At Anfield? No chance. Plus the bottling cunts will be under acute 4th place pressure by then.
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Hey I’m more than happy to be proven wrong for this one.
No idea about the psychology of it all, but for us we’re absolutely most vulnerable playing against teams that have great creators and super quick attackers (with a brain). And Spurs do have that so it’s definitely one of the scarier fixtures. Conte has a tight defence, with very quick counter attacking. And has the players playing with confidence.
I’d far rather be playing some shite team with a big lump up top.
*eyes tombrown suspiciously*
*starts to slowly sharpen the SCM Grim Reaper scythe*
Your sacrifice will be greatly appreciated by those who remain…
Not gonna lie, I'm starting to think that the League cup is going to be our only trophy this season.
The only teams we've played who currently are at the top of their game are Chelsea and City and we couldn't beat them. Chelsea beat themselves in the cup final.
In previous seasons, we've dominated or been in control against other top teams on route to finals and wins.
The only teams we've played who currently are at the top of their game are Chelsea and City and we couldn't beat them. Chelsea beat themselves in the cup final.
In previous seasons, we've dominated or been in control against other top teams on route to finals and wins.
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Chelsea and City couldn't beat us either. It's as premature to write us off now as it would be to assume we're winning everything. Neither extreme makes sense.
They couldn’t beat us either and we were part of our own downfall. In each game.
I’d be booting you out of Kelly’s Heroes with that attitude.
Lol. I hope I'm wrong. We'll see on Saturday
Yeh some people I know have had it three times..
what a mare !
I think we'll beat them by 2+ goals on Saturday, and we'll be left wondering why we couldn't do that in the league.
Thiago has had it 14 times.
What can I say? I hope you're right!
Which worked pretty well.
Dunno, thought they played better at Anfield.
In both PL games City got very lucky with huge deflections (not taking their chances is their deficiency not luck). Small margins. Without those two pieces of bad luck we could have been 5 points ahead with the league almost wrapped up!
I hope we really go for it (as we did for 25 mins at the start of the 2nd half on Sunday) in the FAC semi. Better to go down in flames than hand the initiative to them or lose on penalties.
I hope we really go for it (as we did for 25 mins at the start of the 2nd half on Sunday) in the FAC semi. Better to go down in flames than hand the initiative to them or lose on penalties.
My general thinking is to actually beat City, and other elite sides, we really need lots of energy and to be able to press high and with loads of intensity. We didn't or couldn't do that at the Etihad, which gave them plenty of time to dissect our high-line. I think Klopp has reduced the intensity of the press in recent years tor reduce burnout, maintain consistency and progress to the later stages of the competitions - but I do fear that we don't have enough in the tank, or the squad is simply too old, to produce those kind of rampaging, dominant, 'heavy metal' performances that enable us to blow the top teams away. Maybe it's just hard to dial it up to 110% when you're told to pace yourself in other games. I don't think we've recorded a win against City or Chelsea this season, who are the comfortably the two best sides in the league. Not to say we can't beat some top teams, but I'd stick our chances more at the 50/50 side of the spectrum then going in hugely confident.
That was my thinking too.
We struggle against teams with top class midfields like City, Chelsea and Real Madrid because we can't compete toe to toe and we no longer have that crazy work ethic / press to compensate.
That's why I'd be less confident than some coming up against Real whereas I think City would batter them.
I don't think I'd disagree with much if any of that, Squiggs. IMHO the crux of the question is the bit I've bolded above, because it seems to me that the post with which I initially took issue was saying exactly that. It remains the case that those teams couldn't find a way to beat us either.
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I think part of it is that we've taken a more conservative approach against the big teams, where a point is ok, so that we can throttle everyone else.
It's no good blowing your load against City or Chelsea only to drop points against Watford or Burnley.
We have got into a rhythm where almost every match is 3 points and we only need to not lose against the top sides to be in with a shout.
It's no good blowing your load against City or Chelsea only to drop points against Watford or Burnley.
We have got into a rhythm where almost every match is 3 points and we only need to not lose against the top sides to be in with a shout.
This is the truth. The world is gonna take the piss out of us for banging on about the quad for months, only to be left with the carabao cup
Who can really take the piss out of us? Shitty fans and that’s it.
Zackly. We haven't been banging on about it anyway - the media have, and who gives a f*ck about a mindless mob which subcontracts its thinking to the media?
Since when did we worry about what other fans and the rest of the world think?
So we're down to the matches where those of us that thought City might drop points, were most likely to do so.
Here's hoping its at least at draw tonight.
Here's hoping its at least at draw tonight.
Consecutive draws (or defeats) would be utopia.
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