Bloody hell Liverpool!

Baark bak bak baark. Ba-ba-bak baaark.

Bak bak barrk.

Here’s hoping for Man City for the win. How I hate Liverpool and how their a ‘special’ club, and life is so unfair, moan, moan, moan.

Where is this ‘life is so unfair’ stuff you’re on about?

Meanwhile:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/06/manchester-city-face-49m-fine-wage-cap-financial-fair-play

I’d still much rather they won than Chelsea though.

I completely disagree! To want teams like Citeh and Chelski to win, shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the damage those two teams are inflicting on English football. If LFC had won, then they would have deserved it….. unlike the other two who ‘buy’ their trophys!

http://transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/transfer-league-table-last-five-seasons.html

5th in the spending league So hardly a model of fiscal prudence are they. It’s teams like arsenal and Everton who are performing above their spending, surprise surprise they have won very little in the last 5 years, much like Liverpool.

Leicester will win the league next season

edward2000 – Member
Leicester will win the league next season

I’ll take that bet.

I completely disagree! To want teams like Citeh and Chelski to win, shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the damage those two teams are inflicting on English football. If LFC had won, then they would have deserved it….. unlike the other two who ‘buy’ their trophys!

Damage to English football my arse, the establishment of a big 3 or 4 teams that nobody could touch was damaging, at least city and chelsea have upset the natural order. It is also pretty clear that despite the stated objectives, the ffp rules are about nothing but protecting the old order big teams.

There were a number of reasons why Arsenal dropped off the pace, but choking wasn’t one of them.

that would be…
6-3
5-1
6-0

Whoa that table is crazy. Its not football its kerching shopping. Some surprisingly results in there notably Arsenal and Stoke. Citys spending is crackers. How does it compare to naughty boys Barca or Real/Athletico etc?

Wheres Man Citys other trophies?

5th in the spending league So hardly a model of fiscal prudence are they. It’s teams like arsenal and Everton who are performing above their spending, surprise surprise they have won very little in the last 5 years, much like Liverpool.

How are Liverpool not performing above their spending? Look at how much less they’ve spent per season than Man City and Chelsea (who they’re still above in the league for now). Never mind Man U.

There’s always a table somewhere that proves a team is under/over performing. What’s clear, is that in league tables of cockish comments on football threads (amongst others) MrSmith is outperforming us all.

You just lack the balls to hit those heady heights, bit like Liverpool.
There’s one table that doesn’t lie and that’s the league table at the end of the season.

Yep, and it will show Liverpool in the top three, qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League automatically. What looked to be a pretty tough ask, getting into the top 4, has proved pretty straightforward. Pity about chucking the title away, but they were way off the pace in January until winning 11 games in a row. Defence has been poor of late especially and not good enough to win the league – I think only Spurs and Man U 😆 have failed to score against Liverpool in the league. You defend as a team though so maybe they’ll need to focus a little less on attacking.

I’m not too convinced by the argument that thus represents their best, or only chance of the title either, given the distraction of the Champions League next season. Rodgers will be given money to strengthen the side and squad and will learn from this season – he seems flexible and will surely tilt the balance a bit more toward defending next year! He worked under Jose so should know what it takes to park the bus. Being in the Champions League attracts the best players, players who turned Liverpool down last summer and in January, the likes of Wilian etc. The Champions League is a tough, tough competition as well and it may be that hey’ll only play 6 games. I don’t think that would affect the league campaign too adversely, especially with a bigger, better squad. Suarez could be tempted by Real Madrid which would of course though….

Champions League football will be tough for Liverpool next season. Apart from Gerrard, there is bugger all experience of UCL football in the squad. City, Arsenal and (thankfully) Chelsea, were all shown up in the end, though arguably, red cards did it for Arsenal and City. Chelsea just folded comically, which for what seemed like anybody but Chelsea fans, was a joy to watch. There can’t be many fans who wouldn’t want their side in it for the group stages at least. It’s a money spinner both in gate receipts and TV revenues and attracting big names. A strengthened squad may well qualify for for the knockouts, though not much further. Rodgers has no European experience – and I don’t think he has the nous to close out two-legged knockouts away from home. And, as we have seen, Anfield has been far from, coff, impervious to opposition attacks. 😆

Anyway, when did a side not in the UCL last win the premiership/premier league?

