Title Race 18/19

[Bender]

It's not over yet....but imo LFC still has one last throw of the dice...mess up once more and they could tumble down to third spot.

[Fredo]

It's far from being over and we still have the upper hand, no matter how people will picture this in the next few days. City will have played a game more.

It was never meant to be easy isn't it? It would have been absolutely fantastic to be sitting here now with a 7 points cushion but it would have meant us to have been flawless. We've had a little blip over the last few weeks, just like any team does at some point.

Now is not the time to doubt it. City and Spurs have still been in the race no matter it was pictured that they were wobbling a few weeks ago. There is still a third of the season still to go.

[Mark79]

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We aren't the best team in this league. Not far off at full strength, but we can't expect to out perform or even match city from here on in. How the **** we have so far is beyond me. Our results have been better than our performances and keeping that up for a season is beyond unlikely.

I'm not negative, or even pessimistic, we've done incredibly well to go out in front but we should not be expecting to win the league, and if people really do then expectations are out of kilter and that's worrying. We are challenging the richest club the league has seen who spend outside of the rules of the game and have no right to such expectations. I worry about what people take into next season, and what the fan base will think success or failure is. We were 25 points behind city last season, anything less than 10 is huge progress and a success in itself.

We’ve been poor the past few games and there’s been a few win without playing well type games, but over the course of the season? Nah.

We’ve been excellent overall, at least up until Arsenal at home.

[Buzzo]

It's far from being over and we still have the upper hand, no matter how people will picture this in the next few days. City will have played a game more.

It was never meant to be easy isn't it? It would have been absolutely fantastic to be sitting here now with a 7 points cushion but it would have meant us to have been flawless. We've had a little blip over the last few weeks, just like any team does at some point.

Now is not the time to doubt it. City and Spurs have still been in the race no matter it was pictured that they were wobbling a few weeks ago. There is still a third of the season still to go.

[rodo]

the media spin is all a bit mad ashley cole called city a machine before the match and then carragher pointed out they had lost 4 in 9 but we draw 2 and are seen as cracking under pressure

[Buzzo]

the media spin is all a bit mad ashley cole called city a machine before the match and then carragher pointed out they had lost 4 in 9 but we draw 2 and are seen as cracking under pressure

This as well. The hype machine behind City is ridiculous.

[The_weatherman]

Yeah but you would have expected us to beat Leicester at home and West Ham away. There are no easy games.

like you would of expected city to beat Palace Leicester and Newcastle

I think this is key, I think we, the fans, are underestimating Leicester and West Ham, they have some good players, Rice is now stepping up and Pellegrini is getting them to play, Leicester have been difficult for every top team. We can't win all the games, I think we are setting some points records so it's really hard to be negative.

The thing that I've noticed is that everything is against us at the moment, TV scheduling favours City, Pellegrini is a City fan, so are Everton and United, probably Chelsea as well. We need to feed off that instead of getting nervous.

[Buzzo]

Here is one way to view the title race.

Literally every other team in the League, including City, would definitely swap places with us. 3 points clear with everyone having played 25 games.

[Pablo]

The people saying we lost the title in the January transfer window are off their heads. Who did they expect us to sign who'd come in and make an instant impact and win us the title?

It's ridiculous and you sound like spoilt brats who didn't get what you wanted for Christmas.

[rodo]

if ever a team has needed a performance on saturday both on and OFF the pitch

[vlahka]

The people saying we lost the title in the January transfer window are off their heads. Who did they expect us to sign who'd come in and make an instant impact and win us the title?

It's ridiculous and you sound like spoilt brats who didn't get what you wanted for Christmas.

There are thousands of players. You dont even need to sign anyone, you can loan someone. The whole point of january is to strengthen when you have problems, doesnt need to be a full transfer. We've got issues in defense and midfield at the moment because of injuries and lack of creativity. Bringing in 1 person for the second half of the season wouldnt be a bad idea. Otherwise why even have a january window if its only for spoilt brats.

[Fredo]

Bringing one person in would have meant it was going to be a stop gap anyway. It wouldn't have changed a thing, unless we buy a specialist who would challenge for the first team. It's stupid and isn't why we have lost 4 points lately.

Klopp is not a manager who will stuff his squad with fillers anyway, as he prefers a squad of 16/17 players of first team quality.

[S-RED]

3pm sat, cannot wait; we will be back on track.

[gratziani]

3 points clear and no matter what anyone says Leicester and West Ham are probably the most difficult opponents outside the top six.

Milner playing right back means we miss him so much in the middle of the park is my main issue with how we play at the minute , was worried when i see Wijnaldum and Hendo out injured beforehand.

Not surprised with our performance looking at the team.

[Pablo]

There are thousands of players. You dont even need to sign anyone, you can loan someone. The whole point of january is to strengthen when you have problems, doesnt need to be a full transfer. We've got issues in defense and midfield at the moment because of injuries and lack of creativity. Bringing in 1 person for the second half of the season wouldnt be a bad idea. Otherwise why even have a january window if its only for spoilt brats.

Yep, you do sound like a bit of a spoilt brat there. I doubt bringing in some rando on loan would have made much difference at all to be honest. I'm sure if there was a player good enough available we would have done business.