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Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread
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As he points out, city wasted 6 weeks haggling over 5-7mn for our first choice target in a position where we were desperately short of cover.Or De Laurentis strung us along while Sarri's situation got sorted out.
I am quite happy with our management and how they have planned our transfers last few years.
However, in this case they messed up. Offer 45-47, 2 weeks to sign. At the very least we should have known they were not serious with at least a month to go to transfer window closing and then might have been able to get someone else.
Similarly, fivethirtyeight's model reduced their chance of winning the league from 32% to 28% while ours stayed constant at 54%. Any way you slice it, taking a point from our most difficult away fixture, especially given the outcome last year, is a very good result.If anyone wants another perspective on who got a good result on Sunday, Liverpool's odds on winning the league got longer, while ours got shorter.
A lot of people (Liverpool fans included) thought they'd need to take 6 points off us to stand a chance of bridging that 25 point gap between us. They failed and the bookies have responded accordingly.
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Same here. I had a scouse grandparent always telling me about the history of LFC, so I grew up hoping they would beat everyone but us - especially Manure. Never liked the fans though - even in their music centre/Betamax glory days. I wanted 'em to win all their European Cups/CH L, 1. because they played top football (we were not on the same planet) and 2. because it sickened Manure and their fans. I always wanted English teams to do well in Europe in the 70s/80s, but now at the age of 58 I find myself wanting 'em all to lose. I remember Dalglish saying after his Liverpool team mauled us nearly 30 years ago 'There are other teams we'd have preferred to do this to' (unusual comment, but a good one). However, the coach attack changed everything, together with the mindless treatment of Raheem. Too many scumbags.
Same here minus the scouse grandparant......always had a soft spot for that team must be an age thing (58 ) but now after the bus attack and their police sticking together ' ,oh we can't find anyone ! '......I can't stand them , their fans or club .....i wouldnt go to Liverpool even if you paid me it's bad enough with all the cockney Liverpool's fans walking around this part of kent not to say anything about is my car safe in the car park !!!!!!.....would never say it as I wouldn't come down to their level....
As he points out, city wasted 6 weeks haggling over 5-7mn for our first choice target in a position where we were desperately short of cover.
I am quite happy with our management and how they have planned our transfers last few years.
However, in this case they messed up. Offer 45-47, 2 weeks to sign. At the very least we should have known they were not serious with at least a month to go to transfer window closing and then might have been able to get someone else.
I think we'd have been able to get someone else in the time left, I'm sure we had other irons in the fire we just for whatever reason decided against it, something I am admittedly struggling to get my head around.
BlueMoonRisin’
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I was talking to a rag on the tram on Saturday about 3-15. He asked me their score and I gleefully told him 2-0 down. He then started prattling on some shite about how he doesn't understand how they are in this position. I told him I couldn't give a fuck about the rags as I'm a blue. He then mentioned he used to be a blue. It was then i shook my head smiling. What a ****.Don't worry about the scouse fans, lads. I know a few United fans who were Liverpool fans up until the early 90s. There will be even less of them in another 10-20 years. Unfortunately, that means they may start 'supporting' us.
Christ. If you weren’t contrary you wouldn’t exist.
Eight was an exaggeration, if you don't think he was a very lucky boy then something is wrong. For him to come out of that game without a yellow card is a miracle.
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Eight was an exaggeration, if you don't think he was a very lucky boy then something is wrong. For him to come out of that game without a yellow card is a miracle.
Mane was a very very very lucky boy, for him to come out of that game without a red card was a miracle.
Eight was an exaggeration, if you don't think he was a very lucky boy then something is wrong. For him to come out of that game without a yellow card is a miracle.
It really is quite extraordinary that you'd see posts on a City forum that see things from a City point of view, it never ceases to amaze me.
Eight was an exaggeration, if you don't think he was a very lucky boy then something is wrong. For him to come out of that game without a yellow card is a miracle.
