1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Wolves are on the beach already, their season ended by that semifinal defeat.

Cardiff are rubbish and could not defend their way around a paper bag, rafa wont want to hurt his beloved liverpool. 

That leaves Huddesfield....lol.

And the fact City have a game in hand they win all their remaining games their Champions doesn't matter what Liverpool do.

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Wolves are on the beach already, their season ended by that semifinal defeat.

Cardiff are rubbish and could not defend their way around a paper bag, rafa wont want to hurt his beloved liverpool. 

That leaves Huddesfield....lol.

Those crying scousers you are seeing are Everton fans I reckon...sadly.

city will win every game left imo.

3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Wolves are on the beach already, their season ended by that semifinal defeat?????.

If City win the FA Cup then whoever finishes 7th will qualify for Europe so there’s still that incentive. Agree with the rest of your post though. 

Just now, Dean said:

The stats you are referring to are a straw man - I wasn’t talking about those. I was talking about the probability regarding today’s match specifically, which is that Liverpool should win based on facts that have nothing to do with Sarri, and a lot to do with Liverpool being better than us right now. That means you can’t convincingly use today’s result to push your “Sarri is always to blame” narrative. Wait until we get a bad result against a lesser side and you have a better shot at it...

I don't need to wait for a bad result against a lesser side, the stats I mentioned are reason enough to make a case against Sarri. I've been in a Sarri out camp for months now, this result and performance has nothing to do with it, we could have got lucky, by some miracle kept the clean sheet and scored a goal from the counter and won the match, it wouldn't have made a difference in my opinion about Sarri, I've had a full season to form my view of him.

Yes, Liverpool is a better side at the moment and Sarri isn't to blame for that particular fact. But he has to take responsibility for many other things that went wrong for us this season.

5 minutes ago, Ray_Cfc said:

And the fact City have a game in hand they win all their remaining games their Champions doesn't matter what Liverpool do.

 

5 minutes ago, coco said:

city will win every game left imo.

I respectfully disagree. Burnley at turf more and Spurs at home are large banana skins however the one I feel they won't win is United. Ole and Fergie wont have his first derby end in defeat. If you know what I mean.

4 minutes ago, drjonesy1994 said:

If City win the FA Cup then whoever finishes 7th will qualify for Europe so there’s still that incentive. Agree with the rest of your post though. 

They were Pretty poor at a pretty poor Southampton. 

Not a bad game in my opinion, the opponents are very strong. I think that with 3 wins and a draw we are in top 4 99%. Maybe also with a loss, but not in Manchester.

1 hour ago, abramovich said:

I don't need to wait for a bad result against a lesser side, the stats I mentioned are reason enough to make a case against Sarri. I've been in a Sarri out camp for months now, this result and performance has nothing to do with it, we could have got lucky, by some miracle kept the clean sheet and scored a goal from the counter and won the match, it wouldn't have made a difference in my opinion about Sarri, I've had a full season to form my view of him.

Yes, Liverpool is a better side at the moment and Sarri isn't to blame for that particular fact. But he has to take responsibility for many other things that went wrong for us this season.

Serious question. Do you genuinely think any other manager would have done a better job this season with this group of players and considering the competitive nature of the league this season? Take into consideration that Sarri has virtually had no striker up until late Jan/Early Feb? I personally don't. Of course, a new system will always have teething problems and we've had some crap results because of poor individual mistakes and adapting to the new style. However, I don't think the right decision is to sack every manager (especially not after 8 months!) just because we are not challenging for the title or a couple points off top four in arguably the most competitive season for many years. 

Edited April 14, 20197 yr by enigma

Not sure why people care about Liverpool winning the league. How is City winning the league twice in two years a good thing? Liverpool winning it means the league would have had four different winners in the past 4 seasons. For me that's the sign of a strong and unpredictable league. 

Edited April 14, 20197 yr by enigma

Don't know what Sarri tells the players at half time. Clearly we'd be better off having one of the groundstaff giving the half time team talk.

Liverpool stepped it up and we couldn't cope. Sarri finally put Hazard back on the left and had two great chances. But this time couldn't rescue us.

The damage was already done. 

In the end, Sarri was forced to say that a few months ago we'd have lost by more than two goals.

That's progress, folks. Sarri style.

Not sure why people care about Liverpool winning the league. How is City winning the league twice in two years a good thing? Liverpool winning it means the league would have had four different winners in the past 4 seasons. For me that's the sign of a strong and unpredictable league. 

Couldn't agree more. Not only that but also the possibility of a double/treble/quadruple and then going for three in a row next year. Hit the high man.

question, was I the only one thinking this was a yellow card for simulation?

looks like a dive to me

Classy.

