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This Season No European Footy A Disadvantage?

Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by Page_Moss_Kopite, Sep 20, 2014.

  1. Page_Moss_Kopite

    Page_Moss_Kopite Well-Known Member

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    Last season we apparently had an unfair advantage in the title race due to us having no European football, however that seems to be far from the truth and in reality we were at a disadvantage.

    Premier League: Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal wary over a lack of European football



    http://www1.skysports.com/football/...an-gaal-wary-over-a-lack-of-european-football

    Only last week Van Gargle said after they beat relegation favourites that they were good enough to win the league, they got an easy start of the season fixture list compared to the same time last year and are worse off.

    Is Dutchie correct or as their supporters told us last season they should win it without Europe?
     
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  2. jenners04

    jenners04 I must not post porn!

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    would have been nice if we had £150 mill odd to spend and just concentrate on the league title.

    so no excuses in my opinion.
     
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  3. UnitedinRed

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    Hes talking about a team and players who for the most part are used to playing 3 games a week. For liverpool you were used to just one game a week.

    However it will be an advantage. Just have to take it. Bar chelsea nobody has impressed and chelsea have issues.
     
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  4. UnitedinRed

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    What about 117million? Or the other time you spent 100million on carroll and co?
     
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  5. Page_Moss_Kopite

    Page_Moss_Kopite Well-Known Member

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    After they beat relegation favourites QPR last week he said they were capable of winning the title, he really is living up to his nickname.

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  6. jenners04

    jenners04 I must not post porn!

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    wondering when you would bring that ****e up.

    simple, we sold a world class player and needed a champions league squad to cope with European football this season,our budget with him maybe still here would have been £60 mill odd with how poor our bench already was without European football, something you already had by the way!! also a title wining team, and you then add £150 mill or so worth of players to that squad, so bollocks no excuses from you lot, completely dif scenarios.
     
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    <laugh>
     
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  8. UnitedinRed

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    Mind games page. Thats all. Van gaals well known for playing the game in the media. The spanish preas have a eestraining order against him <laugh>
     
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  9. Tobes

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    I can see his point in terms of continually challenging yourself against the best, however over the course of a season the extra games take their toll, both mentally and physically, as players can't operate at their absolute peak for 50+ games
     
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  10. UnitedinRed

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    We make huge sums of money. We dont need to sell. So net spend means **** all. Nobody mentioned net spend when the ronaldo sale made ours look very good.

    The fact remains you spent huge sums twice. Once qas an unmitigated failure and the others started patchy. Early days though.

    You have also spent more than united in pl history.

    So money is an argument left well alone.
     
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  11. UnitedinRed

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    What hes said has clearly worked. See this thread.
     
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  12. Page_Moss_Kopite

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    You show yourself to be very gullible UIR, it is clearly a case of him getting his excuses in early, the mind games are aimed at Utd fans not the rest of us, we just laugh at him.
     
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    ****e? It's merely fact.

    You spent £117m this summer, to go with the £100m he spent in the previous windows of his tenure
     
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  14. Rubbersoul

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    To say that lack of matches will be a disadvantage them is a strange quote, feels like they're getting all the bases covered if they fail to qualify for top four.

    Personally if the squad is good enough it will cope with champions league and top four simple, playing against the best teams in the world and then having a premier league game is what every player should aim for if they can't handle it then they shouldn't be at that level.

    I was reading a stat book I have and it asked if current footballers play more football that they did back in the day and he picked the 2012 Manchester United team to 1984 Nottingham forrest team (something like that) and they found out that notts Forrest played more games and had a smaller squad and still won the league, it's all your in head if you feel you can't compete.
     
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    Could be viewed as an advantage on the point Tobes made also to ease yoonited's injured players back over a longer period of time.

    Might as well give the the trophy now.<whistle>
     
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  16. UnitedinRed

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    Yes excuses. Of course.

    So when rodgers said much the same thing last season what was that?

    Thats what i thought page. In honour of the team you will be beating today, youre chatting bubbles.
     
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  17. jenners04

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    neutral opinion tobes <laugh>

    didn't mention my comment to do with utd spend,team etc, wonder why.

    also the fact we lost a world class player and have European football to contend with this season, and starting point of ****e squad ie bench as well compared to a title wining squad and adding £150 mill to that, **** sake neutral my ass!
     
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  18. UnitedinRed

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    We spent 150million from 7th.
     
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  19. Page_Moss_Kopite

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    Can't remember Rodgers saying it was an advantage or a disadvantage, only remember him deflecting Maureen's view by describing us as the jack Russell biting the little pony's ankles.
     
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  20. jenners04

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    with an already title wining squad in place and setup already for European football when you don't have any?
     
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