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The 2018-2019 Football Thread
- Thread starter Lord Blackadder
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So Man City are Champions. Not really a shock. We had a nice finish to the season and ended up 10th. Just 5 points off a Europa league spot.
Hopefully we can push on next year. Without that dreadful start to the season who knows!
Man Utd have a shocker. Its not like they are even resting players or focused on a cup like 6 other clubs in the PL.
Im sure to enjoy MOTD. Last one for a while.
Hopefully we can push on next year. Without that dreadful start to the season who knows!
Man Utd have a shocker. Its not like they are even resting players or focused on a cup like 6 other clubs in the PL.
Im sure to enjoy MOTD. Last one for a while.
Well done to Man City for getting the title and right down to the wire. An amazing team to go up against.
Hard to be disappointed with Liverpool’s effort though, losing it by a single point and ending the season on 97 points. Super chuffed and proud right now.
So looking forward to the champions league final!! YNWA
Hard to be disappointed with Liverpool’s effort though, losing it by a single point and ending the season on 97 points. Super chuffed and proud right now.
So looking forward to the champions league final!! YNWA
I would have loved to have seen Liverpool win the Premiership, but well done, Manchester City, and very well done, too, Liverpool, whom I devoutly hope win the CL. They have had a stunning season, - managing the third highest number of points ever in a the Premiership - and deserve some silverware at the end of it.
Those three silly defeats towards the end of the season cost us - and rightly so, - but Arsenal had fourth place within their grasp and failed to claim any points; two more points and we would have been fourth, three, and we would have been challenging for third. Our own fault, and that idiotic leaky defence needs to be addressed.
On the final day, both Spurs and Chelsea draw.
At the other end of the table, the gap in class means that 36 points was sufficient this year to secure safety, whereas usually, the number required was forty.
Those three silly defeats towards the end of the season cost us - and rightly so, - but Arsenal had fourth place within their grasp and failed to claim any points; two more points and we would have been fourth, three, and we would have been challenging for third. Our own fault, and that idiotic leaky defence needs to be addressed.
On the final day, both Spurs and Chelsea draw.
At the other end of the table, the gap in class means that 36 points was sufficient this year to secure safety, whereas usually, the number required was forty.
We went down once with 43.
The top two were in a class of their own this year.
Followed by the next 4. 7th to 12th were the best of the rest. The rest basically happy to stay up.
Yes, I know, but I think the gap between those at the top and those at the bottom is widening all of the time which means that those at the top win more (and have amassed more points) while those at the very bottom don't need quite as many points as used to be the case to survive.
There were the top two teams, who were in a league of their own - both superb, and Manchester City were compelled to remain superlative to win by a whisker.
Then, the next four with two points separating Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal, and Manchester United a little adrift on 66.
Between seventh - Wolves - and fourteenth, Bournemouth, a mere twelve points separated them, but I would agree with you that it is fair to distinguish between the teams that placed seventh (Wolves) on 57 points to twelfth - Crystal Palace - on 49, yes, "the best of the rest" and those that placed below them.
The two teams on 45, Newcastle and Bournemouth, were safe enough, while Burnley and Southampton, on 40 and 39 points respectively, had flirted with disaster earlier in the season but hauled themselves to safety.
Every year there is one unfortunate team - this year's was Cardiff, for a variety of reasons - and one team that was most fortunate to escape relegation, namely Brighton, who remain in the Premiership on 36 points.
There was one minute there, when Liverpool were 1-0 up over Wolves and Brighton scored, that Liverpool fans glimpsed the promised land through an open doorway. Then Aguero slammed the door shut. Congrats to Man City, though I'll admit I consider the prospect of them now dominating the league for years to come with some despair.
Of course, we all know Man City fans would gladly trade their league title for a CL final against Spurs. And to those who say that managers are only as good as the trophies they've won, I present you Liverpool's league season, were they only lost once. A tremendous performance.
Also, Salah, who has been criticized all season, has won the golden boot (tied with Mane and Aubamayang). A great way to silence the doubters.
