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For me, we didn't lose the title, City won it.

We were unbelievably lucky in some matches, getting late pens and favorable calls/non calls, especially in that stretch of wins we had in the second half.
 
For me, we didn't lose the title, City won it.

We were unbelievably lucky in some matches, getting late pens and favorable calls/non calls, especially in that stretch of wins we had in the second half.
 
Whirly said:
For me, we didn't lose the title, City won it.

We were unbelievably lucky in some matches, getting late pens and favorable calls/non calls, especially in that stretch of wins we had in the second half.
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I agree we had a lot of luck on the way, but great attacking teams always do: you spend so much time in the opponents box (like Lavezzi), of course you are bound to get more penalties.

In the end, it was all down to that CFC game. We played for a win, and made ourselves more vulnerable, when a draw would have done it.

We've got the Borrusia Model lads, the system and the manager are the star, the Suarez's of the world will come and go. But they won;t hit the heights they had under BR
 
Whirly said:
For me, we didn't lose the title, City won it.

We were unbelievably lucky in some matches, getting late pens and favorable calls/non calls, especially in that stretch of wins we had in the second half.
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We heard you the first time !
 
jexykrodic said:
No, it doesn't eat at me because we were in pole for about one week and at that time we still had to play Chelsea.

Let's get real, we overachieved given our relative resources. We had an outstanding season, especially as our star player missed a chunk of the season.

The manager, staff and players deserve great credit and encouragement for the future, not this constant 'woe is me' soundtrack.

We should have won it = wishful thinking. We had a fleeting chance at best. We'll be better prepared this time with a stronger squad. Progress has been made.
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I'm not criticising Rodgers, the staff and the players...they performed miracles last season. We came within 2 points of the Title and did it all playing the best football we've seen at Anfield in about 20 years. They really did 'make us dream'.

It just looked written in the stars, personally I didn't get too carried away up until the Norwich game, but once we scraped the 3 points there(Chelsea lost to Sunderland the previous day) I was certain we weren't going to be stopped. That Chelsea game was horrible.
 
localny said:
I agree we had a lot of luck on the way, but great attacking teams always do: you spend so much time in the opponents box (like Lavezzi), of course you are bound to get more penalties.

In the end, it was all down to that CFC game. We played for a win, and made ourselves more vulnerable, when a draw would have done it.

We've got the Borrusia Model lads, the system and the manager are the star, the Suarez's of the world will come and go. But they won;t hit the heights they had under BR
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I'm not convinced that we were really playing for the win from the stay versus Chelsea. We were definitely more attacking, but that's only because Chelsea were so incredibly defensive.

Had Ba not scored, I think it would've been a 0-0 draw.
 
JohnnyRocket said:
It was only after the City game that I really thought it was possible. Sitting alone in my living room in half-tears as Gerrard did his thing, first with the team and then with Shreeves in the interview. Man, I've never been more proud of him.

Then Joburg international departure lounge watching Twitter explode as Borini won it for Sunderland at Chelsea.

Then off on a Greek holiday with my wife. Went over from South Africa. Will never forget landing in Athens from a stop over in Cairo while we played away at Norwich. First thing I did was get onto the airport wifi to check Livescore.com. We were already 1-0 up when I checked. Then 2-0 up. We'd done it. One step closer. Then log on in the athens hotel after a 30 minute drive and watch twitter in agony as Norwich just won't die. But we survive. At this point I genuinely believe our name's on that fuckin trophy. Remember reading a Gary Neville tweet that he needed to go into hibernation for a few months. It all started to seem real.

That Chelsea game was the worst of my life. We were in Santorini, and watched with my brother in law in an Irish pub in the middle of the tourist area. An utterly weakened Chelsea team, there for the taking. At half time I remember thinking THIS NEXT 45 MINUTES HERE - OUR TITLE OR NOT. THIS DETERMINES IT. What I would have given for a Gerrard 30 yearder to fly in like the old days, and then hammer them down for the winner. When Aspas fluffed his corner I had to apologise to the people around me. After the game we sat and watched the most amazing sunset in one of the most amazing places in the world, and all I kept thinking was we've pissed it up the fuckin wall. Genuinely heart broken.
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Well thanks for helping me re-live it all over again - I needed that.
 
To be fair - I'm not sure what I'd have done if we had won it. It was all I wanted for the rest of my life. I'd have sailed into the sunset as a Liverpool fan, and I'm too young for that.
 
It is still sad but I am so excited that I actually give a shit again. I didnt for a couple years. I dont think we will come as close this year, but I am thrilled for the season to start and ready for Sterling and Henderson and others to step up and make me believe all over again.
 
James said:
No doubt. And if we'd won, it would've gone down in folklore. The fact we didn't win makes it feel cringeworthy now.
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It's more the "We do not let this slip" bit that grates.
 
Nah not at all. It was the most exciting league season we've had in 20 years.

We weren't good enough simple as.
 
StevieM said:
It's more the "We do not let this slip" bit that grates.
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Why? It was a rallying-cry, not a forecast.

We got the Chelsea game wrong, or rather (and I'm a big fan of his) Brendan did. It's no use saying "we only did it because Chelsea were defensive". So what if they were? It was our choice to get sucked into being the Yin to their Yang. We didn't have to, and it shouldn't have happened. I also reckon we ballsed up the Palace game by trying to close the GD gap, when what we should have done was tuck a win away and put the pressure on Citeh, though TBF it almost certainly didn't matter in the end.

All that said, we're now closer to being genuinely "back" than we have been for over two decades. Bring it on. 😎
 
We came close but realistically the odds were always against us. I'm confident that the experience will galvanise and spur this group of players and the manager on, although I don't think we'll come quite as close next season.

The real shame is that we would have had that bit more pull with regards to transfer targets and could really have consolidated our position had we won it - first is first, second is nowhere. As it is it could be another year or two before we are seen as that kind of club by the real elite level players.
 
Christ.

It was about this time...



...that I really started to believe. Fuck me, we were so, so close.

I don't normally go in for these cheesy type videos but I enjoyed this one for whatever reason.

I had a great day, that day. I enjoyed last season.

Bring on this season.
 
Frogfish said:
Wonderful video. Brought tears to my eyes. Awesome because of the passion of the fans.
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This match exemplifies our season. We almost had to score outstanding goals but regularly conceded scrappy, gift goals. If we could cut out the brain-farts at the back this season, we could actually go a step further than last season, European commitments or not.
 
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