I think we've got really good depth in defence, trouble is that Matip and Konate are injury prone. But Gomez used to be top quality and still has that level in him (just a lot more erratic after all his injuries). And Quansah seems a genuine talent.
Not sure where you pulled those views out of..
Taking player ability as their highest, City/Arsenal/United/Chelsea/Spurs all have better starting XIs than Liverpool.
I'm a busy la'.
On paper the squad is arguably could be weaker (and that is pretty generous ) but the skill of a manager is making the team more than the some of their parts.
Fair enough. To my mind, Arsenal and City are both far more complete sides which should stand them in better stead when we enter the business part of the season.
Saturday night, out of interest how much alcohol have you consumed?
I'd love to give a fair reply but I'm not sure where to even start
Thanks for your concern but I don't drink.
Don’t feed the troll bro.
Which part is trolling? It's such a cop out argument to say "tRoLl!¿!¿!" rather than debate an opposing point of view. Usually underpinned by an overall lack of football knowledge.
I think Allison, Van Dijk and Salah as a trio operate at a level higher than anyone at Arsenal are able to really. Besides that, I think the squads are fairly similar in quality but we have Klopp and you have Arteta. Weirdly, I think our experience with what it takes to good deep in such tournaments is to our advantage, but Arsenal in turn have greater squad coherence.
My opposing point of view: Rashford right now is better and more valuable for us than Ronaldo in 07/08
I’m sorry but you’re claiming O’Neil, Poch and Ten Hag are better managers than Klopp. I’d hope you’re trolling because the alternative is worse.
Mourinho had a charm and wit to his antics at times. You hated him, but you also had to laugh at some of the stuff. Arteta is just a personality vacuum, nothing is entertaining, he's just a truly annoying human.
Because we've watched them play. Their performances specially away from home have been unconvincing.
You guys were 2 seconds from dropping points vs. Luton. Liverpool dropped points vs. them because Nunez missed sitters. Yes, won't be the last time this season, but it's not like you have a better no. 9. As much as you want to wish it into reality, Liverpool won't just drop away easily. Their midfield is new and still gelling, if anything they will get better as the season progresses and seeing as their only loss was against Tottenham where they played with 9 men and got a regular goal for the lead ruled out that's kind of a scary proposition. Their squad is thin though, so further injuries will certainly be very bad for them. Arsenal and City squads are not gigantic either though so that's true for all three sides. Let's see where everyone is at new years, the game at Anfield on the 23rd will be huge.
Arguably more valuable yeah. Ronaldo went for £80m the year after. Rashford would go for more than £80m. I don't see the relevance to this thread, however.
Because they're scraping through games with the formula of go behind, controversial refereeing decision, unlimited injury team, fluky winner of low xG.
Seriously? We really do need to sell then. No brainer!
They don't really overperform their XPTS much more than Arsenal so far: https://understat.com/league/EPL. Their only loss was after getting two players sent off and getting a regular goal ruled out. While they don't really overperform their XG, they do overperform their XGA by a lot, but you could argue if you do it for half a season it might be down to having the best keeper in the league. Whereas Raya and Ederson look way more prone to letting decent-but-not-great shots in.
Arteta actually has me wondering if I'd prefer a Liverpool or Arsenal league win. He is unsufferable, as are the Arsenal fans and several of their players.
Brentford 6th on xPts is interesting.
Vibes FC.
Oh agreed, the media love in for Arsenal every time they manage to correctly tie their shoelaces is still there too, but City winning the league is bad for football and Liverpool winning again would be unconscionable. All the top teams aren't consistent this year to my eye and Villa are as consistent as anyone at the minute, I think they've a very good chance.
How can you possibly watch United this season and think Ten Hag is a better manager than Klopp? You're talking out of your arse.
Both had similar records with big teams in second rate leagues. EtH record has been significantly better than Klopp's during their initial period in EPL joining big teams in transition. You're comparing 7 years of progress with 15 months. False equivalence.
Just gone through some parts of the hearing, its golden.That's some A+ lawyer work right there
It's a term of endearment in Uruguay!That's some A+ lawyer work right there
