aesthetic.
Looks bloody awful to me - what's it like when they take the plastic packaging off? Hardly in sympathy with its environs.
I think that's on purpose. They want to stand out and be noticed rather than blend in. They're not going for classic beauty but instead for McDonalds get-your-attention tactics.
I personally couldn't say but honestly I look at today's team I look at alisson as the greatest ever so someone else needs to compare the two. Alisson is just God mode level of footballer.
Yes, I remember Clemence well. I always used to say he was worth at least 10 points a season to us, and that was in the days before 3 points for a win. He had a few stinkers every now and then, but as often as not they tended to be for England, fortunately. But what he did have was total dominance of his 6-yard box - very rarely did we concede from crosses or corners as Clem came for everything, usually catching the ball as well, not punching it. And God help anyone who got in his way - even teammates. Tommy Smith often commented that even though he'd been clattered a few times by Clemence, his defenders wouldn't want it any other way. I used to drink in The Supporters' Club in Lower Breck Rd with my dad on matchday. I dunno if it's still there, but there was a giant portrait of Clemence on one of the walls, green jersey, and red shorts and socks, at full stretch grasping a ball one-handed in a manner you just don't see nowadays. He had everything. I think he'd have loved the backpass rule as he used to play outfield in 5-a-side training games (which is what Liverpool used to mostly do back in the day under Shankly and Paisley) and was, as legend had it, more than decent enough to have made it as an outfield player in the lower leagues according to several of his teammates. And, with that last comment we come back to Ally and I say this - Becker is as good as Clemence, and I cannot offer him a better compliment.
Clemence had a brilliant defence in front of him which helped, as well as the pass back to the keeper being allowed with the keeper being able to pick up the ball a great way to kill a game once in the lead.
Before my time but obviously with no pass back rule didn’t need to be anywhere near good enough with his feet as Ali is either which adds a string to his bow - albeit I don’t know if clemency was any good with his feet?
As already stated, Clemence would have welcomed the backpass rule - he was an excellent outfield player.
I accept that, but when he played all teams had the benefit of being able to pass back to the keeper who could pick the ball up. All keepers benefited from it at the time. The more important point was the defenders he had in front of him at LFC. When he left and went to Spurs he had a defence which was not as good and it showed.
