Liverpool Thread - 2021/22

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happy about this. The fixture pile-up for both Liverpool and the the gunners. Would love to see the gunners drop out of top 4 having spent shit loads, and of course liverpool end up 3rd.
 
ancoats said:
the premier league games in hand are one thing but cup games are another ? the midweek fixture list will be packed from end of jan early feb because a international break is also penned in late jan

now here is the rub ? will the premier league demand international players from there teams go and play for there countries in meaningless games because of covid-19 and a fixture back log ? i have a feeling that international break will be scrapped and the 2 weeks will be use to play the games
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Isn't it the next round of the FA Cup at the end of January? I thought the next international break wasn't until March?
 
ancoats said:
the premier league games in hand are one thing but cup games are another ? the midweek fixture list will be packed from end of jan early feb because a international break is also penned in late jan

now here is the rub ? will the premier league demand international players from there teams go and play for there countries in meaningless games because of covid-19 and a fixture back log ? i have a feeling that international break will be scrapped and the 2 weeks will be use to play the games
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Either way at some point, City will be resting while they are playing, I guarantee they will wimp out of a few more PL fixtures yet.. Not a single chance they will scrap the internationals mate ..
 
Plays By Sense Of Smell said:
I think it's a sign that they've given up on the league already and are doubling down on whatever trophies they can scrabble together out of the remains of their season.
We've broken them.
Mentality monsters. Ha!
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Covid Undermines Needed Trophy Scrabble.
 
Plays By Sense Of Smell said:
I think it's a sign that they've given up on the league already and are doubling down on whatever trophies they can scrabble together out of the remains of their season.
We've broken them.
Mentality monsters. Ha!
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Have to say I think you are correct.
Klopp knows that the league has gone or at best is very very unlikely and so needs something, or sees it as a better possibility than ECL or FAC, so has gone for the postponement.
As has been pointed out in other posts, we played the "kids" in this comp numerous times even when there wasnt a covid issue, so why not now?
I think there is only one real answer.
I think therefore it is only right is, as Liverpools "European Royalty" correspondent on earth, i now pass the banner and title of "Mentality Monsters" on to City.

The postponement is also in my view shortsighted from the fixtures POV. Fixture pile up isnt going to help anyone and top 4 should not be taken for granted. Spuds have games in hand and Conte has them motivated, Chelsea despite odd glitches grind out results and Arsenal are improving all the time.
 
Blue Til Death said:
Either way at some point, City will be resting while they are playing, I guarantee they will wimp out of a few more PL fixtures yet.. Not a single chance they will scrap the internationals mate ..
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i think if they are just friendly games you can bet clubs will not allow players to go ??
but looking i thinks its for ACON so no england games so 2 week break in the premier league ???
 
Imagine my surprise all four of their keepers have Covid.

So they had a break when Leeds called their game off over Xmas, just days after Klopp said he would like one of his games during the period postponed.

And now he is dragging out the League Cup commitment, despite him insisting the kids were more than good enough to represent them in previous years, his dismissive nature of the competition.

They will drag this out for as long as they can, by which time, Salad, Mane and Keita will have missed hardly anything and the Champions League will be around the corner.
 
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tolmie's hairdoo said:
Imagine my surprise all four of their keepers have Covid.

So they had a break when Leeds called their game off over Xmas, just days after Klopp said he wools like one of his games during the period postponed.

And now he is dragging out the League Cup commitment, despite him insisting the kids were more than good enough to represent them in previous years, his dismissive nature of the competition.

They will drag this out for as long as they can, by which time, Salad, Mane and Keita will have missed hardly anything and the Champions League will be around the corner.
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tolmie's hairdoo said:
Imagine my surprise all four of their keepers have Covid.

So they had a break when Leeds called their game off over Xmas, just days after Klopp said he wools like one of his games during the period postponed.

And now he is dragging out the League Cup commitment, despite him insisting the kids were more than good enough to represent them in previous years, his dismissive nature of the competition.

They will drag this out for as long as they can, by which time, Salad, Mane and Keita will have missed hardly anything and the Champions League will be around the corner.
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They were all available for the Leeds game though, so all he's achieved is avoiding 1 game they'd miss, but having to play 2 when they come back, fitted in to an already packed schedule. Plus those 3 aren't even getting a rest as they're playing at AFCON
 
blueste41 said:
It really isn't for many reasons
We were on our way to winning it for a 5th consecutive time and 7 times out of a possible 9.
It's an extra and early trip to Wembley.
It's nice to have a trophy under our belt early season.
The high quality football this team is playing won't be around forever so we need to play as many games as we can whilst we are.
I just like to see City play.
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Normally I would agree but not this year, the dates for the last round and Semi's are awful.

Rather have what we have now than what we could've had by playing the extra games involved in this competition.
 
The never guilty getting more time me off than us, or a nice covid holiday to quote that wanker Klopp. I hope Pep mentions it in his news conference, also reminds them how many players we have lost to that and injuries.
 
It's dubious whether it's good for Liverpool to postpone games. The fixtures with Arsenal are set now around their league games with Brentford and Palace, and I wouldn't be surprised if they dropped points, especially at Palace (the game is 64 hours after the 2nd leg vs Arsenal and they'll have to travel to London twice within 3 days, far from ideal). The game vs Leeds will be in February, and if they beat Arsenal and reach the final, the fixture congestion will be really bad and may affect their performances both in the EPL and the CL.
 
Vialli98 said:
What on earth is TPI?
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I’m think it’s something like it is Transfer Price Inflation.

Sometimes that can be quite interesting - e.g. when United signed Ferdinand his £29m was the modern day equivalent of well over £100m.

They’ve unsurprisingly used it as a stick to beat City with…
 
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