I sincerely hope you're right. I see things the other way, the momentum is with them, they're full of confidence, their two main men are coming back and they've survived without them, maybe even improved. Although their fixture list is rammed out its exactly what gave us a buzz last year and carried us through, this year we're a bit broken up with scheduling, long breaks and gaps that disrupt our momentum. Size of squads matter and how many are actually used and for lfc its the same eleven basically so maybe that will change things in our favour. but I definitely think the momentum is with them, every win makes them more confident in themselves. So we just have to churn out the results for the next few months.Arsenal away and Brighton away are more difficult for me than our fixtures. That they managed to win vs Arsenal recently without Salah and Mane does not guarantee they'll win with them. Remember their loss from Leicester?
Also, their schedule is more congested which makes any game more difficult. Thing is they have cup games surrounding their league fixtures and they can't concentrate on the league and the CL like in previous seasons. Tiredness will creep in.
If there is a VAR conspiracy then they have this weekend taken it too far it is now clearly in the spotlight from every angle pundits, the media and fans are all saying the sameOnce you add var for rivals & var against us between now & end of season the gap is not going to be what it is now. We can not afford any more slip ups or keep missing goals.
...we'll still win the league.Once you add var for rivals & var against us between now & end of season the gap is not going to be what it is now. We can not afford any more slip ups or keep missing goals.
There is lot to play for and Klopp/Tuchel did already played their mind game of catching City is nearly impossible etc.
If our players believe that then we will drop many more points.
Quite a few tricky games for us still, Pool, United, Spurs home games and some away places like Wolves, Palace, WHU who can raise their game and take points off of us.
We did incredible well overall especially without a killer instinct top striker so far, but we need to finish the job.
I can imagine Liverpool going to win 12 more with something like 3 draws, 1 loss especially with bit of VAR help here and there.
That would put them to around 86-87 points.
If they go far in CL/FA-cup maybe a bit less like 83-84.
Anyone think we can break 100 points this season ?
Clearly Saturday was my fault. Apologies for jinxing it!
I sincerely hope you're right. I see things the other way, the momentum is with them, they're full of confidence, their two main men are coming back and they've survived without them, maybe even improved. Although their fixture list is rammed out its exactly what gave us a buzz last year and carried us through, this year we're a bit broken up with scheduling, long breaks and gaps that disrupt our momentum. Size of squads matter and how many are actually used and for lfc its the same eleven basically so maybe that will change things in our favour. but I definitely think the momentum is with them, every win makes them more confident in themselves. So we just have to churn out the results for the next few months.
Liverpool has averaged 2.18 points per game so far this season. Continuing this form will mean they finish on 83 points.Don't think the momentum is with them. It's not like they have reduced 50-70 % of our lead. How could a single draw in 13 league games switch the momentum? Also, virtually all non-Liverpool pundits agree that two of their goals yesterday shouldn't have stood. They were poor in the 2nd half because they played 4 games over 10 days. Now imagine them playing 12 games over 30 days, with some of those games (Chelsea, Inter...) way more difficult than Brentford and Palace. They will have more options to rotate with Salah, Mane, Keita back from Cameroon, but all these games every 3-4 days after the break will tire them down at some point. They are an excellent team and Klopp is a top manager, but reality is that they are likely to suffer.
We are in a great position and, unlike last season, most of our players will be well rested for the final months. Only Bernardo has played a lot of minutes so far, and to a lesser extent Cancelo. But they will have a good rest now.
By contrast, the likes of VVD, TAA, Henderson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane have played a lot of football, the latter 3 will play during the break as well. Also, they have to chase the cups, otherwise they may finish with empty hands the season. Every single game is crucial for them now. That may help them initially, but it's tiring both physically and mentally. Even if they don't drop points in March, which I don't think is likely, they will experience fatigue in the final 5-6 weeks. Most of their key players are around 30, they can't recover as quickly as 3 years ago. Time will tell.
Liverpool has averaged 2.18 points per game so far this season. Continuing this form will mean they finish on 83 points.
If they improve their form to match ours (2.48 ppg) from now until the end of the season, they will finish on 88 points.
We are on track to finish on 94 points. If our form drops to being as bad as United's so far this season (1.73) we will finish on 83 points. If our form drops to Liverpool's form we will finish on 90 points. If our form drops to match our worst season under Pep (2.05 ppg) we'll finish on 88 points.
If Liverpool won every game between now and the end of the season, we'd have to improve our form to 2.67 ppg. If they matched the form from their League winning season (2.61) they would finish on 90 points.
So, in short, Liverpool would need a massive turnaround in their form AND us to fall off a cliff. I think they're a good side but I can't see them doing 18 wins on the bounce. I also give our boys enough credit to assume we'll finish around the high 80s as a bare minimum.
What about the VAR that saved us against Soton at home or Arsenal away. These things even out. The best team always wins the league and this season that’s us so there’s nothing to worry aboutOnce you add var for rivals & var against us between now & end of season the gap is not going to be what it is now. We can not afford any more slip ups or keep missing goals.
It’s so much worse losing to another English team, maybe one day we will find out what it’s like to knock one out, pardon my French.Not for me we seem to do dreadful every time we draw another English team in the champions league, I want to stay well clear of them.
Yes hopefully.It’s so much worse losing to another English team, maybe one day we will find out what it’s like to knock one out, pardon my French.