VillaChris
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Gusto out would be great. Alfie Gilchirst looks like that token local player in their squad who's won a prize to play prem as he gives 100% but playing Arsena was simply too much for him. We're missing a trick if we don't continue getting the ball forward quickly and have Ollie moving to the left as him with Digne on the overlap will overwhelm him I imagine. Only other option is to move one of the CBs to RB.
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We played very well right at the end of last season at Anfield when they were in better form than they are now (we're the same level pretty much) so not sure why that's automatically being written off. It's not even Klopp's final game and they'll save all their energy for his home farewell.
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I've been surprised by how good the prices have been for these knock out ties. Would not have criticised the club one bit if they'd ramped them up to prem levels given how rare SF games are at VP in last 30 years. Given the Chelsea match was also 20-30 quid they've clearly learnt from the nonsense of the Everton league cup so more of the same next season please.
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Must admit I thought Liverpool were only on 71 points so thought we were right on their tails. Yeah 8 point gap is too much. It's a bit like trying to catch Newcastle last season when they had a dip in form.
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Genuinely can't understand how that could ever stand up in a court of law. Sala could've scored 10 goals for them in the prem....but they could've all been consolation goals in 2-1 defeats. It's like us signing Samatta in Jan 2020. He scored twice I think and they were both goals in games we lost so really no difference if anything had happened to him like poor Sala.
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Their midfield is o.k. Still lacks a top quality DM but they've been playing Alexis Mac deeper than he was at Brighton as the tempo setter. Szoboszlai is a good player aswell although he does have a tendency to take so many more touches than needed when in the box. I was going to put the we'll finish above them line aswell but have to see how we juggle europe again as even Europa League will be higher intensity than what we've faced for most of this season. Think more Lille standard teams if we make the CL from earlier in the season. Also two extra games by end of January. They'll drop down the league though. Klopp + Salah very likely leaving in the same summer and Van Dijk making noises now so that would be three huge personalities on and off the pitch to lose within 12 months.
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Mentioned Medina a few years back and he's since played CL for Lens and played very well v Arsenal in a back 3 in the home game. Don't think he's played much for Argentina so could get him for a decent price.
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Doing nothing if Nunez is their main CF next season that's for sure. Robertson has also declined quite a bit so they'll be needing upgrades in 2-3 areas so going to be a real challenge for Arnie Slot or Anorim as they'll inevitably lose intensity from Klopp leaving with his style.
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I think Luiz will come straight back in as have to be careful Chelsea's three centrally don't overrun us like in the cup. Palmer if back will also come inside constantly. Can't really drop Rodgers based on how good he's been in last month so think Diaby will miss out on this one.
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Thiago Silva's mother passed away today so sympathies to him and I imagine he won't be involved on Saturday if she was living in Brazil. He is still their best CB by a country mile at nearly 40 when you look at how clueless the starting two last night were for them.
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Little different as that's still at Anfield where their fans will demand they're on it far more than 2-3k tucked away in a corner at a hostile away ground. Spurs will also approach that a bit differently to playing them at home as we will. Need to get our set pieces right on the night as seemed like they didn't win a single one against Tarkowski and Calvert Lewin and eventually cost them the second goal.
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All of Barry, Milner and Young would be fantastic players under Emery. I still think all three get into this team tbh. Barry as said amazing all rounder who was 9/10 in about 3-4 positions. Imagine him and Pau down that left hand side. Barry over Tielemans I'd say who's probably the most similar in terms of style. SJM great but think Milner at his best had a little extra in the midfield area, it is very close though which is a credit to how much McGinn has improved in last 18 months. Young v Diaby....very easy. However Bailey has probably posted a better season than Young on production terms given he hasn't taken any penalties compared to Young who used to score 4-5 a season so that's another debate.
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Every single person on this forum would've signed up for that at half 7 on the opening day of the season. It's only because we've been in the top 4 now for pretty much six months it will feel a crushing disappointment. Important to keep perspective like that and some achievement to get top 6 done with still a month left of the season.
