Mark Linley
@marklinley.bsky.social
UK. Humanist, soft-left socialist. Politics, history, Liverpool FC, scifi, games, IT (architecture). From the People’s Republic of South Yorkshire to leafy Cambridgeshire. RefuXee. Keep fiddling with my profile.
#LFC Started brightly, final ball got a bit sloppy, good overall control, picked up again toward the end. Maybe a bit more guile from the bench at around 60-65 if no breakthrough.
April 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#LFC Started brightly, final ball got a bit sloppy, good overall control, picked up again toward the end. Maybe a bit more guile from the bench at around 60-65 if no breakthrough.
#LFC If Duncan Ferguson thinks without hesitation that an Everton challenge in a Merseyside derby warrants a red, it begs the question (again) of what VAR is supposed to be doing.
April 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#LFC If Duncan Ferguson thinks without hesitation that an Everton challenge in a Merseyside derby warrants a red, it begs the question (again) of what VAR is supposed to be doing.
#LFC Not to rehash debate on Darwin or Jota (or Diaz/Gakpo central), but a question for those more familiar with Slot at Feyenoord: what type of number 9 did he prefer?
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#LFC Not to rehash debate on Darwin or Jota (or Diaz/Gakpo central), but a question for those more familiar with Slot at Feyenoord: what type of number 9 did he prefer?
#LFC first time I’ve felt Slot has been a little cautious. Needed to press for the goal in the second half of normal time, but changes were too late, too timid.
PSG are good, mind, but doesn’t feel quite like we have it our all.
PSG are good, mind, but doesn’t feel quite like we have it our all.
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#LFC first time I’ve felt Slot has been a little cautious. Needed to press for the goal in the second half of normal time, but changes were too late, too timid.
PSG are good, mind, but doesn’t feel quite like we have it our all.
PSG are good, mind, but doesn’t feel quite like we have it our all.
#LFC bit of indecision from Slot for the first in subs? needed fresh legs 15-20 minutes ago.
Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, take your pick.
BTW, doesn't happen often, but Van Dijk's decision making on the ball has been poor tonight.
Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, take your pick.
BTW, doesn't happen often, but Van Dijk's decision making on the ball has been poor tonight.
March 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#LFC bit of indecision from Slot for the first in subs? needed fresh legs 15-20 minutes ago.
Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, take your pick.
BTW, doesn't happen often, but Van Dijk's decision making on the ball has been poor tonight.
Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, take your pick.
BTW, doesn't happen often, but Van Dijk's decision making on the ball has been poor tonight.
#LFC Their keeper and left CB are shaky under the press. Lack a bit of physicality upfront; Nunez for Jota within the hour. Their movement is too quick upfront for Gravenberch to really impact the game defensively; maybe sacrifice that for more control on the ball with Jones.
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#LFC Their keeper and left CB are shaky under the press. Lack a bit of physicality upfront; Nunez for Jota within the hour. Their movement is too quick upfront for Gravenberch to really impact the game defensively; maybe sacrifice that for more control on the ball with Jones.
#LFC Error came a minute earlier - we pressed their defence into kicking the ball out for a throw, but then went back to Alisson under pressure, VVD punted it downfield and gave up impetus the pressing had won.
March 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#LFC Error came a minute earlier - we pressed their defence into kicking the ball out for a throw, but then went back to Alisson under pressure, VVD punted it downfield and gave up impetus the pressing had won.
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
March 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
March 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#LFC Not great. Szoboszlai looks a bit jaded (touch gets sloppy), I think Diaz has needed a break for a while now. Darwin could get subbed for being an idiot, but if Slot can calm him a bit should still be useful.
Robertson for Tsimikas (booking), maybe McConnell for Szob, Elliot for Diaz.
Robertson for Tsimikas (booking), maybe McConnell for Szob, Elliot for Diaz.
March 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#LFC Not great. Szoboszlai looks a bit jaded (touch gets sloppy), I think Diaz has needed a break for a while now. Darwin could get subbed for being an idiot, but if Slot can calm him a bit should still be useful.
Robertson for Tsimikas (booking), maybe McConnell for Szob, Elliot for Diaz.
Robertson for Tsimikas (booking), maybe McConnell for Szob, Elliot for Diaz.
Liverpool supporter, but great to watch the joy at the final whistle for #NFFC. Must be my age, but good to see Forest back up near the top.
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Liverpool supporter, but great to watch the joy at the final whistle for #NFFC. Must be my age, but good to see Forest back up near the top.
#LFC PSG are better than I'd like.
Need to change something. We're not killing the pace by knocking it around at the back, but too sloppy in trying to play through the middle quickly, not enough pace upfront to play direct. Change in shape, personnel or approach needed quickly.
Need to change something. We're not killing the pace by knocking it around at the back, but too sloppy in trying to play through the middle quickly, not enough pace upfront to play direct. Change in shape, personnel or approach needed quickly.
March 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#LFC PSG are better than I'd like.
Need to change something. We're not killing the pace by knocking it around at the back, but too sloppy in trying to play through the middle quickly, not enough pace upfront to play direct. Change in shape, personnel or approach needed quickly.
Need to change something. We're not killing the pace by knocking it around at the back, but too sloppy in trying to play through the middle quickly, not enough pace upfront to play direct. Change in shape, personnel or approach needed quickly.
#LFC Enjoyable game, Villa are a good side. Could easily have been a win, Villa might have nicked it. No blame, a well contested draw away to an Emery side. Good to see a bit of a tweak in shape at a point when the forward line is looking a bit flat.
February 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#LFC Enjoyable game, Villa are a good side. Could easily have been a win, Villa might have nicked it. No blame, a well contested draw away to an Emery side. Good to see a bit of a tweak in shape at a point when the forward line is looking a bit flat.
February 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#LFC Not that I'm superstitious, but my wife went to make a tea a couple of minutes after kickoff and my LFC mug fell out of the cupboard and smashed.
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#LFC Not that I'm superstitious, but my wife went to make a tea a couple of minutes after kickoff and my LFC mug fell out of the cupboard and smashed.
#LFC Oliver (who is probably the best of them) struggling on the border between "letting the game go" and keeping on top of a bad tempered game at the moment.
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#LFC Oliver (who is probably the best of them) struggling on the border between "letting the game go" and keeping on top of a bad tempered game at the moment.