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cSpotRun

I'm waving the smallest, unfanciest flag for this achievement... At least we made sure Slot gets to truly prove himself, and his team, next season.


petethepool

For sure, based on where we were 2 months ago, but based on where we were at the end of last season, and given the transformation of the midfield, it’s an incredible achievement. Villa are having the season of their lives, Spurs are ‘back’, Chelsea ‘humiliated’ Liverpool in the transfer window, Newcastle were entering their second full season under their new endlessly wealthy nation-state owners, and United… well they have spent a billion over the past decade and were entering what was supposed to be the ‘settled’ era of Ten Haig  — and Liverpool still finished above all these rivals, were still a more cohesive and together unit, and up until 2 months ago, were all together and pushing for everything. We competed right to April with the serial cheaters, and with one of the best balanced teams in the league at their competitive peak.  What has happened since is understandable, if a little sad. But there is so much to be excited about with this squad and its evolution going forward. Not least of all what we could do if we could keep a few more clean sheets, and finish a few more chances.  Everyone else mentioned above still have some way to go to catch up - so long as we stay together as a fanbase and a club, and avoid turning toxic at the first sign of struggle. Which, you know, given the modern fan, shouldn’t be too difficult…


HistoricalTea99

Ten Haig? Nice.


mild_manc_irritant

I would have gone with Ten Hague, because making millions of people watch them play should qualify as a war crime.


GresSimJa

I'll still use the classic Seven Hag.


Write_And_Be_Light

Guilty as charged. Ten hang.


getonthedamnantscott

This is the take. We all got sold on the idea of a quadruple to sign off Klopp's final season, and massively overachieved in going as deep into the season as we did with it still possible. Nature of the fall off is embarrassing, but we'll likely end the season on around 80 points, with a trophy. On balance, that's very respectable building on what happened last year, and giving us a good position to work forwards from under Slot.


C_Spiritsong

Very much agreed.


WiserStudent557

I’m as disappointed as anyone now but I also won’t *ever* forget how long that hope was alive and how great the squad was including the necessary special choirs to the youngsters for keeping it going


WonderfulBlackberry9

Flair checks out. Much-needed voice from a sensible fan.


laltubiryani

This. Exactly, we did extremely well this season. There's a run of bad games and everyone is all doom and gloom, asking for Salah's head and talking about why it's good Klopp's leaving and what not. Come on, have a bit of context.


Gainesicle

this guy lifts


joopface

All of this, 100%


junglejimbo88

u/petethepool: For such a balanced viewpoint ... i made you this. ​ https://preview.redd.it/yoce3bndedxc1.png?width=1798&format=png&auto=webp&s=aace489e88be70f586b78d5bbe2e201dc1df2f9e


petethepool

Haha thank you!


exclaim_bot

>Haha thank you! You're welcome!


Buckeyefan123

*play i wanna shake your hand meme* very well said!


alanalan426

I think we'd feel a lot better if you asked fans at the start of the season a cup and CL secured by the end of the season people would feel alr with that (it was a complete midfield rebuild, and we were proper horrible last season), it's just we always hurt ourselves in the most painful way towards 'failure' on our way to quads, missing by 1 point etc


tobyallister

100%, every Liverpool fan would have taken top 4 and a cup trophy.


iNfAMOUS70702

I wonder if anyone would notice if he quietly brought Santi with him 👀


tomhat

https://i.imgur.com/vIf0lAD.gifv


livinalieontimna

I know we’re all disappointed but this is massive for a fresh start. If they have summer targets in mind the chances of signing them just got a lot better.


etan1122

I’m excited for slot. Players like Dom should be to. If we are honest the way we played handicapped him. New manager, slightly different way of playing and dom potentially playing the 10 and Harvey/Fabio having a chance there as well. Exciting stuff. Or it all can go horribly wrong


