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This is such a boring title race. Liverpool had it sewn up months ago and so every week is just another chance for the media to cream over them. The points gap is so big it's not really worth reporting it every time Liverpool extend it by another couple of points, but they do anyway. Yes I'm bitter and I don't like them. Yes they have been outstanding and outstandingly consistant. But I'm incredibly bored about hearing about them.
 
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Its funny, but for me its true. Winning grants you this strange immunity to everything else. You need to keep winning to get the same feeling, and even then the edge is lost. They need to lose soon for their own sake. Waiting for 30 years to win the title, then have it handed over with such ease sounds good, buts its not inkeeping with the reality of the last decade. The bar is too high, even after winning the trophy the only way is down. The only real way they are going to treasure this is to lose a few, and for once, I'd like to help them with this quest.
A loads of bollocks or quite profound, just an opinion.
 
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On a different level, its been similar for us as well. Remember that down and out feeling against Watford? We were so bad, we were staring down the barrel, and truly got out of jail with JWP's freekick. And that high was fantastic, then the Norwich game gave us a platform. Really massive results. But once we started this recent run, there's not the same 'everything riding on it' reward, so the more you win, the less you get. I'm not trying to downgrade or take anything away from our achievements, I much prefer winning and the safety of it (rather than libbys danger)......but the sheer adrenaline of results like the Swansea all or nothing don't compare to anything else. Its why I've always loved being a Saint, and never understood the ManU or Chelsea fans, it really must be rather boring.
Anyone else get that?
 
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----HistoryRepeating---- said:
On a different level, its been similar for us as well. Remember that down and out feeling against Watford? We were so bad, we were staring down the barrel, and truly got out of jail with JWP's freekick. And that high was fantastic, then the Norwich game gave us a platform. Really massive results. But once we started this recent run, there's not the same 'everything riding on it' reward, so the more you win, the less you get. I'm not trying to downgrade or take anything away from our achievements, I much prefer winning and the safety of it (rather than libbys danger)......but the sheer adrenaline of results like the Swansea all or nothing don't compare to anything else. Its why I've always loved being a Saint, and never understood the ManU or Chelsea fans, it really must be rather boring.
Anyone else get that?
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Yep deffo. That Swansea game for instance brought me to tears after the final whistle - such was the tension. Nothing does that like football and Saints!
 
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RSS said:
This is such a boring title race. Liverpool had it sewn up months ago and so every week is just another chance for the media to cream over them. The points gap is so big it's not really worth reporting it every time Liverpool extend it by another couple of points, but they do anyway. Yes I'm bitter and I don't like them. Yes they have been outstanding and outstandingly consistant. But I'm incredibly bored about hearing about them.
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Yes it is. But, the other 19 places are more unpredictable than I can ever remember, especially since the emergence of the Big 4/6 in the 00's and 10's.
 
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Susan said:
Yes it is. But, the other 19 places are more unpredictable than I can ever remember, especially since the emergence of the Big 4/6 in the 00's and 10's.
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I agree, the rest of the league is much more interesting. And yet all I ever hear about is Liverpool.
 
I only read the BBC Sport website for football news. They currently have a grand total of one story about Liverpool (the match review vs Wolves). Man Utd however have three.

Man City have one. Spurs have two. Newcastle have one. Northampton, Sheff Wed, Arsenal Women, PSG, Birmingham/Coventry all have a story. The headline article is about Dortmund.
 
RSS said:
I agree, the rest of the league is much more interesting. And yet all I ever hear about is Liverpool.
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I used to say that if Wayne Rooney picked his nose just outside the penalty area [whether or not there was a match being played] then that would generate more news than if Saints won 2-0 against ManU's rivals, ie Man City or Liverpool.
And that is how skewed football news is. Although you don't hear so much about Rooney anymore. His news day is pretty much done
 
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