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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 2

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Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
To be fair to them, I can't think of many other seasons where 97 points wouldn't win you the League

This wasn't a case of them not being good enough but a case of City being so unbelievably great that it just didn't matter

This City side are a once in a generation thing, they truly are

I kind of wish they'd won The Quad, because they're one of the few teams I've ever seen who I could say would genuinely deserve to do it
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....they are the best team in Europe by some way for me. I imagine the irony in all this, is that City see the Champions League as the Holy Grail whilst the Reds would love a domestic title.
 

Saint Domingo said:
I wouldn’t put sophisticated doping past a lot of premier league teams. Milner was practically finished at City and now covers more ground than players ten years younger than him. Fabinho looked complete pap when he joined the team, hugely off the pace, then reappeared looking absolutely physically dominant. Robertson showed nothing like the form he has now at Hull, now he’s out pacing some of the fastest wingers in the league. I could understand his positioning or his delivery improving with better coaching but where did he get rapid pace from? Even Oxlade-Chamberlain Chamberlain went from fancy inconsistent winger at Arsenal to absolute machine before his injury. Of course it could be down to Klopp’s coaching but their injury record this season has been outstanding. They’ve been playing the same group of about 14 players every single game often three in a week and the level hasn’t dipped once. They’ve barely had a muscle twinge at all, Firmino’s recently probably being the only significant one all season. In the semi final Barca had a whole week off in between games whilst Liverpool had an away trip yet even though Barca obviously played badly they couldn’t get near Liverpool at all at any point in 90 minutes. The likes of Alexander Arnold has gone from a decent academy player to probably the premier leagues foremost right back (again equipped with unbelievable pace and power). Gomez has gone from a decent kid to looking on the same level as Van Dijk (who incidentally seems to have put his injury worries permanently behind him)

It’s not just that lot though, I’d be amazed if City weren’t at it as well and maybe Spurs too. The intensity that City can reach with weaker slower players like the Silvas and Fernandinho defies belief sometimes. There was suspicion around the Leicester team in their title run and even the other night at the Etihad they ran City into the ground.

The physical level of the premier league is now so far beyond the rest of Europe it’s ridiculous.

A bit like when Chris Froome pedalled away from the best climbers in the world in the tour de France without even getting out of his saddle, or when Geraint Thomas not even a natural climber wins the tour, there’s no proof available but you can’t help but wonder.

There’s been doping controversies in every single sport other than the one with the most money swilling about in it but is amazingly completely clean. Apparently.
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To be honest it would explain a fair bit.
 
Sarnia Kevin said:
They seem to have lost their sense of humour. Anything I say to my rs friends and relations I get "Bitter Blue" thrown back at me. Don't they realise it's only banter?

Just watched MOTD (I recorded it) and it seems, even down to the last game, they were allowed an offside goal. And the narrative seems to have gone from them losing a big lead at Christmas, to them heroically chasing an invincible City side and just failing at the last gasp. Weird.
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Both those games was their respective season in 1 game, city lapse of concentration made it difficult but in the end they blew away the opposition , Liverpool looked like they had a great game on paper but it was a offside goal that helped them.
 

BirkenheadBlue said:
Spoke to a Kopite mate of mine this morning, and his statement about the CL was "we HAVE to win against Spurs now"

The difference missing out on the league has made is huge, it'll certainly ramp up the pressure. They know if they end this season with nothing all the plaudits, all the awards, all the luck will have been for nothing. It'll be relief for them if they win the CL now, not joy.

COYS
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Massive psychological pressure on them to win it. I honestly think Spurs will do them.
 

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