How does Townsend get punditry work? he is bl00dy awful

It puzzled me how he got a footballer's job, to then get post-retirement work within the game as well is just baffling.

Southgate is worse, trying his hardest to pin Ibra's first on Leighton Baines despite it clearly being Caulker's fault.

I'd prefer to know how Chiles gets the presenting job

think he's on a golden handcuffs deal after they signed him from BBC, and he's been sh/te on everything, but they have to give him something to do

Really? If he'd get into the Barcelona team, or the Real Madrid team, why is he messing about at an average mid-table side like Liverpool? He's a clever player who produces some quality moments, but he's prolific enough to in the top echelon of strikers and isn't good enough to play on his own, hence why Liverpool are struggling so much.

I'm interested to know who in the Man United team he would be ahead of?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic = WOW!

He's almost as good as Anders Limpar was. An absolutely incredible player. When he's 'on' he's the best striker in the world. What a goal, simply brilliant.

Joe Hart has had a mare. What on earth was that?

Amazing finish for Zlatan's 4th, but Hart looked ropey for the 3rd and 4th

Hart obviously started believing his own hype. Time for Forster... ahem.

Friends Arena???? If it was a Swedish company called Friends then fair enough, but an anti-bullying organisation? I hope English football doesn't go down that path.

After that performance from Ibrahimovic and that goal, this is the subject you decide to post about?



And anyway, why not? Would the 'Kick it Out Arena' be any worse than 'DW Stadium'? The naming rights were bought by a Bank, then donated to a charity. I can't say I have a problem with that.

Peter Herbert's wet dream

Haven't seen it, yet.



While a 4 goal haul in any game is an awesome achievement, an international friendly isn't the big stage. If this was a competitive game against England then Ibra would deserve the plaudits for his haul. But in many ways a 4 goal haul against so many England debutants is as meaningful as Torres's hat trick against QPR.

He's the guy who has been kicking KIO in the last month. Peter Herbert's dream is probably along the lines of Prime Minister Peter Herbert, Lord Herbert of Fulham Broadway or being the English version of Martin Luther King.

Or maybe he sees how much Gordon Taylor is on as the PFA boss and wants a similar cut as boss of the BPU.

Just seen that fourth. Quite stupendous, it's really hard to imagine anybody else trying that, let alone pulling it off.

He isnt good enough to play up front on his own yet remains the PL joint top scorer?

You dont think he'd get in ahead of Young? He'd get in ahead of Rooney for ne. Even on the left I'd play him instead of Young.

As for Barca he' take Pedro/Alexis' posistion on the right easy.

As you can see from this clip, his team mates REALLY love him



Hes a grub. I know it, his team mates know it and everyone else know it, bar the liverpool fans

He's not as good as Rooney. The other players you mention are all wingers.

It seems the rumours about Suarez moving to City were started by Liverpool themselves, if you believe the journos on Twitter. What do you make of that? I think a lot of clubs would be put off by his thirst for controversy and he's never looked like he wanted to leave, so I doubt he'll go anywhere.

The one Liverpool need to worry about is Raheem Sterling. I'll bet the rumours of an imminent City raid are true, they just weren't about Suarez.

He wouldnt get in the man city team

Sterling looks a great prospect. If City were to bid for a Liverpool player, I'd much rather it be him.

It appears the journalists on Twitter are embarrassing themselves and their profession. Journos never reveal their sauces yet there seems to be quite the bit of bickering between who's actually released this story. Embarrassing really, Liverpool journos will say City, City journos will say Liverpool. WGAF? Only you, I imagine.

Don't really get this thirst for controversy stuff, from everything I've read on him his biggest problem is his desire to win, it pushes him over the edge and that's when the silly stuff happens. Off the pitch he seems to be one of the best people at our club and I've never read a bad thing about him. Compare that to the many players you regularly see in tabloids for all kinds of reasons and I'd say any club taking him on would only have to worry about controlling his determination, something I think every coach would rather have than have a player that's too laid back or doesn't care.

Tomato or HP?

His second goal was better than Suarez's "best goal ever" against the geordies. Perfect control of a difficult ball at speed + clinical finish > Perfect control of a difficult ball and going past a stationary object.

The fourth goal. Amazing piece of skill from Ibra. I reckon he'd score in 2/50 attempts. If he wasn't injured after the first few.

But, more importantly, WTF was Hart doing? As great a piece of skill as it was from Ibra, it was eclipsed in being a totally woeful example of goalkeeping. He had two defenders who would have been better placed in taking that ball. Instead he runs out of the box and takes the defenders out of the game, places himself out of the game, and offers Ibra the free chance at goal.

Even if Ibrahimovic had missed the ball and landed flat on his back and injured himself, he should have been less embarrassed at that than Hart was at his goalkeeping. That's not even primary school goalkeeping, it's GIRL'S primary school goalkeeping.

The only positive from Citeh is that he dropped that clanger while playing for England.

3-2 down in injury time, not that surprising he had a rush of blood. I thought he was more at fault for the 3rd.