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It’s not bloody right little kids getting sick, they are innocent & no kid deserves it. I hate reading about it & just visiting the children’s hospital to see a friends youngster made me feel very uneasy, seeing kids in wheelchairs with tubes everywhere is gut wrenching. I don’t know how people work in there but thank god they do & god bless them they deserve more money.
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Surprised with that Burnley result, I expected a much tighter game than that. Did we dominate like the score line suggests or was it tighter than that. I read Chelsea are playing quite a few youngsters so that might make it a tough season or 2 for them, I actually had them as a top 4 team this season. I thought manu would be going a bit better as well. That said it’s still early & they may well click into gear. No other real surprises with city destroying their opposition as usual & an interesting game coming up tonight (Oz time that is). Is something going on behind the scenes at spurs, I heard a whisper there’s a bit of unrest there.
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Jesus Mak settle down mate, we don’t agree. I just think our best chance of a trophy is in cups, like I said last season. The reason for that is the games are played over 2 legs with 1 being at Anfield, I think this format suits us. I think the depth of city suits them over a full season, it’s not that hard to comprehend really.
Yes we got close last season but city have proven they can reach these heights consistently, I doubt we can without strengthening. I can see our top players getting tired after basically no off season & I don’t think we have enough quality to cover this. What if we lose one or even worse two of our top 3 to injury, again I don’t think we have enough quality to cover this.
Wow we are undefeated after 3 games, they’ve had a draw. Remember how far ahead we were around Christmas last season.
You call it defeatist, I’ve nothing to gain from just being negative, it’s just my opinion & I’ve explained why I think city will win it again & you’ve given your reasons so let’s just wait & see.
Nine not taking a break at all mate, just not that invested any more in any sport really, hence only a post here & there.
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Mak, who said I didn’t enjoy winning the C/L? I said many times last season the cups were our best chance of winning a title. As I continually say mate it’s quality in depth why no one will top city again. They strengthened we didn’t & they finished above us last season. They have got around 100 pts for a few consecutive seasons we got 97 once whilst playing the best we possibly could. Do you think we will get around that again? Do you think we will only lose once again? I certainly don’t, I think we might get late 80’s maybe early 90’s & city will once again get around 100 again. I’m not making this up, yes it’s my opinion & you might not agree but We will wait & see how it pans out.
As for taking a break, I don’t post much as I’m not overly invested any more with football so I just have a read & post once in a while. I hope your right mate but time will tell.
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I’ve still got a feeling Chelsea will come good, I don’t know what it is or why but that’s my gut feeling. As for the big prize, I said it last season & I’ll say it again, they might as well just put it in the cabinet at Etihad & watch the rest fight for the other 3 C/L positions, way to much quality in depth for others to compete with over a full season. That said it’ll be interesting to see who makes up the top 4, I think it’ll be Spurs, Liverpool & Chelsea in that order.
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BB spot on in regards the the human element still there mate, rugby league in Oz uses this VAR & even the commentators say they still regularly get the decisions wrong. It’s called the bunker in league but ultimately when humans make the decision they might as well keep the game how it is.
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I think chelsea deserved to win the super cup or whatever it’s called, they looked fresher & were unlucky not to win it. I’ve been a strong advocate of the need to buy a couple of players of quality to strengthen & said if we didn’t we’d fall behind city. Bit of a concern that our lads looked tired 1 game in. Yeah it might have been just one of those days but I fail to see our current squad pushing city like last season. They simply have too much quality in depth and as noble as it is to try and develop players I think it will backfire and we will fall behind city even further. By January it could well be too late to strengthen as I fully expect city to get well into the 90’s for points yet again.
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What do we make of these managers saying city foul to prevent attacking opportunities. Being honest I don’t regularly watch city but My personal opinion is they are getting frustrated city just have to good a team & are looking for excuses. It’s no coincidence they bang 4 or 5 past teams on a regular basis, they just have better players than the other clubs so they better learn to deal with it cause city ain’t going to all of a sudden just drop off the top of the tree. I think most believe deep down they will win another EPL title this season, sadly for LFC & everyone else they just have to much depth.
Oh well, much more to life than football, talk soon comrades._____________________________
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Problem is 9 Manchester City were/are that far ahead their spending can now fall into line with everyone else & they’ll still stay at the top.
Ed it’s not just football mate, it’s pretty much all sports are predictable, the rich clubs win the vast majority regardless of what sport. This is why I don’t get overly involved any more, I watch to enjoy top skills but never get too upset with results. Money has taken over & it’s more business than sports. We won theC/L last season but I liked watching us much more the previous season as it was all out attack so win lose or draw you knew it’d be awesome to watch._____________________________
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I’ve been saying this for a while now Ed but just keep being told I’m wrong & everyone has a chance. Manchester City are that far ahead squad wise of all others it’s already a foregone conclusion they will win again, just wait & see. The thing that amuses me is all the talk how they’re breaking all sorts or records but these records come hand in hand with the record amount of money they’ve spent, it’s no coincidence. What would’ve been an absolute massive achievement was if Tottenham won the C/L, esp considering what they were up against. I still think we done excellent but that would’ve been something else.
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Shit TBA I haven’t been on here much so missed you going into hospital. Hope all is well champion, I think your mob aren’t far off giving you a present or 2 to help recovery so fingers crossed for you mate.
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Sadly the EPL winners will once again be very predictable, Manchester City have too much depth for everyone else & will win it reasonably easily compared to last season. I notice most are predicting the same so no need to elaborate.
