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[Vesper 31,181]

GKer with the assist

old school route 1 footie

[Laylabelle 9,754]

This is why have doubts about city. Obs may change but can see if being Liverpool at the end...rather them then Arsenal..if ends up being one of Liverpool/Arsenal 

[Reddish-Blue 2,702]

12 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

This is why have doubts about city. Obs may change but can see if being Liverpool at the end...rather them then Arsenal..if ends up being one of Liverpool/Arsenal 

Not that I like supporting either of those teams, it would make me feel sick watching Arsenal win the title...especially after we gift wrapped them Jorginho for peanuts. 

At least if Liverpool do go on and win the title, the storyline will be Klopp's farewell tour...

[Laylabelle 9,754]

3 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Not that I like supporting either of those teams, it would make me feel sick watching Arsenal win the title...especially after we gift wrapped them Jorginho for peanuts. 

At least if Liverpool do go on and win the title, the storyline will be Klopp's farewell tour...

Yeahhhhh....nahhhh less worse out the bunch...just a shame his farewell tour likely to also include the Calbro Cup over us.. unless something drastic happens!!! Like I dont know their bus breaks down but have to play random people? 

Just a shame 🤣 I liked Arsenal when they were sort of just there competing but not but I dont think they'll just be there for a while now...unfortunately...

Oh well battle for 10th place is where we are 🤣 thrilling 

Edited February 5, 2024 by Laylabelle

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33 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

This is why have doubts about city. Obs may change but can see if being Liverpool at the end...rather them then Arsenal..if ends up being one of Liverpool/Arsenal 

I am sticking with my Citeh wins the league prediction

and unless Bayern or Real can somehow stop them, the CL as well

look at their BENCH, lolol

madness

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

24 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I am sticking with my Citeh wins the league prediction

and unless Bayern or Real can somehow stop them, the CL as well

look at their BENCH, lolol

madness

Fair, but you will make no money out of that (League prediction) 😅.

CL is a different beast: remember their scrappy win against Inter (hardly a powerhouse)?

I'm not sure that Bench is more shocking for City's perspective or ours; like our Bench looks pretty average compare to any other bench in the league. Not long ago, Kovacic would be rotating for us.

[Vesper 31,181]

damn, had to go do something and missed 2 goals

[TheHulk 2,680]

City will walk the league and there is nothing those 2 losers can do about it.

[Vesper 31,181]

30 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

Fair, but you will make no money out of that (League prediction) 😅.

CL is a different beast: remember their scrappy win against Inter (hardly a powerhouse)?

I'm not sure that Bench is more shocking for City's perspective or ours; like our Bench looks pretty average compare to any other bench in the league. Not long ago, Kovacic would be rotating for us.

here are Citeh's 10 LOWEST valuation players.. look at all but 2 of the names, all are crazy quality

other than Carson, (their old 3rd string keeper, who never plays), and then LB Sergio Gómez, the only outfied player on their squad I do not rate (and who never hardly plays either, he has 18 minutes total played in the EPL), they have no weakeness at all. Maybe you could argue Ortega could be upgraded from for their backup keeper, but Pep seems to 100 per cent trust him

 

 

and do not forget the names they let go ot have out on loan

sold: (the ones in bold are all still great players, plus Cole)
     
Cole Palmer   
Riyad Mahrez 
Aymeric Laporte 
Yangel Herrera 
İlkay Gündoğan 
Benjamin Mendy
Zack Steffen  

and out on loan (in bold will be sold)

João Cancelo
Kalvin Phillips
Taylor Harwood-Bellis  
James McAtee  
Claudio Echeverri  
Máximo Perrone 

 

overall, it is just insane quality they have and then also have let go as they no longer need them

I have never seen anything like it

Edited February 5, 2024 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,181]

this match week had the most EPL goals scored ever with a 20 team EPL

[Vesper 31,181]

IF Citeh win the EPL, the FA Cup, the CL, and the UEFA Super Cup

the 23 year old Foden will have 20 major trophies, including SIX EPL titles and 2 CLs

there is no FIFA World Club Cup this year, so Foden misses out on 21 (plus having 2 world championships)

and that is with Citeh losing the last 3 Community Shields in a row (they are almost as shit in the the CS as we are overall, and 2 of their CS wins since 2011 were against us, if we had won those 2, they would be worse than us in it, since it started, they are 6 wins, 9 losses, and we are 4 wins, 9 losses, with only 2 wins in 9 attempsts since Roman bought us, and our only 2 wins then were all the way back in 2005 and 2009)

The only time Citeh won the CS against a team other than Chels in the past 52 years was in 2019 verus Liverpool. They did not play in 2020, and then lost the last 3 in a row since then.

