Liverpool (H) 28/9: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Lycan]

That's ridiculous tbf. Asking for trouble. Surely the police or council should encourage a pub to be designated away fans only? Fuck me, I might open one £20k every fortnight then a nice break

I suppose they can encourage but can't force anyone. There's probably a reason why the Blue Brick don't want them anymore, the clean up alone would take a huge chunk out of that fortnightly profit.

 

[SSB]

There's probably a reason why the Blue Brick don't want them anymore, the clean up alone would take a huge chunk out of that fortnightly profit.

More to do with Whitbread making cuts. Do away fans really smash up pubs these days. It’s not something I’ve seen.

 

[Lycan]

More to do with Whitbread making cuts. Do away fans really smash up pubs these days. It’s not something I’ve seen.

If they're shit places like the Blue Brick which I'd imagine is basically just a room serving Carling or cider in a plastic glass then yeah they get pretty minging. Not smashed up but definitely trashed.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Just realised it's on telly. Sake. The horror.

 

[Tredman]

Just realised I've got to go, impending sense of doom for the whole day ahead

 

[Tom Hark]

I don't think I've ever looked forward to a game less. This is definitely not the way it should be.

 

[SSB]

Just realised I've got to go, impending sense of doom for the whole day ahead

Make your way to the pub now. It’ll make it more tolerably come 5.30

 

[Alan]

Swapping Dawson for Toti is like them swapping Trent for Ki-Jana Hoever.

Behave. Toti has been very disappointing this season but he’s nowhere close to deserving this comparison.

 

[NicholasG1973]

Behave. Toti has been very disappointing this season but he’s nowhere close to deserving this comparison.

Give me a shout after 7.30.

 

[Alan]

Give me a shout after 7.30.

Toti could score a hat trick of own goals and comparing him to Hoever would still be ridiculous.

We're talking about years of difference in their impact on the club.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If they're shit places like the Blue Brick which I'd imagine is basically just a room serving Carling or cider in a plastic glass then yeah they get pretty minging. Not smashed up but definitely trashed.

Pretty sure it's not open as a pub/restaurant full stop any more. Just for guests staying in the Premier Inn (and presumably where they get served a poor, overpriced breakfast each morning). Not so much a business decision based on football crowds.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The problem is that we're short on pubs for home fans as it stands. We have fewer on offer than when we averaged around 22,000 in the Championship 10 years ago. There's now another 8-9k on the gate and fewer places to go. EVERYWHERE gets rammed, even the awful ones like the Moon. Can't even get a seat in quite a few of them without pre-booking. I more or less gave up going anywhere pre-match after Christmas last season, I just wasn't enjoying it any more, no space, getting harder to have a chat without shouting, having to plan it like a military operation weeks in advance, having to stack up drinks orders on apps in advance or you're sat/stood without a pint for half an hour or more at a time as staffing is an issue everywhere and they just don't have the numbers.

You try putting away fans into pubs to add to that and it's a recipe for chaos.

 

[AndyWolves]

I wonder if they could use the civic halls as an away boozer?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You'd struggle with policing if it's a team judged as "high risk". Immediate flashpoint potential there as they'd be leaving right into the stream of thousands of home fans heading towards the South Bank and Steve Bull.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

It's the Shi MO. Promote somebody out of their depth who'll roll over and get their bellies tickled, keep quiet and take the money until the shit gets too deep, then sign their little NDA, fuck off, and then start again.

Sounds good tbf. Where do I apply?

 

[Law's Bus]

Pretty sure it's not open as a pub/restaurant full stop any more. Just for guests staying in the Premier Inn (and presumably where they get served a poor, overpriced breakfast each morning). Not so much a business decision based on football crowds.

Yeah, there's a lot of pubs next to Premier Inns that have gone this way.

It's a complete PITA when you've had to travel for work and you get there and discover that the pub next door is shut and you need to find a vaguely passable meal in, say, Falkirk.

</rant>

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I think I'd rather we play Lemina at CB than Pond?

 

[Derby Wolf]

I wonder if they could use the civic halls as an away boozer?

They were called the Subway Army for a reason....

 

[Carsy]

They were called the Subway Army for a reason....

Their fondness of BMT’s?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]