Of course, we all know Man City fans would gladly trade their league title for a CL final against Spurs. And to those who say that managers are only as good as the trophies they've won, I present you Liverpool's league season, were they only lost once. A tremendous performance.
Also, Salah, who has been criticized all season, has won the golden boot (tied with Mane and Aubamayang). A great way to silence the doubters.
Perhaps a little optimistic, and a little premature.
Actually, I'd love to see them - Liverpool - win the CL.
And I would have liked to have seen them win the PL.
Manchester City may have won the Premiership - in stunning style - for the second consecutive year, but Liverpool (on the third highest points total ever amassed in the Premiership) have made it to the CL Final for a second year in row.
Pep has won the Champions League with Barca, but his record in Europe since leaving them has not been as successful. Could be a source of future tension between him and Man City as the club increasingly prioritize success in Europe...
Congratulations to Man City on their second Premier League first-place finish. It was a good race to the finish.
If Liverpool (and Mr Klopp) actually do succeed in winning the CL, I am prepared to wager that in the deepest, darkest, recesses of Pep's mind, he might have traded that second PL title for success in the CL, and willingly swapped places with Liverpool.
I think just about any team on the planet would be willing to make that trade - apart from, perhaps, Liverpool.
Perhaps Liverpool would have preferred to have won the Premier League, but, if they do win the Champions League, it will have been a bitter sweet season for both themselves and Manchester City.
The way I see it I would have loved Liverpool to win the league but we didn’t and it’s unachievable now. I’m proud of the clubs performance this year nonetheless. The Champions League is still up for grabs and it would be immense to win that instead. Not suggesting by any stretch it’s in the bag though as Spurs are tough finalists. I have faith though in the Mighty Reds 
Premier league is done. Two more European cups up for grabs.
But what’s the deal with CL spots? I know 5 spots is the maximum any Country can get.
So it will be the top 4 plus Arsenal if they win the EL final.
Is that right?
But what’s the deal with CL spots? I know 5 spots is the maximum any Country can get.
So it will be the top 4 plus Arsenal if they win the EL final.
Is that right?
Liverpool have already qualified for the CL by virtue of having placed second in the Premier League; however, if they go on to win the CL, (and I devoutly hope that this comes to pass) they also claim a CL place automatically.
However, Liverpool do not need to qualify twice (which they would have done if they win the CL), and I am not sure whether this would free up Liverpool's place which they have already claimed by virtue of coming second in the PL.
If it does free up a place, that would allow Arsenal to claim a place; however, if Arsenal win the Europa Cup, they all also, by virtue of that, obtain a CL spot.
That particular move has been rumoured for some time, - and Hazard had made no secret of his wish to depart for pastures greener, more successful and possibly more lucrative.
However, for obvious reasons, it cannot take place until the Europa Cup match has been played and the transfer window, in turn, has opened.
I think they have to win it to get the spot. It won’t go to the cup runners up.
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Irreplaceable imo.
No, but Liverpool already have an automatic place in the CL by virtue of having placed second in the PL.
Whether or not they win the CL doesn't alter the fact that they have already qualified for the CL group rounds next year. Winning the CL would mean that they have qualified twice; whoever places second - the runner up - won't qualify by virtue of that, but both teams (Liverpool and Spurs) have already qualified anyway.
My point was that one doesn't need to have qualified for the CL twice, although, if Spurs win, they will have quailed for the group stages, rather than the earlier rounds, given that they came fourth in the PL.
Herewith a brief summary:
Manchester City won their match, (against Brighton) and thereby won the Premiership by one point.
Liverpool also won theirs (against sturdier opponents, Wolves), which meant they are runners-up, placed second, with a points total that is the third highest number of points amassed in the Premiership era, and that would have won them the Premiership in every year except for the past two years.
Chelsea and Tottenham both drew their matches, but still secured third and fourth place, respectively. Arsenal won, leaving them in fifth place, a point behind Chelsea.
Manchester United, in sixth, managed to lose (at home) to already relegated Cardiff.