And they still say money can't buy happiness - OTT 53 [R]

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  1. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Since they lost 3 straight (vs West Ham, @ Fulham, & vs us in the FAC), Arse have won 6 straight league games (about to be 7 after today's gang bang is finished) by an aggregate score of 25-3. They're only crap display (I honestly didn't see it) was against Porto in the CL first leg.

    They have 1 more probable walk-over in the league (vs Brentford) before they have to go to Citeh. It will be very interesting how they perform in that one.
     
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  2. ewibe

    ewibe Member+

    Jun 4, 2015
    Stavanger
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    They must be slightly outperforming xG with 5 goals with 7 shots
     
  3. LiverpoolFanatic

    Liverpool FC, Philadelphia Union
    Feb 19, 2000
    Lancaster, PA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know...it's just galling that we had like 30 shots and zero went in.
     
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  4. Editor In Chimp

    Editor In Chimp Member+

    Sep 7, 2008
    I’ll be interested in how this Arsenal team fares when they aren’t playing a team that’s going to roll over and concede 7 for them
     
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  5. newterp

    newterp Moderator
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    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well...they did beat us. Under weird circumstances to be fair.
     
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  6. Red Bird

    Red Bird Member+

    Sep 30, 2003
    Oxford
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    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    When Arsenal beat us I thought that was an indication of what was to come. It will be cracker at the Emptyhad.
     
  7. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Arsenal are good.

    This is an insane title race... I know LFC & City have gone close a number of times, and those last-matchday races were impressive. And of course Leicester doing it, and 2012, both were very very notable. But when 3 clubs are up there within a few points of each other with 10 matches left, it's another level. Feels like it's pretty rare we see this kind of competition at top of the table.
     
  8. newterp

    newterp Moderator
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    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Arsenal's tough games (on paper) remaining: @Abu Dhabi, @spurs... also have Villa, @brighton, Cheslea and @manu

    Abu Dhabi's tough games (on paper) remaining: @liverpool, Arsenal, @spurs ... also have Villa, Brighton, West Ham

    Liverpool's tough games (on paper) remaining: Abu Dhabi, Spurs, @manu, @everton....also have Brighton, @west ham, @Villa
     
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  9. Wingtips1

    Wingtips1 Member+

    May 3, 2004
    02116
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    Liverpool FC
    BHA and Villa may have more to say in the title race than any of the three participants.
    Villa could see their top 4 dreams scuppered if they're on the losing end of all three matches against the title chasers.
     
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  10. hubbabubba

    hubbabubba Moderator
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    May 17, 2002
    Ann Arbor, MI
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    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually very reminiscent. They play really negative right now, bunkering in and then trying to hit on the counter. Really an embarrassment given the supposed quality of the players and the resources that have been spent on them. It's pretty clear that Ten Haag is not a particularly adept tactician. He'd probably fit in better at the level of some of our mid-table or relegation threatened premier league clubs.
     
  11. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Totally agree.

    Think all 3 will drop points, more than just to each other. How much and how often is going to be the differentiator IMO, moreso than LFC beating City or City beating Arsenal.
     
  12. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    Yeah, I’ve thought for a while his in-game and halftime adjustments just might be the worst in the league. It’s really little more than when Plan A fails revert to Plan A.

    He’s like the tourist who thinks shouting louder in English will make him understood.
     
  13. Wingtips1

    Wingtips1 Member+

    May 3, 2004
    02116
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    Liverpool FC
    Agreed.
    Even if we stomp citeh 3-0, given our squad's propensity to injury at the moment, we could have a three game run of draw-loss-draw without it being a stretch of the imagination and see our dreams fade away.
     
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  14. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Toronto
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    we beat ourselves.
     
  15. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Toronto
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    Liverpool FC
    all that. plus his after-match comments are remarkably Hodgson-esque in their delusion. seems like they've played great in almost every game so far.

    mind you, with a -2 GD that's pretty evident. :)
     
  16. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    A little light relief.

    IMG_6699.jpeg
     
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  17. bayred

    bayred Member+

    Liverpool FC
    United States
    May 28, 2018
    I wouldn't have given him 10 seconds.
     
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  18. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    Does this sound legitimate to you?

    Man City won the treble last year. A documentary was made during and after. Man City were paid some crazy amount for their participation. The entity that made the documentary, supposedly their in-house media department, having paid this crazy amount, then sold the series to Netflix at a huge loss.
     
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  19. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Let me guess. The “Entity” was an Arab based media group who don’t have to care about sand dollar’s. :)
     
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  20. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Didn't see this coming...

     
  21. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    I would have thought that given they’re in so much trouble with these sort of financial bait and switches (who remembers their cryptocurrency sponsorship with a firm that didn’t exist?) that they’d be shying away bullshit with charges pending. But it would appear they’re doubling down.

    Again and again, they are doing deals that make no financial sense other than finding a way to shovel oil tankers of illicit Qatari petrodollars into the club without attracting attention or in a way that “looks” legit. The above Netflix deal and their ilk are only the deals that we know about, that have come out in the wash after solid investigative journalism. There must be as many deals like these that have never been scrutinized.

    They really are a bunch of cheating, duplicitous bastards who only know one way to do business.
     
  22. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, they're scum.
     
  23. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Can’t trust Everton at all. United can’t score from open field. So Everton give them 2 clumsy PKs.
     
  24. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Arsenal still 1-1 with Brentford at the Emirates in 79th minute. Absolutely gifted a goal by Ramsdale...
     
  25. bayred

    bayred Member+

    Liverpool FC
    United States
    May 28, 2018
    Arse win at the death and go top. But we always knew what we were going to have to do tomorrow.
     

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