Liverpool

No we'd be a point ahead I think but I've already been wrong once.

Actually I was wrong too.

If you lose after drawing at Anfield and we win our remaining games, you trail by a point.

make that loss a draw and we'll be level.
 


I thought they didn't have too much dubious penalties this season, but after watching this, almost half of them are questionable.
As for those "extra" they should have, Skrtel alone should have at least 5 against him also.

Bit embarrassing to see this kind of stuff on a United site. This is the kind of bitterness and revisionism we have been laughing at the scousers for for 25 years. Its taken 9 months for it to take a fairly big hold on many of our fans, in here.

As for the debatable pens, I think the Guzan one is the only really obvious referee error. There are a few where there is embellishment, but that's normal. As you can see by the ones the referee didn't give, it can be hard work getting a referee to acknowledge a foul in the box sometimes, they need, in my opinion too much, to see a player on the ground before they will blow.

Skrtel? Yes, he has been blatant holding from set pieces, as blatant as I have ever seen, but he is doing what is done every time on every set-piece into the box in every game. If they start blowing those, then we will have ten penalties per game.

What I really learned from watching that video is that if you get players into the box with the ball at their feet, quality players, then defenders and goalkeepers will do all kinds of daft things (Vidic, Jones I'm looking at you!). You don't get a lot of penalties from crosses.
 
Hilariously, out of the supporters of the two clubs I know, the siddys think they've got this massive rivalry, and the scousers just laugh it off cos they just don't.
Out of interest to any of the Liverpool or City fans on here, is there a rivalry between the two? The United-Liverpool rivalry is often talked about as being a residue of the Liverpool / Manchester rivalry extending back to the Industrial Revolution, but is there the same with City?
 
Bit embarrassing to see this kind of stuff on a United site. This is the kind of bitterness and revisionism we have been laughing at the scousers for for 25 years. Its taken 9 months for it to take a fairly big hold on many of our fans, in here.

As for the debatable pens, I think the Guzan one is the only really obvious referee error. There are a few where there is embellishment, but that's normal. As you can see by the ones the referee didn't give, it can be hard work getting a referee to acknowledge a foul in the box sometimes, they need, in my opinion too much, to see a player on the ground before they will blow.

Skrtel? Yes, he has been blatant holding from set pieces, as blatant as I have ever seen, but he is doing what is done every time on every set-piece into the box in every game. If they start blowing those, then we will have ten penalties per game.

What I really learned from watching that video is that if you get players into the box with the ball at their feet, quality players, then defenders and goalkeepers will do all kinds of daft things (Vidic, Jones I'm looking at you!). You don't get a lot of penalties from crosses.

It's embarassing to analyze penalties now? Wow.
 
It's embarassing to analyze penalties now? Wow.
If that was all you did, then no, but it wasn't was it? "Half of them were questionable, ..and Skrtel should have had at least five against him!"
Comes across as bitter whining to me.
 
If that was all you did, then no, but it wasn't was it? "Half of them were questionable, ..and Skrtel should have had at least five against him!"
Comes across as bitter whining to me.

He is understating it. He should have had at least one against him in every game he played. Have you seen him during corners and FKs? Looks like he wants to molest the guy he is marking.
 
If that was all you did, then no, but it wasn't was it? "Half of them were questionable, ..and Skrtel should have had at least five against him!"
Comes across as bitter whining to me.

No, I was just defending those at the end of the video those are not given for them.

And here's my point anyway:

Who said it's because I am diminishing their achievements? If they win the league it will be because they were good and deserved it, not because they had some decisions going their way. City also had lot of soft penalties, so it's pretty much the same. It's just ridiculous when you compare how every United's penalty has been analized to death in recent years, but everyone is happy to say that Liverpool deserved theirs, even though United probably didn't have that much wrongly called penalties probably in few last years. Double standards.

And this is a good post also:
 
Hilariously, out of the supporters of the two clubs I know, the siddys think they've got this massive rivalry, and the scousers just laugh it off cos they just don't.

Oh I see, the "West Ham vs. Manchester United" thing. A lot of them think we hate them but we just don't care.
 
