u/LFCTricksters

This is the last thing I wanted to see during the international break. Isak is returning to Liverpool after picking up a minor injury and will miss Sweden’s remaining games. I hope it really is nothing serious and the medical team can get him sorted quickly. We’ve got City at Anfield when the season resumes, so having Isak fit for that one would be massive. Fingers crossed it’s just a precaution.

What a finish from Gakpo! A 91st-minute equaliser against Germany is exactly the kind of moment you love to see from a Liverpool player. He kept his composure and produced a brilliant volley when the Netherlands needed it most. Great to see him making such a big impact on international duty. Hopefully he can bring that confidence straight back to Liverpool.

The glory hunter is obvious and easy to identify - they arrive when the trophies do and disappear during a bad run. But there's an argument that the performative fan who attends regularly, posts constantly and has all the visual markers of genuine support while having absolutely no actual understanding of or connection to the club is doing more damage because they're harder to spot and harder to call out without looking like you're being unreasonably gatekeepy. Would love to know which type of plastic behaviour people here think is actually the most corrosive to what real fandom is supposed to feel like and whether the obvious targets are even the right ones to be focusing on.

One of my closest friends insists he's one of the biggest supporters of our club. He never misses a chance to tell everyone how passionate he is, buys every new kit, posts countdowns before matches, and acts like football is his whole personality.

But the moment kickoff starts, he opens Instagram or TikTok Live. For the entire 90 minutes he's staring at his phone, reading comments, thanking people for joining, asking them to like and share, and barely looking at the actual match. Every big chance or goal, he only notices because people in the chat start spamming.

Then after the game he's suddenly posting match opinions, player ratings, and arguing with people online as if he watched every second. If you ask him about something that happened during the match, he usually has no idea because he was too busy talking to his followers.

I joked that he supports his engagement more than his football club. He didn't find it funny.

Am I being unfair, or is constantly livestreaming yourself during matches one of the most plastic fan behaviors out there?