A bit off the thread topic but they’ve won one league title and last season finished 3rd. If they don’t win the league this season then they’ve been as dominant in premier league football as Blackburn Rovers in the 90’s.
Prior to that they won the league and were a point off first the year before.
It was a Jamie Redknapp literally
Before Blackburn won their league title they finished 2nd behind United(Although 8 points off)
They weren't anything like Liverpool. Liverpool pushed City to a ridiculous point record. And then they won the league the following year. The only reason they finished lower last season was owing to a big defensive injury crisis, but now they're back.
In terms of pure results yes, Blackburn looks like Liverpool.
And Blackburn beat the greatest manager of all time to a league title(Shearer suffered a bad injury when they finished second, also every team gets injuries) I don’t know what you count as recent years but they took one title off of a dominate city team and have won the same number of CL titles as Chelsea.
The year Liverpool won the league they lost in the round of 16 to Atlético Madrid. They didn’t reach a semi final in any of the cup competitions(Also Blackburn won the league with 89 points which isn’t small).
You still have performance threads from the last 2-3 years go check them out to see what kind of drivel was written about certain players when they were playing poor and you had people defending their honor like their the second coming of jesus. I've been criticizing both Rashford and Maguire for over a year now but some seem to think that both only started playing badly this season. How fecking blind do you have to be??
It does matter because it is the balance of power, especially if it is because of extremely rich people or because those who are top clubs do things bad.
Great player that gets underestimated because he is so fast and big. I think he's still to hit his best form, but when he was in form in 2020 for several games, his dribbling and other touches were far greater than you'd expect from a player seen as a mindless sprinter. I don't know why the new Wolves manager didn't like him as much and what happened last season, but Barça got a good scoop for 30m (?). I like that he's doing well right now, even if it's for Barcelona. Hope he shows people that he's capable of so much more than being fast.
Chelsea was winning the league in 2005, 2006 era and just won a few years ago.
When is the last time La Liga had a race where both teams finished on 95+ points?
Caf in a nutshell.You guys can get a room for yourself. This is Adama thread. How has a thread talking about Adama spiralled into PL vs La Liga and Liverpool Blackburn comparison ?
Came close many many times, 2012, 2017, 2011, 2016 and that’s all in the last decade.
There's plenty threads for this. Should we report those posts or will that not help/be severe enough of an off-topic discussion?
Since 2011 Spain clubs won 7 times the Europa League and EPL club won 3 times.
Happy to see him playing well. He is excellent in driving the ball upfield and create space for others. He is always double teamed. His assists are going up because Barcelona has the players to finish the chances he created. He is an excellent winger for Barcelona. With him and Auba Barcelona finally is playing with lots of pace now.
They did both start playing badly only this season. I think you may be the one with the eyesight problem mate.
I have? Rashford has been crazy inconsistent to downright shambles this season since the PSG game which was in late 2020. Maguire was also crazy inconsistent to downright clownesque since we bought him. The number of excuses these 2 got from some of you lot was crazy. From 'he's maybe playing injured', 'maybe he has mental issues' to he can't play on the right...
Maybe, mate. I just think there's so much potential and upside in having a player like him in your team that he's more than worth the punt for a big club. Personally, I think we would've benefited having him just because we have had no one bar an in form Martial able to beat his man consistently since, who, prime Nani or Valencia, and having a player like that just opens up new dimensions for the team.
There's a difference between inconsistent and bad. Before this season, bar the start of that season after the Greece incident, Maguire was fantastic. Before his injury against Wolves, Rashford showed a tonne of potential, but lacked consistency until it appeared like it was coming together in the first half of the 19/20 season before said Wolves game. Neither were bad.
He is supposed to be shit as per redcafe scouts.
Excuses can be justified at times. Lindelof was clearly worse last season. I suspect some of it was the back injury and not just the fact he was playing with a clown.
G/A are kind of important for an attacking player though, or at least key chances.
Not exactly a shock.
Blind alleys.
no guarantees conte will even be there. If there is a lucrative job opening (i.e. PSG) he is gone.
If Tottenham are ready to back him in summer which ideally they should , then I don't see him moving anywhere going toe to toe against the best Managers in the World with some financial backing in summer must be attractive proposition for him .
