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On May 08 2022 07:43 GTR wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2022 02:52 evilfatsh1t wrote:
wtf is going on in this brighton game. this season cannot end any sooner not sure if this season or the first season under moyes/giggs has been the worst season since saf's departure. probably this one because we came into the season with so much hope picking up varane/sancho/ronaldo, EL final and 2nd in the league the previous year. doesn't help rashford's form has relegated him to a league 2 player and our most talented academy player decided to become a piece of shit.
yeah thats a good question. i genuinely wouldnt be able to choose between moyes' season and this one. im more inclined to pick this season though not just because of the results but because i dont have any hope for the current group of players. moyes' team just won the pl the year before so you could chalk it off to bad management and say a lot of the players were still good enough. with this group the players you would want to definitely keep next season are pretty limited.
On May 08 2022 14:40 DropBear wrote:
United shouldn't have expected to finish 2nd again. Last year was an anomaly. 6th to 7th is where they belong.
Chelsea had 6 months of Lampard. Liverpool had their entire defence wiped out by injury. Spurs had a toxic dressing room with Mourinho and a bunch of players out of contract who would end up leaving. Arsenal were in full rebuild. United finished 2nd by default.
you cant expect anyone to take you seriously when you show how blindly you hate united in every post related to united.
no one expected united to finish 2nd again. most people would have accepted a 3rd/4th position, but the expectation was that at least the points gap between liverpool/city and united should be closer.
if you genuinely think that people thought tottenham and arsenal were favourites to end the season above united then youre deluded. it took uniteds worst ever season in pl history for tottenham and arsenal to barely finish above us.
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On May 08 2022 16:02 evilfatsh1t wrote:
you cant expect anyone to take you seriously when you show how blindly you hate united in every post related to united.
no one expected united to finish 2nd again. most people would have accepted a 3rd/4th position, but the expectation was that at least the points gap between liverpool/city and united should be closer.
if you genuinely think that people thought tottenham and arsenal were favourites to end the season above united then youre deluded. it took uniteds worst ever season in pl history for tottenham and arsenal to barely finish above us.
Fair enough, you're right. I do hate them. And I agree that not many people expected spurs and arsenal to finish ahead of them.
A lot of people were calling them title contenders this year though. This was never going to be the case.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Oh dear, Leeds in BIG trouble now. Ayling season over from his red card.
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Norway28864 Posts
Lol Ayling's performance.. In 25 minutes of play he's involved in both goals Leeds concedes (one bad pass and one instance of being too passive), and then he creates an idiotic red card next to the corner flag.
Leeds looking like they're unraveling.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Somehow in true Arsenal fashion, they decide to let 10 men leeds score from their first corner and first shot of game....xD
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Northern Ireland27206 Posts
Jesus 10 minutes into the second half and City are at 99:1 and 108:0 against Newcastle in possession/successful passes
Absolutely crushing this game
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That trashing put City above Liverpool in goal difference. This could get pretty crazy if both teams feel like it's a necessity to pad the goal difference as much as they can.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Yeah right now Man City are now 4 points ahead of Liverpool with the g/d at plus 4. Pretty big i feel.
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On May 09 2022 02:53 Bacillus wrote:
That trashing put City above Liverpool in goal difference. This could get pretty crazy if both teams feel like it's a necessity to pad the goal difference as much as they can.
I don't see how it matters. Man City is 4 points up. Liverpool can't really play riskier in order to pad the GD stat at the increased risk of losing. And if they can somehow just play better then it's good regardless... and they should have been doing so already 
And City really doesn't care about GD as long as they cruise out the last few matches ahead on points. They've pretty much won the league at this point.
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I think it's 3 points currently. That sort of leaves open City dropping one game and losing the title. 4 points would be a completely different story.
I'm not sure either if City really cares about GD that much, but the 5-0 sort of felt like they're still aware of the possibility.
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I dunno. Maybe I just follow more attack-minded teams, although Pep and Klopp are both attack-minded coaches. But my impression is generally that domination leads to goals (and not domination in that the opponent is intentionally parking the bus, but the real kind). I didn't see City Vs Newcastle, but by all accounts, Newcastle got thrashed and the score accurately reflects that. I guess being aware of GD as a factor can lead you to keep pushing after the 4-0 to try to get more goals, but sometimes that happens anyway. Especially for attack-minded teams.
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The only way City don't win from here is another defensive injury or red card. Dias has joined Stones and Walker in being ruled out for the rest of the season. They still have a back 4 of Zinchenko, Laporte, Ake and Cancelo which is strong enough to see them through but there is literally noone left if one of them becomes unavailable.
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City could field complete academy backline and still win the title. Their remaining fixtures since Liverpool vs City game were/are so easy. The Premier league isnt so "hard" and full of "strong" teams like the English keep bragging about.
There are 2-3 teams Liverpool/City really need to be 100% for to win. The rest they could beat with their B-teams
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Norway28864 Posts
It's pretty fascinating - City has played 8 PL games this season where they didn't win (3 losses, 5 draws) - but these 8 games are against 4 different teams.
2 losses vs Tottenham, 2 draws vs Liverpool, 2 draws vs Southampton, 1 draw and 1 loss against Crystal Palace. Two wins against every other team.
Liverpool also has two draws against tottenham, chelsea and city, but four more 'random' losses/draws against other teams.
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Season defining game for Fiorentina and Roma tonight. Loser will likely miss the Europa League, Roma's goal difference will become too poor and Fiorentina won't have enough points.
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Northern Ireland27206 Posts
On May 09 2022 19:03 DropBear wrote:
Season defining game for Fiorentina and Roma tonight. Loser will likely miss the Europa League, Roma's goal difference will become too poor and Fiorentina won't have enough points.
I’d like to see them both in, if Roma lose this one but win the Conference League that should do it right?
‘mon La Viola!
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On May 09 2022 17:51 Liquid`Drone wrote:
It's pretty fascinating - City has played 8 PL games this season where they didn't win (3 losses, 5 draws) - but these 8 games are against 4 different teams.
2 losses vs Tottenham, 2 draws vs Liverpool, 2 draws vs Southampton, 1 draw and 1 loss against Crystal Palace. Two wins against every other team.
Liverpool also has two draws against tottenham, chelsea and city, but four more 'random' losses/draws against other teams.
yeah Spurs literally kept the title race interesting and then killed it xd
No idea how as well, even Chelsea beat them 4 times this season and we are poor !
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