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@Top100Rick Watch Jon Rahm pay his DP World fines

Oh goody! Love me a teaser! Any predictions? LIV shutting down? Buying DP World Tour? Merge with PGA Tour? Other?

@eddiegibbs Liverpool are about to go into a period of decline with the odd cup win because they cannot get over Klopp. Just like Man Utd could not get over Ferguson. Manager turnover wil be every 18 months because the manager is not Klopp and fans don’t have the patience.

‼️ Time’s Up for Slot, It Already Was Gratitude has its place in football, but it cannot be allowed to cloud judgement. Arne Slot had his moment, and he had his backing, but this season has stripped away any illusion of progress. This talk of transition feels like a convenient shield. Transition to what, exactly? There is no clear identity here, no discernible pattern, no attacking thrust, no defensive assurance. Liverpool meander through games without purpose, a side neither evolving nor responding, simply existing in a fog of uncertainty. The spin has already begun, both mainstream and patch journalists alike now softening the failure, dressing it up as part of a longer journey or a grand master plan. But this isn’t growth, it’s regression. Calling it anything else insults the evidence laid bare week after week. This isn’t a club built to accept mediocrity. The standards demand more, the history demands more, and the present reality falls well short. Ahead of the Merseyside Derby, a decision should be made, a decision we already know won’t be. Why is sentiment still being allowed to linger? Slot should go, and he should go now.

@HijGF @robbohuyton @spiritofshankly @_lfcsb Since Liverpool usually make a loss, my guess is you prefer people get fired to cover the extra costs than the fans pay them. Very Man Utd thinking

@Roddygra @robbohuyton @spiritofshankly @_lfcsb So the season ticket holders and local members (500 max per game isn’t it?) would actually be better off than members under the new rises but are still protesting? Fair play to them, cheers from a member, Gareth.

Share this far and wide - on here, in your WhatsApp groups, on your social media. No flags and Not A Pound In The Ground is the starting point. If enough people do it, it will send a message to FSG: they got this one wrong. @spiritofshankly and @_lfcsb offered to talk to the ownership again and that offer was ignored. Fans said they wanted to protest. This is the start.

@TaintlessRed What you said is Short sighted

Slot is a fool for not giving Ngumoha more minutes this season. Most of the fans and pundits have been crying out for it. He's done well in almost all of his games - offers something each time.

@robbohuyton @spiritofshankly @_lfcsb A 3% rise affects season ticket holders and local general admission per game less than a 3% rise for those buying general admission who are not local. Thus locals and season tickets are subsidized by others. Just Maths

@Roddygra @spiritofshankly @_lfcsb What ‘other fans’? Ticket price rises affect everyone paying general admission.

@JamesPearceLFC The irrationality of LFC twitter thinking we are playing at Anfield against Cheltenham Town and not at the home of the reigning European Champions and probably best team in Europe Not like we never got battered in Paris by them last year only for a generational game from Alisson

FT: PSG 2 #LFC 0: Liverpool have a mountain to climb at Anfield next Tuesday, but they are just about still in this tie. Completely outplayed by the European champions. Doue/Kvaratskhelia with the goals. PSG missed a stack of chances with Mamardashvili making some big saves.

@AnfieldEdition The irrationality of LFC twitter thinking we are playing at Anfield against Cheltenham Town and not at the home of the reigning European Champions and probably best team in Europe Not like we never got battered in Paris by them last year only for a generational game from Alisson

We’ve barely touched the ball and PSG are an incredible football side. Not much more to say. Thoughts so far, Reds?

@TaintlessRed Liverpool fans talking like they are playing Cheltenham Town and not the reigning European Champions and probably the best team in Europe

The fact it was a deflection is irrelevant tbh. If you give up possession from the start of the game for 10minutes straight and let the oppoisition gain rhythm, confidence and attack you'll concede shots. PSG still found ways through our midfield/defence before the goal.

Problem with this coward's football that Slot set us up like is it send a message to PSG that we consider ourselves inferior, sends the same message to our players and it's manifested in that we cede possesion - PSG had it non-stop for 10mins from kickoff before the goal.

@Top100Rick but if McIlroy loses 12 off his driver he may lose another 10 off the iron, that makes the hole 22 yards longer which maybe 2 extra clubs into the hole. That makes it more interesting. A 5 iron and not a 7 iron.

Are you ready to lose some driver distance? In 2030 you will be. If you hit driver 220 yards you will lose 4.5 yards. An elite pro like Rory will lose 12 yards. This ball rollback is a start, but imo not nearly enough. Rory going from 325 to 315 won’t change almost anything. Which means another rollback or tech change will have to come. IMO they should just do more all at once. Rip off the bandaid. Great stuff from Golf Digest. Full read in next post.

@eddiegibbs it is probably one season too late.Last season would have made sense to let him leave. Could have had a complete transition. But now transition will go into a second year. As Paisley said, we should have let his legs go on someone else’s pitch.