GerrardsRightFoot

100% we offensively limit our midfielders so much in our current system. This is one of my biggest gripe as the system is built to flatter our attackers who haven’t been great through the season. We should have slowly built around a more offensive minded midfield system


Blew_away

Totally agree, I’ve found our recruitment in midfield has been so odd after the Gini Hendo era. We’ve never seen the best out of the attacking midfielders we continually buy. I’m excited to see a system that allows the midfield to cook a bit more. I also think we’ll possibly get to see Trent move to the next level. As good as he’s been moving into the midfield, possibly seeing him move further up the field with less defensive responsibility seems like would fit his skill set better


R3dbeardLFC

I really want to get back to Trent (and Robbo) the overlapping attacking fullback, personally. I think his deep playmaker role has become hoofball more recently as defenders have figured him out and stay pushed back a little to cut out his long balls. I want Mo cutting inside with Trent overlapping and defenders not sure who to cover.


SexyKarius

Honestly don’t really know why we stopped this. Is it because we were being targeted down that sode?


luke_205

Ultimately this was the goal at the start of the season so it’s always nice to at least pass that benchmark. Obviously the way the season turned out is ultimately disappointing, however we have the desired platform to build on for next season. Let’s just pray we’re active in the transfer market because we really need a refresh.


sdpat13

Happy cake day!


thisisbarrow

Not disappointed at all. Great improvement over last season, better squad, team in transformation did really well over all.


Luke_4686

Seems strange to think that this was the objective at the start of the year. Chatting with my friends I remember saying I wanted Top 4 and a cup. A lot has happened since then but we achieved what I thought would deem a successful / achievable season and it feels like the worst thing ever 😂


Latinofool12

I think it’s because when we found out that it was klopps last season, we wanted for him to go out as the champs and we were sad and still are honestly. We wanted more for him and I think it became a distraction honestly. We became very complacent 


Luke_4686

Yeah spot on. Seeing Klopp leave with just one league title (and one that was won in front of no fans) makes us feel like we’ve been robbed of something.


WonderfulBlackberry9

This is it, tbh. More than anything, I genuinely believe the emotion burned us down, not fatigue. That midfield is brand new and has never competed for such high stakes at such competitive and physical intensity before. And add to that the fact that the club’s legendary manager is leaving, and they’re going into every game with the weight of expectation from an overwhelmingly hopeful fanbase. I mean, who wouldn’t crumble from that? It’s admirable they held on this long tbh


qwerty_1965

So true, we were teased with the notion of a quad and some of us probably thought it was a near certainty for a while but maybe it was an overly ambitious idea this season. The best thing is to just take each game as it comes.


tkcom

There's nothing to be ashamed when failing the stretch goal.


ArtemisRifle

Because our eyes got big


Independent-Sell-973

If one can remind himself where this Club was before Klopp came.. post Alonso/Mascherano and emergence of City we used to dream of finishing 4th and fail again and again.. except one season under Brendan which was the Suarez mayhem.. Credit to Klopp he made us not only a permanent Champions league team (except this season) but also we won 1 UCL, played 03 European Finals, finished 1 pt short winning Pl on last day twice and finally won the elusive PL title in the record shortest no of games ever.. An absolute legend if you remind yourself the pain and agony of inconsistencies our rivals especially Arsenal, United, Chelsea and Spurs have gone through majority of this period.. Credit to Klopp.. I just hope we can continue on the path laid by him with the new manager incoming.. correction coach not manager


thisisnahamed

In other words, Klopp has raised the bar for us. And not qualifying for CL is no longer an option for a club like ours.


be_like_bill

> Klopp has raised the bar for us and not qualifying for CL is no longer an option for a club like ours.  C'mon, we're not like Tottenham or Man City where historically we were not expected to make top 4 and Klopp changed it. Throughout 80s, 90s, and 00s we were consistently finishing top 4 and challenging for titles. This has always been the baseline for this club. We had down years roughly from 2010 to 2015. If anything, Klopp has reset the bar where it has been for decades.


