Liverpool FC Forum

[heimdall]

I just did the BBC football predictor, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2....ult.stm

and I have us just sneaking 4th.
Arsenal 84
Chelsea 82
Man U   80
Liverpool 69
Man City 69
Villa        68
Spurs      65

A lot of if's and maybe's though but fingers crossed.

[matrix]

i cant se us finishing 4th  unless we win at utd on sunday
winning at utd might just spring board us to go on a run
tbh with torres anything is possible 

[LFC2007]

Used Heimdall's predictor and this was the final table:

1 Chelsea       85
2 Arsenal        84
3 Man U          82
4 Liverpool       69
5 Man City       67
6 Villa              67
7 Spurs            62
8 Everton         56
9 Birmingham     52
10 Fulham         45
11 Sunderland    45
12 West Ham     42
13 Stoke           42
14 Bolton          40
15 Wigan          39
16 Blackburn      37
17 Hull              35
18 Wolves         34
19 Burnley         28
20 Portsmouth    17

[bigmick]

So we finish 17 points ahead of Birmingham  Owwww!!!!!!!!  .

Feck me I knew they'd fall away but fecking hell 

[LFC2007]

So we finish 17 points ahead of Birmingham  Owwww!!!!!!!!  .

Feck me I knew they'd fall away but fecking hell 

Of course, high aspirations and all that 

They have a pretty tough run-in in fairness. Ourselves and the other top teams should open up a considerable gap. Interestingly enough, at the same stage four seasons ago we were six points ahead of Spurs and at the end of it all we were sixteen ahead. Similarly in the same season, after the same number of games, Arsenal were only four points ahead of Wigan and seven ahead of Everton and they finished 16 and 17 ahead respectively. And also two seasons ago after 30 games we were three ahead of Everton and finished 11 ahead. Clearly, then, not beyond the realms of possibility if on the outer limit.

[Sir Roger]

i cant se us finishing 4th  unless we win at utd on sunday
winning at utd might just spring board us to go on a run
tbh with torres anything is possible 

Vidic red carded
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[Dundalk]

In answer to the original question - NO

[akumaface]

We will be either sixth or seventh....Can't believe we are so shlt.....What bothers me even more is that the situation has no solution.

[Greavesie]

In answer to the original question - NO

if City get fourth next season will be a lot harded because they'll go on a massive spending spree in the summer

Hopefully God's looking down on us with a wad of cash 

[account deleted by request]

Oh ye of little faith !

[Kerry07]

We will be either sixth or seventh....Can't believe we are so shlt.....What bothers me even more is that the situation has no solution.

The negative nature of Rafa is now strangling us


Arsenal have an inferior first XI.. yet Wenger picks creative players and allows them to express themselves. Pass, move, triangles, beautiful free flowing play...and with a budget far lower than Rafas. A technical player in Aquilani would be ahead of an inferior carthorse in lucas every day of the week in a Wenger team.. not rafas.


This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us?? I sure as hell wouldn't and the vast majority said no as we are ugly as hell to watch.


Theres no method.

[damjan193]

Yes I am sure that we will be fourth, I see improvment in our players and I am optimistic about this... at least thats what Rafa would have said .

[Dundalk]

Its okay I forgot that its guaranteed   

[bigmick]

This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us??

The odd thing is that if you'd never seen us before, we look like a really well drilled team (apart from when we defend set-pieces when we are shambolic). We hunt in packs, close down well, shut spaces, defend in banks of four etc etc like a really efficient unit. We don't play a lot of offside but we hold the line really well and are difficult to play well against. If Rafa had taken over two months ago, you'd say he was a magician for having us so well organised and for making a bunch of players of which far too many are average into a competitive team.

The unfortunate thing is of course that Rafa didn't take over a couple of months back, he took over six seasoons ago. The average players are his buys, often better players have been moved on to make space for them. Ouur paucity of imagination going forward is a travesty, the blame for which lies firmly at the managers door, and the best Houllier teams would IMHO have eaten this lot for breakfast in a match up.

On the question of fourth, despite everything I think we might still make it. The pressure on the others around us will start to have an effect onthem before long, and as long as our fair play cup thing exploits on a Thursday night don't impact too heavily on us for the weekend, I think we might still just make it.

[Kerry07]

This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us??

The odd thing is that if you'd never seen us before, we look like a really well drilled team (apart from when we defend set-pieces when we are shambolic). We hunt in packs, close down well, shut spaces, defend in banks of four etc etc like a really efficient unit. We don't play a lot of offside but we hold the line really well and are difficult to play well against. If Rafa had taken over two months ago, you'd say he was a magician for having us so well organised and for making a bunch of players of which far too many are average into a competitive team.

The unfortunate thing is of course that Rafa didn't take over a couple of months back, he took over six seasoons ago. The average players are his buys, often better players have been moved on to make space for them. Ouur paucity of imagination going forward is a travesty, the blame for which lies firmly at the managers door, and the best Houllier teams would IMHO have eaten this lot for breakfast in a match up.

On the question of fourth, despite everything I think we might still make it. The pressure on the others around us will start to have an effect onthem before long, and as long as our fair play cup thing exploits on a Thursday night don't impact too heavily on us for the weekend, I think we might still just make it.

Thing is Houllier was merely functional/efficient also... it was a well organised unit, 10 men behind the ball... then hoof (looking for Owen to pinch).

It was in early 2000's that Arsenal fans started to chant "hoof the ball" at us... and with Alonso gone we have reverted back to that this season as theres no one in central mid who takes the ball off the back 4 and initiates play.

The last manager that played football was Evans... but he had no nous as regards developing a tight/cohesive unit.


We haven't yet got a Premiership title winning standard manager