🇪🇬👑 Salah, farewell to the heartbeat of a golden era It lands quietly. Then all at once. Mohamed Salah will leave at the end of the season. Not sold. Not eased out. Going on a free, a year still sitting on his contract, value left on the table. We knew, of course, we knew. The tension had been there. The words that didn't quite fit. The distance between player and manager that no result could hide. His fallout with Arne Slot in December felt like a warning. Not the shock. The confirmation. But the timing. That's what jars. No buildup. No slow acceptance. Just a sudden line drawn, on a random Tuesday night, through an era that shaped lives. He gave us moments that felt inevitable and impossible at the same time. The cut inside. The finish. The roar that followed. For years, that was certainty. That was our comfort. There will be numbers attached to him forever. Goals, medals, records. They tell you he was great. They don't tell you what it felt like to watch him. He gave people joy when they needed it. He gave them something to hold on to. And now he goes. They all go. An agreement. A quiet exit. The wages cleared, the books balanced, the future prioritised. Perhaps it's the right call. Football often demands it. Still, it leaves a question hanging in the air. When someone has given you this much, should the ending feel this hollow?

@eddiegibbs Welcome to the country Farage has created. Tolerance is a weakness in UK26

🙏 Sixty Seconds That Shamed the Stands Elland Road has heard fury before. It has shaken with tribal thunder and righteous anger. Last night it managed something smaller, meaner. A minute. That was all it took. A short, league-approved pause so three footballers could take water and a little sustenance after a day of fasting for Ramadan. Rayan Cherki, Omar Marmoush, and Rayan Ait Nouri had done what countless Muslims do each year: balance faith and daily life with quiet discipline. The reason was spelt out on the big screen. No mystery, no subterfuge. The response was boos. Not confusion. Not impatience. Boos. Pep Guardiola called for respect for diversity. It shouldn't be a daring plea in 2026. The protocol has existed for years. The break came at a natural stoppage. No advantage sought, none gained. They drank, they swallowed a few vitamins, they played on. They won. And still the jeering rolled down from the stands, as if sixty seconds of basic consideration were an assault on the game itself. I was disappointed and angered by the boos, but in this world, not surprised. We've made a habit of mistaking intolerance for strength. It's easier to sneer than to understand. Easier to divide than to share space. Football loves to wrap itself in the language of community. Community demands maturity. It asks that we recognise the game belongs to more than one creed, more than one colour, more than one tradition. If a brief pause for faith provokes outrage, then the problem lies not with those observing Ramadan. It lies with those who see respect as surrender. Sixty seconds. That was the test. Too many failed it.

@SimonBrundish nice article. The Klopp method certainly seemed to see players like Fabinho, Henderson, etc lose their legs earlier in age than may be they would have under Slot.

@stehoare Liverpool since the season after we won the league have turned into a team that in general starts most games slowly. I remember all those games City would blast the opposition in the first 20 minutes, but we only did it occasionally. Lots of late winners etc.

I thought the way The Reds started today was awful. I get the criticism of the manager this season - most of it has been deserved - but he can't do anything about things like today when every one of his players lost the ability to make simple passes or make normal decisions.

@Top100Rick This is the type of player in golf now. Makes a lot of money because he hits it miles leaving short irons. But like similar players they all have way below average short games. Even DeChambeau is not great. x.com/dpworldtour/st…

@Top100Rick On the chipping I would likey take Woods, Ballesteros or Langer Langer was an amazing pitcher and chipper despite having the yips at putting

Since the invention of AimPoint, putting has gotten worse. Not shocking. The best putters have been and always will be the guys who putt with their hearts and hands.

@jnc20001 What your indicating is very cold weather coming to Northern Europe over the late February to Early March period?

12Z STRATOSPHERE WATCH ISSUED 14/02/26 Right guys the stratospheric is sufficient enough for me to decrease it from 2 polar vortex’s to 1 polar vortex reason behind this is due to the warmings propagating into the higher atmosphere of the stratosphere and troposphere

@tak6tak @jamierkennedy not a single modern Golfer and none you have actually seen play. Will give you these from the non-modern era old Tom Young Tom Park Sr Tommy Armour Willie Anderson braid Robertson Jamie Anderson Bob Ferguson But the rest never won more majors than Lyle

@Roddygra @jamierkennedy Braid old tom young tom will sr will Anderson.Jim Anderson. Ferguson Armour Bob Martin will jr Alex Smith jock strath kidd mungo fernie. Simpson brown burns kirkaldy foulis. Youre welcome

What if the Players 𝙬𝙖𝙨 a major? How would it impact things? Here's a list of notable names and how many majors they would "then" have: 21: Jack Nicklaus (+3) 17: Tiger Woods (+2) 8: Tom Watson 7: Rory McIlroy (+2) 7: Phil Mickelson (+1) 6: Scottie Scheffler (+2) 6: Nick Faldo 5. Raymond Floyd (+1) 5: Brooks Koepka 5: Seve Ballesteros 3: Greg Norman (+1) 3: Fred Couples (+2) 3: Davis Love III (+2) 3: Hal Sutton (+2) 3: Steve Elkington (+2) 2: Sergio Garcia (+1) 2: Adam Scott (+1) 1: Calvin Peete (+1) 1: Rickie Fowler (+1)

@tak6tak @jamierkennedy Name 20 Scottish golfers better than him.

@Roddygra @jamierkennedy Lyle? Greatest Scot? Hes not top 20 of Scots