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Year in year out Goodison keeps Everton in the premier league. Was at its raucous best tonight. Unless Everton get decent new owners soon they'll really struggle at the new ground with wider spaces and a more corporate atmosphere. Liverpool just want the season to end now. They knew they blew the title when they couldn't beat Man. United despite having 200 shots. We can beat them and there's still a chance we can finish above them aswell.
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Newcastle officially can't catch us now.
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Another half spent watching and wondering how anyone can rate Darwin Nunez.
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95/96.
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We are 5-2 on aggregate v West Ham this season so we've put that bad match up to bed imo. Man. United everyone knows is an abnormal psychological hold over us. All I ask is next season we have Konsa-Pau as the CBs for both games and then we'll see what happens as that option wasn't available to us in either game. We are unbeaten in three of the four games we've played against Chelsea with the Don so let's not overhype them as some jinx opponent, three of those matches have been away aswell. Our home defeat last season was probably one of our best games under Slippy aswell, that's one match you can't pin on tactical ineptique for us losing under him.
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Haven't Chelsea qualified for this World club thing happening next summer? Hilarious but they'll also get a huge amount from just competiting (although it's a month long so completely disrupts pre season).
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I really don't understand why that isn't possible. A big part of FFP is the accounts submitted on June 30th. It really shouldn't take months to scrutinise all 20 clubs and quickly establish which clubs have breached and which haven't. The press and financial experts do that in a matter of days. The charge them towards the end of July and have hearing and punishment during the August. At worst you get any points penalty in by August/September so at that stage there's still 100 points to play for so it doesn't negatively impact as much as Everton/Forest getting points deducted in April when the games are running out.
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That's just clickbait headline. Any points punishment and Chelsea would appeal. And completely at odds with the procedures this season e.g. club gets charged, hearing takes place a few months later and then decision is made 2-3 weeks later with then appeal being heard a further month or two later. Yet Chelsea just going to be hit with -15 in two weeks and that would be that. They'd still stay up with that punishment aswell.
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Chelsea loss last night means we've secured top 6 with still of a month to the season to run. Many on here would've taken that in August as a final finishing position nevermind the opportunity we now have. Chelsea can't catch us now and opportunity long since passed for West Ham and Brighton. Man. United/Newcastle also playing each other still in the run in so at least one team guaranteed to drop at least two points from that fixture. Newcastle would still have a chance of finishing above us with their GD but we'd need to lose our last 4 and Newcastle win their other five games remaining so basically 0.1% chance. That also could be over tonight if Palace hold them which I think is possible.
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I think the formula though is for us to finish 7th then Man. United would have to finish above us. Chelsea can't finish above us and they've still got six games left to play so there's an ever diminishing number of teams below us now who can get to 67 points, just Newcastle and Spurs. Edit: Ignore what I was saying. However there is no one else who can actually catch us and knock us down to 7th (other than Man. United) so them winning the cup is irrelevant. Also Man. United/Newcastle still have to play each other in the run in so surely that alone guarantees it as at least one of those teams will lose at least two points from that fixture. We've basically secured top 6 now from the Chelsea result last night which is a nice achievement with still a month of the domestic season to run.
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Will have to see how Ty looks in pre season if he's still on course for that. Even if he's lost a yard of pace (which feels inevitable given how bad his injury was) that will impact on things. I think I'd rather just stick with him centrally and see how he does on his return and would imagine we'll ease him in through league cup and sub roles first. The plan in pre season was to start the season with Konsa-Mings and then Pau would get games at LB and then shift to the centre at a later stage in the season. However given how well he's adapted I can't see any point moving him back out to LB now. Konsa a bit different but see how the new Serbian player does.
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Sort of random link that's probably true. Him and the guy who plays for Fenerbahçe? 15-20m and guys who could double their valuation if they adapt to the prem within two years. Has a Cash sort of profile and ideal really if he can play both FBs positions and also further up as that would ease selection issues if we again get 3-4 key injuries at the same time next season.
