Unbelievable Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Liverpool are in the battle for forth, sixth place has become a vacuum where the team occupying it ceases to exist, or so it would seem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Where was this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? On Sky they were talking about the teams chasing that fourth spot - including whether or not Liverpool could get it or not - and basically saying it was going to be a three way battle for the European spots. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. I still expect us to fall away at some point but it's a bit of a joke to not even acknowledge where we are with 22 games gone. Meh, to be expected tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? On Sky they were talking about the teams chasing that fourth spot - including whether or not Liverpool could get it or not - and basically saying it was going to be a three way battle for the European spots. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. I still expect us to fall away at some point but it's a bit of a joke to not even acknowledge where we are with 22 games gone. Meh, to be expected tbh. Agree with all that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Messi needs 19 more goals to catch Cesar, Barca's all-time top scorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? On Sky they were talking about the teams chasing that fourth spot - including whether or not Liverpool could get it or not - and basically saying it was going to be a three way battle for the European spots. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. I still expect us to fall away at some point but it's a bit of a joke to not even acknowledge where we are with 22 games gone. Meh, to be expected tbh. It's becoming a bit ridiculous. Like yourself I also expect us to fall away, but so far after 22 games we are still there alongside Arsenal and ahead of Liverpool. Plus as things stand we're the only side from this pack that looks set to come out of the transfer window with a stronger squad than we've had for the first half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Swedish pundits included us in the battle to catch a Champions League place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I'd love to see what they'd do if we did some how finish 4th. (I don't think we will) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't fit into their template at the minute, unfortunately. I don't mind it too much though, it's just nice to see us up there when they show the top six (or top seven as they have to at the moment). I like being the scrappy little fighter flying under the radar, though, makes us more dangerous if anything. We all know we're performing above expectations at the moment anyway, but as Sewelly says we're currently looking stronger than we did before January and that may improve further still by the time the window closes. We just need to plod through until after the ACN and then have a real fucking go with the boys back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Who are who in the ACON game now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Swedish pundits included us in the battle to catch a Champions League place I think that's stretching it a little, but I honestly don't see why 6th would not be a real possibility.. As I said earlier, Liverpool and Arsenal are nothing special and I can see both sets of fans getting on the managers' and teams' back, which could work in our favour too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Come the end of the season: "Wow, look at that, where did Newcastle United come from? No-one saw that late surge to 7th spot coming." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I don't expect us to drop away at all, if anything I think we will get better. We're currently 6th with 2 of our main players to come back from the ACN so when they do get back it will give us a boost, and Cisse will have something to prove at his new club, so I suspect he will score goals, I think we're right in the race for 4th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Wouldn't hope that high like. Fair play to you though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Ultimately we'll continue to be in that race as long as the so-called bigger clubs around us continue to fuck up (as they have all season). Can't blame us for that, and it's by no means 'deluded' until they leave us behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? On Sky they were talking about the teams chasing that fourth spot - including whether or not Liverpool could get it or not - and basically saying it was going to be a three way battle for the European spots. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. I still expect us to fall away at some point but it's a bit of a joke to not even acknowledge where we are with 22 games gone. Meh, to be expected tbh. It's getting embarrassing on their part. It appears both Sky and ESPN have invested in this idea of the unbreakable top six, very similar to the way they did with 'big four' a couple of seasons back. Fair enough we've only just crossed the half way mark and we may well fall away, but to ignore us like we're some form of black sheep is pathetic. They simply won't accept someone is mixing it with the big boys no matter how average or flawed some of those teams are. Fuck them, long may we continue proving them wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I don't expect us to drop away at all, if anything I think we will get better. We're currently 6th with 2 of our main players to come back from the ACN so when they do get back it will give us a boost, and Cisse will have something to prove at his new club, so I suspect he will score goals, I think we're right in the race for 4th. I agree, we're level with Arsenal, ahead of Liverpool and only 5 points behind Chelsea, if we can get through these next games without Ba, Tiote and Cisse we have a good chance of getting 4th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 This whole 'top 6' grouping that has developed is basically an insult to the 3 at the top, such is the failures of the other 3 that they have fallen so far behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 We don't even exist. What? On Sky they were talking about the teams chasing that fourth spot - including whether or not Liverpool could get it or not - and basically saying it was going to be a three way battle for the European spots. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. I still expect us to fall away at some point but it's a bit of a joke to not even acknowledge where we are with 22 games gone. Meh, to be expected tbh. If Ba, Tiote and Cisse come back fit we'll finish above Liverpool like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Sky need to package something like that so that they can try to deliver some sort of compelling rhetoric. It can't just be good teams and appreciating them for what they are, or indeed what they aren't - it's the TOP 2, 4, 6, 7, whatever you want to use. They're portraying certain clubs as being in the "power positions" for lack of a better term, so that when someone comes along - Spurs, now perhaps Newcastle to a lesser extent - they can report on how dramatic it is that someone is penetrating the group of teams they've built up as being too good to be caught. It's an endless cycle. They're very clingy to the idea of there being an elite, and it's pretty disgusting if you ask me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I don't know why they don't acknowledge us much actually. The media love a good 'team tipped for bottom half punching above their weight with the big boys' story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I don't know why they don't acknowledge us much actually. The media love a good 'team tipped for bottom half punching above their weight with the big boys' story. We got it a lot when we finished 4th (ha! remember when that happened?). Couldn't wait for us to fall off the pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Messi, frankly brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Watching the highlights before the Madrid game me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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