Arsenal vs Crystal Palace 23.04.2025 - KO 20:00 GMT

[Letters]

So why are Liverpool so far ahead? Why didn't they ease off and piss on the fans, stroll out the last few games and finish a point ahead? Is it a coincidence the team that won the most games is going to win the title? Probably with a points tally that approximates what City have been doing in recent years. They WON those games to build that margin which means they will inevitably win a title. They kept on winning regardless of the race being over, because that's what winners do! And so they will win the title. Winning is their habit.

And yet the minute they actually wrapped up the title they stopped bothering. 3 wins in 7 now. What a bunch of losers, amirite?
When you first asked the question above I said:

Because they haven't won it yet.

Sure enough the moment they did mathematically win it they got the flip flops out. So I guess that makes them losers, but they're champions so also winners. Schrödinger FC.
It's just human nature, dude. You look back with rose tinted glasses at the "winners" of bygone eras and you forget or ignore the fact that they had flaws too.

[IBK]

And yet the minute they actually wrapped up the title they stopped bothering. 3 wins in 7 now. What a bunch of losers, amirite?
When you first asked the question above I said:



Sure enough the moment they did mathematically win it they got the flip flops out. So I guess that makes them losers, but they're champions so also winners. Schrödinger FC.
It's just human nature, dude. You look back with rose tinted glasses at the "winners" of bygone eras and you forget or ignore the fact that they had flaws too.

Yep good points Letters.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's hard to teach natural born losers what winning entails. Winning NEVER takes the day off. Winning find something to win when it is on holiday. If you are smart, you can win while you are sleeping. I suppose, if winning was easy, everyone would be doing it. So I suppose I should be grateful most people just don't get it.

[HCZ_Reborn]

It's hard to teach natural born losers what winning entails. Winning NEVER takes the day off. Winning find something to win when it is on holiday. If you are smart, you can win while you are sleeping. I suppose, if winning was easy, everyone would be doing it. So I suppose I should be grateful most people just don't get it.

Can you provide an example of a team that has Never let its standards drop. Because it kind of feels like you’re setting a standard that no team at any time has ever fully met.

[Letters]

Can you provide an example of a team that has Never let its standards drop. Because it kind of feels like you’re setting a standard that no team at any time has ever fully met.

Just reading Vieira's autobiography at the moment.
Read a bit yesterday when he talked about the 97/98 season - I'd forgotten that after the Everton game in which we wrapped up the title we lost our last two league games to Liverpool (4-0!) and then to Villa...before going on to win the FA Cup Final and complete the Double.
What losers! Taking their foot off the gas in the last two league games. Right, NQ?

As you said, NQ sets a standard which does not exist and has never existed.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can you provide an example of a team that has Never let its standards drop. Because it kind of feels like you’re setting a standard that no team at any time has ever fully met.

Oh, let me think. Going back into history to see if I can dredge something up... Wait, City, when they had to win every last bloody game to beat us and they did. And we all knew beforehand, they wouldn't fuck up. And they didn't.

And you missed out the context of my original argument. Players pissing in fans' faces. If you are going out for a stroll then lower the ticket prices. Fans are paying for "the best league in the world", they should get what they pay for. There's no excuse for players to coast in once some landmark has been reached. They are contracted for x amount of games and should play x amount of games. Why people make excuses for them I simply can't fathom.

And as for your mate on a string, Gollum is it? Tell him, no Paddy was no loser. Except on the days when he chose to be, which thankfully were rare.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Oh, let me think. Going back into history to see if I can dredge something up... Wait, City, when they had to win every last bloody game to beat us and they did. And we all knew beforehand, they wouldn't fuck up. And they didn't.

And you missed out the context of my original argument. Players pissing in fans' faces. If you are going out for a stroll then lower the ticket prices. Fans are paying for "the best league in the world", they should get what they pay for. There's no excuse for players to coast in once some landmark has been reached. They are contracted for x amount of games and should play x amount of games. Why people make excuses for them I simply can't fathom.

And as for your mate on a string, Gollum is it? Tell him, no Paddy was no loser. Except on the days when he chose to be, which thankfully were rare.

Yes had to win is an important factor here I feel

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes had to win is an important factor here I feel

Two teams of winners going head to head. Great. That's what I demand. And I don't even shovel out the multi-thousands to watch this clown show.