I can’t see anything other than a PPG verdict ( if the season has to end) being the fairest determinant.
We are 80% through the season and clubs are where they are for a reason.
Businesses are failing and more and more people are losing their jobs. Some of which can’t claim unemployment until August/September given they file their taxes in the mail vs electronically.
Really is a tricky situation.
Ballack should of been sent off the 1st leg
Penalty on Henry the 1st leg
Ballack hitting Iniesta 1st leg
Drogba hitting Pique 2nd leg
Abigail wrongfully went off
Just had a 45 minute argument with some daft Barca fan that thinks they were just as much unfairly done as we were in our 2009 clash.
Im mentally exhausted.
Think we’ve learned by now our board works well under the radar recently.
Kovacic, Kepa, Jorginho, Pulisic, Ziyech,
All these signings happened under the media’s noses. We really can’t expect anything to happen until it happens.
Again, if Kante is contempt with having a more tactical role, then by all means keep him.
He should only start against teams that have both a better midfield and attack than us.
Bristol rovers manager had a leaked phone convo (don’t know how authentic it is) to his players that no team will get relegated but promotions are final. 23 PL season
Mertens, Vertonghen, Foster, and Kurzawa.
For the TLDR.
Virtually not one of them improves us. Is the writer of this article accepting a mediocrity status for us?
A lot of Liverpool’s success was down to Firmino’s false 9 role. Interesting to see Klopp abandon that in favor of Werner and dropping an additional CM to move Firmino at CAM.
I know he speaks fondly of Mourinho but fact of the matter is, he ruined him. From winning the CL to having one of the best individual seasons ever in a Chelsea kit, all prior to Mourinho arrival.
So that equivilates him having the same positional sense as Romagnoli, Gabriel, or Upamecano? Because ‘he’s played there before’? Being a shield in front of the defence is a whole lot different than being the last man of defence.
We are essentially risking a whole lot of money in the hopes Rice turns into the next Kompany.
Because it’s just paper talk. A DM doesn’t have the same positioning sense as an experienced CB.
I refuse to believe the club are satisfied with our CB’s. Especially after that Bayern showing and the amount of bloody shit goals we’ve conceded.
If we are upgrading Willian/Pedro to Ziyech/Havertz then expectations will be high next season.
I also don’t find anything simple in spending over 100 million on a player that is similar to what we already have in Ziyech, when a LB, ST, and CB are needed.
I love how there were several staff that just up and quit given how poorly the Barca board have acted since 2016.
Remember when Real thought it be a good idea to have Gago and Diarra as their pivot? Honestly it’s as if they’ve traded board members.