1 minute ago, dansubrosa said:

Classy.

there is a reason why we refer to them as bin dippers - they give us every reason for us to call them that - just like this incident

fuckin' dippers

3 hours ago, Stim said:

You know it's still actually in City's hands right ???

Have you seen the fixture list? 

Liverpool wont be dropping points, piss easy run in. City have United away and Spuds 3 days after they play them in CL.

I know who my moneys on 

Edited April 14, 20197 yr by Chelsbear

11 minutes ago, robdog said:

there is a reason why we refer to them as bin dippers - they give us every reason for us to call them that - just like this incident

fuckin' dippers

One of many reasons why I don't want them to win the league.

 

8 hours ago, Valerie said:

I wish I were Chi Blue's dog 

The dog was walked for miles, with my phone on silent got in at 6:30 to check score, as I expected we lost! Did we honestly think any different? Sadly we are light years behind the top 2 teams in the league, we will finish 6th which exactly where we should finish.

Well if Leeds come up we can start our old skool chant every season soon as we've f**ked up, " there's only three weeks to Leeds"

One thing I noticed on MOTD tonight yet not on seeing it live was that Salah fouls Emmerson on the build up for the first goal. Not obvious yet definitely a foul for me, perhaps the lino should have spotted it. Sarri spoke about it in the post-match press conf.

Losing Rudiger was a big blow in my opinion. I feared the worst once he came off. He is one of the few leaders in our team. I hope he is back soon.

21 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Losing Rudiger was a big blow in my opinion. I feared the worst once he came off. He is one of the few leaders in our team. I hope he is back soon.

Christensen has no mettle or composure at all, he's full of anxiety. I knew when he was coming off the bench the backline would be more shakey. 

The thing is with Rudiger and Luiz, when they make a mistake, they don't flap, they get straight back on with it, Christensen can't seem to do that. 

But having said that, I doubt the result would have changed. 

The defeat many of us expected - shows how low my standards are that I was fairly content with fact we competed...unlike at Spurs, arse and city...and for all their huff and puff, they didn't create that many clear cut chances...unfortunately Hazard fcuked up two sitters...

after getting back from Anfield, watched some of it back on sky...my word, they're losing all credibility with this one-sided coverage of Liverpool games...doubt their own club channel is as biased as that...at least Ashley Cole, when allowed to, could provide some balance.

Edited April 15, 20197 yr by The Brit

Don't think we were too bad to be honest, questionable whether Sarri got the decision to start Hazard as a false 9 correct, however with the form Higuain and Giroud are in, not like there are outstanding alternatives.

Realistically without a 15-20 league goal a season striker we're going to continue scrapping around the edge of the top 4. There's a reason the two titles we've won since Ancelotti were with Costa at his snarling peak.

9 hours ago, enigma said:

Serious question. Do you genuinely think any other manager would have done a better job this season with this group of players and considering the competitive nature of the league this season? Take into consideration that Sarri has virtually had no striker up until late Jan/Early Feb? I personally don't. Of course, a new system will always have teething problems and we've had some crap results because of poor individual mistakes and adapting to the new style. However, I don't think the right decision is to sack every manager (especially not after 8 months!) just because we are not challenging for the title or a couple points off top four in arguably the most competitive season for many years. 

I think we are improving and I think we will continue to do so, 2 seasons of buying what he wants (assuming ban appealed) we will look like I better Napoli, I don’t think many people on here watched Napoli to appreciate how very good this system is when it works as it’s meant to, why does Pep and klopp get all the support and time in the word but sarri doesn’t, I personally like him and his temperament and would like to see him get a proper chance 

8 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

One thing I noticed on MOTD tonight yet not on seeing it live was that Salah fouls Emmerson on the build up for the first goal. Not obvious yet definitely a foul for me, perhaps the lino should have spotted it. Sarri spoke about it in the post-match press conf.

I'm sure Salah was offside for the first goal when Henderson chipped the cross, Salah jumped for it but it was over is head, but he was interfering with play by jumping for the ball. It was completley unmentioned on TV, so i rewound it and paused it as the cross came in, and he is offside. If anyone has it recorded go check it.

9 hours ago, Chelsbear said:

Have you seen the fixture list? 

Liverpool wont be dropping points, piss easy run in. City have United away and Spuds 3 days after they play them in CL.

I know who my moneys on 

I think both teams could win all their remaining games, city will blow united out the water and the top 4 chase. spuds struggled to beat city at home, now they play them away with the first team injury riddled (twice).