When Liverpool lost out on the league last season then went and won the CL and kicked on from it.
It’s time for us to do the same.
I think personally the VAR against Tottenham
To suggest that this is a poor season overall shows how spoilt we have become.
We are comfortably second in the league, won a domestic trophy and still involved in the CL and FA cup.
Liverpool have been relentless and a step above us with their consistency this season. Both of us dominate teams and score plenty of goals. Football wise there is not much between us. They simply haven’t made the mistakes we have.
That doesn’t mean we have been poor though. Average by our standards I would agree with but not poor.
Let’s be honest. Liverpool have only really competed in 2 comps last 2 seasons.
we’ve been in all of them....trying to win. Imagine if we’d have taken the same approach....CL and PL
that said, we have a good chance now....
That’s true but they’ve shown remarkable resilience to achieve what they have.
They lost a CL final and won it the following year. They lost the league by a single point and won it the next year.
I think we will never be in a better position to win the CL than we are now and this provides some serious motivation.
Yep. Way to many individual errors to be competitive. I think we are a better team to watch, but the brain fart defending is what separates it.
I’ll remain of the opinion that they have had some assistance, but not conflate with our inability to defend and put away guilt edged chances.
We peaked last season when we were magnificent. The warning signs were there though, Liverpool were getting stronger and stronger. We have strengthened but our recruitment has been sub standard. Going forward we need a major rebuild due to my last statement but financially we probably won't be able to.
Our defence is shocking and our midfield is slow, too easily bypassed and weak. Up front we have an ageing Aguero and in patches Mahrez. Bernardo and Sterlings form has gone off a cliff, will it ever return? Jesus is a more skilful Dickov. Totally anonymous in too many games in spite of his hard work.
In defence only Ederson, Laporte and Walker should stay. In midfield we have Kev, Foden and Bernardo if he regains his form. Fern can do another season but he is coming up to 35 years of age. Up front Aguero and Mahrez should stay, the jury's out on whether Sterling and Jesus can somehow up their game to the level required. Sterling has in the past but has been pretty shocking for a long time now.
Rodri for me is a bad fit for us and the premier league in particular. Too slow. Cancelo and Mendy have been a disaster. Gundogan has quality but again he is slow and disappears too often when the going gets tough. We are losing Silva.
We may have to see us slip down the pecking order for a couple of seasons, especially if the champions league ban stands. Sorry if this sounds a bit doom and gloom and we could still win another two trophies this season but it can't mask our weaknesses
Oh and yes I was there in the dark times but we have to stop measuring today from that, we are a top team and club now and have to be ruthless to stay there.
I thought we’d do it last year but we were fucked over imo.
hopefully now is our time.
D Silva,Kun, Fern all on borrowed time. We are then left with a lightweight bunch with only KDB a world class player. I'd ship out Cancelo, Gundogan, Rodri, Mendy, Mahrez ,Stones . That's a hell of a rebuild .
Agreed about the individual errors. However, I think there are a few players who simply need replacing which will solve the issue.
I also think that the issues comes from the squad players as opposed to the starting 11 which makes it easier to fix.