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If City buy Grealish and follow it up with

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posted on 1/8/21

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by The God Fowler (U2538)
posted 11 minutes ago

Ole who is going to walk the league now.

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yeah, that's definitely the consensus on the united board
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I've backed United for the Grand National and The Boat Race as well. Easy money.

comment by #4zA (U22472)

posted on 1/8/21

Manchester Us certanely gonna wn EPL

Man Cs gonna go the way of Racing Club Paris.

posted on 1/8/21

There’s quite a few question marks over Liverpool. I think it’s pretty unlikely they’ll get back to the level they were at between 18-20.

posted on 1/8/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Jadon & Marcus & ... (U1270)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 17 seconds ago
Not really, Wolves don’t have big turnovers and their owners stopped investing anyway. Will be interesting to see if they sell up, given the CCP have been pressuring Chinese billionaires to hold back overseas investment.
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Didn't city's owner sell a stake to Chinese investors?
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Yes, 10%

posted on 1/8/21

comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
There’s quite a few question marks over Liverpool. I think it’s pretty unlikely they’ll get back to the level they were at between 18-20.
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It will be interesting to see if they can settle on a permanent replacement for Wijnaldum. The lad was an absolute machine for them.

6 seasons.

League appearances - 38,36,33,35,37,38.

posted on 1/8/21

Buying both of those two players doesn’t mean City will dominate.’They could just as easily mot work out.

I don’t think Kane is set for City’s style under pep.

posted on 1/8/21

Great if City buy these players, money flows into other clubs and it’s not like other clubs haven’t spent in the past when they were in league 2.

posted on 1/8/21

A...1
B....No
C....No

posted on 1/8/21

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man. Jadon & Marcus & ... (U1270)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 17 seconds ago
Not really, Wolves don’t have big turnovers and their owners stopped investing anyway. Will be interesting to see if they sell up, given the CCP have been pressuring Chinese billionaires to hold back overseas investment.
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Didn't city's owner sell a stake to Chinese investors?
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Yes, 10%
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Real value or what-we-tell-UEFA value?

posted on 1/8/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Jadon & Marcus & Bukayo. (U1270)
posted 57 minutes ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 17 seconds ago
Not really, Wolves don’t have big turnovers and their owners stopped investing anyway. Will be interesting to see if they sell up, given the CCP have been pressuring Chinese billionaires to hold back overseas investment.
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Didn't city's owner sell a stake to Chinese investors?
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Yep. Also to a US private equity firm.

posted on 1/8/21

comment by The God Fowler (U2538)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve (monitoring the situation) (U1132)
posted 33 minutes ago
As for the questions, they're difficult to answer. Liverpool could get back to being the juggernaut of 2018-2020 again and if they do, even a City squad including Kane and Grealish wouldn't be able to just run away with it
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Can’t really see Liverpool just turning on the switch to that form again

It felt like it was 2 years in the making for their PL win.

No one really knows if their rock will return and be the same player and they’re light in midfield pending any transfer activity.

Squad still seems real thin and after a couple of seasons of relative luck injury wise we’ve seen what a couple of injuries to first XI players can do with such a thin squad.
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A couple of injuries???
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Yeah, it's crazy how we are only a couple of injuries away from being awful, yet had loads last season and only finished 5 points behind Ole who is going to walk the league now.

I think anyone underestimating us and how Klopp has such strength and unity, is a muppet.
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I find it really strange that what happened to us last season is described as a couple of injuries.

Our 3 first team centre backs gone to season ending injuries!

Thiago out for 2 months!

Jota out for 2 months!

Fabinho out for a month!

Henderson out for 3 months!

Keita out 2.5 months!

Only a couple though.

posted on 1/8/21

comment by Gillespie Rd. (U18361)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
There’s quite a few question marks over Liverpool. I think it’s pretty unlikely they’ll get back to the level they were at between 18-20.
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It will be interesting to see if they can settle on a permanent replacement for Wijnaldum. The lad was an absolute machine for them.

6 seasons.

League appearances - 38,36,33,35,37,38.
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I guess Thiago was meant to be it. But he’s only played 30 prem games once in his career.

They must have some concerns over their midfield. What with Henderson having injury problems, and Keita, Ox, Thiago and Milner being unable to give them to kind of minutes Wijnaldum could.

posted on 1/8/21

Keita being injured works in your favour, you can't claim that was an issue.

posted on 1/8/21

*league games

posted on 1/8/21

comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by The God Fowler (U2538)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve (monitoring the situation) (U1132)
posted 33 minutes ago
As for the questions, they're difficult to answer. Liverpool could get back to being the juggernaut of 2018-2020 again and if they do, even a City squad including Kane and Grealish wouldn't be able to just run away with it
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Can’t really see Liverpool just turning on the switch to that form again

It felt like it was 2 years in the making for their PL win.

No one really knows if their rock will return and be the same player and they’re light in midfield pending any transfer activity.

Squad still seems real thin and after a couple of seasons of relative luck injury wise we’ve seen what a couple of injuries to first XI players can do with such a thin squad.
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A couple of injuries???
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Yeah, it's crazy how we are only a couple of injuries away from being awful, yet had loads last season and only finished 5 points behind Ole who is going to walk the league now.