Liverpool beginning to crack under the pressure, they played red arse at training yesterday :D

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Waiting for the inevitable 'just practising fr what City's going to do to them'
 
It's a brilliant situation for Liverpool because the only pressure they really have is within the squad. There isn't any external pressure because they have well overachieved what anybody thought was possible this season leading the title race in April. They are really playing with house money in that if they fall short the media isn't going to blast them as they shouldn't and the fans it seems would also recognize what a great season they've had given the overall quality of the squad.

Regardless of how the season finishes for Liverpool I will be interested to see their dealings in the transfer market and the type of players they purchase. Rodgers has had mixed results from signings who have done nothing for the squad like Ilori, Luis Alberto, Aspas and Assaidi others who have to still prove their value in Allen and Borini and then great signings like Sakho, Sturridge and Coutinho. I can't say I've made it a point to watch Liverpool since their success is painful, but how has Allen looked? He played decent against United, but I haven't heard much about him this season.
 
It's a brilliant situation for Liverpool because the only pressure they really have is within the squad. There isn't any external pressure because they have well overachieved what anybody thought was possible this season leading the title race in April. They are really playing with house money in that if they fall short the media isn't going to blast them as they shouldn't and the fans it seems would also recognize what a great season they've had given the overall quality of the squad.

Regardless of how the season finishes for Liverpool I will be interested to see their dealings in the transfer market and the type of players they purchase. Rodgers has had mixed results from signings who have done nothing for the squad like Ilori, Luis Alberto, Aspas and Assaidi others who have to still prove their value in Allen and Borini and then great signings like Sakho, Sturridge and Coutinho. I can't say I've made it a point to watch Liverpool since their success is painful, but how has Allen looked? He played decent against United, but I haven't heard much about him this season.

Allen? Does very little in the Liverpool games I have watched. But for some reason Rodgers keeps playing him, either as a 60th minute sub, or even as a starter.
 
It's a brilliant situation for Liverpool because the only pressure they really have is within the squad. There isn't any external pressure because they have well overachieved what anybody thought was possible this season leading the title race in April. They are really playing with house money in that if they fall short the media isn't going to blast them as they shouldn't and the fans it seems would also recognize what a great season they've had given the overall quality of the squad.

Regardless of how the season finishes for Liverpool I will be interested to see their dealings in the transfer market and the type of players they purchase. Rodgers has had mixed results from signings who have done nothing for the squad like Ilori, Luis Alberto, Aspas and Assaidi others who have to still prove their value in Allen and Borini and then great signings like Sakho, Sturridge and Coutinho. I can't say I've made it a point to watch Liverpool since their success is painful, but how has Allen looked? He played decent against United, but I haven't heard much about him this season.

Allen has been having a quietly very good season. He's excellent as a substitute as he's a player that comes on and is immediately at the speed of the game and settles on the pitch quickly.
 
It's been stop start for Allen due to injuries and lack of form. He got his place back recently and was playing well but then got injured again.
I still think he is a good player, he gave us another option when Rodgers wanted to leave Sterling or Coutinho out.

I have hoped we would sign a more powerful, dominant midfielder and maybe in the summer we will - where that will leave Allen if we do I don't know.
However, overall especially in recent games he has done well, looked very composed and assured on the ball, got stuck in too and looked to get forward and link up the play.
 
Allen has been doing a steady job this season. Generally fulfils his midfield obligations on and off the ball without attracting headlines.

Done nothing beyond that though to suggest he's an unsung hero or anything. Just a good squad player you have no qualms about seeing getting gametime when we need to call on him.
 
Rodgers isn't a Liverpool fan, he's not from Liverpool. He did a charity thing and the Sun sponsored it. Nothing story.

Had that pic been from yesterday then it would be another story. But it wasn't.
 
@Liddellpool: Pearce: I think Aspas will probably be sold

@Liddellpool: Pearce: Liverpool will be shopping for a higher calibre of players this summer than they were last summer.

@Liddellpool: Pearce: I think Rodgers might go with the diamond to ensure there are plenty of bodies in that central area.