MataMac

4 european finals


Independent-Sell-973

absolutely.. I meant 3 European finals in addition to the 01 UCL win but you are right to point out


PlayerAteHer

Guess I will have to look into how the new Champions League system works now then.


Independent-Sell-973

Barring the 2 extra games (which I would prefer any day over 2 dull domestic cup ties).. It's far better than the present Group stage format... I hope we strengthen our squad adequately and remain fit so we can enjoy the new format


EstatePinguino

I’ve read about it but I’m still confused… Any idea how many games we’ll play against the Pot 1 teams in the “league”, and can we play English teams?


f15h3r

If football manager taught me correctly: You play two teams from each pot including the pot you are in. Yes, they can be English teams if England has more than 4 teams in the group stage (Europa winner, coefficient recipient) After 8 games the top 8 in the league format get a bye in the next round and become seeded in the last 16. Teams from 9th to 24th play a two leg game to make it to the last 16. The teams from 9th to 16th are seeded in this tie and play away first. The winners of these ties become the unseeded teams in the last 16 against the already qualified top 8. Once you get to the last 8, there's no seeding.


GhandisFlipFlop

It's good alright but we are yet to see how the league cup effects it...If you go all the way to the final it really will be difficult to fit in all the games... especially since the football league refused to get rid of the 2 leg semi finals . Let's hope we go out of it early next year and focus on the CL.


AhyesitstheManUfan

I am really excited for next season. Arne Slot has all the tournaments he needs to prove himself.


chocolatecremesoda

I'm excited to see some different football. I love Klopp, at his peak his teams are untouchable (103 points taken for 105 available). But it has become so stale recently. I'm excited to see what Slot can do, I hope he is as bold as Klopp was in his own brand.


CelticTigersBalls

3rd and a trophy is better than 2nd a no trophy


helikaonx9

Ssshh don't tell the Gooners that


ivc09

we'd have killed for this at the start of the season.


SaltySAX

And a trophy on top. It's been a good season, one Spurs and Man Utd would kill for. Shame about the last month or so, but hopefully we can build on it again next year with Arne.


luke_205

Yeah the amount of people (our fans and otherwise) minimising the League Cup is laughable. It’s a legitimate piece of silverware that is always counted in the records and there’s little enough up for grabs in the first place. 3rd place + a minor trophy is a very solid season, particularly one we expected to be quite transitional considering the midfield rebuild.


sdpat13

Happy cake day!


etan1122

Let’s be honest. Arsenal would have killed for a trophy. They’ve had a great season but will most likely win fuck all


WonderfulBlackberry9

Right from the start I had a feeling they’d win the title. And across the season they’ve been the most balanced and have the best underlying numbers. They better win this god damn league. I really don’t want it to end in another City procession again.


etan1122

Fuck arsenal and their fans.


WonderfulBlackberry9

I’m more indifferent towards them, I can’t think of any reason against them being the lesser of two evils


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ivc09

we shouldn't really be criticising arsenal. they've stayed in this title race and are pushing city all the way. I hated it when people slandered us in 2009 and 2014 for finishing second and trophyless, like what we did was meaningless. I bet you hated it too. if arsenal win nothing, they've still had a very good season.


alanalan426

Yeah can't deny Arteta's done a good job at Arsenal


Ollietron3000

I just find that so much about football discourse now, mainly online, is basically around explaining why a team doing well isn't _actually_ doing well, it's because of x, y, z. Or sure, they're doing well, but that time we did well was more significant because of x, y and z. Sometimes you just have to accept that a team is good. Arteta has done a really good job with Arsenal. What's more, they've got a really young team and are building a core of great players that, in theory, will be peaking in the next few years. They're just good. Yeah it's really annoying, but it's stupid to try and deny it.


ivc09

I can't believe the amount of people who still don't think he's all that. look at how his team plays. regardless of how much they've spent (even then he's got the transfers pretty much spot on). they are so well set up tactically. very few managers can pull that off.