I think anyone underestimating us and how Klopp has such strength and unity, is a muppet.
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I find it really strange that what happened to us last season is described as a couple of injuries.

Our 3 first team centre backs gone to season ending injuries!

Thiago out for 2 months!

Jota out for 2 months!

Fabinho out for a month!

Henderson out for 3 months!

Keita out 2.5 months!

Only a couple though.
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You had 8 players who played 30 or more league games. You were hit hard through injuries but it wasn't quite the apocalyptic crisis it was made out to be.

posted on 1/8/21

comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Gillespie Rd. (U18361)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jadon The King Sancho (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
There’s quite a few question marks over Liverpool. I think it’s pretty unlikely they’ll get back to the level they were at between 18-20.
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It will be interesting to see if they can settle on a permanent replacement for Wijnaldum. The lad was an absolute machine for them.

6 seasons.

League appearances - 38,36,33,35,37,38.
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I guess Thiago was meant to be it. But he’s only played 30 prem games once in his career.

They must have some concerns over their midfield. What with Henderson having injury problems, and Keita, Ox, Thiago and Milner being unable to give them to kind of minutes Wijnaldum could.
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Some very big shoes to fill there.

posted on 1/8/21

Who'd have thought Wij would get really good at football as soon as he left Liverpool?

posted on 1/8/21

comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by The God Fowler (U2538)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve (monitoring the situation) (U1132)
posted 33 minutes ago
As for the questions, they're difficult to answer. Liverpool could get back to being the juggernaut of 2018-2020 again and if they do, even a City squad including Kane and Grealish wouldn't be able to just run away with it
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Can’t really see Liverpool just turning on the switch to that form again

It felt like it was 2 years in the making for their PL win.

No one really knows if their rock will return and be the same player and they’re light in midfield pending any transfer activity.

Squad still seems real thin and after a couple of seasons of relative luck injury wise we’ve seen what a couple of injuries to first XI players can do with such a thin squad.
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A couple of injuries???
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Yeah, it's crazy how we are only a couple of injuries away from being awful, yet had loads last season and only finished 5 points behind Ole who is going to walk the league now.

I think anyone underestimating us and how Klopp has such strength and unity, is a muppet.
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I find it really strange that what happened to us last season is described as a couple of injuries.

Our 3 first team centre backs gone to season ending injuries!

Thiago out for 2 months!

Jota out for 2 months!

Fabinho out for a month!

Henderson out for 3 months!

Keita out 2.5 months!

Only a couple though.
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Alisson too.

posted on 1/8/21

comment by The God Fowler (U2538)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Dwight K Schrute (U22590)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve (monitoring the situation) (U1132)
posted 33 minutes ago
As for the questions, they're difficult to answer. Liverpool could get back to being the juggernaut of 2018-2020 again and if they do, even a City squad including Kane and Grealish wouldn't be able to just run away with it
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Can’t really see Liverpool just turning on the switch to that form again

It felt like it was 2 years in the making for their PL win.

No one really knows if their rock will return and be the same player and they’re light in midfield pending any transfer activity.

Squad still seems real thin and after a couple of seasons of relative luck injury wise we’ve seen what a couple of injuries to first XI players can do with such a thin squad.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A couple of injuries???
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Yeah, it's crazy how we are only a couple of injuries away from being awful, yet had loads last season and only finished 5 points behind Ole who is going to walk the league now.

I think anyone underestimating us and how Klopp has such strength and unity, is a muppet.
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Unless I’m mistaken during your rotten spell only VVD and Gomez were long term first XI injuries, I know Henderson was injured later but from the team that won the league I only remember 2 CBs being injured long term along with the 2 new signings.

The lack of depth in the squad was the issue as much as the injuries to 2 players from your league winning season.

If United lost Maguire & Varane for the season they’d have Lindelof, Bailly and Tuanzebe to step in. There would be no need for any midfielders to have to drop back.

But even if we did need CMs to go back there because we lost 5 CBs we still have far more depth in midfield.

Don’t let that 5 point gap fool you. You made all the ground up when most teams were already on their holidays and those above you had European fixtures and crazy schedules while you played barely once a week.

Glossed over just how bad your title defense actually was.

posted on 1/8/21



Some people really will say anything on here.

posted on 1/8/21

Seems both kls and Fowler chose not to read where I said injuries to first XI.

It’s well documented the drop off in quality in Liverpool’s squad outside the first XI

posted on 1/8/21

I don’t think he’s really good at football. But there’s no denying he’s been an important cog in the Liverpool midfield, and his availability - especially compared to the other options - makes him an important player for Liverpool.

posted on 1/8/21

Probably the easiest to improve on and wouldn't even start with everyone fit.

posted on 1/8/21

Liverpool first XI appearances last season

Allison 33
TAA 36
VVD 5
Gomez 7
Robertson 38

Fabinho 30
Henderson 21
Wijnaldum 38

Salah 37
Firmino 36
Mane 35

So with the exception of the 2 CBs and Jordan Henderson (who was ruled out at the end of February, long after Liverpool had lost a record number of home games and forfeited their title) Liverpool should not have put up such a dismal display in defense of their title.

Unless the issue was squad depth, but I guess they’ve addressed it this season, one in one out

posted on 1/8/21

When everyone is fit being the problem. Liverpool have a collection of midfielders with question marks over their availability and reliability.

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