The English Football Thread

[Pizy 18,368]

Thought this last season but it's even more apparent this season - Spuds have an unbelievable squad. So strong in every area of the pitch and don't really have a single weakness. Dominating Liverpool here without 3 of their best players in Rose, Wanyama, and Dembele. They have crazy depth and play great football.

It really highlights how inept our board have been when fucking Tottenham have a better squad than us.

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Boom.

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27 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Thought this last season but it's even more apparent this season - Spuds have an unbelievable squad. So strong in every area of the pitch and don't really have a single weakness. Dominating Liverpool here without 3 of their best players in Rose, Wanyama, and Dembele. They have crazy depth and play great football.

It really highlights how inept our board have been when fucking Tottenham have a better squad than us.

More than that, it highlights the reward of patience. Took Pochettino 2-3 seasons to clear out the dead woods and build a proper, solid team.

[Pizy 18,368]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

More than that, it highlights the reward of patience. Took Pochettino 2-3 seasons to clear out the dead woods and build a proper, solid team.

Yep. Also, they're yet another side where every single player is extremely comfortable on the ball even when pressed. Literally from keeper to striker. Something we don't have, sadly.

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Compare to United, Spurs have barely spent much in last 2 years and yet, they are both level on points going into next week's match at Old Trafford.

On a different note, how has Klopp gotten a free pass from the media with the mess at Liverpool? He has barely improved the team since taking over from Rodgers. Defence is still as porous as ever, if not even worse, and no big difference in number of goals scored either.

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3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Compare to United, Spurs have barely spent much in last 2 years and yet, they are both level on points going into next week's match at Old Trafford.

On a different note, how has Klopp gotten a free pass from the media with the mess at Liverpool? He has barely improved the team since taking over from Rodgers. Defence is still as porous as ever, if not even worse, and no big difference in number of goals scored either.

Everyone loves his passion and seems to think he's a football genius. Even Liverpool fans give off that vibe that they're just glad and lucky to have him. Like he's blessing them with his mere presence.

 

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Liverpool defence (including the keeper) are terrible. 

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3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Everyone loves his passion and seems to think he's a football genius. Even Liverpool fans give off that vibe that they're just glad and lucky to have him. Like he's blessing them with his mere presence.

Even if we ignore the stats for a moment, is he actually building anything exciting for the future? All he has mostly done so far is buying a bunch of attackers and even then, none of them screams world class. It's even more incredible that he has not signed one player that actually improves the defence. Most of them have been there since Rodgers' regime.

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8 minutes ago, Jason said:

Even if we ignore the stats for a moment, is he actually building anything exciting for the future? All he has mostly done so far is buying a bunch of attackers and even then, none of them screams world class. It's even more incredible that he has not signed one player that actually improves the defence. Most of them have been there since Rodgers' regime.

I think he's still an elite manager of attacking football but simply doesn't have the resources or personell to compete with the other big boys. If he was here or one of the Manchester clubs where he can buy and attract almost any players he wants I think he'd be challenging for the title.

At Liverpool not only does he have to fight like hell to keep his best players, but he also has to shop in the 2nd and 3rd tier in the transfer market.

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5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I think he's still an elite manager of attacking football but simply doesn't have the resources or personell to compete with the other big boys. If he was here or one of the Manchester clubs where he can buy and attract almost any players he wants I think he'd be challenging for the title.

At Liverpool not only does he have to fight like hell to keep his best players, but he also has to shop in the 2nd and 3rd tier in the transfer market.

But has he bought wisely? Did Liverpool really need Oxlade-Chamberlain? Is Andrew Robertson or Loris Karius actually good? Why hasn't he spent a penny on CBs?

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Worth noting that the Benitez (and Newcastle) is currently above Liverpool in the table.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

I remember after Spurs failed to win the league there was talks of that was it and they'll go backwards..sadly looking less likely the case. Amazed we beat them yet lost to Palace.. League has no logic. Early days and things can change but looks like up the stay

And kane grrr

[Pizy 18,368]

25 minutes ago, Jason said:

But has he bought wisely? Did Liverpool really need Oxlade-Chamberlain? Is Andrew Robertson or Loris Karius actually good? Why hasn't he spent a penny on CBs?

Like I said, he can't really attract top class players, can he? I think if Klopp were here for a few seasons we'd be much better off than Liverpool are.

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4 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Like I said, he can't really attract top class players, can he? I think if Klopp were here for a few seasons we'd be much better off than Liverpool are.

I know! Not being able to attract top class players is one thing but it's another to buy unwisely. And his transfer business at Liverpool has been dodgy to say the least.

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1 minute ago, Jason said:

I know! Not being able to attract top class players is one thing but it's another to buy unwisely. And his transfer business at Liverpool has been dodgy to say the least.

Bought some utter shit, you're right. 

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Spurs are amazing. I thought this season would be between Manchester clubs, with Spurs somewhat behind, but I think league table doesn't lie. Spurs are better than United I would say and City is still class above.

Wouldn't be surprised if league finishes like after this weekend (1. City 2. United 3. Spurs 4. Chelsea), but Spurs could really even surpass United.

Sadly, I'm not seeing us getting in front of Spurs or United, especially not City. But 4th place isn't that bad either, it would teach us a good lesson.

And about Liverpool and Arsenal... Pool is just too much mess. My God that defense, relegation level defense. And Arsenal is Arsenal, no way in hell they finish in first 4.

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