Because Rafa Benitez will also be happy for us to win, because he was unable to win it for us as our manager.
If we win the league this year I will buy Rafa a beer. ... If we ever end up in the same place at the same time and they sell beer there. On second thoughts... He makes a lot more money than me ... I'll ask him to buy me a beer.
Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham: Run-ins assessed. Premier League title run-ins Man City Liverpool Tottenham Chelsea (h) Bournemouth (h) Leicester (h) - Man Utd (a) Burnley (a) West Ham (h) Watford (h) Chelsea (a) Bournemouth (a) Everton (a) Arsenal (h) Watford (h) Burnley (h) Southampton (a) Man Utd (a) Fulham (a) Crystal Palace (h) Fulham (a) Tottenham (h) Liverpool (a) Cardiff (h) Southampton (a) Brighton (h) Crystal Palace (a) Chelsea (h) Huddersfield (h) Tottenham (h) Cardiff (a) Man City (a) Burnley (a) Huddersfield (h) West Ham (h) Leicester (h) Newcastle (a) Bournemouth (a) Brighton (h) Wolves (h) Everton (h) That could prove similarly true when Liverpool take the short journey to Goodison Park to play Everton on March 3 before Manchester City host Manchester United on March 16, with both games live on Sky Sports. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11628732/premier-league-title-run-in-assessed
the issues is when are FA cup ties and CL ties. we are just hoping ctiy go deep in CL and mess up At this point the title is all but lost now anyway so.... LFC NEED to win games now to have in bank and hope city **** it. City domestic treble is on right now. Cheslea won't give them any game in league but league cup final who knows...
I was thinking we are going to end that Christmas jinx this season. All is not lost, if we can keep winning. City can still drop points especially against united. Tottenham are back in it.
13 games to go 12 wins and one draw needed.... inferior GD, literally NO room for anyhting. Its implausible to expect that. City must draw at LEAST 3 games for us to take title away from them now.
Our next 3 matches will be significant. We will get 6 points against Bournemouth and Watford. City will get 6 points from Chelsea and West Ham at home. Our extra match at OT is crucial. If we lose we play catch up. A draw is not much better. We simply have to beat the mancs at OT and the bookies make us favourites ...just.
Will is a strong word. I hope we do get those 6 points but theres nothing to take for granted right now any more. By all rights if the lads are bothered they should beat bournemouth as while Bournemouth hare decent they play open and salah and mane and firmino SHOULD have a field day for once. however right now Bournemouth could easily outfight us and out work us and for me thats just really poor. The issue for me however if you even park the assumption that we can win those 2 midtable games. The utd game is at old trafford. The issue for me is this: a) history (not really relevant as manager changed) but. Last year: utd beat us 2-1, year before 1-1 draw. Year before 1-1 in europa, and they beat us 3-1, 2015 they beat us home and away. we didn't beat them there since 2014. b) pitch size, this is the crucial aspect. the utd pitch is bigger than anfeld and we struggle to adapt while they are well used to it. c) preparation. Utd have everyone largely fit and happy. we don't. So for me its a huge ask to go to old trafford and win.. the spurs effort there gives me hope as utd were clinging on there. BUT we are not in best form nor near best form either. This is WHY dropping 4 points to stupid set piece goals was so poor. that was our buffer that took the utd game out of it. Now it looks like it will break the camel's back here. We need to start with bournemouth this week. We have to show we care and dominate them physically and mentally. Have to look on it. Just look back at the pure utter rubbish that we served up in the minute prior to west ham free kick and then equaliser. It was scandalous.
If we can't dispatch a mediocre away team like Bournemouth at home at this crucial stage, we are then in true Devon Lock territory. I just cannot believe it will happen.
Bournemouth took cheslea apart. I know mediocre means average really and they are"average", midtable but they are capable. They are terrible on the road won 3 and lost 9... conceded 27 in those 11 games.... they SHOULD be mullered. they really should, they've even lost to everton and cardiff away FFS but..... If its not 3-0 i will be disappointed but any win will do... anything less and the team is just gone.... we SHOULD but will we?
The couple I performed the wedding ceremony for last summer... The bride was Venezuelan. Her family came over for wedding... And never went home (still here). From all accounts I've heard, now is not a good time to move there. Everyone is trying to get out.
