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Last edited by skyebo; 8th March 2020 at 12:31 PM.
If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just put it in the net, and we'll talk about the other options later... Bob Paisley.
A drop-off from what is likely to be a record points total is to be expected.
The key thing will be how big a drop-off.
11 points less for us (realistic) and 11 points more for City, particularly if they don't have European Football to juggle (realistic) would make it a pretty close-run thing.
Honestly though, as much as I would adore challenging/winning again, the main thing for us will be getting Number Nineteen wrapped up and cementing our position via further squad improvement.
Number Twenty hopefully isn't a long time away, but just get Nineteen done and see where we are. We look strong and a few rivals are still in transition (Chelsea, United, Spurs, Arsenal ALL are in fact) so we'll be in a good position to do pretty well in coming seasons unless we somehow capitulate massively, which I simply don't see happening.
What we MIGHT do at some point in Klopp's tenure is have one awful spell, a half-season of worry - akin to the first half of Klopp's final season at Dortmund. Provided we weather that storm collectively, I foresee no real problems around the corner for us.
We got this. I'd love to reach the Champion's League quarter-finals this year and see where we can go - besides the prestige that comes with Big Ears, the money would be really, really helpful for us going forward. The "swing" of having an extra £60m or so when a rival misses out is a massive £120m and over a few seasons, with the "right" combinations of sides finishing in / missing out on Top Four, we can really get ahead of rivals for a prolonged period.
Your hobbies are rollerblading and you're also a bit of a rat-hound? Steel Wool
Sid knows he's crazy and he likes it. Balinkay
To be fair, there was plenty of that talk last summer when we lost by a point to a team everyone said would dominate for a decade, some on here were even saying they won't see us win the title in their lifetime.
As for this season's 'blip', it could be that they've spent so much mental energy over 2 years trying to catch and surpass a team that was supposedly uncatchable, that now they've realised they've achieved it they've dropped down a few %. That's all it takes at this level to go from the best to scrapping it out with mid to low table teams.
On Wednesday we'll see for sure how bad this dip in form is. I'm hoping they need that rush of danger to get them going again after being in 'cruise control' for the past few weeks.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.........and I'm all out of bubblegum."
I can't see Wilson getting the game time he wants especially if we expectedly sign another forward. Selling him and Grujic could just about offset the cost of signing Werner
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