14 Nov 2023 19:02:57
18/19. We lost 1. City lost 4. City won the league.
We just drew double. Mad how wins and loses vary, better than wins, loses and draws.
Even now. We have lost 1 and city 2 and we are second.
We have to turn those draws into wins. Even losing a couple doesn't hurt as much as then actual draw.
Like playing as though you don't get a point for a draw. You just lose 2. Which is true.
14 Nov 2023 19:50:50
Absolutely spot on…. exactly the same as when Rafa came close, we lost less games than United but drew more.
14 Nov 2023 20:13:14
Rather get smashed 6-0 and win the next game 1-0.
Than draw 2 games in a row. 3 points is better than 2
You could technically have an invincible season and get relegated with 38 points.
14 Nov 2023 22:00:02
Points win prizes.
15 Nov 2023 01:04:28
I had the exact thoughts as Humble just today!
This season, we've been so close to being top of the league already and have had various circumstances conspire against us to not be No. 1. I know it's November, and nobody wins anything in November, etcetera, but what a difference the next game will make in terms of the belief and mentality of the boys going into the December rush!
15 Nov 2023 11:39:01
Spot on, LiverpoolFC8. It's the draws that kill you at the end of the day Even in 13/ 14, a lot of people talk about Stevie's mistake or in 18/ 19 about the game at the Emptyhad forgetting all the needless draws we had during both seasons that cost us. You can add the 11 draws (22 points dropped) in 08/ 09 which killed our title charge under Rafa and finished 4 point less that Utd who won. Again, the draws will kill you at the end, not hope or anything else.
Same with 21/ 22, we lost 10 points from winning positions and lost away at Leicester in a game where we should have won by 4 goals with Salah missing a pen. 13 points dropped, right there. Again, we did not win these titles cos we did not handle what was actually under our control.
Ironically, the ONLY time we handled our business from jump was in 19/ 20 and what happened? We strolled the league and set numerous records including winning the title with 7 games to spare. A record that will take a while to be met or broken.