Edited February 5, 2024 by Vesper

[Vesper 31,181]

Lisandro Martinez has sustained an injury to the medial collateral ligament in his knee and is expected to be out of action for at least eight weeks.

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/lisandro-martinez-injury-confirmed-by-man-utd-after-withdrawal-in-west-ham-game

[robsblubot 3,595]

heh Liverpool has and will miss Salah -- it's in the big games like against Arsenal the time you miss the big players.

Their attack is really good, but they will miss Salah when he leaves.

AFCON is just too long...  is it longer than Copa America? useless competitions.

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4 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

heh Liverpool has and will miss Salah -- it's in the big games like against Arsenal the time you miss the big players.

Their attack is really good, but they will miss Salah when he leaves.

AFCON is just too long...  is it longer than Copa America? useless competitions.

I would kill to have Salah for 3 or so years, even though he turns 32 in mid June, I wager he still has at least 3 big seasons left

we need a few huge bridge (not Bridge, lol) estbalished WC players who are older and have vast experience

going 100% ALL youth is madness, as we have seen

if (likely) Thiago leaves, then the ONLY player we have who is over 29yo is 3rd string , never playing GKer Bertinelli who is only 31, and he may well go as well

the next oldest players (and only other ones over 26yo) are Sterling and Chilwell

just to show you how times flies, Baba Rahman and Bakayoko both turn 30 years old in a few months, Kova turns 30 in 2 months, and Ziyech turns 31yo in 3 months

oh

and BTW

SACK POCH

[robsblubot 3,595]

10 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I would kill to have Salah for 3 or so years, even though he turns 32 in mid June, I wager he still has at least 3 big seasons left

we need a few huge bridge (not Bridge, lol) estbalished WC players who are older and have vast experience

going 100% ALL youth is madness, as we have seen

if (likely) Thiago leaves, then the ONLY player we have who is over 29yo is 3rd string , never playing GKer Bertinelli who is only 31, and he may well go as well

the next oldest players (and only other ones over 26yo) are Sterling and Chilwell

just to show you how times flies, Baba Rahman and Bakayoko both turn 30 years old in a few months, Kova turns 30 in 2 months, and Ziyech turns 31yo in 3 months

oh

and BTW

SACK POCH

hehe I don't mind Poch staying or leaving tbh. Don't particularly like his teams, but he did take a mediocre Tottenham side to CL final once.

Just don't see a light at the end of this tunnel just yet -- for the reasons stated above. So, patience will be required regardless of what we do next.

[Reddish-Blue 2,702]

9 hours ago, robsblubot said:

hehe I don't mind Poch staying or leaving tbh. Don't particularly like his teams, but he did take a mediocre Tottenham side to CL final once.

Just don't see a light at the end of this tunnel just yet -- for the reasons stated above. So, patience will be required regardless of what we do next.

"Mediocre" yet majority of their starting lineup ended up playing regularly for both club & country (Dele Alli being the exception).    Lloris, Toby, Jan, Trippier at the back.  Son, Kane & Alli up front with Eriksen in midfield...

Compare that experience to the team we are putting out every game and I can see why the opposition know how to pick us off.   Opposition teams have it simple against the current Chelsea team, it's like put together a decent press, get on the counter and you'll likely make our defenders look like fools in the box and our midfield is non-existent as Enzo is playing too high and I'm not sure what position Caicedo plays and then you have Gallagher who just runs around like a dog all game but with zero defensive impact. 

[lucio 5,418]

9 hours ago, robsblubot said:

hehe I don't mind Poch staying or leaving tbh. Don't particularly like his teams, but he did take a mediocre Tottenham side to CL final once.

Just don't see a light at the end of this tunnel just yet -- for the reasons stated above. So, patience will be required regardless of what we do next.

Frauded his way past Ajax after being completely outplayed by dutch teenagers for 3/4 of the tie then proceeded to do absolutely nothing in the final 

ajax Liverpool would have been a much more competitive final than watching poch piss himself 

[Special Juan 28,871]

Joy to watch City last night, the way they move the ball is something else.

The ability to retain possession in tight areas is just sublime.

It's not just pointless possession it's possession with a directness and a purpose.

[NikkiCFC 8,529]

Szoboszlai out for a month. Will miss the final.