The glass is half full still

[redhorizon2]

We are in the CL first time in four years. We played a team that was assembled at huge expense which has played some of the most dower football in the premier league. We are not out of the race and if Man City drop points its back in our hands.
The club does not need you tell them where they've gone wrong, they already know and are kicking themselves for it. Its time like this when true fans as I know most of you are will get behind them come what may and push them to win the next two games by the biggest margins.

Even if we don't win it, regardless this season has been one amazing roller coaster.

As its half full, cheers

 

[Mystic]

Indeed, infact the glass is pretty much 9/10th full, its just going to take a day or two to remember that. In a strange way its nice to be so disappointed at this stage of the season, it just shows how far we've come.

Cheers for the capitals Red.

 

[StevieM]

I'm not ready to come out of my dark mood yet.

Fuck happy thoughts about getting back in to the champions league.

I get the impression that Man City & Chelsea, fresh from discovering that FFP rules don't present a concern for them, will ensure that teams like us won't get as much of a sniff of winning the league again.

 

[Silver Sean]

I'm not ready to come out of my dark mood yet.

Fuck happy thoughts about getting back in to the champions league.

I get the impression that Man City & Chelsea, fresh from discovering that FFP rules don't present a concern for them, will ensure that teams like us won't get as much of a sniff of winning the league again.

This is how I feel too. We won't get a better chance that this year.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I think we would have taken this position three games ago, ten games ago and certainly 36 games ago. It's disappointing, but we've done really well to be where we are, and I think we're built to have just as good a season next year.

Not quite giving up on this season yet, but it's a long shot. Next season will define how good we really are.

 

[ILD]

I've not spiraled into full despair and neither should any one you.

We are back in the CL and will be able to compete for top tier transfer targets. Yeah Chelsea and City can throw their weight around in the transfer market but they have been doing so for the last five or so years. I think we'll attract a lot of good players this year. We can offer CL football, a hungry young team and manager and a pathway to the first team.

I'm devastated but chin up eh?

 

[Modo]

If Everton win or draw against City.
<--------------This will turn into Charlie Adam, until the next season starts. Yes, that's worse than Downing.

 

[gkmacca]

Seeing as we supposedly couldn't play our first XI in cup games because they were too tired, in the season when they were supposed to have the advantage of being fresh, I can't see us coping with the additional burden of Champions League games. This was a ludicrously great chance and it's gone with a whimper.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

If Everton win or draw against City.
<--------------This will turn into Charlie Adam, for the rest of the season. Yes, that's worse than Downing.

For two games? That's nowhere near long enough. It should be at least until the end of the summer.

 

[Pesam]

I'm not ready to come out of my dark mood yet.

Fuck happy thoughts about getting back in to the champions league.

I get the impression that Man City & Chelsea, fresh from discovering that FFP rules don't present a concern for them, will ensure that teams like us won't get as much of a sniff of winning the league again.

Hopefully, if we don't win it this season, our fortunes will replicate Man United's after they went close to ending 26 years without winning the title in 1992. They finished 2nd to Leeds in 91-92, as mentioned having not win the title for 26 years, although they were clearly the best team in the league that season. Their fans probably thought that they had blown their best chance of ending their torment but didn't realise the impact that their golden generation who were waiting in the wings (Giggs, Beckham, Scholes etc) would have. The rest unfortunately is history.

We might still win the league this season but, if we don't, who knows this season could be the launching pad for the new generation (Rossiter, Canos, Ilori, Wilson, Teixera, Chrivella, Ibe, etc) who will propel us glory.

 

[gkmacca]

The mancs moved on when there was a fairly even playing field, rather than two clubs spending mad money to keep ahead.

 

[ILD]

If Everton win or draw against City.
<--------------This will turn into Charlie Adam, for the rest of the season. Yes, that's worse than Downing.

No one cares Modo. Honestly.

 

[Modo]

For two games? That's nowhere near long enough. It should be at least until the end of the summer.

summer it is.

 

[Pesam]

The mancs moved on when there was a fairly even playing field, rather than two clubs spending mad money to keep ahead.

*puts hand over chips to break the stream of gkmacca's piss*

Fuck off gk and click "like" on my "clutching at straws" post.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

summer it is.

And use this photo:

 

[Modo]

Bookmarked

 

[Comical Aly]

Whatever happens now, we'll go into the last game of the season mathematically able to win the league. If you'd said that at the start of the season I'd have been over the moon, but it feels so flat after yesterday's game.

