Liverpool thread 2019/20

[BlueMoonz1977]

A modern-day Govan pisscan?

I would say yes, but at the different end of the scale. the gpc was ruthless and would just bully or ban anyone he wanted, an iron fist ruling. Klopp diverts the attention elsewhere by being this lovable happy smiley chap, chest pumping cheerleader

He is constantly leading our praises saying we are the best team - when the truth would be he does not believe a word of it - it just serves his purpose to keep them lauded as the plucky underdog to ourselves

Any other team who had a 7pt lead and then blew it would have come under immense scrutiny - it barely gets mentioned if at all, just that they finished on a record number points haul for finishing second

 

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I would say yes, but at the different end of the scale. the gpc was ruthless and would just bully or ban anyone he wanted, an iron fist ruling. Klopp diverts the attention elsewhere by being this lovable happy smiley chap, chest pumping cheerleader

He is constantly leading our praises saying we are the best team - when the truth would be he does not believe a word of it - it just serves his purpose to keep them lauded as the plucky underdog to ourselves

Any other team who had a 7pt lead and then blew it would have come under immense scrutiny - it barely gets mentioned if at all, just that they finished on a record number points haul for finishing second

Surely if he claimed that Liverpool was the best team in the world, your fans would be up in arms? The general concensus among rational Liverpool fans (as opposed to the rabid minority) is that City is still the better squad/team, even if it is only by a fraction, so I feel that no matter what he said, a large portion of your fanbase would criticise him regardless.

The whole blowing 7 point lead has always seemed ridiculous when you look at the actual number of points dropped over the number of games remaining. If it's Liverpool that bottled it, wouldn't that diminish the lustre of the city performance and run of victories to get the 2nd highest points total in history, implying that that the only reason you won the title was that Liverpool failed?

And since this comment thread started regarding Klopp winning FIFA manager of the year, as a reds fan I think that Peps achievements shaded it, but that the award is biased towards the winners of the champions league.

 

[kaz7]

Surely if he claimed that Liverpool was the best team in the world, your fans would be up in arms? The general concensus among rational Liverpool fans (as opposed to the rabid minority) is that City is still the better squad/team, even if it is only by a fraction, so I feel that no matter what he said, a large portion of your fanbase would criticise him regardless.

The whole blowing 7 point lead has always seemed ridiculous when you look at the actual number of points dropped over the number of games remaining. If it's Liverpool that bottled it, wouldn't that diminish the lustre of the city performance and run of victories to get the 2nd highest points total in history, implying that that the only reason you won the title was that Liverpool failed?

And since this comment thread started regarding Klopp winning FIFA manager of the year, as a reds fan I think that Peps achievements shaded it, but that the award is biased towards the winners of the champions league.

It was a 10pt lead you bottled
Just saying

 

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It was a 10pt lead you bottled
Just saying

OK, but leaving aside the description of bottled it, that 10 point lead included a game in hand for City - ignoring that is more than a little disingenuous. If we led you by 15 points but you had 5 games in hand and won them all, would that still be bottling it? (an extreme example but I hope you get my point)

 

[kaz7]

OK, but leaving aside the description of bottled it, that 10 point lead included a game in hand for City - ignoring that is more than a little disingenuous. If we led you by 15 points but you had 5 games in hand and won them all, would that still be bottling it? (an extreme example but I hope you get my point)

A game in hand that you couldn't know if we were going to win,lose or draw,we has just lost 3 games to teams at the bottom after all

 

[Sid C]

OK, but leaving aside the description of bottled it, that 10 point lead included a game in hand for City - ignoring that is more than a little disingenuous. If we led you by 15 points but you had 5 games in hand and won them all, would that still be bottling it? (an extreme example but I hope you get my point)

We pretty will have 5 games in hand shortly. And we all know why.

 

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We pretty will have 5 games in hand shortly. And we all know why.

Perhaps I'm being naive here, but I don't know why. Is this a reference to do with getting knocked out of the cups or is there something else that I'm not aware of going on?

 

[cityboy1]

A game in hand that you couldn't know if we were going to win,lose or draw,we has just lost 3 games to teams at the bottom after all

They thought that 3 points was guaranteed against us as well.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

OK, but leaving aside the description of bottled it, that 10 point lead included a game in hand for City - ignoring that is more than a little disingenuous. If we led you by 15 points but you had 5 games in hand and won them all, would that still be bottling it? (an extreme example but I hope you get my point)

a 10 point gap for City heading into a tricky festive away game on the back of 2 defeats should be brought into consideration, and referred to when praising City on their enormity of their comeback.

Liverpool lost a 7 point lead for sure.

 

[Sid C]

Perhaps I'm being naive here, but I don't know why. Is this a reference to do with getting knocked out of the cups or is there something else that I'm not aware of going on?

Milton Keynes, we’ll see.