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    Look how shite our midfield was before he came on and how much control we've had since.

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    That said, I would take a Liverpool title win if it was the difference between City winning everything and not. I think we would probably never hear the end of that for longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    Look how shite our midfield was before he came on and how much control we've had since.
    Why were you saying during the Spurs game 'Fabinho away at Southampton, for the love of god' then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    That said, I would take a Liverpool title win if it was the difference between City winning everything and not. I think we would probably never hear the end of that for longer.
    As much as I don't like United, I'd hate to see their treble outdone by City.

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    Hassenhuttl is working miracles for us to be able to compete with this squad but there's just such a huge gap in quality which really told towards the end.

    The Salah goal was ridiculous, Bertrand should have shown his experience and got a couple more back to the halfway line to help him out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Why were you saying during the Spurs game 'Fabinho away at Southampton, for the love of god' then?
    Because the 3 of Hendo, Milner and Gini all try and do the same job, which ends in a lot of tramping over feet. It needs Hendo, Fabinho and one other. Hopefully the Ox soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    Look how shite our midfield was before he came on and how much control we've had since.
    Helps that our whole side was blowing by the time he came on.

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    I was massively impressed by Southampton, but they're resembling us under Klopp in his first season, the change to mega pressing is great for 60 minutes, then fatigue comes in.
    A few more players of quality and they'll do well under him.

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    This interview is ace. I bloody love Salah so much

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    As much as I don't like United, I'd hate to see their treble outdone by City.
    It's not even that. City can be 0-0 with somebody after twenty minutes and Martin Tyler sits there, tweaking his nipples, whispering to himself about 'City and late goals'. If they won every competition then Sky would probably fit every house with a rolling news screen that can't be turned off like them North Korean radios.

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    Given we're all 30+ now, is 'hating to see someone else win' even a thing any more?

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    City are preferable to United every day of the week. Having no supporters is better than having uniformly terrible supporters

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    Given we're all 30+ now
    Speak for yourself, I'm still young enough for spite

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevrah View Post
    Given we're all 30+ now, is 'hating to see someone else win' even a thing any more?
    I think the consensus is how badly the fans will go on about it.

    Though given how all Liverpool fans have heard about since 2014 is 'the slip' it kind of comes back around so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mellberg View Post
    Anyone who thinks Liverpool are on for the league is barmy. They might win tonight, but every game is a scrap, whilst City are strolling to 3 points every week. Something will give eventually.
    I've long thought Liverpool's ceiling was about 90 points, which, given how City are going isn't going to be enough. Still, the more they do this kind of thing the more the soul-crushing belief builds.

    That Keita 'penalty' gets given every time on VAR (there's contact even if the defenders is pulling out and the attacker is trying his best to run into his leg), although if we're going to use VAR to get rid of the toe-poke it ahead of the defender and go down under contact rule then I'd be all for that and maybe some good can come of it.

    Like every person on the planet I was wondering when Salah was going to pass the ball but, fair fucks to the little gimp, that was a great goal.

    Alexander-Arnold and Robertson were fully tragic tonight. The former just seems to go through phases of lacking any sort of composure (age) and the latter is prone to being caught out and then falling over inopportunely a lot (that late fould was reminiscent of the one he got away with against City last year).

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    I don't begrudge Liverpool fans anything really on the football side of things, it's the city that needs not to be champions.

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    It's impossible not to feel antipathy towards all other football fans when it really comes down to it. In the cold light of day you can respect their team's achievements or whatever, but the reality of being partisan is that you don't like the others and don't want to really see them do well. Yes, I was glad to see United beat PSG, and yes, I'd rather see an English club do well like an old man, but, do I really want United to win the Champions League if it comes down to them being in the final? I don't know.

    Even Leicester fans are bellends in the wake of their miraculous win, when you see them up close and are on the other side, and there isn't a more generally unifying story than theirs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I don't begrudge Liverpool fans anything really on the football side of things, it's the city that needs not to be champions.
    No.

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    Gordon Strachan wondering earlier if we'd afford Adam Johnson the same sort of protection we do black players should he get abused if he decides to come back to football is probably the most tone deaf thing I've ever heard said aloud.

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    I hope he got a clout for that.

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    Is Pavel his new PR man or something?

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    Extraordinary.

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    Fuck me.

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    Please don't tell me they let him carry on talking after that.

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    What was the studio response?

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    lol at him gesturing to whoever it is before he says it. Also, 'Bearded Genius' is a wanker.

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    Will I get points if I call Adam Johnson a nonce?

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    "He's done his time".

    It's just so perfect. What an analogy for the present moment. For everything.

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    Strachan needs his laptop ceasing.

