I wouldn't disagree Bill, us losing to Palace was not a direct result of Moss being the most godawful ref out there, that fault lies with Nuno for me.
Whether we'd won or lost though, Moss is the worst ref out there by quite a margin.
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Whether we'd won or lost though, Moss is the worst ref out there by quite a margin.
Good thing we have the Portuguese Klopp managing us then :nunoout:
You're right, I did feel slightly sorry for reguilon in particular as at times he would pick the ball up and have no pass on apart from a really intricate through ball.
Reguilon is good at crossing, but isn't technically gifted enough to pull off perfectly weighted diagonal balls, tbh no full back apart from Trent is.
Finishing between 5th and 7th doesn't excite me. We should be guaranteed 5th, trying for top 4 if one of the top clubs slip up.
By that same token shouldn't the presumed top 4 clubs guarantee themselves a top 4 finish?
Wouldn't it be a bit dull if we could all just guarantee our position at the beginning of the season..... Wouldn't be much point in playing if you think about it.
And they basically are, no?
I mean Liverpool had a horrific injury crisis last season and still managed to finish top 4.
Well no....... Top four was very much up in the air on the last day of the season.
e.g. If Leicester had beaten us Chavs would have finished outside of the top 4 and if they both won then Liverpool wouldn't.
If guaranteeing X or Y was possible we'd all be doing it every year and 5th place would have been our best ever finish.
Yeah, fair point, the top 4 wasn't guaranteed last season. But this season I feel it is. We've fallen way behind.
I concur to the notion that 5th = par for us... However, if we have our shit together I don't see why we can't be knocking on the door ready to seize should anyone else stumble......
(I mean, generally speaking we were gash last year but, if we'd won one of our two game vs the Chavs last season and held out in just one of many wins we conspired to turn into draws; we'd have bagged 4th. Similarly if we had our shit together against Leeds & Villa during the run-in....)
Top 4 was gettable last season because Liverpool had the injury crisis from hell and a dip after winning the league, Chelsea had over half a season of Frank Lampard as manager and we had Gareth Bale. The fact we didn't do it is mainly on Mourinho. That was our opportunity and we blew it. This season i agree, no chance.
...And the Harry-bomb which undermined our run-in until it was too late.
How infuriating to smash Leicester on the last day of the season..... It's not like it was a dead rubber as they still had Top 4 in their sights.
Show up against Leeds & Villa and it was job done
Seems pretty harsh to shoulder missing top 4 on Kane and Mason on not winning 6 out of 6. Should have beaten Villa though. I blame all those cowardly 1-1s when we took an early lead and then never crossed the half way line again, Palace, Wolves, Fulham.
I didn't blame Mason.... Inexperienced caretaker manager dropped in media grinder by the Harry-bomb which should have been held off until the season had finished.
So 5/6..... 6/6 isn't unreasonably out of reach at that point.
Sure.... I cited these things a few posts back.
Newcastle, WHam.... 1 or two others iirc too.
Chavs at home and Scum away also defining results.
What might have been etc. etc.
You're really comparing us to Liverpool at the moment? Liverpool has good, proven players. We have Harry fucking Winks.
I've said it to others and stand by it - that's one of numerous examples where the defence didn't do their job.
I've seen it and know it. If you want to prove me wrong, watch all 90 minutes of those games again.
I gave you an example of the kind of things they've been doing.
What you do with that example is up to you.
They did their job by preventing the opposition from scoring any goals.
And that's a FACT you can take to the bank and be granted a mortgage in order to build a house thereon
How did they do their job when Lloris is making saves?
How did they do their job when opposition players are shooting wide?
3m highlights.
1st City chance- did Dier and Sanchez do anything to stop the chance that didn't go in? No.
2nd chance, Dier initially makes an easy block but in the process, gifts the ball to a city attacker who shoots wide. Was it Dier that stopped that shot going in?
Chance after Sons goal. Cross comes in, Sanchez nowhere near play. Initially Dier is nowhere near it either. Header comes back and Lloris beats Dier to the clearance with a punch that happens to go to Sanchez, who is still nowhere near the danger area, to clear.
The Grealish chance, slipped in past PEH and Tanganga. Sanchez comes across and fails to tackle or block. Dier 5 yards back and further across unlikely to be involved. Grealish hits it straight at Lloris. Nothing to do with Sanchez or Dier that Grealish doesn't score. And he should have scored there. Just a poorly judged shot.
So in one three minute video most of the chances City missed were nothing to do with Dier or Sanchez. And there were many more in the 90 minutes.
Not gonna happen. We'll sit back, probably hold out for a while and then as soon as we concede, we'll then get torn to shreds and concede another couple. Can't see anything other than a comfortable Chelsea win sadly. They were clearly saving some energy last night when you look at their performance.