briny_ear
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Not so bad so far thanks. Wish I hadn’t tested now.
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Wow, that is a run in worthy of Villa pre-Emery.
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How am I celebrating getting Chsmpions League? By catching COVID for the first time in my life.
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Not really because as I read it we would play eight different teams, four at home and four away, two teams each from four seeded pots. Apologies if II’ve got this wrong but it is super complicated next season. Also sounds rather more scary than the comfy scenario you set out. Be careful what you wish for.
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This for me entirely. I hate Arsenal for the way they treated Emery and their fans for the sneering contempt they showed him. It would be a real pleasure to see them miss out on the premier league because of the 6 points we took off them.
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I prefer Diego and Carlos.
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Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 136 Premier League matches when leading at half-time (W124, D12) dating back to 4 December 2016 against AFC Bournemouth. Just what you don’t want to read on BBC Sport.
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Thanks. Not sure that makes him a “pussy”.
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I have no idea either. Can you tell us pl.?
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Spurs only have two games left, don’t they?
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I don’t think we will send Duran on loan.
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I came to this thread feeling rather gloomy but having just read the last couple of pages, I am fired up! Yay, we can do this! Only positive!
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This is an issue you raise often. I actually think you are slightly misinterpreting Emery when he talks about consistency. I have only really heard him use the term when he is comparing us with other clubs with a history of much more massive spending and possibly a greater sense of entitlement to playing in Europe. And he always says we are where we are because we have been more consistent than these teams. I guess he is thinking of teams like Spurs, Man U, West Ham, Newcastle and Chelsea. They all have long histories of heavy investment in supposedly European quality players and yet we have won more games and lost fewer games than all of them, scored more goals than all of them bar Newcastle and conceded less than any of them. Emery is constantly emphasising to interviewers that we are where we are because we have played more consistently than these other clubs, and that we have earned our position and it is something to be positive about. Obviously we have had lapses but we haven’t had as many as the better resourced clubs. We obviously aren’t as consistent as the top three clubs but that is hardly surprising considering our recent history. There is a very small risk that we will fail to stay in fourth but fifth would be a good achievement earning us European football again next season. Personally, I can’t really see any reason to be anything but positive about this season however it ends.
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I’m fascinated by the tendency of some fans to regard Emery ask some sort of trainee manager who could do with a bit of coaching on how to run a team. Just pop over to Wikipedia and have a look at what he has achieved in his career. And then reflect on the fact that we are fourth in the premier league with a squad not massively enhanced from the one that struggled to avoid being in the relegation zone for periods in the last two seasons. And one that has had a high level of long term injuries this season. You know what? I think he probably knows the capabilities of his squad a bit better than any fan does.
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Emery wouldn’t let you near the changing room - “Only positive”.