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    The 'tackle' at the start


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    Great tackle. Its a rare sight to see players run off the field when they get red carded. He didnt give a fuck.

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    I didn't realise Salah played for Chelsea during that game in 2014. City playing Palace away on the same day is weird, hopefully things go differently next week.

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    My only hope is that Strachan can't remember what Johnson actually did. EDIT: He's been talking about this since last week. Whoops. Next weekend feels decisive for the title. Chelsea might show up. It's been surprisingly exciting.
    Last edited by Shindig; 06-04-2019 at 09:37 AM.

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    He's been off the grid for a while. Probably wants a bit of attention before he croaks it. Backing up nonces is as good a way as any.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    I didn't realise Salah played for Chelsea during that game in 2014. City playing Palace away on the same day is weird, hopefully things go differently next week.
    Fixture wise the pressure should flip around. This will be the 3rd of three properly tough games for us, but will be the start of Citys defining run. They've got 4 away games left(Palace, Burnley, United and Brighton) and face Spurs 3 times in about 8 days as well.

    If Liverpool come through with another win, the fixture list list contains a lot of teams with nothing to play for. Cardiff away could be tricky because Warnock hates Liverpool for something that happened 10 years ago, but then you've Huddersfield at home, Newcastle away(should be well safe by then, also Rafa) and then Wolves who will either have a cup final to think about or potentially nothing, being already safe in 7th.

    Last time we went into that Chelsea game it wasn't just belief, it was almost expected. That's why it was so deflating. This time is different. We'd all love to win it, but I'm not even mad if we don't. City are just that good.

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    Currently at the Ho Chi Minh City derby.

    Absolutely turgid. Decent crowd of about 4000.

    0-0. 20' left.

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    I hate football.

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    Yedlin seems like a bit of a penalty magnet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    I hate football.
    Fucking Leeds mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    Fixture wise the pressure should flip around. This will be the 3rd of three properly tough games for us, but will be the start of Citys defining run. They've got 4 away games left(Palace, Burnley, United and Brighton) and face Spurs 3 times in about 8 days as well.

    If Liverpool come through with another win, the fixture list list contains a lot of teams with nothing to play for. Cardiff away could be tricky because Warnock hates Liverpool for something that happened 10 years ago, but then you've Huddersfield at home, Newcastle away(should be well safe by then, also Rafa) and then Wolves who will either have a cup final to think about or potentially nothing, being already safe in 7th.

    Last time we went into that Chelsea game it wasn't just belief, it was almost expected. That's why it was so deflating. This time is different. We'd all love to win it, but I'm not even mad if we don't. City are just that good.
    How couldn’t you be mad? It’ll have been the bottle jobs of all bottle jobs. The only team since Liverpool to lead at Christmas and not win for about 100 years.

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    We're on for 90+ points and up against the best Premier League side ever. There's no bottle job here.

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    Well there is when you had the chance to go ten points clear after Christmas? How isn’t that a bottle job?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffdon View Post
    How couldn’t you be mad? It’ll have been the bottle jobs of all bottle jobs. The only team since Liverpool to lead at Christmas and not win for about 100 years.
    I've seen worse. Lived worse.

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    That doesn’t count.

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    Dortmund are getting raped by Bayern.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffdon View Post
    How couldn’t you be mad? It’ll have been the bottle jobs of all bottle jobs. The only team since Liverpool to lead at Christmas and not win for about 100 years.
    I'm sure we've got more points at this stage than we've ever had, even in league-winning seasons.

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    I think the main thing is, regardless of whether Liverpool win the league or not (and this is obviously a very good chance) there is a sense that this team will endure a bit better than the previous contender versions (which have been almost immediately and obviously broken up, or just not that good/reliant on one super player). Until Barcelona buy Van Dijk for £300m that is. They should be there or thereabouts for a few years yet.

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    VAR working it's magic again in the cup anyway.

    I reckon Walker should probably go for that, even if it's daft/soft. Once you go head-to-head and you move your head like that you're asking for trouble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffdon View Post
    Well there is when you had the chance to go ten points clear after Christmas? How isn’t that a bottle job?
    Pretty much both points below. The Chelsea game of 2014 was bad. We didn't even need to win the game and played right into Mourinhos hands at the time. I'm happy with this season regardless and for once I don't think it's a fire sale in the summer and back to square one.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    I've seen worse. Lived worse.
    Quote Originally Posted by Guybrush View Post
    I'm sure we've got more points at this stage than we've ever had, even in league-winning seasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    VAR working it's magic again in the cup anyway.

    I reckon Walker should probably go for that, even if it's daft/soft. Once you go head-to-head and you move your head like that you're asking for trouble.
    All it would've taken would be for Jahanbash to go down. Still, Brighton offered nowt and City pressured them well.

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