I must admit, I have enjoyed City being in the shadows and I am more than happy for United to have all the spotlight. United have real momentum and are bang on in this title race mostly on the back of their attacking options..
I know a lot of people still expect us to create 30 chances a game and whack teams 5-0 but I have quite enjoyed watching Pep rebuild the side. As disappointing as it was seeing Pep settle for draws against United and Liverpool when in the past we would have changed gears its easy to see the discipline he is trying to instill in his players and we will benefit for that in the long run.
Sadly the long run is next season as we are a striker short and I cant see how we can maintain a title challenge with Jesus and Kun. If that striker turns out to be Messi then Wowza
My question is do fans of both clubs think having a 3rd challenger like united puts less pressure on City & we could quietly go for the title this season?
The Title Race
posted on 4/1/21
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 18 seconds ago
It’s interesting how the tag line of “Liverpool have had injuries but they don’t affect them” has been tweaked for this season though 😂
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Yes, it wasn't long ago we were told that Liverpool were able to sign players who didn't get injured and they had a secret recipe for fitness management that apparently no one else knew about.
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An injury to a key cb (Laporte) was considered a cowards excuse only 12 months ago. Amazing how the world has changed so much in such a short time.
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If it was only VVD injured then it would be fine.
posted on 4/1/21
comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 18 seconds ago
It’s interesting how the tag line of “Liverpool have had injuries but they don’t affect them” has been tweaked for this season though 😂
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Yes, it wasn't long ago we were told that Liverpool were able to sign players who didn't get injured and they had a secret recipe for fitness management that apparently no one else knew about.
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An injury to a key cb (Laporte) was considered a cowards excuse only 12 months ago. Amazing how the world has changed so much in such a short time.
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If it was only VVD injured then it would be fine.
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So if not vvd, who’s out missing that’s costing you so many points?
posted on 4/1/21
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 18 seconds ago
It’s interesting how the tag line of “Liverpool have had injuries but they don’t affect them” has been tweaked for this season though 😂
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Yes, it wasn't long ago we were told that Liverpool were able to sign players who didn't get injured and they had a secret recipe for fitness management that apparently no one else knew about.
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An injury to a key cb (Laporte) was considered a cowards excuse only 12 months ago. Amazing how the world has changed so much in such a short time.
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If it was only VVD injured then it would be fine.
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So if not vvd, who’s out missing that’s costing you so many points?
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Well we've had Thiago out for over two months, Jota has been out who was in fine form, Gomez and Matip are out meaning that we've had to play an important midfield player in defence alongside players who would probably be getting saved for domestic cup games otherwise. Even Shaqiri has been useful this season when fit.
So yeah, more than VVD.
posted on 4/1/21
And that's before you get on to the likes of Ox and Milner.
posted on 4/1/21
But you won the league at a canter last year without Thiago so you can’t suddenly tell me his absence this season is the reason you’ve dropped more points.
I’m sure you watch Liverpool much more than me, but I would of thought VVD alone is a bigger loss than all of the fringe players you just named combined?
posted on 4/1/21
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 4 minutes ago
But you won the league at a canter last year without Thiago so you can’t suddenly tell me his absence this season is the reason you’ve dropped more points.
I’m sure you watch Liverpool much more than me, but I would of thought VVD alone is a bigger loss than all of the fringe players you just named combined?
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His absence isn't the reason we've dropped all those points. It's him plus the others I mentioned.
posted on 4/1/21
Whenever I’ve seen Liverpool drop points this season though the bigger problem has seemed to be good opportunities wasted by one of the usually dependable front 3
posted on 4/1/21
comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 4 minutes ago
But you won the league at a canter last year without Thiago so you can’t suddenly tell me his absence this season is the reason you’ve dropped more points.
I’m sure you watch Liverpool much more than me, but I would of thought VVD alone is a bigger loss than all of the fringe players you just named combined?
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His absence isn't the reason we've dropped all those points. It's him plus the others I mentioned.
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How much game time last year did all those others get?
posted on 4/1/21
Yeah we certainly have been wasteful in some games this season. But that hasn't been helped by our injuries in defence and midfield either.
posted on 4/1/21
I guess at the end of the season you will be able to compare minutes played to last year, but so far it seems you’ve largely had your fullbacks and front 3 which are obviously huge to how you play, and Fabinho has been excellent at cb whenever I’ve seen you. Not too shabby given most clubs have suffered due to COVID and subsequent injuries.