I wonder what it is about Liverpool that has the majority of the press conned into thinking they are just around the corner from big things.
While I have no pain in the rags copping it on this occasion I thought this paragraph was interesting.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/nov/27/manchester-united-killer-instinct-newcastle?newsfeed=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011 ... sfeed=true</a>
This time the competition is much stronger, with Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool powerfully resurgent, and the evidence suggests United have not improved. In their past eight league matches they have managed a meagre nine goals while City and Spurs have, in dressing‑room parlance, been scoring for fun.
It was written after the rags drew with Newcastle and before our game against them.
In their last eight league matches (mentioned in the above paragraph).
United - 15 points for, 9 goals scored, 9 against.
Liverpool (before our match) - 15 points for, 10 goals scored, 8 against
Resurgent City (22 points, +19 gd) and Spurs (22 points, +11 gd) I can understand, but Liverpool? Chelsea are supposed to be in crisis and at the time the article was written they had as many points from their last 8 matches as United and Liverpool.
Many other examples of this, it just continues to baffle me.