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Keep the faith 
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This will be Thiago’s last chance. He’s got six months to stay fit, force his way into the team and show us his class and collect PL and UEFA cup titles
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Thank goodness we’re not asking much from him.
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If he gets to 20 games this season, I’ll be happy. He would end his stay at Liverpool with an average just short of 30 games per season, which is not much less than overall in his career. Nothing new has happened with him, he’s not “Liverpool cursed”. We knew what we were doing and what were the dangers when we signed him at the age of 29 with a contract until he’s 33.
More than that, I’d love our new and young midfielders to learn from him. Especially Mac. So far I’m satisfied with him, but watching him up close for the first time since pre-season, I want him to play with more personality. Long term, he will probably be the closest type to Thiago as a player, that controlling LCM.
Lijnders sometimes sounds too excited when he speaks about certain things, but throw Thiago in good condition in this mix, even for a part of the season… I think the level goes up a bit even in traning, the whole place.
It’s a long season, we’re still in 4 competitions, could be very close to an early trophy (League Cup), could go deep in Europe since it’s the EL. Showing good pace in the league as well. Season with AFCON and Asian Cup as well. Everyone will be needed.
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I feel quite selfish for thinking this given the effects on the actual players, but I’m looking forward to all the sport over the Christmas period. Work is quiet between Xmas and NYE so early finish, off to the shop for delicious discounted party food and Baileys, then an evening watching the only people who got through the festive period without their blood turning to cheese entertain me. Yay! (Also, please do not get injured thx)
Don’t! It’s their actual job; what they’ve always wanted to do; and they are extremely well looked after.
I am not expecting us to win any silverware, but hoping we get top four. Jürgen is still rebuilding the squad. The newcomers and the youngsters need more time.
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What i expect for the rest of the season - to continue laughing at Utd
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I am just gearing myself for 'reverse psychology '
Oh yeah, absolutely, but it’s still a physically demanding job. OK, so it’s not exactly being down the pit or anything, but it’s more effort than I put in at that time of year…maybe there’d be fewer industries if they replaced goals with spreadsheets or something.
Still. Overall performances not good enough for a title. Got away with it in many games but not today. Still being involved in a title race somehow - of course I’ll take it.
My main concern is with the Front3 (no matter who starts) + the two CMs - it doesn’t feel like a well oiled machine.
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My expectations is at some point we’ll ditch the inverted stuff, go back to playing with a RB that can get up in support of Mo so he isn’t so fucking isolated every time he gets it. We’ve looked better every time Gomez has come on at RB, stick with him until Jan and sign Frimpong on NY’sD.
Stop making it all about Trent, it’s a team game.
It worked fine last season yes, because we didn’t have a midfield who could run and Trent was getting rinsed by every winger so it made sense to stick an extra body in the middle, we can go back to how we were before our midfielders turned to shit.
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you jinxed us!
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I’d imagine the fans of every single title-winning team have said this. Even the supposedly unstoppable ones.
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Based on how the season is shaping up so far, I’d have Arsenal and Man City as joint favorites, for different reasons, then us as third favorites, with some other teams just behind.
Arsenal - have the hunger and desire, and have also built a very good squad. They went close last season (well, not that close) and there’s a sense they are still trying to climb to the summit. Ordinarily, they won’t get past Man City, but these might not be ordinary times.
Man City - if they were anything like we’ve come to expect (although it has no merit as it is based on cheating) then Man City would be overwhelming favorites. But they are stumbling along, relatively speaking, so far. Why? There might be lots of reasons. They’ve won so much it is hard to keep up the focus and intensity. Last season’s treble makes it that much harder to go back to the well. They’ve won so many League titles that allowing one to slip away, with a big effort to win another Champions League, might be what we see this year. In addition, there’s a sense in which they know they are up against it with the 115 charges, so their bubble might be deflating slowly, if not bursting as it should.
Man City remain the most likely team to rattle off a large amounts of wins on the spin, and if they do that they will be favorites, but I have them as joint favorites with Arsenal, as they look like they are in a bit of a funk compared to normal.
Liverpool - I’d have us as third favorites. We are in the mix, and who knows we might do it. But the performance level isn’t quite there, the strikers aren’t all firing, and the midfield might have a question mark over balance. I know all the counter points to those issues, and I am not ruling us out from lifting the Premier League, but that would feel slightly ahead of schedule.
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The flip side of the coin is that – perhaps barring City – we might have the greatest scope for improvement over the rest of the season.
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They are still the overwhelming favourites imo. Arsenal have a case, but despite of having been in near peak-form since the start of the season, they are still only a few points away from them.
The only ones who can come close to them is us… because we are still in the mix despite of having been a bit shite while bedding in a new, young, inexperienced midfield. So, IF Kloppo can help the lads to find top form towards the end of the season, and IF we are then still around the top spots, who knows…
But it’s too far away, many things can happen.
(Abu Dhabi will most probably win it anyway, as they will again cheat their way to the top if necessary.)
There is still a possibility of these being drawn against each other in the CL… after a couple of hi-intensity toxic filled games of kicking lumps out of each other - both their PL aspirations could implode… We need to be there at the top of the table when it happens
Yep, if we’re going to win this PL we need to do so from the front. Can’t lose against Arsenal and then really need to be picking up maximum points well into Feb and return of CL. Don’t think we have it to be honest but would be very disappointed if we can’t capitalise on any Cheaty downturn after the 97 and 92 point seasons.
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