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Territorial
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Brighton may be running into a bit of form right now, when you look at their recent results: 26 Dec - BHA 1 v 1 Arsenal 29 Dec - BHA 1 v 0 Everton 02 Jan - WHU 2 v 2 BHA 05 Jan - B'mouth 1 v 3 BHA (FAC) A draw would not be a total shock (imo), even if L'pool remain clear favourites.
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SuperDave84
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That is superb. I think the best Man United ever did was 58 out 60 points in their 20 games against those sides (either 2008-09, I think). If Liverpool can match that sort of record, I think they'll have it. Not sure anyone has ever got 60/60. 2012-13 Man United got 57/60. Both times they won the title. Long and short of it, if Liverpool maintain that record or close to it, they should get enough points against the top ten to win it.
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Hans Moleman
Roy Keane Muff: That is a lie and you are a liar Joined: 09 Aug 2012 Status: Offline Points: 10199 |
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Yep 08/09 was sensational for United in that regard. Liverpool blew any chance of winning it that season with a batch of draws against lower placed sides, and iirc a really poor Boro team beat them.
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"I called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."
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Ray Houghton Football version of Comical Ali. Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3836 |
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It probably would. As it would have been for the other sides who went there this season, and didn't return with three points. If you don't think a 3 hour flight is long haul, and the other travel that goes with that, fair enough. But these are the same clubs who complain and moan about players having to travel the same length of time to play European games midweek for club and/or country. Games that matter. This is a winter sport. The requirements of playing in cold weather is an inescapable part of the job. Training in far flung places may be a change, but the sun and serenity doesn't prepare you adequately enough for the conditions you have to come back and play in. If you offered most coaches a choice of a serious chance of winning silverware, or the chance to train in the Spanish sun or wherever, I think most would take a trophy or two. As it stands though, Liverpool have half the chances to win silverware than the clubs of the others you mention.
Momentum is very important in football. The only way to build it is by getting results and winning games. That momentum has been broken and now the pressure to get results again is building. If the next two games are won, the momentum breaks again for the next 10 days, as the team is no longer in the cup. Then it's not so easy to just pick up after the break where everything left off. Same again before the next European game. As I said, Liverpool had effectively an extra week to prepare for the Cup final, which featured the standard trek to the south of Spain, but it was no help in the end.
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Hans Moleman
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You're right. Comical is probably a bit strong. An almighty amount of things will have to go right for Brighton and wrong for Liverpool in that 90 mins for a Brighton win. The gulf is massive and Liverpool are unbelievably efficient now. Boringly so at times. |
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Territorial
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t_rAndy
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This is a bit of an acid test. You can't have an off day and expect to get 3 points at Brighton. If we win then the defeat to city can be out behind us. If we don't win or lose, then suddenly it's looking like we are bottling it.
Massive game
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Territorial
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The sort of game which helps sort out the men (champions) from the boys (runners-up). But win, draw or lose at The Amex, subsequent games will only get more "massive", until the title is won or lost.
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planning
Ray Houghton Football version of Comical Ali. Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3836 |
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Liverpool have been prioritising competitions for 15-20 years, the trophy return for doing so all those years, is what it is. If you try to win everything, you might win something. If you narrow your options, you usually win nothing. The trophy record at Liverpool in recent years, shows that prioritising competitions doesn't work. If you want to play in Europe, travelling is unavoidable. Most of Liverpool's European opponents are within 3-4 hours flying time and based in some great cities, but the temperature is rarely -10. And coming from England, they're not really in the best position to complain about cold weather. But if they're going to complain about foreign travel, they should be trying to stay at home as much as possible, not going on trips to Spain when they don't have to.
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Hans Moleman
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Looking at the starting 11s, it's going to be a long day for Brighton today I reckon.
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"I called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."
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I fink this will be a draw Jeff
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Hans Moleman
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Boringly efficient. Not sure if Brighton had one shot on target (the couple of saves Allison had may not have been goal bound). 1 fit centre back. Another clean sheet. zero points dropped to any team in the bottom half. Keep that up against the fodder and the title is theirs.
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Watched it and thougt they were lethargic today. Looking a bit of the pace to me, and a couple of injurys could well do them in down the line.
Moment of class from Salah was the difference.
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Liverpool have 45 points from 45 against teams outside the top 6 this season.
That's some record. |
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#winningugly
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Hans Moleman
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48 points out of 48 against teams outside the top 5 if you like. Or as the league is effectively a 4 team league imo now, Liverpool have 52 points out of 54 against teams outside the top 4. That is phenomenal.
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Hans Moleman
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The similarities between Liverpool this season and Juve in their domestic league over the past 2/3 seasons in terms of style are striking imo. This team couldn't be more different from the team Klopp had in his first full season in 2016/17, a team that tried to kill you by running all over you but was flakey at heart. Klopp has built a side that has totally different gears now, where games like today where it was a boring watch but there was never the sense that Liverpool wouldn't get it done. A trait that Juve were something else at - looking like they're not playing well at all, but by the end of the match getting another seemingly comfortable win under their belts. |
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Gary McKay
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One game at a time lads.
Plenty of bumps on the road. |
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