 

[localny]

This is how I feel too. We won't get a better chance that this year.

Sean, in fairness you'd arrive at the gates of Heaven, and be disappointed, it wasn't all sparkly white. You don't know what next season will bring. Jesus H, have some faith lads, it's not over yet.

 

[Spaghetti Legs]

Seeing as we supposedly couldn't play our first XI in cup games because they were too tired, in the season when they were supposed to have the advantage of being fresh, I can't see us coping with the additional burden of Champions League games. This was a ludicrously great chance and it's gone with a whimper.

I think to much is made of this, we will have a stronger squad next season and in Rodgers first season we had Europa League football and we finished the season strong, i know the start of the season in around the EL group games was dodgy but there were many issues in Rodgers first 4/5 months in charge, everything was up in the air back then, we are much more settled now.

 

[gkmacca]

You wait. First game after a European match and we'll get: 'Here's my team for the weekend: Jones...'

 

[Spaghetti Legs]

See what you are saying but we should have a bigger squad with more quality to call upon, making 3 or 4 changes shouldn't really be that much of an issue should it?

It will be time for some of the younger players to show us they are up to it next season as well, Suso, Wisdom, Borini will (if they don't get sold) get their chances as will one or two more most likely, Tex, Ibe, Ilori etc...

 

[Silver Sean]

Sean, in fairness you'd arrive at the gates of Heaven, and be disappointed, it wasn't all sparkly white. You don't know what next season will bring. Jesus H, have some faith lads, it's not over yet.

Well, firstly, as a rabid atheist I'd be too gobsmacked it existed to have any sense of disappointment. Second, my fear that Citeh won't drop anymore points is based on the fact that Villa are tragic, West Ham have nowt to play for and Everton are ripped apart by injuries. Everton are a little like us, in the fact that they have a strong first 11 but once you delve deeper into the squad they are a bit too weak to survive too many injuries.
We'll see...

 

[Hansern]

Nobody thought they'd draw at home to Sunderland, draw away at Norwich or lose to Sunderland and Cardiff away.
Anything can happen and they have to win the last 3.
Its easy to forget but their last league title was won with 2 goals in injury time against QPR.

If they beat Everton then I think they'll win it. But until that game is played I'm still hopeful.
Hopefully Jagielka or Distin are back.

 

[Tal]

Frankly, the biggest dread I have is Chelsea winning it. They have Norwich H and Cardiff A and could easily finish on 84 pts. All it would take is a defeat (or two draws) for us and City to lose one to leave us both with a maximum 83 achievable. If we think it's bad today after the result yesterday, it'll be nothing compared to how it'll feel if they sneak it.

Here's how it could unfold:

Sat: City lose at Everton, like we are all praying for.
Sun: Chelsea get a routine home win against Norwich and go top.
Mon: We stumble again and lose to Palace.

That leaves Chelsea needing to win at Cardiff.

 

[gkmacca]

I can't do this fine grading of my reaction to other team wins. If any of them wins it I'll block the whole thing out.

 

[Molbystwin]

I can't do this fine grading of my reaction to other team wins. If any of them wins it I'll block the whole thing out.

I'm hopeful still... God knows why...

 

[Tal]

I can't do this fine grading of my reaction to other team wins. If any of them wins it I'll block the whole thing out.

I was actually going to say that I might take the summer off, skipping the World Cup, if Chelsea win. Everything I hate about football exists in that club.

 

[Molbystwin]

Fuck it..lets have a proper look at the damage.

IF we play as boss as we can do and win our remaining 2 fixtures the very worst that can happen is we lose on GD. A nightmare granted but... cast your mind back to August...

City play on the 3rd, 7th, and 11th 3 games in 8 days.

Everton will be fighting, as will Villa even West ham have been known to fuck up a Manc team when they least expect it.

We play on the 5th and 11th 2 in 6 days.

We got fucked over yesterday and it was bitter, fuck wallowing in it.... we CAN still do this...lets dick Palace 9 nil for old times sake and see whose under pressure then.

 

[C/O]

All it takes is a goalkeeper to have the game of his life and keep a clean sheet.

That's all.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Yep, that 3 games in 8 days may well prove too much.

Let's face it, for us to practically stroll the final third of the league after winning 14 games on the trot is most unliverpool like.

When we win things, at least in the last two decades, we've done it the hard way, giving half our fans heart attacks & the chance for our rivals to set themselves up for an even bigger fall by laughing at us seemingly failing before winning at the last.