Jordan Henderson: "City have been amazing this season, they thoroughly deserve it but next year we want to be closer to them and who knows, we could win it.
You finished 4th, 25 points behind them. Simmer down, mate.
Jordan Henderson: "City have been amazing this season, they thoroughly deserve it but next year we want to be closer to them and who knows, we could win it.
You finished 4th, 25 points behind them. Simmer down, mate.
It's not that ridiculous when you look at the second half of the season. Only dropped three more points than City since Christmas and were the better side in all three meetings.
City also won 15 league games on the run at the start.
No one is going to stop a team who does that. It's also pretty likely not to happen next season.
They're obviously favourites, but I don't think there's a huge gap between the two, on recent evidence. Liverpool have more room for improvement than City as well.
What we’re saying is ‘Hendo’ is right and it’s out next season next year. Boss!
They've finished below Spurs and Man Utd too, both of who have been rounded on weekly for being shite and going nowhere.
I hope Burnley fans get to go to Milan next season.
They can improve a couple of positions and add some depth (is the money there to make another major signing?), but every important Liverpool player seems to be playing at their absolute best as it is, so they can get better without necessarily jumping up another level. In contrast, about four United players have consistently done the business this season, so pouring another two-hundred million quid over that and flushing a few tits out theoretically leaves more room for improvement.
Liverpool also aren't good enough against the guff to actually win a title.
They need a new approach for those games instead of Klopp frothing at the mouth after the match.
Was there a prediction thread?
They've finished in fourth because they had a crap start to the season. It makes more sense to consider recent performances when trying to predict the future. Anyone calling Spurs shite can't have watched them very much.
They've broken even over the last few seasons. I don't know if that is what they aim for or if that means there's a surplus, but you'd think now would be the time to spend, if ever.
Quite how he's done this well with a squad this thin, and that back eight, is pretty impressive.
What happened to the defending champions chelski this season? Only a few points above arsenal and burnley. Thatsa horrid title defence.
Lee Bowyer looks absolutely awful for 41.
Great example of the arsehole's opening gambit in his post match interview there. When asked where the tie was lost he's replied 'well they scored two and we didn't.'
Thomas Vermaelen has made such an arse of things that Barcelona are two nil down at Levante and he's just been taken off after half an hour.
• Manchester City have broken the record for most points won in an English top-flight season (100) – even if two-point era records are changed to three.
• Manchester City have broken the record for most wins in an English top-flight season (32).
• Manchester City have broken the record for most consecutive wins in an English top-flight season (18).
• Manchester City have broken the record for most away wins in a Premier League season (16).
• Manchester City have broken the record for most goals scored in a Premier League season (106).
• Manchester City have broken the record for best goal difference in a Premier League season (79).
• Manchester City have broken the record for biggest title-winning margin in a Premier League season (19 points).
• Manchester City equalled the record for earliest top-flight title win (with five games remaining).
• Manchester City are the tenth team to have beaten all other teams in a single English top-flight season, and the first since 2010/11. Manchester United became the 11th later in the season.
• Manchester City became the first Premier League side to ever attempt more than 1,000 passes in a game against Swansea in April.
• Manchester City have broken the record for most passes in a Premier League game three times this season.
• Manchester City completed more passes in the first half of their 5-0 win over Swansea in April (542) than 247 of the 507 players to have played in the Premier League this season have attempted all campaign.
• Pep Guardiola is the first manager to win the Premier League Manager of the Month award four consecutive times.
• Pep Guardiola has been named Premier League Manager of the Month more times this season (4) than Jose Mourinho has in his career (3).
• Manchester City have accrued more Premier League points this season (100) than eight clubs have in their entire Premier League history – including Oldham (89).
• Manchester City have accrued as many Premier League points this season (100) as Brighton (40), Cardiff (30) and Swindon (30) have in their combined Premier League histories.
• Manchester City have won as many Premier League matches this season (32) as Reading, Sheffield United and Wolves ever have.
• Phil Foden is the youngest player to receive a Premier League winner’s medal.
I'm a twit
Hopefully some high profile player(s) is on camera crying over wenger leaving.
Barcelona losing 5-1 to Levante chasing an unbeaten season. 5-3 now
Soft pen, 5-4. Clearly watching that lovely shambles at Wembley earlier.
