Would love to go above those over achievers
Not unexpected and if we do our job tomorrow doesn’t really matterBad news Chelsea winning today.
Bad news Chelsea winning today.
Bad news Chelsea winning today.
They still look shakey as fook though. They'll drop a good few points between now and the end of season imo.Bad news Chelsea winning today.
I guess the whole point of this in the first place was about the FA cup and us being knocked out by one of them would make you disappointed because you feel they are both poorer teams than us. We could debate for ever about it being true or not. I guess my opinion is, if we got knocked out by either of those teams, yes I would be disappointed, but not because I think they are poor teams. Obviously if they knock us out they would be better than us on the day, and that’s just football I guess.Well someone else said the season isn't over yet. But sometimes I guess it depends on how you determine what makes a team better. Is it always as black and white to say a team who has more points than another automatically makes them better? I personally don't think so. Sometimes it can depends on circumstances like injuries, another team not having european competition obligations, or playing home games at a stadium that isn't yours like with us for instance, hence why I think it does have relevance to the point I'm making. Also for example, I think Crystal Palace are better than a few of the teams that are above them in the table but they started the season with a manager who couldn't get anything out of them, not even scoring a goal in 7 games or something stupid I think and have played a short while without the one player that really gets them ticking, not to mention the host of other injuries they've got.
My initial post did come across as overly-arrogant almost in disregarding two teams like Chelsea and United a bit but I still stick with the point I was trying to make. Chelsea can certainly be a very strong and rugged team, plus have a real world class talent in Hazard but there is still something wrong with them at the moment. There's no way we would lose 4-1 away to Watford or 3-0 at home to Bournemouth. I'm just using that as an indication of how something is not right with them currently. Not to mention the ridiculous no tackling allowed show they had at City.
I know many would disagree but I wouldn’t mind Chelsea taking Liverpool’s 4th place spot in the PL.
Chelsea has got tons of money so it wouldn’t affect their spending next summer, even without CL.
Pool doesn’t have the resources of Chelsea and some of their (pool) stars may want away without CL next season.
It would (hopefully) reduce the bragging from the bindippers (there are more of them around than there are Chelsea fans).
When did it become Liverpool's 4th place spot?
When Arsenal lost all hope of getting anywhere near it.When did it become Liverpool's 4th place spot?
I was (probably wrongly) under the impression that FFP had bitten at Chelsea which is why they were being linked to every cheap as chips striker in the EPL last January (Crouch etc etc), it'll be interesting to see how much they spend this summer. Netto of courseI know many would disagree but I wouldn’t mind Chelsea taking Liverpool’s 4th place spot in the PL.
Chelsea has got tons of money so it wouldn’t affect their spending next summer, even without CL.
Pool doesn’t have the resources of Chelsea and some of their (pool) stars may want away without CL next season.
It would (hopefully) reduce the bragging from the bindippers (there are more of them around than there are Chelsea fans).
I was (probably wrongly) under the impression that FFP had bitten at Chelsea which is why they were being linked to every cheap as chips striker in the EPL last January (Crouch etc etc), it'll be interesting to see how much they spend this summer. Netto of course
The flip side is, if that match does not matter, it's because one of them is already out of it...not necessarily. it was always a home banker so anything but a chav win would have been a huge and unexpected bonus. Keeping them in the hunt, especially if we're above liverpool, just increases the focus on the chav-liverpool game last but one. It has to remain a fixture with something on it so we can benefit from all 3 outcomes rather than just be a game they both play out however they feel like.
The flip side is, if that match does not matter, it's because one of them is already out of it...