Well. Guess Man City took their fan’s advice.

DD, Blackburn?

City now on 100 goals for the season.

DD, Blackburn?

Indeed…so nobody recent then.

On a side note, I lost my mind for a few minutes earlier and chucked £20 on Villa to win tonight at 18-1.

Balls.

On a side note, I lost my mind for a few minutes earlier and chucked £20 on Villa to win tonight at 18-1.

At half time I started to contemplate betting on Chelsea to win the league…. thought it’d be typical of them to do that, fortunately City came to life before I parted with my money.

I am not here writing this as words cannot express how happy I am to see Liverpool spunk the league away.

He cheats, he dives
And at the end he cries.
Luis Suarez, Luis Suarez!

😆

I love the way some seem to feel this is a disaster for Liverpool.

This is still an epic epic season, destroyed club record after record, finished with a 30+ goalscorer for the first time in forever, along with a 20… Battled at the top of the league until the last day, normally our season is over before Xmas, this season it’s gone to the final day.

Straight into next years champions league to battle the big boys of European football…

TBH, I think it’s bloody marvellous. OK, so we’re not going to win the league.. but we’re not 7th either.

binners – Member
Where’ve you been Hora? Arsenal choked. Same as they do every season! Its as predictable as rain in Lancashire

Fundamentally disagree. Main factor in our inability to maintain our title push was Ramsey, and then Walcott, then Wilshere, then Ozil, getting injured. In fact for a crucial part of the season we were missing pretty much our whole first choice midfield. As soon as Ramsey went we lacked real penetration from midfield and it was much easier for teams to nullify our threat. The big scores wouldn’t have happene if those four had consistently been fit and playing. In previous years we would have won the title if RvP had managed to stay fit for more than half a season. Granted he did in 2011-2012 but we had a disastrous start to the season. Hardly choked though as for 2/3 of the season we were the best team, just ran out of games to make up the deficit. In 2010-2011 we were hands down the best team in the league, but I will admit to a little bit of pressure affected results as we threw away a 4-0 lead at St James Park and 2-0 up v West Brom turned to a 2-3 loss. But if we lose the Cup to Hull then I’ll accept the tag and eat my hat

FWIW I wouldn’t tag Liverpool as chokers just yet. They were unlucky against an unbelievably negative Chelsea (and after his comments about Allardyce and last century football I don’t know how Mourinho can look at himself in the mirror) and against Palace they were undone by their willingness to go forward in search of goal difference. I for one hope that Citeh lose to West Ham which, given that the Hammers have form with Manchester clubs on the last day of the season can’t be ruled out!

Its not over yet is it. If Man City loses this weekend.

Wot weeksy said ??

Still possible with Andy Carrol and Stuart Downing playing for West Ham against City this w/e.

Oh!

possible yes.. but I think 99.9% of Liverpool fans have accepted it’s over.

possible yes.. but I think 99.9% of Liverpool fans have accepted it’s over.

Only to avoid the misplaced triumphalism that lead to scenes like this, and wearing these:

😀

…at the end of the day, Man City trolled everyone. Only top of the league for 11 days this season, and looks like they are going to snag it.

As for Arsenal…well, I guess it’s true, and possession means **** all these days 😡

Days spent at the top of the PL this season:

Arsenal 128
Chelsea 64
Liverpool 59
Man City 11
Man Utd 2

I want that t-shirt!

It’s a shame some fans got over-excited. Must make the disappointment 20 times worse. I’ve learned through bitter experience over the years to temper my expectations when it comes to City. There’s still a little voice which says that anything above relegation is a bonus!

martinhutch – Member

I want that t-shirt!

It’s a shame some fans got over-excited. Must make the disappointment 20 times worse. I’ve learned through bitter experience over the years to temper my expectations when it comes to City. There’s still a little voice which says that anything above relegation is a bonus!