Sporting fucked it on the last day so Benfica ended up second. Plus - Inter - Lazio is going to be a classic for who ends up in the champions league.
Both playing for second maddest game of the day.
Rochina should have sealed that.
What a way to blow your unbeaten season.
He lets too many crosses in, but they're generally not great and it's our shambles of a central defence that actually loses the goal. About a third of the goals we've conceded this season have come directly from a central defender fluffing a clearance or falling over their own feet trying to control the ball. Add another five or six for one of the twonks misjudging the flight of the ball.
Iheanacho's goal today was shit hot.
Liverpools clean sheet today was the 17th of the League season. That's our most since peak Rafa.
We've scored more and conceded less than last season, yet finish with a point less. Those 12 draws just too hurtful.
That Mike Ashley statement convinces me Rafa's not managing us next season.
Aye, and as Klopp said halfway through the season or whatever, how many of those have been games where you thought they were lucky to get away with a point? Probably none. They've shipped so many late goals (Watford, Spurs, West Brom, probably others), must have a ridiculous for and against penalty ratio (not Burnley bad, mind) but I guess there's some equilibrium from last season when Milner scored about 100 and binned a few towards the end of the season because of Europe, so there is easily scope to get more points in the league. Record against the Top whatever is poor as well this year (by comparison) and they've actually been very good against the shite (despite what Mahow says). They're never going to win the league with 90+ points, but if it's a mid-80s to win it season they have a fair shout if the squad stays the same/gets a bit better (whether Salah can replicate this season again is potentially doubtful).
Watching Coutinho yesterday, it's such a shame he left. It was probably for the best, and swapping him for Van Dijk has been a massive improvement for the team, but he's such a quality little player.
I was debating with a Liverpool stan I know who claims Liverpool should never have sold him. He was never one of the best players in your team though was he? He was fourth behind sterling, Sturridge and suarez when they were on fire. Where did he rank between mane, salah and firmino? Liverpool got an amazing deal for him, considering his Liverpool form never seemed that godly on paper.
He was the best player until he left and Salah went nuts.
Maybe not a player ideally suited to Klopp's system, but still very good, and missed at times as the campaign went on. The team definitely improved with him out and Van Dijk in though, and if you throw Keita in and say he and Van Dijk are the swap for Coutinho, then the team is better off. Still sad to see him elsewhere.
In the Rodgers team, he was still pretty young and playing in the midfield diamond, but no one in that team was really important, other than Suarez, as his departure proved.
Liverpool had their "season" this year. They are in the damn CL final for crying out loud.
Next season Salah will start off completely knackered from a whole season of Klopping followed by having to "carry" Egypt in the world cup, so he'll do shit for the first 2 months.
Emre Can is confirmed gone. The midfield three is interesting. Liverpool have several strong players fighting for three positions. I have no idea who is first choice.
Where's Can going?
He should go to City. Always struck me as a very Guardiola player (loves a touch) but I suppose the pace of Italy might suit him too. Bit of a shitter to lose him, seems odd they ca't do some sort of deal but I think there is a hard line against release clauses and that seems to be the problem.
Before Firmino signed that contract he had a release clause for 80 million quid to every club in the world except Arsenal
Juventus is the major rumour. His contract expires in the summer I think
Still annoyed about the Suarez thing.
Take it up with Football Leaks and their copies of his contract.
According to investigative outlet Football Leaks, in conjunction with Belgian publication Le Soir, the details of Firmino’s contract have been revealed.
This includes a sensational £83 million release clause, with the No. 11 able to talk to clubs who bid that value for his services.
But, as the report continues, this would not be the case if Premier League rivals Arsenal made an approach.
“Arsenal can not buy him for [£83 million]. Nor for any higher amount, moreover,” the report claims.
I know Keita is a midfielder and supposed to be good but that's about it. What sort of type of player is he? Is he more defensive or attacking midfield?
From what I've seen he's a bit of a two-way player but mostly going forward. Does a lot of runs into the box (with or without the ball) from quite deep positions in midfield. Something like Essien back in the day maybe? Or maybe a bit like someone like Ramsey today (at least when he's played further back on the pitch and keeps insisting on going forward).