Liverpool thread 2019/20

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cibaman said:
Danny Murphy wrote yesterday that beating City’s 100 points would be a greater achievement than going unbeaten. Anyone know if he said this before Saturday evening or two years ago?
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If Klopp continues to play the same players (15 genuine 1st teamers) they will run out of steam. Talking to a scouse fan yesterday and he said they could put a few of the kids in now because they have been proven, if they do that they'll get mullered, they have no choice but to play the squad they have used up until now and that squad will lose more energy as the season comes to it's climax.

I'd like them to stay in the chumps league so we can meet them in the final if possible, beating them in that competition and watching their league form suffer would give me a bit of a spring in my step.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
They only need to, for example, lose to us and at Everton, draw at Arsenal and home to Chelsea and the maximum they can get is 99 points.
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bellsouth said:
I'm with you on this, I think if they drop points to Everton then suddenly the 100 is going to be a challenge
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The small games might test them more. With the form they showed in the past 3 league games, anyone could beat them.
 
cibaman said:
Danny Murphy wrote yesterday that beating City’s 100 points would be a greater achievement than going unbeaten. Anyone know if he said this before Saturday evening or two years ago?
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So let's say they got 101 points scoring 25 goals less while winning half those by the odd goal while playing average.

Said it on Saturday these fuckers would of been unbearable had they gone unbeaten and got well over 100 points, Parade once a month for the next 50 years. Our season would of totally been forgotten about too. Now even if they get 105+ points it will not match that team of ours, just losing that unbeaten tag as brought them down a notch.
 
The blue phantom said:
So let's say they got 101 points scoring 25 goals less while winning half those by the odd goal while playing average.

Said it on Saturday these fuckers would of been unbearable had they gone unbeaten and got well over 100 points, Parade once a month for the next 50 years. Our season would of totally been forgotten about too. Now even if they get 105+ points it will not match that team of ours, just losing that unbeaten tag as brought them down a notch.
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City actually went out to win every competition we competed in when we amassed 100 points and 98 last year. If we had fucked off the domestic cups just to go for the league I’m sure we would have amassed more points. Puts into perspective how good they are compared to City.
 
Went to rawk to see their comments. Not many entertain the thought that their poor form in recent games might be due to something deeper than complacency or the psychological burden to go unbeaten. Maybe they are right to stay optimistic, or maybe not. Maybe their players are a bit tired from the last two years of extraordinary physical and mental effort and it is starting to show? They have rotated a lot less than us because they lack the squad depth. So, they must be more vulnerable to fatigue. Also they might be feeling the huge pressure of the expectations of their fans and the media. The expectations are so big that getting 'only' 99 pts and not adding another cup to the title would feel a bit meh....They have punched well above their weight points wise but their fans don't want to admit the luck they have had so far and think of them as comparable to the greatest teams. Imo, that's going to harm them. Only time can tell though.
 
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Robertson and TTA are both pretty high in the number of assists by PL players (though not near KDB). They pump long balls into opponents' boxes, and clearly it has yielded some success. But against Watford cross after cross came to nothing. Are clubs beginning to shut off that supply route?

Does that mean that if their hoofball does n't pay off, they do not have the build-up play that true champions have? Are they a one-hoof pony?
 
Big Swifty said:
Robertson and TTA are both pretty high in the number of assists by PL players (though not near KDB). They pump long balls into opponents' boxes, and clearly it has yielded some success. But against Watford cross after cross came to nothing. Are clubs beginning to shut off that supply route?

Does that mean that if their hoofball does n't pay off, they do not have the build-up play that true champions have? Are they a one-hoof pony?
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Their main problem against both W Ham and Watford wasn't tactical but physical. In almost every game they can raise the intensity to levels impossible to deal with for most teams. They were lacking in intensity which made them a bit slow and predicatable, and opened up spaces for counter attacks.

The key to Liverpool's succes is superior intensity which helps them suffocate the opposition and dominate in the dying minutes. Since the start of January they are struggling a bit to finish games strongly and the problem seems to have deepened after the break. They could/should have dropped points much earlier: against Spurs, Wolves...even Southampton created many chances at Anfield.
 
Cotton Weave Blue said:
1 defeat in the league and they will start to unravel. Been dominant for 12 months but they’ve looked jaded for 2 months now. Yes they’ve had luck in games and unfortunately we’ve not managed to keep on their coattails because I think they will go flat into the final 3 months.
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Spot on son.
 
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