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Otta Wrote:

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> Or Liverpool a better defence.



We've had to do without Ramsey, Walcott, Wilshere, the ox, Koscielny, Podolski, Cazorla and Ozil at various times and for varying periods, if they'd all been fit we'd have been a match for anyone. Next season should be interesting, and I genuinely believe Suarez will go to Real in the summer. Real are already considering their options as to who to let go to fund the deal. If he does go, Real will be frightening.

Liverpool were certainly helped by not having European distractions. They blew it by losing to Chelsea not the Palace match. I think they need to learn to play more than one way i.e not gung ho all the time. Perhaps that was down to the managers' inexperience in these situations.


I think City are the best all round team and doubt Chelsea would have won it, striker or no striker.


Anyway,it's not actually over yet. Rumours have it Sam is on his way so maybe if the players are so pro him, they will play like it. Imagine if they score first!

It could ve an exciting final day if City are level or behind at half time...


And yes Liverpool have benefited from no Europe but only in terms of their relatively small squad. I don't really buy that Europe has made it harder for the other teams who can field two all star teams.

Interesting story in The Times that Gus Poyet could end up at West Ham. I think he would be a good fit, youngish manager to take the club forward, new era/stadium etc, knows the PL inside out, wants his teams to play attractive football, can even survive a relegation dog fight...what's not to like?

red devil Wrote:

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> Interesting story in The Times that Gus Poyet

> could end up at West Ham. I think he would be a

> good fit, youngish manager to take the club

> forward, new era/stadium etc, knows the PL inside

> out, wants his teams to play attractive football,

> can even survive a relegation dog fight...what's

> not to like?


Spuds player

Congrats to City, stylish champions (at least it wasn't Chelsea!).


4th was the target for Liverpool and that didn't look an easy task before a ball was kicked, I'd have bittenr your hand off for it. But it is gutting to know that they were within touching distance.


Oh well.

Boring Quids? ... I don't see the word boring

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"Lots of harm done. Nothing cavalier about Man City, a team that slows the game down and scores on the counter attack. Mourinho just handed another title to the most expensive team in the country, something the neutral won't want to see."

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Boring Quids? ... I don't see the word boring

> 1

>

> "Lots of harm done. Nothing cavalier about Man

> City, a team that slows the game down and scores

> on the counter attack. Mourinho just handed

> another title to the most expensive team in the

> country, something the neutral won't want to see."


Mourinho handed them the title? Really? over the course of the season they accumulated the most points and were deserving winners, at least they didn't have to revert to the special needs penchant of parking the local fleet of buses when they knew they couldn't out play the opposition, and then have the balls to moan when the roles are reversed a la BFS.

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