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18 Jun 2023 19:06:15
City’s money by itself is not the end game for football, it appears. The problem is the combination of the unlimited money and Guardiola’s managerial ability. One without the other leads to either a situation like Man Utd (City often looked very dysfunctional as a club before Guardiola), or regular underachieving seasons where Guardiola runs out of ideas (11/ 12, 13/ 14, 16/ 17).
Klopp is enough to keep Liverpool very competitive when the club has the appetite, but the difference between the spending of City and Liverpool is greater than that between Liverpool and Burnley, quite frankly. The gap is just simply too much to overcome on a long-term basis, unless Liverpool can somehow reduce the spending power imbalance.
1.) 18 Jun 2023 19:54:01
We only have ourselves to blame for this past season. The same goes for the 20/ 21 debacle.
We consciously went into those seasons short and paid for them. It was not about the club being short of funds. We chose to gamble and lost.
This Man City team is nowhere near as good as the 17-19 team.
06 Apr 2019 08:19:17
Regarding last night's game -
I don't think I've been as happy to see a player score this season as much as Henderson yesterday. He was absolutely superb last night and you could just see pure, unadulterated joy from every fibre of his being when he celebrated.
I haven't been his biggest fan over the years, largely due to not fully understanding exactly what he does for the team, but there is no question he changed the game last night.
A question for Ed - Henderson looked great making runs into the box, and his timing was excellent - has he ever been considered for this role regularly?
{Ed001's Note - it was his role until injury problems mate.}
1.) 06 Apr 2019 09:34:26
Top class cm. One of the best around. I would say the most underrated too.
Big shout to klopp for starting keita and his tactics down the left.
Couldnt watch the game. Too much pressure but i kept checking in.
2.) 06 Apr 2019 09:43:17
Robbiesline you got to watch it mate it’s part of the ride you’ll back after and think why did I miss that ðŸ‘ðŸ».
3.) 06 Apr 2019 09:55:02
In the 14/ 15 season when Hendo was first made captain he played a very attacking box to box midfield role and was superb. 7 goals and 15 assists that season. His vision for a pass is superb and his runs off the ball are fantastic. Klopp mainly converted him to a deeper role because of injuries, and partially because nobody else in the squad was anywhere near his tactical level of understanding.
4.) 06 Apr 2019 09:55:21
for me, Hendo is one of Top 10 CMs in the PL (and no, it isn't red tinted glasses Ed025). His injuries no doubt has costs him his pace, durability, endurance, but last night of a reminder of what he brings to the team when unleashed.
Fabinho is a better DM than him no doubt, but in the 2-3 years Hendo had played in that role, he has been very good.
I just hope that when claims the PL and CL this season (fingers crossed! ), he'll be given the due recognition as a captain and player.
5.) 06 Apr 2019 10:28:20
Top 5 cms in prem for me.
6.) 06 Apr 2019 10:32:34
And i know longthing. But if we play at night i can never get to sleep afterwards. My body aches as i am literally clenched for 90 mins. i've been through the heart break too many times dude. Last season's final.
That chelsea game. I have never felt so empty after watching a game. I cried after thr ucl final last year but losing tp chelsea left me with a stone in my chest.
But winning the biggun in 2005 balances it out. And the treble season, i was walking on air.
7.) 06 Apr 2019 11:27:33
The way he set his body up to shoot it was never going to miss. Those easy chances though do get missed sometimes usually by players who have started celebrating in their heads before touching the ball. Hendo is reliable and professional. Was always going to score. I also liked the way he was pointing to where he wanted the ball when Firmino looked up.
8.) 06 Apr 2019 12:36:52
Robbieline--I completely agree. I kept flicking between channels and checking the score as I just couldn't take it! But then, as Longthing76 said, I regretted not watching it all the way through. Its part of the ride. I am going to try and watch it all now.
Unless that was the reason we won? Maybe I should keep doing it. this season is messing me up!
9.) 06 Apr 2019 13:25:38
Spot on, MK. People (somne conveniently) forget what a force Hendo was as a CAM in the 13/ 14 and 14/ 15 seasons. He was such a force in both seasons that City were VERY keen on him till he singed his big contract. In fact, I remember a game vs City in the 14/ 15 season at Anfield where he scored a scorcher (Cou got the second in a 2-1 win) and he (and Joe Allen) bossed Yaya Toure and Fernandinho off the pitch that Sunday afternoon.
It is his injuries and change of position (something he did for the team to the detriment of his own game) that has slowed him down which is why he is not as effective as he can be at times. Last night, he was unleashed and people may just see the goal BUT what people did not see prolly, is his awareness.
