Topic: Chasing the Title

[So… Howard Philips]

Don't bother Jill.

Heads falling off all over the show.

Only the heads of posters who only seem to appear when there is a risk of things going wrong, proper harbingers of doom.

[Crosby Nick]

This roller coaster is brutal. I was all zen about it before the Spurs game, 'just win our games and see what happens, then Son missed 3 sitters and I'm yelling at the dog, the poor little fucker.

Don’t worry, Son would miss him too (not a racist).

[killer-heels]

So if you met Klopp, you'd basically tell him to forget about the league as there is no chance City will drop any points anymore?

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

[Sharado]

I can, fuck me I'd also put on a United shirt on the 24th if they help us win the league.

I'll wear a united shirt to wolves at home if it helps us win the league.

[jillcwhomever]

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

Klopp will fight until the end, because he's a fighter.

[Tiz Lad]

I didn't think Newcastle or Palace would beat them did you?

Football doesn't work like that. It's not played on paper.

Correct, however both teams had something to play for.

Now Burnley and Leicester have zero to play for and Brighton are truly dreadful and shipped 7 goals to Bournemouth and Cardiff in 2 home games

[Nick110581]

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

So you are saying if they beat United and we win our next two then not to bother with the Newcastle match?

[redprodigal]

Anybody thinking that the Mancs won't want to win on Wednesday need to give their heads a wobble. The fans maybe, the players, not a chance.
Whether they're good enough is another thing but we've got a chance up until the last game. Just concentrate on winning ours and let the rest take care of itself.

[Tiz Lad]

So if you met Klopp, you'd basically tell him to forget about the league as there is no chance City will drop any points anymore?

Nope, I'd tell him to win the games, but in my opinion and mine alone is that City won't drop any points of they get past United.

Burnley and Brighton are where they are because they're garbage

[PhaseOfPlay]

Tim Burgess could coach United better 😂😂

He does have a White Shirt, after all, and he's a North Country Boy. On top of that, we'll be wondering How High he can take them, but One to Another, I reckon he's just Tellin' Stories.

[redprodigal]

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

What a load of bollocks. Chance to win the league for the first time in nearly 30 years with 4 games left means no prioritising.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

dickbean.

[PhaseOfPlay]

Correct, however both teams had something to play for.

Now Burnley and Leicester have zero to play for and Brighton are truly dreadful and shipped 7 goals to Bournemouth and Cardiff in 2 home games

Leicester have an outside chance of a Europa place if they finish 7th, have they not?

[harleydanger]

Thing is if United beat City, 4th is then in their own hands. There's also the fact that their squad takes a 15%-25% pay cut if they don't qualify.

Money is a great motivator. De Gea might have a worldie, they have enough pace to hurt City, Pogba might be up for it.

[Kekule]

Yes. With about 20 games to go!!  I’d be absolutely amazed if they get anything other than a beating - especially with it being at the Etihad

Pressure can do funny things to people. If we’ve done our job by the time that game comes around they could be a bag of nerves.  The crowd, if you can call it that, were hardly defiant today. Sounded like they were shitting themselves a couple of times. As we can attest, that isn’t always helpful to the players.

Leicester will have no pressure at all on them, they can just go out and play.  Of course the same can be said about our last three opponents.  Whoever deals with it the best will come out on top.

[El Lobo]

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

This is another of those silly things you tend to come up with, I dare say because it’s purposely silly and it’ll get a bit of attention because you know very few are going to remotely agree.

If we carry on winning our games, there is zero chance he’s going to prioritise the CL. You know this of course. In the week we left Bobby, Hendo and Naby on the bench. We took Trent off early. We might feel like we can afford to against Huddersfield, that’s about it.

[Crosby Nick]

He does have a White Shirt, after all, and he's a North Country Boy. On top of that, we'll be wondering How High he can take them, but One to Another, I reckon he's just Tellin' Stories.

