Football Season 2014/15 - Page 208

andy_m · 18-04-2015, 09:44

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Originally Posted by Julian

Men's Players' Player of the Year shortlist

Diego Costa (Chelsea)

David De Gea (Manchester United)

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)

Men's Young Player of the Year shortlist

Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)

David De Gea (Manchester United)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)

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De Gea to definitely get one award.

Hazard the other.

How old can you be and still qualify for young player?

Russ · 18-04-2015, 13:15

I think it's 21.

Got a nasty feeling it's going to be a bloodbath at Stamford Bridge tonight. Only De Gea can prevent a cricket score

iadom · 18-04-2015, 14:29

And he is 24.

Shadow Demon UK · 18-04-2015, 14:31

Its 25

denphone · 18-04-2015, 19:27

Chelsea strolling to the title even though MU were probably the better team today.

**Damien** · 18-04-2015, 20:06

Phew.

denphone · 19-04-2015, 04:46

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Phew.

Hopefully we will meet you in the final if things go well this afternoon.

andy_m · 19-04-2015, 09:15

That's two results in a row ground out now - they're going to be deserving champions in fairness.

Normal service resumed at Selhurst. You won't believe the number of people who were talking about how we were the better side and had more possession - as though last season hadn't happened and we shouldn't know better than anyone that these things don't actually matter! We were out-Pulised. The thing about Pardew is that we'll beat Man City but won't be able to find a way past the likes of West Brom. Under Pulis it would have been the other way around coupled with the remote possibility that we'd edge out a top side for a draw. 30% possession, defend the point you have and maybe nick a goal on the break might be bloody awful to watch (trust me, last season was torture, and this season has been much more enjoyable) but it does work, whilst our current course can only really work in the short to medium term. At some point the bubble will burst and we'll have to go back to basics. After all, our four wins in a row until yesterday included (luckily) beating Stoke away aswell as the champions. 6 points that you simply cannot have been counting on - arguably 1 might have been considered an acceptable return. Take five points from our current total and we'd only just be above West Brom who we lost to yesterday - if we'd spent a season doing that and those results had gone against rather than for us we'd be in serious trouble, something which should be unacceptable given the high quality of the squad. And the reality is that West Brom and their like are our immediate rivals and it is they who we need to be taking points from consistently. If we have a poor start to next season I genuinely don't know if we will have the organisation required to make a fight of it in the latter stages.

denphone · 19-04-2015, 16:16

Rodgers OUT

, Rodgers OUT

iadom · 19-04-2015, 16:36

Just what you need when you are chasing the game, put on a defender.

**Damien** · 19-04-2015, 16:53

But what about Stephen Gerrard's last game and birthday?

Aston Villa look up for it. It's going to be a hard game.

denphone · 19-04-2015, 16:55

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Originally Posted by iadom

Just what you need when you are chasing the game, put on a defender.

Rodgers is clueless tactically and is a serial failure pure and simple.

**Damien** · 19-04-2015, 16:56

Rodgers did well for Liverpool the last couple of years. You're too quick to call for the dismissal of managers denphone.

denphone · 19-04-2015, 17:07

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Rodgers did well for Liverpool the last couple of years. You're too quick to call for the dismissal of managers denphone.

Name me the last Liverpool manager who did not fail to win some sort of trophy in their first 3 years?.

Sorry but when the crunch matches have come along he has failed in every single one of them and the reason is because he is tactically clueless and fails to handle the pressure of the big games wherever managers like JM and LVG are rarely found wanting in those big pressure games.

TheDaddy · 19-04-2015, 17:15

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Originally Posted by denphone

Name me the last Liverpool manager who did not fail to win some sort of trophy in their first 3 years?.

Sorry but when the crunch matches have come along he has failed in every single one of them and the reason is because he is tactically clueless and fails to handle the pressure of the big games wherever managers like JM and LVG are rarely found wanting in those big pressure games.

Some sort of trophy, what big club cares about league cups and community shields. I'll tell you a manager who didn't win a trophy for his first four years at man utd and look how that turned out.