This is a special season in many ways, with a lot of surprising results. I think we can do it but you need to avoid injuries on key players etc.  But looking good so far. 

Shock on horrors  the' top' 3 teams have the 'smartest of players' That know how to manipulate the officials.... And yeah I'm lookin at him thinking the same with ndombele as Jose .. he needs better fitness...but at 23 and with moussa lendin a hand... I'm abso certain we ain't seen the best of him ..https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/04/jose-mourinho-defends-harry-kane-over-diving-row-against-brighton

2 hours ago, Jack Hna said:

See this is another example of my term pussified. Where is the guts and glory football fans. These cautionary wise words are not befitting of a football forum. You support your team you back them, 

Who is your team again? 

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Keep it civil please, no personal attacks.

41 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Who is your team again? 

West spam

On 11/3/2020 at 4:10 PM, 3 minus 2 said:

I made it QUITE clear that it was an observation..and yet  AGAIN your just reinforcing the absolute RIDICULOUS preciousness you and other Liverpool fans place on the team... As I pointed out to w... GET A GRIP..

3 minus 2, you made a statement that was incorrect. I don't know why you keep saying we need to "get a grip" or that we are blindly defending our team in the face of your incorrect observation. 

 

Opta stats show that the top 2 teams for tactical fouling are City and Arsenal, interestingly Arteta being the prodigy of Pep. Liverpool are way down the list, with less than half that of City. 

 

Here is an article which references FACTS.

 

https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/football-news/manchester-city-arsenal-lead-premier-league-tactical-fouls-guardiola.html

 

 

10 minutes ago, BangrakBob said:

3 minus 2, you made a statement that was incorrect. I don't know why you keep saying we need to "get a grip" or that we are blindly defending our team in the face of your incorrect observation. 

 

Opta stats show that the top 2 teams for tactical fouling are City and Arsenal, interestingly Arteta being the prodigy of Pep. Liverpool are way down the list, with less than half that of City. 

 

Here is an article which references to FACTS.

 

https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/football-news/manchester-city-arsenal-lead-premier-league-tactical-fouls-guardiola.html

 

 

That article takes its lead from an article in Feb 2020 by The Athletic which also states that

 

"The highest tactical foul rate measured in one game was Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur beating counter-attacking Crystal Palace 4-0 in September 2019. Of Palace’s 61 turnovers, 12 ended in fouls, a rate of 19.67 per cent."

 

On City:

"One Premier League coach explains that it is a function of City’s high pressing game. “I think it is a consequence of the early press,” he says. “You will make a foul. When a number of players in attacking positions high on the pitch lose the ball, and they react, then the risk of making a foul is higher. Especially because these are attacking players doing a defensive action. But you need to consider which phase of action the foul is. Is it Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling or Bernardo Silva, the first line of pressure? Or is it Fernandinho and the midfield? That is the second phase."

 

Just now, Bredbury Blue said:

That article takes its lead from an article in Feb 2020 by The Athletic

 

 

 

Correct, but not everyone has access to The Athletic, hence my posting of an accessible article with Opta stats for reference. 

2 minutes ago, BangrakBob said:

Correct, but not everyone has access to The Athletic, hence my posting of an accessible article with Opta stats for reference. 

Wow there boy, I was actually supporting you against 3minus2s usual biased unsupported rants. 

 

17 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Wow there boy, I was actually supporting you against 3minus2s usual biased unsupported rants. 

 

Why does everyone think I'm angry ????. I was just stating why I didn't reference The Athletic originally and now I'm off for a spliff. ????????‍♂️

1 hour ago, Jack Hna said:

West spam

The guy accusing people of being pussies who is afraid to say which team he supports. Oh the irony. Meowwwww

4 hours ago, BangrakBob said:

Why does everyone think I'm angry ????. I was just stating why I didn't reference The Athletic originally and now I'm off for a spliff. ????????‍♂️

Cause you frequently come across as Mr Angry 

About ?? Posts about from Liverpool fans doggedly insistant on proving  MY OBERVATION Wrong ..  get it through your heads it's MY OPINION/ observation...you dont  like it .... TUF     MOVE ON   accusing me of hate .... Seems like to me that your the ones doing the hating.. hating that someone finds fault in your beloved team.. you've got a spliff . I've got a sea bass steaming with Tom yum ready and waiting...

HT and  2.0 up and it should /could have been at least double that...  Let's.hope that the second half doesn't hold any 'surprises'. Thougjh if the 1st half  insipid display by the table topping  Bulgarian s. Ide say it was highly unlikely.. but it's footie so u never know 

1 hour ago, 3 minus 2 said:

About ?? Posts about from Liverpool fans doggedly insistant on proving  MY OBERVATION Wrong ..  get it through your heads it's MY OPINION/ observation...you dont  like it .... TUF     MOVE ON   accusing me of hate .... Seems like to me that your the ones doing the hating.. hating that someone finds fault in your beloved team.. you've got a spliff . I've got a sea bass steaming with Tom yum ready and waiting...

 

You really want a Welsh rarebit as a midnight snack before the footy.

Good display this but need better finishing... should be 6 by now!

5 hours ago, 3 minus 2 said:

. I've got a sea bass steaming with Tom yum ready and waiting...

Sounds delicious!

17 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Cause you frequently come across as Mr Angry 

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6 hours ago, BangrakBob said:

<deleted> OFF <deleted> ????

 

Calm down calm down....or I'll post the video of you painting your daughter's toenails whilst singing the Spice Girls numbers.

15 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Good display this but need better finishing... should be 6 by now!

When son came on bet kads was sitrin there. Sayin/thinkin   ....c  what I mean....

5 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

Calm down calm down....or I'll post the video of you painting your daughter's toenails whilst singing the Spice Girls numbers.

I saw that on YouTube! BBob had a perm!

Not the best performance I've seen, lets save it for Sunday. 

12 hours ago, jellydog said:

I saw that on YouTube! BBob had a perm!

AKA Bob Ross

 

 

Messy...but top of the league will do.

 

A cracking goal from Kane that.

20 minutes ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Messy...but top of the league will do.

 

A cracking goal from Kane that.

West Brom played out of their minds. Great header from Kane. One of the premier footballers in the world. If he would cut out the diving nonsense I'd send him a Christmas card.

18 minutes ago, jellydog said:

West Brom played out of their minds. Great header from Kane. One of the premier footballers in the world. If he would cut out the diving nonsense I'd send him a Christmas card.

 

Keep your Xmas cards....we like to fight dirty now we have Mourinho!

1 hour ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Messy...but top of the league will do.

 

A cracking goal from Kane that.

Cracking cross.. keeper should have been out and taken it.. but hey.. west brom well organised, compact and made things dificult.. son was below par as was sissoko.. as soon as  Jose refreshed the front line and more.or less  gave us the extra man up front ,  it felt it was only a matter of time b4 someone scored either them on the break ornus through ramped up pressure..and even with our sluggish bac line they didn't have it in their locker.. and Hari yet again proved the diference. An ugly win but that's what Jose specializes in...sittin top accorin to NBC 1st time for six uears.  That'll do

 for me bilic has to go down currently as the ugliest touchline prem manager he  really ought to look at his touch line  body language it's hardly inspiring or engaging

He looks like a frigging baboon .hunched rounded shoulders .unontrolled long dangling arms and limited body movement .. a young cool footballer lookin over and seein that...  Well its hardly inspirational.

10 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Messy...but top of the league will do.

 

 

The  Kiss of Death????

14 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

Keep your Xmas cards....we like to fight dirty now we have Mourinho!

 

I wish I had the time to go back in your history for all the times you slagged Jose off when he was at Chelsea and United ????