Liverpool Thread | 2024/25

[HelloCity]

I think both teams were quite even individual quality wise. Your system was more suited to a league title challenge though

We had the better manager then.

 

[John Wayne]

Pep has the joint-second highest number of league titles in the 137 years of English league football in just eight seasons. He came in as an outsider who got laughed at in his first season for being 'tippy tappy' and 'unable to do it on a wet Wednesday night in Stoke'. He is responsible for the greatest football team the game has ever seen (Barcelona 08-11). He literally has nothing to prove.

 

[cheekybids]

I think both teams were quite even individual quality wise. Your system was more suited to a league title challenge though

So Klopp was the problem then?

 

[blueste41]

I think both teams were quite even individual quality wise. Your system was more suited to a league title challenge though

Your talking bollox again although perhaps on this occasion your doing your own team a disservice. You twice lost the league by a single point, you can't seriously think that it was our system versus yours that was the reason for such a miniscule difference?

 

[John Wayne]

Your talking bollox again although perhaps on this occasion your doing your own team a disservice. You twice lost the league by a single point, you can't seriously think that it was our system versus yours that was the reason for such a miniscule difference?

They had several of the best players in the world in their respective positions. They told us repeatedly. So with inferior players, we created a better system to negate that difference. In so doing, Pep proved he is the better manager.

 

[Oldham Exile]

He has ben at City for 8 years, what the fuk do you think he has been doing? Has the (wrong) narrative of how many billions he has spent past you by? This was a typical starting 11 when he first joined.

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You shouldn't need to have to point that out

 

[deano ou812]

No I suspect it would be us, success breeds contempt.

Definitely not ..

 

[citizen_maine]

No I suspect it would be us, success breeds contempt.

I have nothing but contempt for the rags and dippers despite their lack of success

 

[blue by birth]

If you inherit a team with Aguero, David Silva, KDB, Fernandinho and Vincent Kompany how much rebuilding do you seriously need to do?

Well that's 5 players... believe it or not we tend to play with 11 players..so by my reckoning it's over half a team we replaced...
Will you still be posting if you win fuck all this season?
As soon as Murderers Inc get a lead in the league we get a new dipper... surprisingly none seem to join when they are below us..hmmm strange.

 

[Oldham Exile]

When did Fergie change his entire squad in one go?

Cough, Cough

Govan Piss Can, baconface or one of the other appropriate labels - but not that one please;-)

 

[tunnel01]

They had several of the best players in the world in their respective positions. They told us repeatedly. So with inferior players, we created a better system to negate that difference. In so doing, Pep proved he is the better manager.

Pep in my opinion is the best manager the league has ever seen of course his system was world class. However Klopp created his own unique system that pushed it to the ultimate of heights and even got the better of it on quite a few occasions at least in the head to head matches.

Every time prime City played a premier league team the outcome resembled an attack versus defence training drill. I have never seen a team so dominant in games in the history of the premier league.

Until you played Liverpool who were the only team who didn’t sit back and gave as good as they got going back the other way. This resulted in what I believe was the highest level of quality premier league football matches ever played.

I mean am I wrong?

 

[John Wayne]

Pep in my opinion is the best manager the league has ever seen of course his system was world class. However Klopp created his own unique system that pushed it to the ultimate of heights and even got the better of it on quite a few occasions at least in the head to head matches.

Every time prime City played a premier league team the outcome resembled an attack versus defence training drill. I have never seen a team so dominant in games in the history of the premier league.

Until you played Liverpool who were the only team who didn’t sit back and gave as good as they got going back the other way. This resulted in what I believe was the highest level of quality premier league football matches ever played.

I mean am I wrong?

We got you to admit that Pep is the greatest, that's good enough for me.

Klopp made Pep a better manager.

 

[Paul1970]

Pep in my opinion is the best manager the league has ever seen of course his system was world class. However Klopp created his own unique system that pushed it to the ultimate of heights and even got the better of it on quite a few occasions at least in the head to head matches.

Every time prime City played a premier league team the outcome resembled an attack versus defence training drill. I have never seen a team so dominant in games in the history of the premier league.

Until you played Liverpool who were the only team who didn’t sit back and gave as good as they got going back the other way. This resulted in what I believe was the highest level of quality premier league football matches ever played.

I mean am I wrong?

The he season when we both went toe to toe was the best football the league has ever seen .

 

[deano ou812]

The he season when we both went toe to toe was the best football the league has ever seen .

Highest quality of football the league has seen,it’ll be a while before we see similar levels from any team and that includes ourselves (city) ..

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

There was quite a large amount on here who felt Liverpool would have little to no drop off when Klopp left.

