Blue Armour

I hope the paper talk is true and they do indeed plan to renew the contracts of Mount and James. The spine for the next few years needs to be built around those two.

If either him or Pele make predictions, you know which way to look..

Yeah, those kind of comebacks are rare in a CL final. Knockout games are different.

Would be cool if he came up with a mazy run and a solo goal. Remember that time in 2016 towards the end of the season when he was out of form? Came up with a splendid solo goal out of nowhere. Guess who the opponents were.

Ended with the top prize in club football. Can't get more poetic than that.

Wonder what he makes of the other US toy Liverpool. Poor guy has had one too many drinks.

If Azpi leaves, we should look to Mount or James for captaincy. No more of this nonsense of having the oldest player be captain.

2008 was when I started creating a redemption arc story for Drogba and Chelsea in my head. 2009 was traumatized after that semi final against Barca, and Drogba was in front of the cameras. Was worried that he would leave the club on a bad note. But then he re-signed. Carlo came.. Started the season with a bang. Finished the season with the golden boot and PL/FA double. 2012 Drogba and Co. with a swan-song. IN 2011 the Torres camp was strong, AVB had come in and Drogba/Lampard were out of favor. 2012 season ended in history, bringing the redemption arc to a close. The epilogue of that story was in 2014/2015., with Mourinho, Drogba and Hazard winning the PL title together. Almost like a culmination of two different era's of Roman's reign.

Well to be fair, we're letting 4 of our defenders go at once this year 😛

I don't know about finishing better than last season, but I hope we can do all we can to prevent falling behind our 3rd placed finish. If we can adequately replace our outgoing defenders and avoid injuries to key players, that would be great IMO.

Give it to James or Mount. If we keep giving it to the older players, the youth core will never take ownership of the team like they're supposed to. JT got captaincy even when there were older experienced players ahead of him.

Cool name too

Deserves a CL medal. Should have been with us, but a player of his quality deserves to have it on his resume.

He has a penchant for missing the target though., right? We need a striker with nerves of steel. Like a Costa or Drogba. If not, would rather we stick with Havertz, Mount, Gallagher and Pulisic to see if they can improve their goal tally from last season.

Isn't this the shitty fan voted award?

A certified Malanag Sarr moment.

Full credit to them. Shame we couldn't do that for even one of the players that departed for Madrid.

Can't even find the guardian article online.

Yes. Not necessarily. And where did I say it was only up to CBs to defend headers?

Koundes only 5 10 ? Hmm. That does not make him a necessarily bad defender, but I hope he has a good leap like Puyol. Else., this could be a disaster in some of the league games.

Club does stupid things like this from time to time. Not sure why. The Courtois situation was also another one that was horribly mishandled, albeit the player made it tough by forcing the move. When you lose more than 3 players in one go., then you really have to question the management. In terms of contract talks, it looks like they started negotiations with Christensen before Rudiger. Just ridiculous. Arrogance probably made them think they could negotiate with Rudiger in the last minute and tie him down easily.

Tuchel has completed just 1.5 years at the club. How is that a realistic sample space for what you're claiming? Also, it quite literally has been an improvement. From 4th to 3rd. So its the opposite of what you said.

Contrary to what the spitter Carrager says, I think Liverpool have worse odds in the CL final than in the league. I have more faith in Benzema and Madrid, than I do in City to not bottle it.

If they win everything, then their fans would become insufferable, that's for sure. It would be like a season from hell.

Imagine Gerrard manufacturing a win for his beloved Liverpool on Sunday by beating City?