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Some sad news, Peter Thompson has passed away. Thomo was arguably the most skilful player to ever play for the club, the man was a true legend.

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:16 pm wrote:Some sad news, Peter Thompson has passed away. Thomo was arguably the most skilful player to ever play for the club, the man was a true legend.

FFKS, 

[quote]Thomo was arguably the most skilful player to ever play for the club{/quote]

Good player , but miles away from your assessment i.e "arguably the most skilful player to ever play for the club"

Find your comment a bit of a "look at me, I remember this player" it's  trite and disrespectful to the real legends that have worn our shirt   

Sorry Woof but your comments to Yakka seem somewhat over the top and totally inaccurate. I remember Peter Thompson and he was one of Bill Shankly’s favourite sons. He played 416 games, scored 54 goals and won two league titles and an FA Cup during the 8.5 years that he played for the club. Peter was an integral part of Shankly’s team that started a roller coaster of success during the sixties,seventies and eighties. He was a true legend of Liverpool FC Woof and I am amazed that you are suggesting otherwise. He was an extremely skilful player and I can certainly understand Yakka’s assessment. In my opinion Yakka’s comments certainly didn’t lack respect and I am not sure many people would agree with your response.

Thanks for the memories Peter.

YNWA

Fair enuff,

I wasn't suggesting he lacked skill just don't agree with Yakka's evaluation of him.

Just noticed City will have Arsenal and Chelsea home after their next couple of games.

Huddersfield Vs City
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Newcastle vs City
Liverpool vs Leicester
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FEB

City vs Arsenal
Westham Vs Liverpool
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Liverpool Vs Bournemouth
City Vs Chelsea


Interesting set of fixtures. Potentially City could drop points which could increase the lead. Really crucial we carry on gaining maximum.

I hope Rafa gets something off them lot.

After that lot of fixtures its UCL and then away to oldtwatford.

redshade » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:05 pm wrote:Just noticed City will have Arsenal and Chelsea home after their next couple of games.

Huddersfield Vs City
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Newcastle vs City
Liverpool vs Leicester
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FEB

City vs Arsenal
Westham Vs Liverpool
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Liverpool Vs Bournemouth
City Vs Chelsea


Interesting set of fixtures. Potentially City could drop points which could increase the lead. Really crucial we carry on gaining maximum.

I hope Rafa gets something off them lot.

After that lot of fixtures its UCL and then away to oldtwatford.

City have a LOT of games over the next two weeks. Five to be exact. And that will take its toll on them, physically and mentally.

But it's February that will be the make or break month. The reintroduction of CL footie and the pressure of the league will force someone to crack. Hopefully it isn't us

Our game vs Leicester will test the lads nerves. If City beat Newcastle they will be 1 point behind us.

Very true it will be our turn to chase the lead.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11609577/liverpool-and-manchester-citys-premier-league-title-chances-analysed

For those of you that like stats

Last season we crawled over the line at the end of the season. Players we're dropping like flies and those that were available looked like they had very little left in their legs. The fact that we only played 2 games across the League Cup and FA Cup will help our league challenge. But I fear that if we go far in the Champions League we'll drop a fair few points in the league in April and May like last season as Klopp doesn't have as many players that he feels he can trust when compared to Pep.

Below is a list of players that Klopp and Pep have used in the league ordered by the number of minutes they've played. GKs and CBs won't be too heavily effected by cumulative fatigue and we've managed to rotate our midfielders quite well, but it worries me that Salah, Firmino and Mane have all played more than each of Sterling, Agüero, Sane, Mahrez and Jesus. To win the league I think we'll need one or two attacking players to step up and have an influence. I wonder if it might be sensible to use Origi upfront in some games with 2 of the front 3 plus Shaq behind him. And also Lallana in the number 10 role from time to time with Firmino up top, with Shaq and Mane/or Salah either side. And if we're going to bring in a fullback, I would much prefer a LB as Robbo plays almost every game.

I know it would be a risk but so would asking the same players to stay fit and fresh right through to the end of the season.

Ederson                          2070
Alisson                            2070
Virgil van Dijk                 2035
Aymeric Laporte             1977
Mohamed Salah               1940
Andrew Robertson           1875
Fernandinho                    1828
Roberto Firmino              1793
Bernardo Silva                 1780
Sadio Mané                     1757
Georginio Wijnaldum       1684
Raheem Sterling              1659
Kyle Walker                     1538
Trent                              1505
Sergio Agüero                  1362
David Silva                      1349
Leroy Sané                      1314
John Stones                    1254
James Milner                   1232
Jordan Henderson            1144
Joe Gomez                      1048
Fabinho                           983
Ilkay Gündogan                960
Riyad Mahrez                   943
Xherdan Shaqiri               911
Naby Keita                      814
Benjamin Mendy              810
Dejan Lovren                  810
Gabriel Jesus                  781
Fabian Delph                  725
Nicolás Otamendi           689
Vincent Kompany            555
Danilo                            540
Joel Matip                      365
Kevin De Bruyne             314
Daniel Sturridge              264
Oleksandr Zinchenko      234
Adam Lallana                 205
Alberto Moreno              155
Nathaniel Clyne             108
Phil Foden                     93
Divock Origi                   73
Rafael Camacho             1

Once you go under 810 minutes our players are fringe at best, City's players are still core players.

Yup City have got quality throughout that is why they can compete on all fronts.

Good post Pig Catcher, very informative and very interesting as well.

Disclaimers:

1. I know we haven't won anything this season.
2. I'm not saying our team is as good as 87/88, it's not.

BUT, We should enjoy this season, we have been brilliant, it's unlike anything we've experienced in 20 years and only rivalled by 87/88 over the last 40 years.

Liverpool league statistics after 23 games:

LAST 20 YEARS
Our points range: 29-48 (this season 60)
Wins: 8-14 (this season 19)
Losses: 10-2 (this season 1)
Draws: 10-4 (3)
Goals for: 28-57 (2014) (this season 57)
Goals against: 32-15 (this season 13)
Top of the table points after 23 games (45-62 - 2018 and 2006)

LAST 40 YEARS
Our points range: 29-59 (87/88) (this season 60)
Wins: 8-18 (87/88) (this season 19)
Losses: 10-0 (87/88) (this season 1)
Draws: 11-3 (3)
Goals for: 27-57 (2014 and 87/88) (this season 57)
Goals against: 37-11 (87/88) (this season 13)
Top of the table points after 23 games (43-62 - 2018 and 2006)

As a reminder our 87/88 team included: Grobbelaar, Gillespie, Hansen, McMahon, Nicol, Whelan, Johnston, Houton, Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge - WOW, what a team!

Top of the table in previous years after 23 games: 62, 56, 47, 53, 53, 56, 54, 48, 53, 51, 53, 57 etc.