"Respecting" Weaker Teams (Plus A Bit of Panto)

[dww]

You deleted my post you *******!!

Yep. It made me laugh though.

[Reece]

there is also likely to be one between beating your immediate rivals and winning the league.

Had we beaten the Mancs and Chelsea home and away last season we would have won the league

[rage]

There is a real arrogance in your posts and attitude voz, rage and one or two others I can't be bothered to mention.

We all believe we should be turning over teams like Hull, Fulham, West Ham etc, but you must understand not all of us think it is our divine right to win these games. What is so hard to understand about that?

its not about a divine right, its more to do with recognising we've ****ed up and putting in place strategies to make sure it doesn't happen again. as opposed to finding excuses for why it happened and failing to deal with it.

This is an absolute joke of a thread. Really disappoints me when supporters are near on abused or shot down for having the gall to suggest that we should not take for granted that we will win every game against the so called smaller teams.

Arrogance is not a word I associate with Liverpool FC - if anything we have a humbleness and humility which is borne out of the general respect, yes respect, we show opponents in victory and defeat. FFS.

Unbelievable. Really.

[Elvoz]

Respect is earnt mate .. being a old ******* you should know that ..

Chelsea in the 2005 season drew against 5 teams at Home mate .. Man City, Bolton, Spurs, Birmingham, and the gunners .. and funnily enough they still won the Title

and the next two years...

[Harv]

Yep. It made me laugh though.

good

[Reece]

The thing is barometers change from season to season. Arsenal won the league without losing a game a few years ago. That doesn't mean that whoever wants to win it in the future has to do so. So we don't necessarily have to match the home record of previous league winners. We just have to better what our title contenders do this season.

[Elvoz]

There is a real arrogance in your posts and attitude voz, rage and one or two others I can't be bothered to mention.

We all believe we should be turning over teams like Hull, Fulham, West Ham etc, but you must understand not all of us think it is our divine right to win these games. What is so hard to understand about that?

This is an absolute joke of a thread. Really disappoints me when supporters are near on abused or shot down for having the gall to suggest that we should not take for granted that we will win every game against the so called smaller teams.

Arrogance is not a word I associate with Liverpool FC - if anything we have a humbleness and humility which is borne out of the general respect, yes respect, we show opponents in victory and defeat. FFS.

Unbelievable. Really.

sometimes mixed up with confidence
i actually dont worry about what most people think and look on it as my chance to educate you toward the level i am at mate

i could say bollix cock custard etc but refrain from doing so

we are all in agreement we want the title its just that you and others want to convince some that we should "respect" lesser and quite clearly lesser teams

i disagree

maureen was not everyones cup of tea but maybe it was just luck that he "respected" teams his sides had just disposed of

or maybe your right i am arrogant and dont know what im on about

[Slim]

My point is that such a discussion is probably not all that meaningful. My initial point is that this season so far has shown that the top teams are more likely to loose points home and away than in previous seasons. While there may well be a correlation with winning at home and winning the league there is also likely to be one between beating your immediate rivals and winning the league. Why focus on the former where we are doing badly rather than the latter where we are doing well.

We have to keep up our performance relative to the other top teams to win the league. That will probably mean getting better at home - not sure anyone is disputing that.

I talk about respecting the weaker teams before the games win or loose. I think it depends on what one means by respect really as to whether there is any point in this thread at all. We should acknowledge when other teams play well and accept that sometimes we will not win because of their over performance and not our poor performance. There is very little, possibly no, evidence that we should be achieving consistent many goals to nil victories which is what some people seem to expect. yes we should have an expectation of beating weaker teams more often but that doesn't seem to be antithetical to having respect for them to me.

I just think people are getting on their high horses trying to make out that their views are superior to others as they dislike a turn of phrase others used and want to be seen as somehow 'better' supporters. I think the whole discussion in those terms is tiresome and largely held for the purposes of self aggrandizement.

[Nicey]

and the next two years...

Lets deal with that year for ehhh .. they won the title .. they drew 5 times at home ... your Genius like take on Football is a load of cockcustard Sunny Jim

[Nicey]

The Year previous Arsenal drew at Home 4 times .. to powerhouse teams such as Pompey (not the decent current side ) Birmingham and Fulham ... and yet they went on the win the title also !!!


Not to mention everybody in the football world is in agreement that this season is the toughest bunch of teams the Premiership has ever seen ... You are wrong wrong wrong !

[Tee]

sometimes mixed up with confidence
i actually dont worry about what most people think and look on it as my chance to educate you toward the level i am at mate

i could say bollix cock custard etc but refrain from doing so

we are all in agreement we want the title its just that you and others want to convince some that we should "respect" lesser and quite clearly lesser teams

i disagree

maureen was not everyones cup of tea but maybe it was just luck that he "respected" teams his sides had just disposed of

or maybe your right i am arrogant and dont know what im on about

The irony of that statement....

[Nicey]

A couple of years previous Arsenal drew 4 times at home and also went on to win the title

[Elvoz]

A couple of years previous Arsenal drew 4 times at home and also went on to win the title

did they draw them all before xmas mate ?

[Nicey]

did they draw them all before xmas mate ?

Are you going to just keep asking questions to you find an answer you like

[Nicey]

Well .. oh wise one the bottom teams already have on average 6 more points than previous seasons .... Back in your Mother ****ing Box Sunny Jim Bob Mary sue