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Maverick, you’re right.
Unlike us for example faffing about during our last 3-5 transfer windows, Pep Guardiola kept himself focused on addressing Man City’s deficiencies.
They now have a new and a better GK, they’ve bought Kyle Walker. He also signed Jesus plus Sane and his 4-1-4-1 formation is working.
With your boys, there are players now in either their second or third seasons and established. You needed a finisher, you now have a finisher in Lakaku to turn draws into wins. Matip brought in to protect defence, and having that striker means others can play in their positions to add balance to the team and supplement the formation the way it’s intended.
Outside both Manchester clubs, I’d give credence to both Tottenham and Chelsea to challenge, but it’s how all these teams manage other competitions alongside the prem and how they will fare over the course of the season.
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Maverick 1973, I understand your point and that’s fair. Admittedly, it’s begrudging on my part than being more objective. It’s because I’m precious and wouldn’t want either of the sides to runaway with it and potentially have the league sown up sooner than later.
Of course, there is plenty of football to be played. It’s the frustrations obviously from the lacking of that extra quality from my club coupled with the media love-in. I’ve yet to have heard one speak like you on the point of 38 games.
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Wonderful professional. He’s one of the few I’d say who’d pledge his future to one club and that being Spurs. He doesn’t seem that type of guy who’s head would be turned by an example like Man United, Man City or Real Madrid.
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Just saw after the full-time whistle Rafa very upbeat and walking all over the pitch to shake hands with both sets of players. Fair play for him being good spirited but when a clip showed Jurgen Klopp, the look on his face summed up how frustrated he was not to come away with ALL 3 points.
He started with Sturridge, but our goal actually came from a moment of sheer brilliance by Phillipe Coutinho. I find it hard to believe with the abundance of attacking quality, how we only manage to score 1 goal.
Once again, our centre backs have a moment of lost concentration or not disciplined and tactical enough to prevent a through ball falling into the path of a Newcastle player and as a result of a lucky deflection, finds the back of the net.
It’s definitely 2 points dropped and really, we should finished these guys off for the full 3.
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They don’t look like losing that’s what is frustrating chucky and the media have just fallen head over heals over them.
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Good call Ed, quite a fan of Tottenham and like them. I really hope they continue to just go out there freely in expressing themselves and get those wins under there belt.
If I am forthright in expressing, I’d be bemused to hear “The Title is going to Manchester”.
When there is or when you see as a neutral genuine potential in other teams, you feel they shouldn’t hold back and try as best as they can.
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About a week ago I had in my mind guaranteed goals out of this fixture because both teams have been in good scoring form and in fine fettle.
As it happens, this game effectively was tight. Man City formed nicely away from home with a 4-1-4-1 and actually asked more questions.
It needed something special and KDB was the X Factor. You need that in these type of games if you want to aspire to an away win.
I like Morata, but felt Chelsea lacked that Drogba/Costa type of a bulldog who will find an equalizer one way or another. Above all,
I expected an exuberant Chelsea and with them being current Champions, relishing Man City.
If anything, the fixture by default should automatically prevail ambience of the home team in front of their supporters relishing a Man City type of challenge, and this I felt on this evidence of today’s game was missed.
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I’d be frustrated if I was a Spurs fan because I believe there’s a title challenge in them, but it’s this problem at the moment in trying to establish yourself at Wembley, plus Levy’s mindset in not overly wanting to push the boat out to strengthen the squad.
They are a well drilled side and a joy to watch when they have a proper English striker on song.
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Haha 🙂 Had to reluctantly trade him out of my fantasy team and bring in Kane!
That is a shame from a Man City point of view, but they do have plenty of attacking quality so I still expect goals from both sides.
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I can’t remember the last time we’ve won at Newcastle to be fair, Hightown. Even under Rodgers.
That’s why I’m not particularly a huge fan of this fixture, but there challenges that now lie ahead is keeping that momentum going and how the team responds after a midweek fixture with readiness and motivation to get the job done.
We will be back to signing out to an international break and after that it’s Man United at home, so for me, this is a key game in hope that we can come with 3 points.
To be fair, we’ve not done to badly in our last 2 outings. The good news is that Sadio is back with us and Coutinho seems to have rediscovered his shooting boots. As long as we are resolute at the back, there’s no reason why we can’t flourish this with a 3-0 victory.
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M Wake, just wondered what your thoughts were on the draw yesterday?
Thought we did well to draw level and get back in the game. We admittedly squandered chances to go in front and finish off with a victory, but we’re growing a lot stronger in recent games.
Would be brilliant to regain Lallana back into the fold; the challenge now is the signature of Van Dijk in January 🙂
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Maybe I’m just perceiving the changes differently to perhaps others, but if anything, to have both Keepers the allowance of game time is welcoming.
Mignolet has done better in fairness to him and naturally over Karius, he is more experienced, but Karius was signed for a reason and he has to be bedded in sometime and sooner rather than wait on the sidelines for an opportunity.
And competition is healthy 🙂
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1-1! This boy is wonderful! 😀
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Be surprised if it was goalless, but can’t see that happening. Both teams in real flow at the moment so it’s a good time to meet and perhaps deemed an acid test for both parties as far as bragging rights are concerned.
Morata and Aguero are worth more than the admission fee alone.
Can’t wait for this for, this Saturday – one for the Neutrals!
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Groping is a new one! Oi!
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Very impressed so far with Brighton and Huddersfield – breath of fresh air to have new teams added to the fold of the top flight and with Huddersfield being from a different geographical area than we are used to ala North and South.
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Top shouts guys and completely with you.
I don’t know whether Management are encouraging this sort of thing in the dressing room but I wasn’t impressed at all with a few of the Leicester players tugging shirts, pulling players back, standing in front of them to deliberately block their pathway.
On their first goal, Okazaki impeded Mignolet whilst the corner was on it’s way, and the punch was missed and fell into his path. He then spins away and sticks his foot out whilst Gomez was held back by another Leicester player.
It’s no wonder Henderson was remonstrating with Anthony Taylor and rightly so.
I don’t mind if Goal-line technology isn’t implemented, but all it takes if for 2 bodies, (one on each side of the goal mouth) to stand vigil and report instantly to the Ref any misdemeanours.
Dirty play like that potentially changes wins into draws or draws into defeats for the team on the receiving end.
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m wake, all true and supporters have been let down and frustrated (rightly) as a result.
To take a different strand of the argument, yes you’re right. Steven Gerrard’s shoes were huge ones to fill in fairness.
I did genuinely feel Jordan Henderson was more than up to scratch yesterday and that was one of the best of ever I seen from him in his Liverpool career, thus with him being voted a 9.
I like the guy and want to see him succeed – that’s the most frustrating part of it all.
He is maturing, though stepping up to the level of captaincy means you have to take on more. Perhaps Kieta’s arrival could be the synergy in Henderson just focusing on leadership and driving forward attacking play.
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Top class and a beautiful player to watch 999. Forget Costa my friend and hold on to this individual. He is an asset to the Premier League and I wish Liverpool could have somebody like him.
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