@Liddellpool: Pearce: The manager gave me the impression Suso did have a future at Anfield but he said a final decision wouldn't be made until the summer.

@Liddellpool: Pearce: There is absolutely no doubt Rodgers will sign a new deal.

A couple of days old, but that's from James Pearce at the Echo.
 
Apparently Sherwood compared the 3-3 draw today with Istanbul. :lol:

Hansen is likely to return to Liverpool in some capacity this summer.

And Tiago Ilori was given man of the match as Barcelona lost to Granada.
 
Found this at the Sporting forum, Ilori against Barcelona yesterday. Although he left Sporting, still following him since i think he will be an integral part of our national team defence in the future



Congratulations on today´s win by the way.
 
That's 10 straight wins in the league for Liverpool, you have to tip your hat.

5-1 vs. Arsenal
3-2 @ Fulham
4-3 vs. Swansea
3-0 @ Southampton
3-0 @ United
6-3 @ Cardiff
2-1 vs. Sunderland
4-0 vs. Spurs
2-1 @ West Ham
3-2 vs. City

They have finished the season in amazing fashion, making the Billionaire Boys of City and Chelsea looks weak.

It has to be good for the game if someone other than those two giant wastes of wealth wins the title.
 
They've been outstanding....it was obvious from when Rodgers took over that liverpool had finally got the right man in charge as they were hammering weaker teams by big scores, playing lovly football and it was only a matter of time before their record against the big boys improved

What this season highlights is how badly we need to dump moyes and move with the times and find a manager out there in the roberto martinez mould who plays the right way and signs the right tyoe of players for man utd
 
That's 10 straight wins in the league for Liverpool, you have to tip your hat.

5-1 vs. Arsenal
3-2 @ Fulham
4-3 vs. Swansea
3-0 @ Southampton
3-0 @ United
6-3 @ Cardiff
2-1 vs. Sunderland
4-0 vs. Spurs
2-1 @ West Ham
3-2 vs. City

They have finished the season in amazing fashion, making the Billionaire Boys of City and Chelsea looks weak.

It has to be good for the game if someone other than those two giant wastes of wealth wins the title.

Everton's is pretty impressive too.
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That's 10 straight wins in the league for Liverpool, you have to tip your hat.

5-1 vs. Arsenal
3-2 @ Fulham
4-3 vs. Swansea
3-0 @ Southampton
3-0 @ United
6-3 @ Cardiff
2-1 vs. Sunderland
4-0 vs. Spurs
2-1 @ West Ham
3-2 vs. City

They have finished the season in amazing fashion, making the Billionaire Boys of City and Chelsea looks weak.

It has to be good for the game if someone other than those two giant wastes of wealth wins the title.

Good post.
 
That's 10 straight wins in the league for Liverpool, you have to tip your hat.

5-1 vs. Arsenal
3-2 @ Fulham
4-3 vs. Swansea
3-0 @ Southampton
3-0 @ United
6-3 @ Cardiff
2-1 vs. Sunderland
4-0 vs. Spurs
2-1 @ West Ham
3-2 vs. City

They have finished the season in amazing fashion, making the Billionaire Boys of City and Chelsea looks weak.

It has to be good for the game if someone other than those two giant wastes of wealth wins the title.
I remember Leeds and Blackburn winning the Premiership. Happens! Look where they're at the moment. If they win it this year it's how they deal with being champions and all the extra games next season which will define them as a team.

They've also been fortunate in not having major injuries and playing the fewest games of all the title challengers.
 
When you get momentum and belief like this, it is an unstoppable force. 10 wins in a row is like Arsenal in 97-98.
 
If it's going to be like this next year, I think I'd like us not to challenge. This is exhausting.
 
If it's going to be like this next year, I think I'd like us not to challenge. This is exhausting.
You won't!

You can bookmark my reply!
 
I was a young man in my early 30's the last time we won the league. I'm now a middle-aged bloke & I don't think my fecking heart can take the stress of a title challenge anymore.

I know! I had to cover my eyes in the crowd at times today - I turned to my left and everyone else was too!

25 years been a regular and never felt like this before.