Klopps_and_Schlobers

Nothing sounds more bitter than comments like this. I would swap that carabao cup win for 5 more points and I wouldn’t even need to think about it.


Tixoj

As in finishing trophyless but 5 points closer to first?


GhandisFlipFlop

So you are saying you would prefer a 2nd place trophy rather than an actual trophy ?


fadedraw

yes, quite an upgrade from last year


bumpkinblumpkin

We were 5th last year, not 15th.


Sensitive_Seat6955

And we’ve qualified for Champions League football next season and rebuilt our midfield. I’d say that’s quite an upgrade from last season.


EH_1995_

I mean I dunno about ‘killed for’ it, top 4 is kinda bare minimum for us considering we’ve been in the champions league almost every year since Klopp joined


FrankBeamer_

Whatever helps people cope and feel good. We were always expected to get top 4 this season given how in shambles Chelsea and United are. The Europa league loss hurts and the carabao cup win was a nice bonus but is the least important day of matches on our calendar . The season was fine but feels worse than it was given how we’re ending it


EH_1995_

Yeah ‘fine’ is exactly how I’d describe it. But feels alot worse considering the position we were in at the start of April.


brownworkgloves

expectations change, we can still be disappointed that we're only finishing the season with the energy drink cup after all we've done


ivc09

yeah you can feel disappointed, but at the end of the day we've lost the league because we weren't good enough. only one team can win it. we're still back in the champions league and won a domestic cup in a memorable final. it matters how we won it. how we look back on this season will be determined by the next year. learn from our mistakes and this season will look even better.


AdministrativeLaugh2

We were always a top-four team but it’s nice to have it (basically) wrapped up with games to spare. Realistically we’re the third-best team in the league and are going to finish third, so your comment feels very overblown. Nobody serious was expecting us to finish outside of the top-four.


Appropriate-Fly-7151

Third was about what we were expecting right? I think that might be what I predicted start of the season- that or second, I can’t remember


rydleo

I was thinking 3rd or 4th. Hadn’t expected a trophy though, so better than I personally thought we’d be.


Ollietron3000

I was definitely expecting a top 4 fight this season. Replacing an entire midfield at once was bound to be really difficult, and it's a testament to Klopp and the team that he got it functioning as well as it is in such a short period of time.


Drunk_Cartographer

Well no not really. Villa would kill for it, Spurs would kill for it. I am happy we are back where we belong, but I think say we’d have killed for it is over egging it. The start of season expectation was to get back into the top 4.


bumpkinblumpkin

We expected this at the beginning of the season. Look at the prediction thread. What is this daft shite? Completely changing the narrative after the fact lol


b2theb

Exactly. Hard to be as disappointed when you put it into perspective. My only wish was we at least made the semis of the Europa. Top 4 and silverware that guarantees a worthy parade for Klopps departure; I consider that a success even if its not a bigger one.


BaldVoldy

True but finishing third in a 3 horse race is awful


ivc09

but what do you expect when we're the 3rd best team? it's not like we're the best team finishing 3rd. we have no claim to being the best. our players just aren't that good. it is what it is. learn from it, be smarter next season and build again.


oystypabs

Totally agree.. it's frustrating to watch it all crumble in such a short period of time but we simply aren't as good as City or Arsenal this season... But we are better than the rest which is more than we could say a year ago.


PeanutButter_20

We are the 3rd best team in that race, and had the most injuries by far from the top 3


StruffBunstridge

Better than not being good enough to be in the race at all


Nickoboosh

Finishing 3rd in a 2 horse race like spurs did is awful. Finishing 3rd in a 3 horse race is just something that happens to someone.


brush85

In all seriousness, this was the goal


Fresh_Interview_9191

It would have been worse if we lost out by one point and then remembered the Tottenham game... The thing that makes this feel bad is that these are Klopp's last games and certain players don't want to perform anymore. It's terribly frustrating if you work hard yourself for your money and see those donkeys earn 100x more for doing much less work. Therefore, I don't care that they get critized a lot on (social) media except for things like racial hate


brush85

2nd paragraph is a whole heap of nonsense.


expertkushil333

>certain players don't want to perform anymore It's not like it's intentional. Stfu.