I genuinely believe our lack of depth up top, on top of little rest for the trio will come back to haunt us as the season rolls on. I think we will finish 3rd this season behind Tottenham Hotspur & just in front of Manchester United
1. Manchester City
2. Tottenham Hotspur
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Chelsea
6. Arsenal
7. Leicester City
With a bit of luck I think the experience some of the youngsters get will be enough to get us to the latter rounds of the F.A. Cup & the top team will take it from there with another Cup coming to Anfield. Cups are the best hope any of us have with Manchester City so rich in talent._____________________________
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Adlab I was referring to Chelsea as chel$ki etc, it was originally a bit of a joke obviously about money but it just became a habit when posting city, much like loserpool salahpool etc etc I Didn’t really think much of it tbh, much like Salahpool doesn’t even bat an eye lid but if it gets on the nerves I’ll make the massive effort to stop. The damn world is so bloody touchy over everything, say the sky is blue & someone will get offended because they once had a crash in a blue car & they hate blue so you shouldn’t say it.
Indeed depth is the single reason I predict another win for city, no one else has the luxury they have. The thing that amuses me is those saying oh look city didn’t buy x, y or z so they don’t just outspend everyone. Reality is if city desperately wanted a player they would buy them. The fact that their squad is so chock full of top quality due to unprecedented spending over many seasons they are in a position they only have to polish up the squad for the foreseeable future to stay at the top of the tree in the EPL. Liverpool spent massive for a season here & there & are still behind them.
As everyone says manu paid way over for Maguire but they desperately needed a good cb & he has potential to get a lot better. Good buy for them IMO. Outside the top spot I think the season will be a lot more competitive than last season with a number of teams strengthening. It’ll be hard to predict the European spots so looking forward to it.
Here’s to another cup for the micky mousers & Leeds to get promoted in the coming season. I’d better go or I’ll get myself into trouble, waters cold but the surfs up. Take care all._____________________________
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Nil 9 was one of the main ones banging on about us having it in the bag & he wasn’t alone. I had a few regular disagreements with him over it. For me We haven’t really strengthened but our main rivals have. Like I said to Threeps before I don’t think we will regress but I think we will finish further behind c$ty, there is a difference. I’m actually confident we will get better but with other clubs strengthening their playing roster (including c$ty) I expect us to have less improvement than others.
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Mak why would this one game make you change your mind, it’s effectively another pre season game, this is what I don’t get. We have been pretty ordinary in other trials & people were rightly saying the fill ins were off the pace but throw in most our 1st team for a game & opinions change. This is why I referred to last season & being ahead before Christmas, it’s a bloody long season & when we’re bringing in Origi & Brewster to fill in, which will happen esp since the top 3 have had F all rest, the moneybags are bringing on Sane etc. They are consistently at this ridiculously high level due to the money they’ve spent on building a squad to maintain that level. Spurs have spent very wisely IMO & will be as much a threat to c$ty as we will but like last season depth will count.
I love Klopp & how he develops players etc but the only way to compete in the EPL these days is to continually upgrade players & if you don’t you’ll fall behind. Anyway time will tell, I hope I’m off the mark._____________________________
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Would’ve been good to get an early trophy & whilst disappointed we didn’t do it I’m not overly upset. Im reading a lot of people on different sites already predicting a 2 horse race with Liverpool & c$ty, I think that’s crazy before a ball has been kicked in the EPL.
Firstly our top 3 have had F all rest & as the season drags on I fully expect them to miss quite a few games between them. People have short memories, we were 9 or so ahead before Christmas las season & some were saying it was just a case of how many we will win the EPL by. We haven’t strengthened at all & whilst I don’t expect us to go backwards I don’t think we will only lose 1 game like last season & cant see us pushing c$ty till the final game.
Also some must be forgetting spurs, they have strengthened, kept an already good squad pretty much intact & are quietly going about their business. I still can’t see them topping the money bags but we will certainly be in a battle to maintain our top 2 position again._____________________________
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Threeps I don’t think we will regress from last season, however I do believe we will fall further behind c$ty if we don’t buy some quality, there is a difference. I’ve no doubt the youngsters we have will improve under Klopp but I don’t see that improvement being enough to overtake c$ty over a full EPL season. I might be wrong & I hope I am but once again I see cups as being our best chance of winning something & a tough battle with spurs for 2nd position.
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Nil I don’t get the FSG reference, they have spent when Klopp wanted to & have spent big, hence us getting a close 2nd last season. IMO they have been excellent owners that have built the club into a very strong position. I don’t think the lack of buying in this window has anything to do with FSG whatsoever, I think it’s Klopp not wanting to buy. I don’t think we can expect to overtake c$ty without at least buying a good quality front player but it doesn’t look like we will but to say it’s any fault of FSG is wrong IMO.
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Mak we were 9 or so points ahead at one stage & I said there’s a long way to go, with players losing form & injuries all taking a toll over a full season. This is why I said their depth would ultimately prevail. I disagree they didn’t win it because of their depth, IMO that is what sets them aside from the rest, they have world class quality coming off the bench & lose very little when injuries etc start to play a part. I love the sentiment of getting young players to come through but when your competing with so much money I think your bashing your head against a brick wall trying to keep up let alone overtake them.
Anyhow, as usual time will tell, I hope I’m wrong but I think cups will once again be our best shot at winning something._____________________________
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Going a bit against the grain with some but I don’t get why we can’t fit in enough game time for a quality front man if we managed to get one. We will be playing heaps of games & I’m more than confident our front 3 are going to miss quite a few games between them. As c$ty showed last season it’s all about quality in depth over a full season if you want to win the EPL.
I’m struggling to see how we will better last season if our main rivals buy top quality players to improve & we rely on youngsters improving. Maybe I should have more faith in Klopp but even he admitted it was wrong to think you could win the EPL without spending massive money. I know we have spent a hell of a lot but if c$ty keep doing what they do & spend the only option is to do the same or fall further behind ( by further behind I mean we finished 2nd & IMO will finish further behind c$ty if we don’t buy more quality)._____________________________
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