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Mike

@lpoolmike.bsky.social

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📍 Liverpool, UK X refugee in the UK 🏳️‍🌈 Passionate about politics,science, history, amphibians, horticulture, carnivorous plants, film (esp. horror) and LFC.

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · Jan 23

Just a quick message to all the lady sexbots and OF performers that keep trying to follow me or are sending me DMs. Don’t waste your time loves #ontheotherbus

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Viktor Fagerström @viktorfagerlfc.bsky.social · 2m

Michael Oliver's view on "the rules" today

a man with a beard says the code is more what you d call guidelines than actual rules

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 20m

Defensively all over the shop still #LFC

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 23m

“Arm was in a natural position” #LFC

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 27m

Soooo unlucky Cody #LFC

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 29m

That is a penalty. Of course Paul Tierney disagrees #LFC

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 54m

Everything is going to be ok I’m sure #LFC

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 59m

Well I didn’t miss the traditional pre match routine in the international break #LFC

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

Someone who had learned their lesson wouldn’t be doing a tour of the studios less than a day after he got a literal get out of jail free card

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The Weirdling @theweirdling.bsky.social · 1h

Some horrors are real. #HorrorSky

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

He’s so bad lol

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely. The only consistent is their inconsistency.
I sometimes wonder what they have actually seen in their heads

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t think I’ve watched a game where I thought Simon Hooper was in control. Inconsistent, totally reactive and frequently wrong. Must be so difficult as a player dealing with these refs when you have no idea what they are going to do or think they have seen

a man is kneeling in front of a car with the words the problem is they 're just not very good

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe, I’m not convinced.

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t know - the follow through onto the ankle seemed more than a coming together to me

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 1h

It’s like when players are fouled after they have made an attempt isn’t it. Never given but I’m not sure why not

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

I know the ball had gone but surely that’s a foul on Digne and therefore a penalty?
You can be fouled off the ball in the penalty area and be awarded a penalty and so why is that different?

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t miss the other place (as it is now) but it had some wonderful moments

David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 7h

Happy third anniversary to one of Twitter’s last great moments

Twitter exchange:

Krishnan Guru-Murthy @ @k... • 10m
After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air. While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself and I apologise unreservedly. I have reached out to Steve Baker to say sorry

Steve Baker MP FRSA
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Replying to @krishgm
I appreciate you apologising. Thank you.

Careless Tories Cost Lives @T... • 4m
Replying to @SteveBakerHW and @krishgm
You are a cunt, mind.

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

Good process, boys….

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Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

Ah ok. Didn’t see that change.

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

I think a lot of refs blow up immediately before it’s obvious if possession is going to change but that is my understanding of the actual law. I wouldn’t trust Hooper to ref a tiddlywinks match so would be typical of him to mess it up if I’ve misremembered the rule change

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

As far as I know the law only results in a stoppage and drop ball if possession of the ball changes because of the referee

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

I only thought it applied if Villa gained possession of the ball because it hit the referee

Mike @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 2h

Only if the team with the ball loses possession

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