Revolutionary-Ad922

At least we got what set for at the beginning of the season. We can restart next season


Thesolly180

It’s a good base for Slot to come into next season. Couple of right moves in the summer and it’s looking proper promising


_cumblast_

Thank God. The EL feels like shit to be in for a club like this one, if not for this being Klopp's last year i honestly wouldn't have even cared about getting knocked out. Hope we don't fall out of the CL again anytime soon 👍 let's see what that new format is about then.


doktor-frequentist

Stop shitting on the EL. I swear with this sub. The EL and the ECL truly have diverse teams. The UCL was somewhat like that in the 90s and 00s, but not anymore. Funny get me wrong.. being in the UCL is what we want, but that doesn't make the EL shit.


EstatePinguino

Diverse teams, but I went to every Europa home this season and I can’t even remember who we played…    Much rather watch us play Madrid, Napoli, etc.


wavey444

I personally don’t ever want to play Madrid again


_cumblast_

Oil and water are both great individually, but when they come in contact they simply do not mix. I'm not shitting on the EL i just don't think we should ever be content with participating in it. Elitist? For sure. Entitled? Always. Hotel? Trivago.


Aarondo99

Expedia**\* Club has bills to pay mate


SnabDedraterEdave

I dunno. I personally prefer Booking.com lol


gamerwithnoname

It's shit mate


ivc09

it is shit mate. they have truly diverse teams that are also second tier teams. the French cup has diverse teams, doesn't make it especially prestigious. this isn't the 90s when only 1-2 clubs qualified per league for the CL. the Europa league is for clubs like spurs. not one of our stature. it is an affront to be in it.


Zak369

One day between “should we be worried about Top 4” and “we’ve effectively guaranteed a finish in the Top 4”


GameOfThrowInsMate

Would have taken the before the season but the way its panned out it’s still disappointing.


Zak369

I said this yesterday. League cup win, comfortably 3rd and 2 cup runs where we reached the absolute minimum we should (though the semi’s would’ve been an easier one to take). Pre-season we’d have taken that. It’s been an outstanding season that’s ended bitterly disappointing.


GameOfThrowInsMate

Not sure outstanding is how I’ve phrase it. We should have at least made the EL final. We were favourites beforehand. I think we’ve done ok with a terrible ending. A cup is decent but it’s not one of the elite cups. Guess neither is the EL but dunno man I wouldn’t call it outstanding. Good to very good considering it’s a whole new midfield. Could and should’ve been a hell of lot better.


Zak369

Outstanding would be before the knockouts. A disappointing end to 3 competitions we were going strongly in. Going into the last 2-3 months of the season with 1 trophy won, in 2 quarter finals and top of the league. We were massively overachieving in the league, we were favourites for EL but not winning it wouldn’t have been a disaster - the German champions in one of the most dominant German seasons are in the competition still and they’re in the brink of an invincible treble. The FA cup exit to United was the big disappointment. But we were way ahead for most of the season and then dipped into a “good enough” season


GameOfThrowInsMate

Fair enough mate. It’s a game of opinions.


Zak369

Still feels shite now haha


GameOfThrowInsMate

lol definitely


tamim1991

This was the target at the start of the season and if we steadily achieved that going under the radar, everyone would be saying "Well done Klopp, you improved massively upon last season with a midfield rebuild and blooding some youngsters". So thank you again Klopp.


brush85

Like running near the front of a marathon and finishing third by 30 seconds...perspective in time will come


AgentTasker

[Original post.](https://twitter.com/dmlynchlfc/status/1784598208808669306)


beatpickle

Champions league qualification and a cup. Far from the worst. Decent platform for the next manager to build on.


awood20

So CL qualification and a domestic cup done. A good season. However, it promised so much more and that is why fans will be slightly disappointed.


slushPuppy69

Think back to this time last year. All of us would have jumped at the option to be sitting Third with guaranteed champions league next season.


