Tiresias

Aaah Ok should have realized. Guadiola and Klopp then is a straight shootout for whoever wins it, I wouldn't give it to either though just cos winning the league is where they both should be with their teams. Moyes is good shout, Thomas Frank should be good shout, and Howe good shout. Can't really think of any other manager who weren't pants for substantial parts of the season.

Of those 4, Guardiola, no unfortunately just winning the league (assuming he does) is not really quite good enough when you;re at City to get you manager of year. If Klopp still wins the 'quadruple' obviously, but he won't and could still lose the champions league and the league and then winning 1 or 2 cups is good but kinda expected much like Guardiola. Still if he only lost league wouldn't think it would be a terrible decision. Moyes I think would be a fine pick as he is doing a very good job, although looks like they fall just short of hopes of top 6 finish (or even higher at points). Could pip Man U to 6th though and though got knocked out was a good run in Europa league and if so wouldn't hate. Howe has done a great job would be a fine pick but I doubt he will get it. Partly because I think a lot don't quite appreciate how bad we were before he joined.

It does look like it'll be like winter in that it will be Mandy, Eddie and Nickson in a room doing everything themselves as haven't got the backroom structure in place yet. They did fine before, apart from the Chris Wood panic buy. It will probably mean it will be largely one at a time at least on complicated transfers but have more time over summer.

If we go on a big splurge and buy a bunch of very expensive players at once a la man united and they don't click into a brilliant squad (a la man united) you end up with a bunch of players who you can't shift because noone wants to pay what you paid for them stinking up the dressing room for ages, and even when you may be able to accept a moderate loss in terms of selling on you find noone will match their wages. We shouldn't bring in players at massively higherwages than rest of dressing room, that needs to be done sensibly to keep team together. We are not going to be splashing 100m on anyone or anything close for a while. Once the team is competing decently (and importantly have reliable saleable assets if needed) we may well start spending big on a player or two I'd guess to a) push us into competing at the top and b) increase our marketability. I also fear that latter stage will be when the squad loses any likability lol

Liverpool come off like everyone should admire them and how wonderful they are and their history etc. Man City maybe a gaudy oil club (like us now lol) but I kinda prefer that to the smugness that liverpool exude. It's all arbitrary and i will hate man city next week you ask, and...i think klopp is very good and they are fun to watch but man they are too successful right now. Broadly i also dislike how everyone is pretending that there is like a group of premier league teams on similar level at the top when the reality is liverpool and man city are almost embarrassingly dominant right now. They are an absolute country mile ahead of any other team in the league. I seriously think Chelsea/Arsenal/Spurs are closer to us than they are to them two in terms of quality accross season and cups etc.

Yeah one of those we're not that bothered things but still wonder if mind doing us a favour was mentioned by chairmen at start

slightly suspicious tbh

I fear some people who talk as if a whole new squad is going to be bought are going to be disappointed. They may spend more than they announce in advance but all talk is about taking it slow.

Haha the poor journos were all ready to file too

Even I am losing patience with Maxi at this point. He maybe needs a spell on bench and enjoy some sub appearances against tired legs to get some confidence back.He is just not getting in dangerous positions at all

Would have loved us to ruin their title charge tbh it is a shame but no need for overreactions, their defenders were flawless tbh

Aaaaaah ffs. Not sure we would have scored if that went another 90 minutes. They were very good defensively, our forwards are not good enough

Have to give Liverpool credit for their offside line but blimey they have got too many

We are losing only 1-0 to liverpool really dont think we should overreact and slag us off. Was always a tall order.

too many goal kicks going straight out too

Howay Bruno has a shot at least

I'm mainly disappointed with our few chances, being offside from free kicks etc. Always going to only have 2 or 3 chances all game and to mess them up too often

Offside off every set piece today

they should have scored that

Schar is injured

Just offside on these set pieces way too much they might be our only chances for anything out the game

We press super high and they just pass out of it and we are overcommitted. Yeah that was classic run into a cul de sac from ASM but he does have to gamble on them making a mistake

Not been great but Liverpool clearly a class above. Could fluke a goal and a point but probably no more and reckon they will score again tbh.

Liverpool are clearly the better side, very comfortable and just controlling the game. Decisions seem to be going Liverpools way but i don't think any of the decisions have actually been terrible tbh.

They are very good, they're not giving us a sniff and they are going to score again