As a fellow City fan I know where you are coming from. All logic says that City should easily win the league now given that we only need to draw but I would not be at all surprised if we gift West Ham a goal on Sunday just to make things hard for us.

I will still have nightmares until the game is played – dreamt about the 1990 Bournemouth home game last night. 3-0 up at half time and needed a win to go up. They equalised with a penalty (scored by Luther Blissett) deep in injury time.

Luckily we have real characters – Zabba, Kompany, MDM, Silva etc. – who can be trusted to go about things in a professional manner and not get carried away.

How quickly triumph can turn to despair, and vice versa, eh? Obviously Man Utd know the feeling from a final day a couple of seasons ago, just as they dealt it out to Bayern in the CL final.

And of course, Liverpool handed out the same medicine on the same occasion to the same team. This looks likely to be just the other side of the coin.

I remember sitting in a tent in the Lakes in deep depression having turned off the Gillingham playoff final commentary off with us two goals down with a few minutes to play.

It won’t be over for me until the final whistle on Sunday.

What makes you feel better,winning the league or not going down?
As a Hammer I only know the elation of the latter.

It’s a shame some fans got over-excited. Must make the disappointment 20 times worse. I’ve learned through bitter experience over the years to temper my expectations when it comes to City. There’s still a little voice which says that anything above relegation is a bonus!

I’ve got City mates who still think they’re going to have the last Premiership taken off them on a technicality unearthed by the FA, and also refuse to bank on anything until the final whistle on Sunday.

This is in stark contrast to some of the Liverpool fans I know, who’ve been crowing as if its been in the bag for weeks, and these last 5 or 6 games were just a formality. The silence from them, since the Chelski game, has been deafening

Obviously, as a Man Yoo fan I know that feeling of crushing disappointment on the last day. I blame Joey Barton personally 😉 I think most United fans are heading to a similar frame of mind about things. Looking at the quality of the teams above us, anything less woeful than this season will do. I took my daughter to her first game, Sunderland, last Saturday. It was utterly dismal! 🙁

zippykona – Member

What makes you feel better,winning the league or not going down?
As a Hammer I only know the elation of the latter.

TBH going down never bothered me too much although falling into the third tier was pretty worrying.

Before the takeover City were never really going to compete for top honours so promotion campaigns were something to relish and we played some great football.

I probably enjoyed the promotion season under Kevin Keegan more than any other – watching Berkovic, Ali Bernabia, SWP, Huckerby and the Goat terrorise teams was enthralling. The promotions to the top tier under Mel Machin and Joe Royle were pretty good too.

The promotion campaign that ended with the play-off win against Gillingham was excruciating. Every team wanted to beat us and raised their game – it was draining and Big Joe deserves enormous credit for steering us through it.

Winning the Prem as we did two years ago was amazing – to snatch it off your biggest rivals with the last kick unbelievable – even better feeling than beating them 5-1 in 89 at Maine Road!

Chelsea just folded comically, which for what seemed like anybody but Chelsea fans, was a joy to watch.

I’m not a Chelsea fan, and thought they did a great job in the CL.

The promotion campaign that ended with the play-off win against Gillingham was excruciating. Every team wanted to beat us and raised their game – it was draining and Big Joe deserves enormous credit for steering us through it.

Would have been calamitous not to have escaped that season – administration possibly? Carrying a lot of prem contracts down two tiers.
Quite a turn-around.

So kind of as expected Suarez is gone.

If they reinvest the money back into the team, it will be interesting to see how they do, they started last season pretty well without him and Rogers has got players who looked decidedly average before looking pretty decent.

It is going to be another interesting year. Arsenal look to be getting some good players, United are investing and have a better manager but still in transition, and city may lose Yaya which will be a loss, but with the financial penalties imposed by eufa may give them some wiggle room investing again.

oh and that is some front line Barcelona now have, but maybe the final nail in their coffin as the “nice” club image.

Should keep the grass well trimmed anyway

I thought they were getting Sanchez to replace him……

…oh wait…

“nice” club image.

That went a looooooon time ago. Bunch of ****s from the boardroom down.