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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by imtommygunn - Today at 08:23:21 AM

Dare I say it but it's a bit like Dublin. Financial advantage, an obviously brilliant manager and a well run setup in terms of actually using money well as opposed to just throwing money needlessly at stuff.

Money on its own won't buy you success. It's definitely a big help mind you.

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General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by Tony Baloney - Today at 08:13:03 AM

With Leeds loss leicester city promotion back to the Premier League confirmed.

They must have really shit the bed to get a hammering by a team that far down the table

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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Look-Up! - Today at 07:46:24 AM

It's a combo of the best manager about, financial clout, and recruitment...city haven't skipped a beat after replacing legends like Kompany, Fernandinho, Silva, Aguero, etc

Yaya a legend too. Greatest thing about Pep is his ability to handle egos. No one is bigger than the club, doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. If you get notions you either fall quickly back in line or get the boot. But still he keeps the persona of someone approachable, reasonable and forgiving. Brilliant manager.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 02:07:44 AM

Leinster would be interesting without Dublin. The quality would still be shite mind but at least it would be competitive.

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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 01:27:42 AM

So it's not about City's money (as we are in agreement) Chelsea plus utd have spent more and the likes of Liverpool's and city are better because of their appointments

that settled, I'm bored of City winning but it's not down to over spending

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General discussion / Re: Premier League 2023-2024

Last post by Blowitupref - Today at 12:58:30 AM

With Leeds loss leicester city promotion back to the Premier League confirmed.

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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Jell 0 Biafra - Today at 12:35:17 AM

It's whole lot easier to slot a good/great player into an already great team core.  If you can manage to also replace older players with younger players into that team/squad, you can keep it going for a while (Liverpool late 70s to late 80s, Man U early 90s to 10s, City now).

A lot of that great Utd team were of a similar age (they were all part of the "win nothing with kids" team).  Once they all retire, you're left with a bunch of bit parts and you're looking to rebuild the core.  That's the hard part.  And that's where teams that won a lot of trophies on the bounce fall back.

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Laois / Re: Underage squads 2024

Last post by on the hop - Today at 12:21:02 AM

The u20's weren't bad tonight , once they got on top of the Kildare puck out near the end of the first half they didn't look like they would be beaten. They also had the luxury of missing a penalty. The had a strong start to the second half with two goals but took the foot off for a while and things could have tightened up if Kildare hadn't shot as many wides I. Their purple patch.

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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by gawa316 - Today at 12:12:06 AM

It's a combo of the best manager about, financial clout, and recruitment...city haven't skipped a beat after replacing legends like Kompany, Fernandinho, Silva, Aguero, etc

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General discussion / Re: The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC ...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - April 26, 2024, 11:59:29 PM

I think he's taken them to a new level. And the PL too. Liverpool have had 2 near-faultless seasons and didn't win the league.

Yep it can't be all money or all manager, you need both. A bit of financial misconduct also helps.

It has to be about the management, Chelsea and Utd have on many occasions surpassed city's spending and came up short..