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re: Liverpool FC 2013/2014 - Season Long Thread
Posted on 11/11/13 at 6:58 am to BleedPurpleGold
Posted on 11/11/13 at 6:58 am to BleedPurpleGold
The teams that are more talented/deeper than us are giving us a chance to stay ahead of them early on by messing up - was actually hoping for an Arsenal tie yesterday - you know at least a few of them will go on a tear in the spring after being eliminated from European competition.
We need to keep taking advantage and punishing the teams we play that aren't top 8 material, something we've done pretty well with this year, and much better than last year (Southampton aside - though clearly they are playing well thus far and may be considered top 8 right now).
It will be imperative to get a few wins from the big 5. I think we only had 1 win against them last year.
But you have to like our ability so far to churn out one goal wins (at least early in the year). Those were the types of games we tied last year and lost out on two points.
I'm optimistic that if we can take care of the teams we are supposed to, and steal a few points from teams up for the top 4, then we can slide into a spot.
December will be huge - hope Liverpool gives me a 3 day x-mas present - though the schedulers gave us no favors at all on that.
We need to keep taking advantage and punishing the teams we play that aren't top 8 material, something we've done pretty well with this year, and much better than last year (Southampton aside - though clearly they are playing well thus far and may be considered top 8 right now).
It will be imperative to get a few wins from the big 5. I think we only had 1 win against them last year.
But you have to like our ability so far to churn out one goal wins (at least early in the year). Those were the types of games we tied last year and lost out on two points.
I'm optimistic that if we can take care of the teams we are supposed to, and steal a few points from teams up for the top 4, then we can slide into a spot.
December will be huge - hope Liverpool gives me a 3 day x-mas present - though the schedulers gave us no favors at all on that.
Posted on 11/11/13 at 10:46 am to Tigerstark
Okay I think we are in a strong position and as long as we continue to keep winning against the sides out side of the top 6-8 we should continue to be there as well.
Yet in saying this I was listening to the football show on Siriusxm awhile ago and a guy was talking about a top six matrix and how if you win that you win the league.
Okay so here would be the teams in said matrix:
Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham
If you want to expand to top eight add Everton & Southampton.
So out of that matrix there are a total of 30 available points(42 for expanded). If a club takes 20 points from this group they are almost guaranteed to win the league.
So let's look at where we stand right now.
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Arsenal - (0/6) 1P
Chelsea - (0/6) 0P
Man U - (3/6) 1P
Man City - (0/6) 0P
Tottenham - (0/6) 0P
TOTAL = (3/30)
IN GAMES PLAYED (3/6)
--------------------------------------------------
Everton - (0/6) 0P
Southampton - (0/6) 1P
TOTAL = (3/42)
IN GAMES PLAYED (3/9)
--------------------------------------------------
So after looking at we have picked up 3 of a possible 9 and we haven't played many of the teams from the top, which is a good and bad thing. Good because there are a lot of potential match up to take points away from them and bad because they could exploit us and show that we are good enough to beat the lesser teams but not good enough to beat the big boys yet.
If we continue our form with those clubs outside the top 6-8 and take 1/2 to 2/3 of the points from the clubs listed above we will finish in the top 4 if not better.
And for that I am excited ... YNWA boys
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Yet in saying this I was listening to the football show on Siriusxm awhile ago and a guy was talking about a top six matrix and how if you win that you win the league.
Okay so here would be the teams in said matrix:
Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham
If you want to expand to top eight add Everton & Southampton.
So out of that matrix there are a total of 30 available points(42 for expanded). If a club takes 20 points from this group they are almost guaranteed to win the league.
So let's look at where we stand right now.
--------------------------------------------------
Arsenal - (0/6) 1P
Chelsea - (0/6) 0P
Man U - (3/6) 1P
Man City - (0/6) 0P
Tottenham - (0/6) 0P
TOTAL = (3/30)
IN GAMES PLAYED (3/6)
--------------------------------------------------
Everton - (0/6) 0P
Southampton - (0/6) 1P
TOTAL = (3/42)
IN GAMES PLAYED (3/9)
--------------------------------------------------
So after looking at we have picked up 3 of a possible 9 and we haven't played many of the teams from the top, which is a good and bad thing. Good because there are a lot of potential match up to take points away from them and bad because they could exploit us and show that we are good enough to beat the lesser teams but not good enough to beat the big boys yet.
If we continue our form with those clubs outside the top 6-8 and take 1/2 to 2/3 of the points from the clubs listed above we will finish in the top 4 if not better.
And for that I am excited ... YNWA boys
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This post was edited on 11/11/13 at 10:54 am
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