What an exciting finish to the EPL season - man City up by just a single point with 1 round remaining. They are playing Brighton away whilst second place Liverpool are playing Wolves at home.

Liverpool will easily beat Wolves, which means it's a must win for City away to Brighton.

This is great stuff.

hehe, too true CH.
Classic bantering being all pom finale.
@ 9.23am this morn I got a sms from my soft Spudz supporting son, "I went to sleep at HT cause I thought it was over".........
FFS have I got bantering rights over him till Final.

Easily beat Wolves ?
Good outfit I couldn't say that, knocked us out FACup 3rd in Jan 2-1, mind you we had a very different starting line up (Mignolet in goal for one) and Origi scored our goal.
In the league we beat them 2nil pre Chrissy.
I'm picturing another nail biter to the end imo, they arn't 7th on the table being mugs, last 5 games 1 loss 1 draw 3wins, Nuno is no mug of a gaffa imo.

Bring on tonights last EPL game.........
HUGE and exciting but I expect city to get their win though I'd love Ryan playing a blinder keeping a clean sheet.
I'm already going to miss it.

Well, Thanks LFC for a wonderful season, despite the let down it was a magic feeling end of the game Thanking our players and coaching staff.
You can't ask for more for what was already a Magic week at home.
Bridging the gap of 25points from previous season has been epic....we drove city all the way to the very end.
The focus now will be to recover and be ready for Madrid.

The biggest loser of the top clubs is you know who.
United finished 2nd 19points behind unbelievably 17/18 season and this finished 32points behind in 6th and in pieces, losing at home to relegated Cardiff was another slap.

Barca's last game @ home was met with a near half empty stadium, supporters booing players, poor coutinho for one the worst and Busquests copping it as well. They are hurting :) 

YNWA - so proud of our club.

barca what a plastic club 

So many plastics but I wish we had that kind of money lol.....and then again not.

I'd like that kind of money, but not if it came to us the way it came to City, Chelsea or PSG. The first title won under that kind of model would be sweet, but everything after that would feel hollow.

The only team to claim 6 points against Wolves in the EPL this season, I believe? 

Is that so re Wolves, they sure made an impact back in the top flight and good to see, just makes the EPL even stronger.
Well the hang over is still going, 2nd sucks but we have all to play for in Madrid.
Curious how Bobby is recovering.

Man, this wait is dragging on.
Don't like such a break for match fitness.
Hurry up time.
I know they are training over there, getting used to the warmer temps.

Getting closer.......

what's the best 5:00 am snack to eat while watching? 

haha, depends how much pre game prep you have been involved in I suppose.
If your on allnighter like so many by the look of it, its brekky time egg bacon rolls, for others it will still be liquid snacks lol, pizza whatever.......
Man I have been in a spiral what to do.
Waiting on a mate to advise what the go is.
Damn Sydney lock up laws is a PIA.
Gonna need to be at bars by 1am, koff @ 5am !
LFCNSW Cheers is obviously full as will be the other venues close they have arranged.
Considering making it to the Casino but again, unless your there by midnight your way out the back.
I just may end up staying home with a few more suspects, Optus Sport casted up, nice and warm, comfortable, fridge full but food just won't be on my mind at that time.

Here's a good article on Scouser TAA
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/26851223/why-trent-alexander-arnold-wont-stop

Had a dream last night I was o/s and at a venue that was an old warehouse converted into a bar. The place was an official pre-match venue for LFC fans, and somebody had painted all this awesome graffiti on one of the walls of past players (Kenny, Rush, Stevie G etc) and all of their CL trophies in a row. It was painted in a similar fashion to the wall of the Redmen TV studios. I was one of the early birds at this venue and waiting for my friends to arrive- then I noticed that one of the staff had covered over the fan graffiti with black paint. I snuck into the staff-room, found a sponge, soaked it up then began scrubbing the paint off the walls. Why should this fans' artwork go unnoticed by the very patrons it'd been created for? I was getting a fair bit of the paint off in time for the mass arrival of fans, then I stepped outside the venue and Jurgen Klopp saw me and was disapproving of my efforts. Then this big bouncer guy came after me, I scuttled back inside but there were police and this German woman in a suit with a badge who wanted to see my passport. I explained I didn't have it on me and it was back at my hotel. She kept demanding to see my passport and I was thinking "Shit- they're going to deport me and I'm going to be in a jail cell and miss the game!" Then I had the amazing idea to open my eyes and woke up.

WTF?

I reckon WTF ?!
Some of your posted dreams I could relate and get some but this lol........

COME ON REDMEN !

Congratulations to everyone 

No words.

but tears of JOY !
I still can't put words to this feeling.

As it stands, I've been awake for nearly 40 hours. 

