Neil Down Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, manxman1980 said: My point was that no one, not even United fans, were bothered about being world champions at the time. If they weren't that bothered, why did they ditch the FA cup in favour of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, Neil Down said: If they weren't that bothered, why did they ditch the FA cup in favour of it... Without wishing to sidetrack this thread.. The club expressed concerns, as Liverpool did, about the number of fixtures and were contemplating not entering. The FA intervened as they were bidding, or about to bid, for the World Cup. They did not want a British club withdrawing from a FIFA competition for fear of what that would mean for there bid. If I recall correctly playing the youth side in the FA Cup was discussed but for some reason was dismissed. The club therefore withdrew from the FA Cup to take part in the World Club Cup under pressure from the FA. I believe that most United fans would have preferred the team to defend the FA Cup rather than attend a competition that was not taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Luck still holding then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 21 hours ago, manxman1980 said: My point was that no one, not even United fans, were bothered about being world champions at the time. You have mentioned the treble team from twenty years ago several times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Declan said: You have mentioned the treble team from twenty years ago several times. Merely as a comparator with Liverpool's current season and fixture congestion. United are no-where near good enough to be challenging for honours at the moment and I am not here trading on past glories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 20 minutes ago, manxman1980 said: Merely as a comparator with Liverpool's current season and fixture congestion. United are no-where near good enough to be challenging for honours at the moment and I am not here trading on past glories. They are all you have at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) Speaking of the Treble Team, Liverpool have now won two league games more than they did. Every other team in the League has dropped at least three points against Liverpool; Liverpool have dropped two points against all of them put together. We’ve 100 points from the last 102. We’re further ahead than any top flight team in history. Edited February 1, 2020 by Declan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Manchester City somehow just lost 2-0 to Spurs despite being a million times better. It raises the possibility of Liverpool winning the league at Goodison, which would be the best thing ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I see Liverpool won the Uruguayan Supercup yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 9:19 AM, Declan said: Chelsea must be a bit worried. Six points ahead of Spurs, United and Wolves. But Chelsea still have to play Liverpool while the others don't. Rather liking this stat from the BBC ... "Liverpool have amassed 67 points from a possible 69 this season - five more than any side in English top-flight history have after 23 games." So that's five points better, at this stage in the season, than every other team ever. Does this correct for the days when it was only 2 points for a win rather than 3 or not? If not, "ever" is not such a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, woolley said: Does this correct for the days when it was only 2 points for a win rather than 3 or not? If not, "ever" is not such a long time. I believe so. No one has won 24 of their first 25 games. This shows for the Premier Era ... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/saisonstarts/wettbewerb/GB1 This is after 21 games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51079615 And as you can see at that point Liverpool were 5 points ahead of Tottenham's double winners - the best pre-premier start. Liverpool have won all their games since then. Edited February 3, 2020 by Declan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Declan said: I believe so. No one has won 24 of their first 25 games. This shows for the Premier Era ... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/saisonstarts/wettbewerb/GB1 This is after 21 games - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51079615 And as you can see at that point Liverpool were 5 points ahead of Tottenham's double winners - the best pre-premier start. Liverpool have won all their games since then. Well, if that's the case, fair play to them. They have certainly had the rub of the green but it is impossible to argue that they have been anything other than brilliant this season. As for playing a weakened team against Shrewsbury, they did beat Everton with a second/third string and a load of kids, so why not Shrewsbury? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I suppose it depends which kids. The Everton team had “first team” squad kids - Elliott, Jones, Williams plus Adrian and Lallana. Plus players now out on loan. The Team that lost to Villa was much younger kids. Neil Critchley - Klopp’s stand in has said “We’re an under 19/20 team at best”. Well in the EFL Trophy the under 21s got knocked out by Accrington Stanley’s first team. We don’t know if he’s given Jones, Williams etc the day off too. That wouldn’t surprise me. But then it wouldn’t surprise me if Lallana or someone volunteered to play and captain the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Don't get all the adulation about this Liverpool side, they're not a patch on the Man U treble winning team or the Arsenal invincibles. They just happen to have come along in a season which is one of the poorest in memory with the rest of the top 6 having a period of transition. A perfect storm. I feel for their fans though as this season will be one that most of football will forget all about. Most are already looking forward to next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Lxxx said: Don't get all the adulation about this Liverpool side, they're not a patch on the Man U treble winning team or the Arsenal invincibles. They just happen to have come along in a season which is one of the poorest in memory with the rest of the top 6 having a period of transition. A perfect storm. I feel for their fans though as this season will be one that most of football will forget all about. Most are already looking forward to next season. Ah bless, look at you pretending to know what you are talking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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