I always said he was a popular manager but not a great one. He got the people and the club but ultimately didn’t have the bottle for the big occasion.

A few pen shoot out
Spurs in a final
City having a bad season

Where his highlights, I think Slot will do better for you.

Klopp was a spiteful and aggressive **** of an individual when things weren't going his way, who simply ingratiated himself to your supporters.

Tbh that is a pretty low bar when taking account of the fickle and shallow nature of your fans who are deluded, entitled and desperate to be acknowledged as being something they clearly are not. The media plays a massive part in over-hyping the support when like others they are silent and offer nothing when things are not going their way.

However Klopp was fawned over due to their irrational beliefs and cultish levels of behaviour.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

We got you to admit that Pep is the greatest, that's good enough for me.

Klopp made Pep a better manager.

Klopp pushed Pep into proving that he was the superior manager when compared with the rabble rousing circus ringmaster.

 

[LGWIO]

The only decent dipper poster I recall on here was @LGWIO, every other has been the usual triumphal gobshite who start off seemingly intent on a football conversation before escalating to more pointed criticism of City, before finally resorting to being outright offensive and aggressive about our successes, players, support, and every other topic under the sun.

In short, the thread will quickly deteriorate to RAWKish levels and require mod attention to clean it up.

They simply cannot help themselves and imo seldom provide anything of value .

Call and I shall re-appear from the (relative) safety of "Off Topic".
I'm sorry to say that night shifts this week prevented me from getting online last night and indulging in my "triumphant gobshite" persona!

I only actually got to watch the first half last night before havig to drive in to work. What was spooky to my mind was that we scored just as I was heading over the Glenshane pass, exactly the same as when Gini scored against Barca. I'm thinking at the risk of missing watching it I may have to plan night shifts/commutes more carefully.

My personal take on last night was that RM were poor. Shorn of Rodrygo/Vini/Carvajal etc they werent the attacking threat you would normally expect. Therefore you cannot start going on about being best in Europe or World as I heard Agbonlahor say this morning...and Im sure I am like many of you lot...Gabby is a tosser. I think Trent being injured for last night was a bonus as Bradley is a far better defender. I bet Mbappe was hoping Trent would play!

At the level we are all playing at, it is only small margins that make the difference and as much as things are going well at present, they have gone well and up until 6-7 games ago, had gone well for City. So it can all change very quickly.

As @cheekybids says, you havent turned into a bad team overnight and once more players get back from injury the city machine will click back into gear. take Rodri, that massive cog in the middle out, and you may be able to put a lesser substitute in there, but then take out so many others who provide Rodris back up out, and you are bound to face issues. The coaching and the skills level of the players doesnt change, its just finding a way to tweak to fix that temp issue. An issue that we/Liverpool could equally face next week or in a months time.

I said it a few weeks back. I still recall that night at Palace and seeing Gerrard slip...so take absolutely nothing for granted.

I still think it should be a good game on Sunday and still think it will be our toughest game of the season. Even if we do win on Sunday and its 11 points, or even if it were 15 points...its still not even Christmas and all could change if we then go on dont win for 6-7 games in a row.

Now......where was I...."When you walk through a storm........"
I'll gte my coat....

 

[cheekybids]

Pep in my opinion is the best manager the league has ever seen of course his system was world class. However Klopp created his own unique system that pushed it to the ultimate of heights and even got the better of it on quite a few occasions at least in the head to head matches.

Every time prime City played a premier league team the outcome resembled an attack versus defence training drill. I have never seen a team so dominant in games in the history of the premier league.

Until you played Liverpool who were the only team who didn’t sit back and gave as good as they got going back the other way. This resulted in what I believe was the highest level of quality premier league football matches ever played.

I mean am I wrong?

You are showing your lack of knowledge again. Teams are forced to sit back as City have majority of possession including against Klopps but teams who are dangerous in transitions are dangerous. Every season we’d be exposed but normally first half of the season.

Rags, Spurs, Palace, Brentford, Wolves & yourselves have exposed us with their kick & rush style a few times but typically you think everyone rolls over.

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Call and I shall re-appear from the (relative) safety of "Off Topic".
I'm sorry to say that night shifts this week prevented me from getting online last night and indulging in my "triumphant gobshite" persona!

Scouser on ‘night shifts’ eh ?

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

We got you to admit that Pep is the greatest, that's good enough for me.

Klopp made Pep a better manager.

I don't think klopp made pep a better manager.
Pep made pep a better manager.
That's why he won as much in a week as klopp did at the killing fields.
I suppose it meant more to klopp though.
As it does mean more