Happy New Year to our red family across the World.
My personal expectations for the second-half of 2021-22:
Premier League.
If we beat Chelsea tomorrow, we’ll win the league.
City have started to look leggy. Brentford gave them a real fright. (As they did Chelsea, who they totally dominated, and ourselves. I still maintain that was a good point at a really tough place to go. Anyone thats been there in person will testify to just what a brilliant thing they have going on in that great lil’ tight ground. Just the circumstances it came around didn’t
feel like that. But I digress ….. ). City will dip. EVERY team dips at some point in the season and being 9 behind, effectively 6 with the GIH being Leeds at home, City to play, and 57 points still on the table, is absolutely nothing. We’ve been in FAR worse situations in our ‘70’s/ ‘80’s heyday and still won the league. Heck, City have been in a worse situation recently at the turn of the year and still won the league. 9 points at this stage, with a game in hand and half the season to go, is honestly
NOTHING of a gap.
We win a Stamford Bridge, we’re more than capable of going on another big winning run. And if we get in front, we know City are poor chasers. This title is
FAR from over. And City know more than anyone we are the only club that can match them in a straight up fight. Guardiola isn’t messing when he says the leagues nowhere near over with Liverpool in it!
Honestly, and I’m talking to the SM imbeciles now, hang your heads in SHAME if you’ve given up on the league at half-way. Klopp has patently taught you
nothing about his side and what makes this City tick. Or what being a Liverpool supporter is
ALL about. Go tell it to myself and 3k odd other reds at Stamford Bridge late Sunday avvy the leagues over and see what reaction you get!!!!!
BELIEVE in your team until its mathematically out of their hands. Its what Liverpudlians do and why the club you support is Englands most successful and one of Europe's very best. Aside from the fact they’ve repeatedly shown they are City's equal, F them! We are Liverpool, and what WE do, is
ALL that matters!
Chelsea is crucial though. Right now we’re superbly placed and its more than manageable. Fail to win there and it gets super hard.
Verdict- Title #20 come May.
Champions League.
Like any cup competition, a lot depends on the luck of the draw and luck on the night.
Inters a given over two legs to me. Not concerned with them in the slightest. They won’t live with our intensity.
After that, anything can happen. But NO team left will want to pull us. And NO team left has the complete, difference making power of a wild Anfield on their side under the European lights.
Verdict- Semi’s at the very least. Then its PROPER game on.
Domestic Cups.
Carabao Cup:
I fully expect to be in the League Cup Final and another boss day out at Wembley with the Reds the end of February. If we can still go, Arsenal this Thursday is fixing to be another super special night with over 5k of us down there. (Tell us again the LC
doesn’t matter!). Getting past Arsenal doesn’t overly concern me personally. But anything can happen in a one off final. But at least we’ll finally be back in one in another of ‘our’ tournaments.
Verdict- Cautiously optimistic for LC #9.
FA Cup:
Again, it all depends on the draw and luck on the day. But we now have the depth, as we’ve shown knocking out two PL clubs already in the LC, to give it a really good go too.
I’d love nothing better than an FA Cup win personally as there’s NO competition means more to this football club and City after what we’ve lost in the competition. After Sheffield, we’re forever inextricably tied and should always give everything every season to win it in my, and many other survivors, opinion.
Verdict- Really attack it, hope for the similar, ‘kind’ draws City repeatedly get. And see where it takes us …..
The first-half of 2022 is fixing to be proper special. Even in our illustrious history. Everything is perfectly set-up for this gang of historical reds to have a SERIOUS go at an unprecedented quadruple. And we know they are more than capable of taking it to the wire.
As always, and as with every club thats ever won anything, luck will play a massive part. And when two historical teams are as evenly matched as ourselves and City are, the finest of fine margins could well be the decisive factor yet again. A bounce of the ball here in your favour. A ref decision there.
Let’s just say I’m cautiously optimistic that the mighty Reds will be collecting trophies in May again.
Happy New Year Reds from our Liverpool home. Straight into these soft Southern twats Sunday!
And FTT!
ALWAYS FTT!!!!!!