But we did not used to look like that with SAF.
Premier League Gameweek 7
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We are basically two very similar cities and teams, as much as no-one would like to admit it.
Liverpool obviously have had a fair few more unsavoury incidents than us, Suarez t shirts etc.
Mane should have been red carded.
Honestly have no idea, bit of a mystery tbh. Absolutely quality player.
He's been injured loads.
Aye, a disgrace that was overlooked. Was it even highlighted in the commentary?
How they are top when they look so average is a worry.
exactly what bin dippers used to think about us a decade ago.
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Pool have conceded 15 goals, yet top the prem ......bizzare
Aren`t both of their main CBs out? So, yes.
I know he has been out injured, but what have Liverpool fans made of Keita's time at Liverppol
Carragher was too busy saying it wasn’t even a foul.
So are yours.
Not sure why people are saying the title race is wide open this year. They will walk it again. They just find a way to win. Like Utd did under Fergie. There were times when we looked average, but still won the league. Its so hard to get that, but once you have it, it's so hard to compete against it.
fecking hate these wankers.
But yours never get criticized for it on TV
Souness accused Salah of it after the game.
Not a Pool fan but I'd say he's been a waste of money
Souness went after Salah. A player who despite the narrative statistically hardly gets pens. So it’s not like he’s winning a pen every other game.
Yep. It was a long painful journey watching you lot do that surrounded by Utd fans at school. One of Klopp's first things he did at Liverpool was to change our mentality (players and fans). We used to give up after the 80th minute if the game wasn't won by then. There's a reason Fergie wasn't happy when Klopp took over at Anfield. The football isn't great right now but the mentality to win is there and at this level, an extra 1% of that makes a huge difference
A couple of players out injured does not amount to an injury crisis mate.
When they start playing Henderson at CB because they have literally no central defenders available from their roster, then we can talk
This is the best post I've read today.
Yes we did especially in the last few years we were grinding out results left right and center. Even SAF said it wins you the league.
I knew Liverpool where winning the league after 10 games last season as they were poor for half of them but winning them with late goals or poor performances. Don’t lie to yourself we had some awful performances under SAF from 11-13 but we had the winning mentality.
Sure everyone remembers the City win 1-6 but don’t remember that we won 9 out of the next 11 matches by a goal if I’m correct
You guys were utterly annoying to watch as a non-United fan, because you are making it look like the minor teams might have a chance at winning or drawing the game before you killed it off at the last minute. Although you guys in 2010-2013 weren't as consistent in winning games as Liverpool did last year. You guys never got close to a 100 points.
Fully expected them to win. People were getting too ahead of themselves with the whole "it's so open this year" stuff. I don't see it. City and especially Liverpool are ahead of the pack and it will show.
Yeah that is it that is why rival teams hated us we looked like we were there for the taking but we would grind it out.
Not to rub it in but must be frustrating as a Arsenal fan because for years you never seem able to go it even when you were at your best with Henry,Viera etc you won games because you were better. That Arsenal team from 09-12 was the opposite of grinding out results
Seems to prove the theory in general that Attack > Defense (Atk is better than Def).
Atk to win you games and the precious 3 pts, even if you have to grind, matters of mentality.
Def to help you get at least 1 pts more consistently.
A huge difference of -2 pts there.
I know which one I prefer.. SAF's United (earlier seasons) usually have leaky/risky defenses anyway in exchange of total attacking, so maybe this view of mine is just spoiled/bias.
You think he’s not a diver then? It’s not a narrative. It’s the truth. He’s world class and a real clutch player, almost like a lesser Ronaldo (compliment), but he’s a massive cheat. This is why many people don’t like him.
Well the best defence can do is draw you a game with a clean sheet. You need to score goals to win. So naturally, attack overpowers defence.
While this is true, why hate on Burnley for being in the PL? Burnley are at 17th in the PL net spend over the last 5 years, so evidently they've been doing a good job just maintaining their PL status. I'd much prefer teams like Burnley fighting tooth and nail to meet their targets over big spending teams which regularly miss their targets and face no perceptible sporting penalties.
I don’t where you came up with that. You lot were jammy bastards every miserable weekend from I recall. At least that’s how it seemed from our point of view. That’s the sign of heart and good managment. So, you might not think your team never looked bad under SAF compared to this Liverpool team but the won loss record percentage says otherwise
If the narrative were that he was winning a pen every other game, you might have a semblance of a point. But the narrative is that Salah is a diver, which is not so much a narrative as an observation. And that most penalties he wins, whatever the frequency, are often due to his diving.
City x Pool next weekend should be interesting but can see a lot of these games finishing 0-0 or 1-1 this season.
Having seen the Liverpool penalty back, it's honestly one of the stupidest fouls I've seen in recent times. From the moment that Salah received the ball, he had his back to Masuaku for the entire time - at no point did Masuaku have any clear opportunity to win the ball back because Salah had put himself between the player and the ball. Why on earth has he tried to clean out Salah's leg to get to the ball? It's not even as though Salah was in a hugely threatening position. Absolutely criminal defending.
Southampton goal ruled out by VAR, was just offside.
We have a nightmare record v them in last 7 years so hopefully we can wake up now.
We have a nightmare record v them in last 7 years so hopefully we can wake up now.
It took VAR ca 3 minutes to dissallow Southampton's goal
Villa vs Southampton
It’s a Ings vs Mings ting.
Southampton goal disallowed by VAR for offside.
It’s a Ings vs Mings ting.
Southampton goal disallowed by VAR for offside.
The unstoppable Saints.
Was it for offside, or handball/foul? (just checked in)
It was offside, and a clear offside. It's just so weird that it took them 2 minutes to decide to take a look at it, but as soon as they started It was clear and took a few seconds.