blues_funk_reggae
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Lmao @ Salah
Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
blues_funk_reggae
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If city win tomorrow the league is over?
ThrobbingHood
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Nope. If City win tomorrow, lose their last game but Liverpool win their next two, City as it stands would win on goal difference. And even if you somehow catch up on goal difference, City would win due to scoring more goals.
At this point, the league is Bayern status. No one is getting this close to City in the league for the next 5 years at least. Easy when you have an empty check book.
blues_funk_reggae
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Kelleher got in the way of Hendo's lift
*PAC lol*
*PAC lol*
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ThrobbingHood
“I’m Sorry for 2025”
Man City are no different from Bayern… just buying their rival’s talent. Realistically, no one is catching up with them in the league. This season was the closest Liverpool would get again to winning the league.here we go again :mjlol
Mane and Salah are in their 30s now… Jota and Diaz are good but Liverpool don’t have an out and out striker, something that City was missing this season and have now acquired. And they were minutes away from another CL final too.
If Mbappe had gone to Liverpool, I’d say there was a chance but he’s Real Madrid bound.
TobiOT
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Porto probably going to send the Liga Nos winners medal to Luis Diaz as well.
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cot damn :mjlol
which big players did citeh poach from rivals in the prem?
which big players did citeh poach from rivals outside of the prem?
ThrobbingHood
“I’m Sorry for 2025”
Sterling- a season after Liverpool came close to winning the league.cot damn :mjlol
which big players did citeh poach from rivals in the prem?
which big players did citeh poach from rivals outside of the prem?
Mahrez- Not exactly a rival but a PL league winner and he was “poached”.
Grealish: Not a rival but poached (an over priced) huge talent from a smaller club.
Dias: Bought from Benfica.
Could’ve bought Harry Kane if Levy wasn’t being such a Shylock. I don’t even know why this needs explaining.
Trajan
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Goals is not an area we're struggling in. We don't need an out and out striker when the front three have 52 goals between them in the league. I can't really complain about our season for good reason lol.. We lost twice the whole season. City are just relentless. Any other time we would have the shyt sawn up
Issue is Pep's mechanical system + depth + blank check to acquire any missing cogs. Man has two elite squads to rotate from.
But he might leave in 2023 while Klopp has just reupped until 2026
Mane and Salah are iconic players but the transition is in full effect... Smoothly
ThrobbingHood
“I’m Sorry for 2025”
Here’s the things with stats… they can be very misleading. Yes, both Liverpool and City have had no problems scoring goals despite neither having an out and out striker but, if you look at your games against City and Tottenham, a striker could’ve been the difference between being 2nd and 1st.
In those close decisive games, you need a Benzema to pull a goal out of individual brilliance. Take him out, and Real would not have got past the last 16 this season of the CL.
Yes, neither City and Liverpool have struggled for goals this season but Pep knew that it wasn’t sustainable to carry on without a true number 9, in spite of their ridiculous depth. Look how hard they were pushing to get Harry Kane.
Edit: look at Chelsea today. They objectively had the better chances but when you have Lukaku leading the line and an inefficient Pulisic playing along side him, it came back to bite them.
