warspite1
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ORIGINAL: warspite1 More recent record? The last 7 years in the Premiership tell a familiar story: Spurs - 1 win Liverpool - 9 wins Draws - 4 I see what you did there......hiding behind some impeding doom that's just not there It is much closer than what you make it sound.... warspite1 We support different teams, and we are entitled to our own view on what we think will happen. If you think that there is no impending doom and that this is going to be much closer than I think then that is fine. If you wish to forget bogey teams, if you wish to forget recent history then also fine (though I don't agree). But, if you look instead at just this season then you have all you need to know that Liverpool are massive favourites: - a 26 point difference in the league - Liverpool destroyed Barcelona and Messi (at home), and Porto - while Spurs scrapped past Ajax and Man City on away goals. - Liverpool have lost just one game since the beginning of January (and that was the first leg against Barce) - this is a team that has almost forgotten how to lose - and finished the season with 97 points. - Spurs form in 2019 fell off a cliff. If the season started with 14 games to go, Spurs would be 15th out of 20 - just 5 points off relegation. To put that into perspective, they are on a worse run even than Manchester United . - Liverpool beat us twice already this season - Liverpool players have the greater big match experience - Liverpool were here just 12 months ago. Spurs have been in no final for 5 years - and that was the Carabao Cup. - Klopp has experience of managing clubs to the highest trophies incl. the Champions League - Poch has never won a trophy. - Look at the strength in depth of the two squads. If Spurs injured players are back, then the first XI is not that much worse in comparison (although Kane won't be match fit at best). But the bench? There is no contest. I don't expect you to agree, you are a Liverpool fan and approaching the game as best you think fit, but please don't suggest on form, on experience, on quality of squads, on managerial experience or on player experience, this is remotely close. This is football, sometimes what is correct on paper does not happen in actuality - but very often it does - ask Watford
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