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Wouldn't be too worried about the bull been spoken about the worst league since Leicester won it,as mentioned above no Matter how it's won league title is all that matters ,and would the other fans worry how their team won a league title I don't think so let's enjoy it now ladies and gentlemen and as the saying goes f##k the begrudgers.
Particularly when everyone we try at CF looks poor enough… Jota again today was fairly anonymous. If you slip Mo central, Chiesa's an easy call on the right. And it's a game changer if it works.
Mo's only had one fairly brief spell for about 2 months when he played central week in week out, back around November/December 2018 I think, and he monstered it with nearly a goal a game.
<edit> just checked - he got 11 goals and 6 assists at centre forward in 12 games at centre forward back then.
If Slot is like me playing Championship Manager then this is 100% what will happen.
Slot also got a squad that largely suits the way he plays already, whereas Amorim got a squad that really wasn't assembled to play his tactics and formation.
Now, one would think a big part of hiring a manager is to get someone suited to your club, so questions really have to be asked of the Utd board's decision making, while Liverpool's deserve a lot of credit for finding someone who was such a good fit already.
The situation today meant he was never going to be called upon when we used 2 subs on defenders. Hopefully he will have lots of chances in the last few weeks when the title is wrapped up already and it will not matter if we lose a match.
The problem they have and what we would have had if we had decided to go with Amorim, you need to spend a lot of money to buy the squad that is able to compete with the way he likes to play. It is a risk they took as the payoff if it works will be big as he is a good manager, but if it does not work and you bought players to suit him you are stuck in the same position as a new manager will have players that does not suit his system.
I have no problem discussing other teams, they affect us in some way and when it comes to United they are our biggest rival, whether they are close to us on the table or not.
Couldn't agree more. Not only the 20th, but the first in 5 years, and the 2nd in 35 years! And even I, one of the most pessimistic/anxious fans out there, am no longer nervous about it. 6 points from 6 games is all we need, and I don't think we even need 6 points, I think Arsenal will stick to their average and hit around 76 points for the season. It's a matter of when, not if, we are Champions.
No matter how poorly we look, Chiesa never plays
It makes not the slightest bit of difference whether u win the league by 40 points or goal difference.
You still win the league.
The team ive supported for over 40 years are on the verge of doing so for the 20th time.
Mind u it would be awfully nice if we could wrap it up asap. Just for my nerves if nothing else.
But no one saw this coming at start of season.
We are soon to be champions so let all those who begrudge us be. Let them off. ignore them.
6 points is all thats needed now. 😀
Irrelevant but comedy gold
We dodged a bullet with Amorin. Remember, by all accounts he was in the box seat for the job, but Liverpool delayed a little and he tried to force their hand with (was it) West Ham? This seemed to harden Liverpools stance and they said 'nah' and moved on, and Slot was brought in a time later.
Armorin seems to have a huge sense of his own greatness, but he's not backing it up. It's a match made in heaven at present 😁
I have no idea why United form part of any discussion on here these days. Irrelevant.
That’s true but Amorim hasn’t improved them at all.
Klopp had a rubbish squad when he joined but you could see definite improvements within months
True but Amorim seems to be a 1 trick pony. Admittedly it's a good trick with the right squad, but Slot has shown some adaptability. He could still use a few different squad options every now and again to keep the first 11 fresh though.
I don't think that's a fair comparison. Slot got a good squad and amorin got dross.
Imagine what it could have been like if we'd gotten Amorim instead of Slot!
That said, I'm still not sure what type of manager Slot is, but taking home a title buys him a lot of time to find out.
And 1 more than Utd and Spurs combined!
It's weird, performances have not been as good as we would like, and it's felt like a struggle these last few weeks, but it's cost us very little in the league. And I don't just mean 'cos Arsenal are dropping points and not catching us, I mean 'cos we haven't dropped many points ourselves!
Since the last two games where I feel like we played really well (Man City and then Newcastle at the end of Feb), we've only dropped points in one league game, the loss to Fulham. True, due to a quirk in the schedule and the Villa game being moved to Feb, we've only actually played 4 league games since the end of Feb, but we've won 3 and lost 1. 9 points from 12 is hardly dropping off a cliff.
The performances haven't been great sometimes (and that has cost us in the League Cup and Champions League), but the points return in the league itself is still fairly consistent, and our PPG in the last 4 games is pretty consistent with our season.
Edit: Got the maths a little wrong, sorry!
Really is nuts how the season has gone… like, Champions League qualification and, particularly, 2 points per game was my target for the season. I'd have been happy out with that. Even if we lose every single game from here on, we'll still finish with 2ppg. Wild.
We're not winning the league because our football is less exciting.
Never in their best and our worst seasons 1992/93 to 2012/13 were we half their points at this stage of a season and I think 8th was the lowest we finished.
Liverpool double United's points now. Was thinking if Newcastle slipped up, their champions league position might be in doubt, and Isak's preference for next season
Primary season goal achieved 👍
Champions League qualification confirmed
2 X Arsenal and Man U
Arsenal did it twice
20 titles now + 6 European Cups. The most successful English team ever. LFC. The only answer to the obvious envy
When they say this league has been terrible and we are the worst winners since Leicester, we have more points now than United finished on in 96/97 when they won it. If we win our next match we will have more than Arsenal in 97/98 and will match the United treble team in 98/99 with 79 points.
Arsenal and Chelsea
Not a bad record.
Too easy
Only two clubs have remained undefeated in a PL season away from home
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