Weirdo.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Doubt anyone is forgetting about the league but Kloppo isnt silly. He is pragmatic to know that we may have to prioritise somewhere. He did it past season:

You cannot be serious,are you really saying that this season is anything like last or that he woud've binned the league off last year had we been in contention ?

[ScouserAtHeart]

Remember readind last week somewhere where it was pointed out that if we'd beaten City away, we very likely would've won the league while being unbeaten and getting 100 points.

That should cheer some of you up

[Agent99]

Remember readind last week somewhere where it was pointed out that if we'd beaten City away, we very likely would've won the league while being unbeaten and getting 100 points.

That should cheer some of you up

It was this prick

@MiguelDelaney
 
If both Liverpool and City win all their games, it means that defeat to City would stop Liverpool being champions, stop them being centurions and stop them being invincibles.

[Floydy]

Remember readind last week somewhere where it was pointed out that if we'd beaten City away, we very likely would've won the league while being unbeaten and getting 100 points.

That should cheer some of you up

if anything it serves to testify just how well the lads have done this season

[1892tillforever]

This roller coaster is brutal. I was all zen about it before the Spurs game, 'just win our games and see what happens, then Son missed 3 sitters and I'm yelling at the dog, the poor little fucker.

The thing is, there hasn't been any roller coaster in this title 'race'. I know we have had some late wins but there have been no twists or turns since the Everton game. All the drama has come from our end. They have been placed under little or no pressure by the sides they play and of the last 10 wins they have had in a row, I don't think any game has been level after even 60 minutes. We have done incredibly well to keep tabs since our opponents treat games against us like an FA cup final.

I have no doubt that the United 'players' will be up for it. The crowd may be flat (no idea if that will be the case) which could translate poorly to the players. They'll give it a go but it is unlikely to be enough. We keep saying 'if team X can hold City for the first 20 minutes' but they seldom do. Whatever happens, this Liverpool side has done us all proud; a truly incredible effort.

[Jack The Lad]

It was this prick

@MiguelDelaney
 
If both Liverpool and City win all their games, it means that defeat to City would stop Liverpool being champions, stop them being centurions and stop them being invincibles.

It’s the draws that have done the damage. We convert a couple of draws into wins and we win it.   But that’s like saying if City has beaten Newcastle, Palace and Leicester it would be over now.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

Yeah money's a great motivator before you make your first couple of million. Once you hit financial freedom though it goes back to a person's personality. These are multi-millionaires, minted early, earning millions over years, I would wager the ego of not wanting to be shamed with a penalty pay cut actually overrides the loss of the actual money with a lot of these guys.

[1892tillforever]

It’s the draws that have done the damage. We convert a couple of draws into wins and we win it.   But that’s like saying if City has beaten Newcastle, Palace and Leicester it would be over now.

I'm sure we will hear plenty of people say we bottled it since we were 7 points up but IF this side manages in the mid to high 90s in points, I don't think there is anything that we could have done more. We're on course to clock a ludicrous total, it is a travesty if it isn't enough but it is what it is.

[Dave D]

It was this prick

@MiguelDelaney
 
If both Liverpool and City win all their games, it means that defeat to City would stop Liverpool being champions, stop them being centurions and stop them being invincibles.

Doesn't make any sense, what if we drew that game? And if we'd drawn that game we'd have people banging on about 'what if Mahrez scored that penalty'?

What if Mane's goal stood against Arsenal?

And on, and on we go.

[farawayred]

Thing is if United beat City, 4th is then in their own hands. There's also the fact that their squad takes a 15%-25% pay cut if they don't qualify.

Money is a great motivator. De Gea might have a worldie, they have enough pace to hurt City, Pogba might be up for it.

Is that for real? The club can save the money for not being in the CL... Fuck me...

[Jack The Lad]

I'm sure we will hear plenty of people say we bottled it since we were 7 points up but IF this side manages in the mid to high 90s in points, I don't think there is anything that we could have done more. We're on course to clock a ludicrous total, it is a travesty if it isn't enough but it is what it is.

