He’s doing a 09:00 presser again, so not quite that louche.
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Are those cheapo m&ms on the necklace?
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Hansen presenting my trophy to Virg😍
What a triumvirate.
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Second game for us this season after overseeing the Bournemouth game, he hasn’t done many of our games for whatever reason with one of his few being that 4-4 against Soton on one of the other final days.
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I think it’s because he was guilty of the clearest case of match-fixing in this country since Hans Segars let a pea-roller in at Goodison 30 years ago.
He was VAR for the Diaz disallowed goal at Spurs, one of several inexplicable decisions he made that day to expose himself as a cheat.
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Ah I forgot he was on VAR for that.
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One final time for the season:
Smash them. They’re shit.
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I got pulled off on a call during the presser. I’ll try to find a summary later.
Slot was asked about Salah’s chance in the Ballon d’Or. Said that after this season he deserves to win it. (Assuming that means it will go to the usual suspects.)
Doesn’t know if Trent will play.
Said it is nice that Klopp will be there.
I’ll post the BBC summary when they stick it up. Probably all “what I did on my holidays”.
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Here you go, with credit to Katie Stafford, the BBC Sport journalist who presumably doesn’t get interrupted by the Red Cross or the Luftwaffe:
Here are the key lines from Slot’s news conference:
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He said “if there was ever the chance” for Mohamed Salah to win the Ballon d’Or “then it would be this season”. Slot added Salah “has had very, very good seasons at Liverpool but this one probably stands out in numbers.”
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On his feelings ahead of lifting the Premier League trophy: “Proud sums it up the most because after working here for a year I know now had hard it is [to win the league]. It has been 38 games in a period where the league has never been so strong.”
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He said he has not decided whether Trent Alexander-Arnold will get game time but the full-back has earned the right to celebrate with his team-mates: “He definitely deserves to be there because he has been a part of the incredibly successful years at the club.”
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In response to whether he has spoken to Alexander-Arnold about criticism he has faced for his decision to leave Liverpool this summer: “I speak to the human being every day. Combined with winning something together, it creates a different bond to what the fans may have with him.”
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However, Slot did reveal he spoke to Alexander-Arnold in pre-season about his work ethic: “I wasn’t completely happy with every single minute he was on the training ground. In certain moments he could do a bit more – to say it mildly. That’s what we talked about.”
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More on that subject: “I said to him you’re a much better defender than everyone tells you, but unfortunately you don’t show it all the time. This is why some people say this is part of the game you need to improve.”
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Slot is hopeful Joe Gomez “can make some minutes” against Crystal Palace, in what will be his 150th appearance for the club.
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On avoiding closing the season with a defeat after losing at Brighton on Monday: “We need to do a few things better but I think we have still done a lot of good things in the ast three games. Usually we don’t concede eight goals in three games. That’s not our standard throughout the whole season.”
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On his expectations for next season: “We have a lot to compete next season again, but what I don’t know yet is if we have this elite serial winner mentality to show up season after season. I will get the answer on 8 July when we come back together. Many teams have won the Premier League once but not for many seasons in a row.”
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Lucky bastard.
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Im intrigued about the purple bins
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All explained in Trent’s thread. I think 
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Ah I grew tired of that one.
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His player thread, not the transfer rumour thread.
Le too however it’s calmed down recently.
Someone on TAW jokingly suggested a reverse guard of honour for CP I thing it would be a classy gesture by a ubiquitously classy club!
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My favourite suggestion was that, given all the players will be in holiday mode, eleven random fans are selected from each set of supporters to play the game.
The players’ match fees can then be donated to a charity for each club.
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