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Yeah, City have a striker-shaped hole with Aguero going and Jesus not being really up to the task. If Kane goes anywhere in England it'll be there and he'll break records without even trying.
 
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Europa spots have opened up for the last game....

We'll have to hope City don't bring their A Game with the final on the horizon, likewise Leicester need to dispose of Tottenham...

Why oh why did we lose that opportunity against Sheffield! Sighhh.
 
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No way we're getting anything against Leicester. If we can't scrape together a performance against a team with fuck all to play for at home, we've got no hope at all away against an actually good and well-coached team who will probably desperately need 3 points to get into the top 4.

I'm fucking furious with that performance. On a par with the Zagreb match, with what was at stake.
 
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I think they will still go for it, they have nothing to win/lose, Liverpool will be desperate. I can't see Chelsea doing City in the final, so it is absolutely vital for them too.
 
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Raven said:
I think they will still go for it, they have nothing to win/lose, Liverpool will be desperate. I can't see Chelsea doing City in the final, so it is absolutely vital for them too.
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Oh I'm sure Leicester will go for the win, but Liverpool are playing Crystal Palace and have a positive goal difference of four. I can't see Leicester shellacking Spuds by six goals (assuming Liverpool get at least one) or Liverpool losing. Stranger things have happened I suppose, but the form book doesn't suggest it will. Leicester's best hope is probably a shock at Villa.
 
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DaGaffer said:
Oh I'm sure Leicester will go for the win, but Liverpool are playing Crystal Palace and have a positive goal difference of four. I can't see Leicester shellacking Spuds by six goals (assuming Liverpool get at least one) or Liverpool losing. Stranger things have happened I suppose, but the form book doesn't suggest it will. Leicester's best hope is probably a shock at Villa.
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I don't think Villa winning would be a shock considering with Jack back they are playing well again.
 
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He is another player that I think will be bought up by one of the big fish soon.
 
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No steeeeevie G so slip over this time though.
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It's kind of shit that qualifying for a competition feels like an important achievement.

The FA cup is actually a thing - but the money in the CL has broken that.

Football really is in a shit state because of money isn't it :(
 
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Scouse said:
It's kind of shit that qualifying for a competition feels like an important achievement.

The FA cup is actually a thing - but the money in the CL has broken that.

Football really is in a shit state because of money isn't it :(
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To be fair to Liverpool, they regularly punch above their weight in the CL, so Europe is disproportionately important for them. Fourth place probably is more important than a domestic cup, even without the extra cash.
 
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DaGaffer said:
To be fair to Liverpool, they regularly punch above their weight in the CL, so Europe is disproportionately important for them. Fourth place probably is more important than a domestic cup, even without the extra cash.
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Only because of the cash they can earn being in the bigger competition.

It's not the amount of cash in football that's the issue - it's the distribution and the entrenchment of advantage that comes with it. It was always thus, but is even more stark nowadays.
 
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Only because of the cash they can earn being in the bigger competition.

It's not the amount of cash in football that's the issue - it's the distribution and the entrenchment of advantage that comes with it. It was always thus, but is even more stark nowadays.
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No, I don't think its just that; the average Liverpool fan goes into the CL with a reasonable expectation that they'll have a good run, probably play some dramatic games of football and maybe even win it. They're probably the only English club that's got a better European pedigree than domestic one.
 
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No, I don't think its just that; the average Liverpool fan goes into the CL with a reasonable expectation that they'll have a good run, probably play some dramatic games of football and maybe even win it. They're probably the only English club that's got a better European pedigree than domestic one.
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Maybe that looks like that from the outside. But it's not how it feels tbh.

Regardless. It's still shit. 4th place is 3rd loser. It's nothing to celebrate - in fact it's something you should mourn.

You win the FA cup you've won something. It's only money that makes the FA cup worth less than 4th place.
 
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Scouse said:
It's kind of shit that qualifying for a competition feels like an important achievement.

The FA cup is actually a thing - but the money in the CL has broken that.

Football really is in a shit state because of money isn't it :(
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Its importance is in the additional revenue. Keeps the big clubs big.
 
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Nice article about supporters being back in stadia:

www.theguardian.com

‘It sounded like 80,000’: how it felt to have fans back in Premier League

After the return of supporters to top-flight grounds, our reporters reflect on the impact at the matches they attended
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But of course, gotta point out the brown clouds:
There was audible consternation at VAR, which diluted the fun of Christian Benteke’s equaliser
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And even when in their favour:
They took the opportunity to express their feelings on various issues, serenading Matheus Pereira with chants of “we want you to stay” and roaring their opposition to VAR even when a video review ruled out a goal by the opposition
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"Shit on the Villa" tho ;)
 
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Doing it more regularly would lose some of its charms imo

Ice Hockey world champs rolls around every year and stakes just aren't as high when you know in 12 months it'll be back and same team practically could have another go. With 4 year gap it forces teams to change and really push if they want to win
 
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It isn't just the corruption aspect, because lets face it fans are hardly enamoured by FIFA, but also the idea somehow it'll produce a levelling up effect for the non European clubs who along with South America dominate the World Cup.
 
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Embattle said:
It isn't just the corruption aspect, because lets face it fans are hardly enamoured by FIFA, but also the idea somehow it'll produce a levelling up effect for the non European clubs who along with South America dominate the World Cup.
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How would that work then?
 
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