Last night I got into Sydney late. Standing across from Town Hall at 11:30pm waiting for my mate I got this feeling you get sometimes at a wedding or a graduation or some milestone event like that- where you take in every little detail happening around you like you're watching it back on film and it feels as if you're on the verge of something significant. We went to 3 Monkeys to watch the game, got in about 1:00am and it was surprising how quickly the morning went. It was like we had a couple of drinks, watched the PL highlights showing on one of the screens, watched the full replay of the Barca tie at Anfield and then it was almost time for kickoff. Probably helped we managed to have seats the whole night- last year's CL Final at the casino we were standing nearly the whole time and the time just seemed to draaaaaaag oooon...

The game itself? LFC didn't play to their very best like I hoped, but it was typical of so many of their games this season just gone. Defended well and scored the goals needed. I couldn't believe the stats showing Spurs dominating possession and having more completed passes/ shots on target etc. They were sloppy with the ball- how many times did they boot it downfield and kick it out of play? How many times did they give away a corner through a clumsy attempt at creating a goal-scoring opportunity? In that first half, it felt like LFC were well in control and Spurs rarely got my pulse racing. To their credit they didn't fall in a heap the way Arsenal did the other night in Baku and showed the resilience that got them to the final in the first place. But they lacked the finesse to really threaten, aside from the last 10 or 15 minutes that had me thinking about the final 20 years ago (when Man United scored those 2 injury time goals to sweep Bayern who'd lead 1-0 most of the game). I've heard neutrals calling the game "boring", but I found it tense. Not a thriller, but that 1-goal buffer felt curiously more insecure the longer time went on...

Then enter Divock. Give the man a statue outside Anfield, and put a huge dick on it. He's earned it. There were 3 minutes there where I was thinking we had it- then that 5 minutes injury time gave me this insecure feeling again because Spurs were throwing everything at it and kept creating some genuinely worrying chances. It wasn't until there were 2 minutes to go that I eased up, pulled my phone out to film the countdown and joined in the singing.

Job done- best possible answer after last years' Final. This season is officially a success. Was awesome to join up with the Cheers/ casino crowd in the street then march up to the Town Hall steps afterwards. And if you watched Sunrise this morning, you might have caught my mate and I reminding Sydney that we've won it 6 times.

The question- do we now change the lyrics to:

We've conquered all of Europe,
We're never gonna stop
From Paris down to Madrid
We've won the fucking lot.

???

*Edit*

Am I the only one finding it strange having to hold up two hands to count our CL tally?

Glad to hear you had a great time in town.
That was my concern, having to get there later I would have had to stand up the back of any venue so home it was home instead with my daughter inlaw joining me in her Spuz shirt whilst my son was at the Surry Hills Spudz pub since 10pm Sat night - oh plus our 2 LFC supporting cats on my side.
The shock of that early pen sure did change the whole game plans of both sides.
We especially went into game control till HT.
This is what was having me "nervous" whole game as you mention.
The amount of possession we allowed them was killing me tbh, their close one touch's was looking impressive but I thought wow we were cutting off that final pass so many times it wasn't funny, I was thinking those %'s was going to hurt us sooner or later.
TAA was in a last man moment that I thought fuck no this is it, thankfully the ball hit his shin.
VVD's run down of Son breaking through the box was a cracker moment.
Matip was again top.
We just couldn't play our game, Robbo and TAA hardly pressed but we know why.
Spurs would be wondering how they couldn't break us today still.
Then Origi comes on, once again he puts the sword through the heart when we really needed it, Thankyou Div !
I felt the pressure relief after that but to still sit through them pressing us was frustrating.
Will they get that breakthrough I kept thinking, corner after corner we defended, holy hell Becker's saves were like, I'm covering everything no worries, he was in the right spot every single time, no spills, the deflections were so strong, one release put us on the counter that could have been a chance.
Your right when seeing 5more mins IT I thought fuck no that long, please let this be over now.
The win was sheer determination as we've seen some games when not playing well.

Every single player worked their butts off in that heat but Becker was MOTM for me, worth every single $.
The scenes after the final whistle takes me back to Istanbul and further.
Our supporters at the ground singing away, our team and staff joining in staying there for so long I loved watching it all wishing I was there OR now at Liverpool for the parade !
Were back officially now, Big Ears is with us for the 6th time !
I noticed my son looking haggered/worn out/deflated having got back walking to his room, about 8am, I couldn't say much to the poor lad, just said we felt like you last year remember, when in hurt nothing helps we know.

Lets talk about 6 baby LOL.......


