FA Community Shield :Crystal Palace v Liverpool FC. 15.00 GMT/UTC/BST Sunday August 10TH 2025

Big fan of both Nyoni and Rio and as much as I’d love to see both start, can see Arne treating this as a proper competitive game and the final stopping point before the real thing kicks off in mind.

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The starting lineup will basically be the first game of the season, with Mac being the only difference.

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Exactly, that’s why I posted this part separately.

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Thanks. I didn’t notice that those were separate. I wish they would have proper closed captions on the press conferences. I really struggle to hear the journalists at all.

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Has Klopp played that in preseason?

I think it will be

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You know how some fans chant, “Who are ya?”, as a sort of derision of their opponents. Well, with so many faces, I can see some of our fans asking that as a genuine enquiry.

Edit: Incidentally, was that gaffer tape supposed to keep Keith Moon’s headphones in place, or stop his brain falling out. It reminds me of Nat Philips at the end of our centre back disaster season.

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Not sure about Klopp, Arne might’ve though.

That could well be it too, it really factors on what shape Mac is in.

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Does this go straight to pens… if so he probably subs Maca in. If it’s Extra Time he will start him so he can control his minutes.

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He’s still in my heart. :heart:

Yes, no extra time in this one. At one time it was just shared if it ended in a draw.

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It’s usually straight to pens. I think Mac come in on 60mins.

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That’s why I’ve gotten into the habit of always activating subtitles; it helps.

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I had them on. I’m hard of hearing so I often use them but the question didn’t come through. Sometimes these will have CC added manually afterwards if they aren’t live. I suppose the real problem is that they don’t give microphones to the journalists.

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Yep, and prefer that.

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It’s nice. I was thinking myself that it could be nice to share a little silver cup with another team from time to time. I am an altruist after all :slight_smile:
But on the other hand, it can lead to some truly peculiar situations where no team tries to win (many examples of this in sporting history). I get that this is not at all an important title or game, but even so.

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Yeah only because it’s the curtain raiser for the season and not really a proper ‘trophy’.

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https://x.com/IanDoyleSport/status/1953828336314032545

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Any ways to watch this free in the UK other than illegal streams?

I should be watching on TNT on 410…but cannot get the phone to sync with the tv…we have wifi…but we get a picture…but alas it pixilates…so it’s updates on a phone…gggrrrr

There’s a piece in the Guardian about the Community (Charity) Shield, which I have mainly posted for the excellent picture of Kevin Keegan chinning Billy Bremner. 51 years ago? Good heavens!

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