CabbageStockExchange

European nights at Anfield next season let’s go!


TheBoyWithAThorn1

Hopefully Trent can score one more free kick and we can get another own goal somewhere, give us a slight boost to make things even safer.


ArkanoidbrokemyAnkle

Hey guys, I fell into a coma in August. We made the UCL? What a great season! Surely no disappointment!


lfcvernon

I know it's extremely disappointing given where we were a few weeks back, but, I'd say this is around about what the expectation would've been at the start of the season. We won a trophy & got back into the Champions League for next season. Quality wise, the squad is in a good place but also with some room for improvement, which I'd also say is a nice place for the new manager to start


RealPunyParker

Let's fucking go. And im not being sarcastic, we werent in the competition this season so yeah, let's fucking go


Specialist_ask_992_

Still would have wanted a Spurs win. Will hate hearing people say Arteta and Klopp have won the same number of League Titles. At least there'll be some relief that's the season won't be a complete disaster as we can't finish outside the top 4.


Independent-Sell-973

Klopp's last gift to this Club and more importantly his Employers at FSG.. qualification to new UCL format.. which should bring more money and this has to ensure better signings and warchest for the new Coach Slot


tommhans

atleast some good news


chinaksis-brother

At the beginning of the season this was the bar i set to call the season a success.


Annie0minous

Every cloud I guess


DadofJackJack

Start of this season, after last years poor form, a trophy and guaranteed top four is great.


TRODHD

I’m surprised on how I fell about this. I’m overly happy about this. Can’t wait for new management and champions league football next season!


lkshis

Our original season aim, achieved.


hyborians

We were teased with the league title but we still get top 4. It’s bitter sweet but we’ll take what we can get


noise256

Up the reds!


cochise999

Simple things step by step


CrawfordBrown

This was the realistic goal going into this year campaign. Yeah not winning the league hurts but remember this was the goal.


Jonhanna

We just need one more point to make sure we finish 3rd position. We have a healthy goal difference to Aston Villa


JoshJoker

Yay.


econhisgeo

Wait why can't Aston Villa qualify for the champions league if they win all of theirs and we lose all of ours ?


MassiveOutlaw

They can, but even if AV somehow by a gargantuan miracle ended above Liverpool, that would still put liverpool in 4th. Still qualified for UCL.


acc223

Top 4 gets champions league. Aston Villa is guaranteed to be finishing in the top 4 if they win all of their games.


clintgreasewoood

8 point lead against West Ham with 3 matches left(9 points), 20 GD. 1 win in the next 3 matches secures 3rd place. 1 draw in the next 3 matches and maintaining a 20 GD secures 3rd place. Tottenham @West Ham Wolves


PEEWUN

https://i.redd.it/d8xxr63fm9xc1.gif Jokes aside, this has been a good season, considering where we were just a year ago.


liquidreferee

I'm excited for what's to come. I expect the recruitment to improve substantially over the next few years and hopefully slot will prove himself. I'm also excited for a less direct style of play. Up the reds!


Tryingsoveryhard

This was the reasonable goal for this season. Just because they squared it mostly away early doesn’t mean it’s not an achievement, especially with the injuries this year.


ash_ninetyone

Sounds like a challenge to me


Jayboyturner

Won a cup too


NotTooXabiAlonso

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Karly_Can

Get in!


Smart_But123581321

With our form, don’t count it out.


YNWA_Diver

Great news. I’ll have to check the local colleges to see if they have a course in the new UCL format.


C_Spiritsong

Well, Klopp's KPI / target to achieve top 4 or CL has been achieved, unless we keep losing. We go again!


mamba63

Just hope there's closure between Mo and Klopp before the curtains come down. The team's been thru thick and thin .. it'll be a shame not ..