 

The celebrations have been sensational to watch via websites etcetcetc, be it back at LFC and what a parade that was and even still back in Madrid by supporters that stayed on.
One group what a hoot, singing chanting through the Madrid streets armed with blow up big ear trophys went into a BarcaFC store lol.......
Singing in front of Messi large picture and then seeing Coutinho's at the shop front ending with Phil sorry mate lol......
The open top parade how were the boys loving it and more so Klopp :)
He poured beer over 2 players heads, bottle between his legs counting up to 6 and smiling wide, nearly falling over when bus braked, so many other happenings its been fun to watch.
What a welcome by the faithful.
Hendo has been getting some great press regards his captainship, he finally shut up all the doubters now so glad for him.
What some of our boys think of him has been great to see.
The Dutch NT team welcoming VVD and Wij at their hotel, much respect by them to our boys constant applause and hand shakes, then we saw Hendo and TAA arrive at their NT hotel so different upon greeting between Kane/Alli lol.....expected.
Been a great week to date, I'm still going to my office with my LFC scarf.

Yeah I've watched a tonne of fan videos from the day, plus the offerings from Redmen TV and TAW. 

Personally, it was one of those mornings where everything went better than I expected it to- from being able to sit for the whole game with a clear view of the big screen, to going 1-0 up so early, to Divock sealing the result right at squeaky bum time, to getting on TV via Sunrise later that morning to remind everybody we won it 6 times.

sounds like your day was meant to be CH, just like some of your weird dreams lol.......
Thats what I didn't want to deal with somewhere in the city being I wasn't getting in early, no good seat, not good view of the screen, etcetc, but damn miss the atmosphere watching from home.
Oh well when you win it no matter where you are I guess, its happy days even watching at home with a spudz supporter, at least I had the upper hand :) 
I'll have to see if I can find the Sunrise link.

well things have been happening a little.
Signed up this young promising fella :

New Liverpool signing Sepp Van den Berg has been speaking about his decision to make the switch to the Premier League club.

The Reds picked up the centre-back for an initial fee of £1.4million from PEC Zwolle.

He told the club's website: “When I came here for the first time, it directly gave me a good feeling.

“The people who work here were really nice to me and everybody I met was really nice, so it gave me a good feeling – a family feeling, and that’s very important for me.

“I am a little bit of a family guy, so it was hard to leave home to come here, but I saw how the people looked after me. It gave me a really good feeling.”

So welcome young Sepp.

RM still trying to tug at Mane

Real Madrid could offer Marco Asensio in a stunning swap deal to sign Liverpool star Sadio Mane.

The Senegal forward scored 26 goals last season as the Reds won a sixth Champions League trophy.

The Express report Real Madrid have stepped up their interest in Mane.

And it has been claimed that Asensio, who has been a target of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in the past, could be included in a potential deal to tempt Mane away from Anfield.

Can't believe this comes up again just 9hrs ago :
Liverpool have opened the door to a sensational Phillippe Coutinho return, according to reports.

Only because its Rafa who we all hold close to us.
Ashley is a goose as all know,don't blame the little fella walking but good article this :
https://www.football365.com/news/hero-of-the-week-the-spanish-buddha-that-is-rafa-benitez

Well the summer happenings are taking place for all clubs.
Were in a good place and the recent 2 friendly's played have been good runs for all involved to date.
Our concerns injury wise from 1st team is Shaqiri torn calf suffered NT duties and Keita, minor adductor strain should be right soon.
Origi resigned.
Ox back for the season ahead
Gomez benefit pre season training ready for the season
Lallana to play a deeper role.
Still looking for a LB backup for Robbo.
Bobby Allison Brazil Copa Champs.
Mane in Africa Cup Final - will need a good rest.
Young Brewster impressing.
more goss of all things are we going to end up with Coutinho ?
LFC in USA now and so much else has occurred.
All in all from my reading the boys are pumped and can't wait for the season to commence and were the opening act at home :


.

i love klopp: lallana is unlikely to play many games this season but klopp still gives him a position and exactly what he needs to do. best man manager in the business 

yer Klopp just as at Mainz and Dortmund will be a LFC Legend period.
Lallana is very lucky as we know, any other gaffa in our current standing would have off loaded him.
Only injuries will give him the chance being a 1sts's starter for now and Cup etc games will be his program.
Up to him as long as he doesn't keep having injury bad luck forcing his way in.
A smart approach by Klopp, Lallana does have the skill to play a role Klopp sees, so whats the point cutting him off and buy not knowing what they deliver but pursue with what you got.
It will be his last chance I feel, if it doesn't work out could even go through Jan window I guess.

Wow just 2wks to go before new season koff.......
I reckon this season is going to be even more competitive, so many clubs have built up that little bit more and some with many changes.
One comp that from top to bottom the divide is getting less.

everton seeming to building more as well