Fernandinho was fortunate not to get a yellow in that game, although equally Bernardo Silva was unlucky to get booked when equivalent fouls by Liverpool players didn't result in a card. No real complaints over Atkinson's handling of the game though.
bobbyowenquiff
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To be fair the Liverpool fans were totally different this year compared to the Quarter Final. It was a stark contrast to the thugishness we saw last season. We mingled with them in the pub and on the train without any issues (when we finally got on a train with all the chaos) In fact the ones I met on the way back were full of praise for City. I really hope it remains this way for future matches (but I am not holding my breath)
mosssideblue
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Agree with all of thatFernandinho was fortunate not to get a yellow in that game, although equally Bernardo Silva was unlucky to get booked when equivalent fouls by Liverpool players didn't result in a card. No real complaints over Atkinson's handling of the game though.
kaz7
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Wrong,the player has said himself that he waited for the Sarri situation to be sorted,i'd rather believe him than youNah not having it, City waited far to long to try & get the deal over the line.
2nd June City tabled a bid of £39m + 2m add ons which was turned down.
They then waited over a week to up the bid to £42m +2m in add ons., guess what No deal.
Laurentis came out & said €50m or no deal, that's around £43-45m with no add ons & guess what City never went back for a few weeks by then Sarri had been odd on fav to go to Chelsea.
2 week later he signed for £47m boom.
De Laurentis wanted an amount & City had a few weeks to deal & it never happened.
City could have done the deal for 45m even 50m they blinked & Chelsea went £57m Inc Sari & it was over.
The player & Agent both admitted City wouldn't do the deal.
So your wrong.
And the Dino situation for 1 it's help & fresh legs but it needs to happen in January end of.
Oh & pay the money don't piss about, Jorginio is a class player
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Wrong,the player has said himself that he waited for the Sarri situation to be sorted,i'd rather believe him than you
Agree. I think deep down he wanted to stay in his comfort zone with Sarri.
Italian Manc
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IIRC he took one and missed.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...ball-news/man-city-everton-de-bruyne-12033136
SilverFox2
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As well as using City as a financial target to beat for Chelsea.Or De Laurentis strung us along while Sarri's situation got sorted out.
However if City had bid higher and higher he would still have gone to Chelsea, we were used, happens all the time in other sectors.
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As he points out, city wasted 6 weeks haggling over 5-7mn for our first choice target in a position where we were desperately short of cover.
I am quite happy with our management and how they have planned our transfers last few years.
However, in this case they messed up. Offer 45-47, 2 weeks to sign. At the very least we should have known they were not serious with at least a month to go to transfer window closing and then might have been able to get someone else.
Why does everyone forget that the person in charge of negotiations for Napoli admitted that they had a deal completely agreed with city but then he changed his mind to join Sarri?
You fuckers just like having a go don’t you?
NantwichBlue
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Why does everyone forget that the person in charge of negotiations for Napoli admitted that they had a deal completely agreed with city but then he changed his mind to join Sarri?
You fuckers just like having a go don’t you?
De Laurentiis revealed he agreed a deal for Jorginho with Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak over two weeks ago but, according to Sky in Italy, Chelsea have since come in with a bigger offer, in terms of both the transfer fee and wages.
"These offers did not start from Chelsea, but from Manchester City. As a matter of fact, I will apologize to Khaldoon [Al Mubarak], because I found a deal with Khaldoon 15 days ago," De Laurentiis said.
"He called me, we spoke on the phone and I said, 'ok, I don't agree with you on A, B, C'. 'Let's solve the situation the two of us', he told me. And we did it, we solved it.
"However, if for personal reasons I won't get into, the player prefers to live in London rather than in Manchester, I can understand him.
"If Chelsea pay him more, I can understand it too. So I can just apologize to Khaldoon.
"But it does not depend on me. If Jorginho moves to Chelsea, my agreement with Abramovich does not depend on Sarri becoming their next manager."
https://www.skysports.com/football/...y-says-napoli-president-aurelio-de-laurentiis
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Two of our supporters coaches got smashed up and skirmishes outside anfield after the game. Great supporters Liverpool.To be fair the Liverpool fans were totally different this year compared to the Quarter Final. It was a stark contrast to the thugishness we saw last season. We mingled with them in the pub and on the train without any issues (when we finally got on a train with all the chaos) In fact the ones I met on the way back were full of praise for City. I really hope it remains this way for future matches (but I am not holding my breath)