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puroresu wrote:Being 3rd place in this league wouldnt tell the whole story.  Infact it would just be paper over the cracks.  I think Gordon Strachan was right when he said the English media give the premiership a pat on the back too much and the league just isnt as good as people think.  He said his celtic side could finish top 6 and his right.

Anfield rapper wrote:

puroresu wrote:Being 3rd place in this league wouldnt tell the whole story.  Infact it would just be paper over the cracks.  I think Gordon Strachan was right when he said the English media give the premiership a pat on the back too much and the league just isnt as good as people think.  He said his celtic side could finish top 6 and his right.

I don't think it would paper over the cracks we would still be way behind the top two. I just think that game last night was an oppotunity to get some fight back into the team. If we were in 3rd this morning it still wouldn't be great of course not but it would at least give the team some confidence.

A.B. wrote:Spot on Lando, although we were quite poor tonight and I wasn't shocked that it ended 0-0.

We're two points behind 3rd place despite having not won away from home, which summs up the quality of this league.

ConnO'var wrote:

A.B. wrote:Spot on Lando, although we were quite poor tonight and I wasn't shocked that it ended 0-0.

We're two points behind 3rd place despite having not won away from home, which summs up the quality of this league.

Mate, with due respect, the point that I've been trying to get across in other posts is that I'm getting concerned that if the fans are no longer shocked at poor results that we, as a team, come up with.... then can you imagine what's going on in the dressing room and in the players' heads?

As said before, winning is a habit.... so is losing.... have things gotten so bad, that we are no longer shocked and are willing to accept/excuse such a poor performance?

This was against Portsmouth at home for crying out loud... no matter how many players are out injured, we essentially still had 80% of the players who are normally in the running for a starting line-up. Are we not strong enough to beat Portsmouth with the tens of millions of quid worth of talent in red on the field yesterday??

I'm sorry mate, but that can't be accepted by me.... Not when Redknapp frankly says that he thought that his boys had a good chance of getting something from Anfield.... He should be trembling at the thought of playing us at home! .... not quietly confident... It wasn't just bravado either... he looked like he really meant it.

I've waited till the aftermath before posting as I didn't want my dissapointment to colour my post.... BUT...

Something needs to be done to rectify the dire performances that we've been showing all season in the league... LFC cannot be treated as the most likely beatable top 4 calibre team in the premiership...


C'mon boys... show 'em what it means to be red men......

ConnO'var wrote:

A.B. wrote:Spot on Lando, although we were quite poor tonight and I wasn't shocked that it ended 0-0.

We're two points behind 3rd place despite having not won away from home, which summs up the quality of this league.

Mate, with due respect, the point that I've been trying to get across in other posts is that I'm getting concerned that if the fans are no longer shocked at poor results that we, as a team, come up with.... then can you imagine what's going on in the dressing room and in the players' heads?

As said before, winning is a habit.... so is losing.... have things gotten so bad, that we are no longer shocked and are willing to accept/excuse such a poor performance?

This was against Portsmouth at home for crying out loud... no matter how many players are out injured, we essentially still had 80% of the players who are normally in the running for a starting line-up. Are we not strong enough to beat Portsmouth with the tens of millions of quid worth of talent in red on the field yesterday??

I'm sorry mate, but that can't be accepted by me.... Not when Redknapp frankly says that he thought that his boys had a good chance of getting something from Anfield.... He should be trembling at the thought of playing us at home! .... not quietly confident... It wasn't just bravado either... he looked like he really meant it.

I've waited till the aftermath before posting as I didn't want my dissapointment to colour my post.... BUT...

Something needs to be done to rectify the dire performances that we've been showing all season in the league... LFC cannot be treated as the most likely beatable top 4 calibre team in the premiership...


C'mon boys... show 'em what it means to be red men......

That os a good post and a true one, why is it people dont expect us to beat the mighty Pompey, thats saying something like it or not. 

puroresu wrote:Being 3rd place in this league wouldnt tell the whole story.  Infact it would just be paper over the cracks.  I think Gordon Strachan was right when he said the English media give the premiership a pat on the back too much and the league just isnt as good as people think.  He said his celtic side could finish top 6 and his right.

Ace Ventura wrote:

puroresu wrote:Being 3rd place in this league wouldnt tell the whole story.  Infact it would just be paper over the cracks.  I think Gordon Strachan was right when he said the English media give the premiership a pat on the back too much and the league just isnt as good as people think.  He said his celtic side could finish top 6 and his right.

Gordon Strachan is full of sh!te and so are you.
Celtic...with the team and squad they have now would not be in the top half.

If the Premiership is so poor compared with the rest of Europe then why is every team through already in the Uefa cup and all will go through in the champions league to the next stage.
Last season Arsenal and Boro both went through to the finals of each European competition and the year before we went all of the way.
The spanish league is the strongest at the moment, but closely followed by our Premiership.

IRISHFAN wrote:"the year before we went all of the way"

I don't know if I'm the only one thinking this, but Liverpool are the poorest team to win the Champions League in recent memory. I still don't know how we did it.

puroresu wrote:

Ace Ventura wrote:

puroresu wrote:Being 3rd place in this league wouldnt tell the whole story.  Infact it would just be paper over the cracks.  I think Gordon Strachan was right when he said the English media give the premiership a pat on the back too much and the league just isnt as good as people think.  He said his celtic side could finish top 6 and his right.

Gordon Strachan is full of sh!te and so are you.
Celtic...with the team and squad they have now would not be in the top half.

If the Premiership is so poor compared with the rest of Europe then why is every team through already in the Uefa cup and all will go through in the champions league to the next stage.
Last season Arsenal and Boro both went through to the finals of each European competition and the year before we went all of the way.
The spanish league is the strongest at the moment, but closely followed by our Premiership.

Yeah cos Celtic are not as good as Bolton, Pompey, Tottenham, Villa, Wigan and so on.

As for the EPL.  Just look at the league table and it tells you the story. 3rd in the league are 14 points from 1st yet only 15 from bottom.  Thats a joke.

In Spain 3rd is 3 from top and 21 from bottom.  With 5th being just eight from top.

In Italy 3rd is 6 from top and 26 from bottom.

In Germany 3rd is 2 points of top and 18 from bottom.  6th place is only 9 from top. 

If the Prem is so strong why do we have a two horse race already.  How can 2 teams be so far ahead in December?

As for your claims on Europe.  So the English sides are thorough in the mighty UEFA Cup. Great.  Shame 3rd and 4th in Italy which is Palermo and Livorno see the tournament as a distraction and drop there 1st team players for UEFA cup games.

Will all the English sides go through in the CL?  The way Arsenal are playing I wouldnt be so sure.   

Liverpool 15 6 4 5 15 15 0

A side with this record should be nowhere near 3rd let alone just 2 points behind.

Oh and I didnt say the Prem was the poorest league in Europe.  I was saying the league this season is not that strong and the league table proves that.