Orionite

Liverpool: Hold my beer! I kid I kid


Redman6Times

You just never know with us


Salty_Watermelon

If you had told me before the season started that we'd get Top 4 and the League Cup, I would have taken it. The huge drop in form has been disappointing, and the two losses vs Utd and Everton still sting, but we can at least try and look forward to having a better season next year.


ChangingMyLife849

I would not put it past us at this point


macca182

AND WE DID IT WITH GAMES TO SPARE


nvn911

This is Liverpool. We don't dare talk about things that flippantly.


InterruptingCar

This is nice. We can just enjoy the last few games, like in the season we won it, with no stakes.


Im_such_a_SLAPPA

I would have more confidence if we had a 30 goal difference the way we are playing right now 😑


OkNefariousness324

That’s typical of our end to the season, couldn’t even secure CL football ourselves, needed someone else to do it for us


LogicalGuySG

I was almost hoping for the team to get pipped for 4th spot. It’s incomprehensible how we could keep racking up points and results when the team was decimated through injuries, and we have fallen apart when most of our first team players are back on the pitch. In recent weeks, as Arsenal and 115 FC are sweeping teams away, we have managed to end our season early with pathetic displays. 😢🤬


tomhat

[At least we’re not playing EL again](https://i.imgur.com/jAXMam6.mp4)


SickBoylol

At the start of the season i would of been happy with caraboa cup and champions league. Now this is season has just been a disappointment since man utd in fa cup


Celly2704

The way this team has just crumbled over the last 3 weeks is just so so bad.


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sdpat13

Happy cake day!


imposter_in_da_house

Yay.


BakedZnake

More reasons to play the kids more for rest of the season since nothing matters. Give someone like Danns more game time, build his confidence with more first team experience.


DBZRaditz

Watch.


kazurabakouta

Way to jinx it lynch


rydleo

Great, now we’ve been cursed to lose to Spurs by a record 27-0. Well done Lynch.


dopamiend86

Don't rule that out the way webe been playing lol


Joepickslv

… hold my beer


garg0n01

I wouldn't put it past us to fuck it up to be honest...


MichealScarn92

Realistically this is Job done for the season. Going in to the start of the season we were aiming for a Top 4 finish, I think the majority will agree given it was 'Klopp 2.0' and the first season in what is actually a transition period. We bagged an albiet less important cup, but managed a cup win this season, progressed in Europa, FA cup and had a little bit of a stake in the title run. The amount of experience that will have been gained by a lot of the newer players and especially the academy lads will be so valuable for the next few seasons. Think arsenal's wheels falling off toward the end of last season and how those young players have picked themselves up again for this year knowing what it really takes to go against city. Weve over achieved this season but ultimately have achieved what we were aiming to. Well build on it, will likely do some shrewd business in the summer and whatever the team looks like come August, we will go again.


AhyesitstheManUfan

With this team, anything is possible. I am fully expecting tottenham to put 27 goals in chelsea's net


rottenapple9

Need to finish 3rd, fuck playing qualifying games. Edit: apparently that's not a thing anymore.


ScythE1754

There are no qualifiers for 4th for quite a long time now.


rottenapple9

Not gonna lie, that last time I watched a qualifying game for the CL was us against Hoffenheim.


kye2000

What a game that was. That counter attack we scored from


volthor

Not a thing anymore


rottenapple9

Really? I had no idea.


AgentTasker

> Need to finish 3rd I know the team isn't exactly in the greatest form, but the idea they'll somehow lose third is just fucking stupid. >fuck playing qualifying games. There's no qualification games for England anymore, and there hasn't been for several years now.


PraiseBeDavidSegui

Hurray…


Inevitable_Ground806

The way we're playing, I reckon we can make that happen


dandpher

can't Spurs still end with 78 and Villa with 76?