Notice that he was the ONLY player on the pitch backing up the play when Bobbie chased a lost cause. He recognized the situation and knew that Bobbie could only play the ball across into that space hence broke his neck to get there. It's called game intelligence/ awareness, something his embarrassing detractors know very little about.
27 Aug 2021 03:32:40
Atletico are well-drilled but are otherwise, frankly, a rank average team. They have no outlet to get them up the pitch apart from Carrasco, who is also mediocre. Adrian doing what he did, as well as Salah and Mané showing the world how not NOT to finish, were the only reasons we didn’t smash them 6-0 in the previous encounter.
10 Aug 2021 10:26:18
Zeddicus, no need to be snarky. My opinion is that Liverpool should be targeting among the best players around now. We have an unreal football team, and should be focusing on two additions a year to improve the first team and therefore the squad, with the remaining places given to promising youngsters from the academy. I don’t see any of the names mentioned improving our first team. If we don’t have the money to improve the first team directly, wait and look for future avenues to do so.
10 Aug 2021 08:20:23
If it is financially impossible to sign Saul this summer, we should just leave it. None of the above mentioned (Bowen, Sanches, Aouar) are good enough for us.
06 Aug 2021 15:06:21
Bissouma is a really good player, he would certainly be one I’d target if Saul was just not possible (which it seems is the case) .
06 Aug 2021 14:28:55
Spaceman - The Athletic and TIFO are stocked with Football Manager obsessives who think the entire game revolves around stats and formations. Listening to the guys at TIFO try to analyse football is a painful experience I wouldn’t recommend to anyone. Don’t forget they were among the first to attempt to justify Southgate leaving out Trent for the Euros. Ignore their ‘recommendations’.
18 Apr 2024 14:02:18
Olired - I don’t disagree. It was quite funny watching Arsenal get knocked out and their daft fans resigned to winning nothing again. But Arsenal aren’t City and everything else the latter entail.
However, Arteta is quite evidently a good manager. Yes, he has spent a lot of money - probably too much - but he has led Arsenal back to competing again. He isn’t as good as Klopp, but then again who is?
He probably needs one of the two big trophies next season, however.
18 Apr 2024 12:48:06
Elliott - I’m sorry, man, but I can’t tell whether you’re being ironic with that well-worn and disproved theory, or you actually believe it.
City won a treble last season, winning the PL against Arsenal while knocking out Bayern and Real on the way to the final. The idea they will be slowed down by more games is complete folly.
Make no mistake, had City won last night they’d be lifting the trophy again in May. None of the remaining teams would have been strong enough to stop them.
City can hoover up as many league titles as they want. If they don’t win the league it’s a complete and utter failure. The Champions League is what they really want and need (1 win in 8 for Guardiola) .
18 Apr 2024 04:40:01
Arsenal, I don’t care either way. They’re a good club, with an improving manager, they just got outfoxed over two legs by a wily, experienced opponent.
As for City, any time they get knocked out of the Champions League is a win for football, even if it is by Real Madrid. With the latter, you simply have to doff your hat to them - they’ve knocked City out twice now, and that’s the third time Ancelotti has beaten Guardiola in a crunch Champions League tie. No matter the opponent, do NOT make them favourites against Real Madrid. Football doesn’t work like that.
17 Apr 2024 13:18:27
Inzaghi has done a fantastic job at both Lazio and Inter - both clubs are doing a lot better than before he arrived. Inter have strolled to the league title and won a bunch of domestic cups under him. The last ingredient I want to see from Inzaghi, which would take him into world class manager territory, is winning crunch knockout CL ties against strong teams.
I know Inter got to the final last season (and performed well against a much better set of players), but their route to the final was quite kind.
So far, however, Inzaghi is proving to be very good.
15 Apr 2024 12:40:49
Alonso - What you’ve said regarding behind the scenes is interesting in that there is little evidence for a lot of it, yet if it WERE true it would make a lot of sense.
A not-insignificant number of our players (Gravenberch, Robertson, Konate, Diaz, Gakpo etc. ) absolutely should be worried about their place in the squad, some for quality concerns and others for their poor availability. Klopp, for all his abilities, has proven to be a rather average judge of talent and our signings, at least in combination with Klopp’s poor deployment of them, are not offering the value they did in the early part of Klopp’s reign. As for Bradley, the new manager will not have a choice but to favour him - he’s a fantastic player and will be exceptional in any system.
I was devastated when Klopp announced he was leaving. Not anymore. He’s massively underachieved in the last two seasons and it’s entirely his fault. Hopefully the new manager will make us a bit less unserious tactically and we won’t have to start games 0-1 down next season.