100% we haven’t bottled it. Don’t think anyone could say that. I posted a while back that it's the complete lack of goals from midfield that have hurt us. When the front three don’t score you just don’t expect the midfield to chip in. We miss a Coutinho type player and Fekir could have been the difference. But that ship has well and truly sailed now.

[surfer. Fuck you generator.]

you've got to look at the points tally, that's it. A club at Liverpool's level, if the manager gets a tally around the 80 points mark every season, then he's done a great job in the league. Hitting the 90 point mark usually gets you a title, just because City have been so exceptional the past two seasons you don't lose track of the superb work we've done this time around.

[Number 7]

Wednesday's gonna be fun though.

When was the last time Man City fans, Man Utd fans, and Everton fans were supporting Man City and Liverpool fans were supporting Man Utd?

Ha. Not for awhile.

There will be a very subdued atmosphere in the ground and most of the noise will be coming from the away end and maybe a 100 or so United fans who couldn’t give a shite who wins the title and just want their team to win.

[El Ninos Black Eye]

1945 Kick Off on the Saturday then! Just been confirmed !

[Ocean Red]

Its been confirmed that the kick off time for the Newcastle away match on Saturday 4th May will be 19:45 live on sky sports. Thats much better then a 12:30 kick off. Even more so when we are playing Barcelona on the Wednesday 1st May, before that match.

[El Ninos Black Eye]

Bit gutted! Was hoping for a 1230 KO then an all day sesh in Newcastle.  Missing valuable drinking time now for the match

[redprodigal]

Wednesday's gonna be fun though.

When was the last time Man City fans, Man Utd fans, and Everton fans were supporting Man City and Liverpool fans were supporting Man Utd?

 

[Dave D]

7:45 against Newcastle? Nice, for once they actually listen to us.

[Mr_Shane]

Wednesday's gonna be fun though.

When was the last time Man City fans, Man Utd fans, and Everton fans were supporting Man City and Liverpool fans were supporting Man Utd?

This points to one result... draw 

[killer-heels]

So you are saying if they beat United and we win our next two then not to bother with the Newcastle match?

No we have 2 games by the time we play Barcelona and City will have played Burnley and Utd by then. They then dont have a game until over a week later, at home, against Leicester.

We may have to be pragmatic. I dont see what the big deal is here, Klopp heavily rotated against Everton and rotated less heavily but rotated anyway against Stoke and West Brom last season.

There is every chance we do the same against Newcastle. We will have to see closer to the time but its a very real possibility. There is no need to risk a trophy chasing another trophy with diminishing odds.

[Souness1]

100% we haven’t bottled it. Don’t think anyone could say that. I posted a while back that it's the complete lack of goals from midfield that have hurt us. When the front three don’t score you just don’t expect the midfield to chip in. We miss a Coutinho type player and Fekir could have been the difference. But that ship has well and truly sailed now.

The front three didnt get any of the winners in arguably our three most significant moments of the season (Everton, Fulham, Spurs). Give it a rest, its a different Liverpool side to last year.

[Nick110581]

No we have 2 games by the time we play Barcelona and City will have played Burnley and Utd by then. They then dont have a game until over a week later, at home, against Leicester.

We may have to be pragmatic. I dont see what the big deal is here, Klopp heavily rotated against Everton and rotated less heavily but rotated anyway against Stoke and West Brom last season.

There is every chance we do the same against Newcastle. We will have to see closer to the time but its a very real possibility. There is no need to risk a trophy chasing another trophy with diminishing odds.

Right. A massive chance to win the title and you reckon he will rotate.

[Jm55]

Ha. Not for awhile.

There will be a very subdued atmosphere in the ground and most of the noise will be coming from the away end and maybe a 100 or so United fans who couldn’t give a shite who wins the title and just want their team to win.

It’s not going to be 100 or so mate.

United need the points and the one thing that resonates with the vast majority of their fans is the realistic proposition of Thursday night’s in azerbaijan if they don’t make top 4.

The 100 or so fans you speak of are likely to be the bitter ones who’d throw the match to fuck us over.