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Well done to City and Liverpool.

It's been a really close title race and both teams have had superb seasons. This season hasn't been a top four as much as a top two and a case van be made that these are the best two teams in Europe.

Liverpool must be wondering what more they could possibly have done. 97 points to finish second! This is actually more points that Liverpool has ever got l, even in any of their title winning seasons. Its even more than Arsenal invincibles got when they had an unbeaten season.

Klopp deserves tremendous credit for building a team of such high standard and they might yet win the European Champions League.

Well Man City, your standards are slipping. This time you only got 98 points instead of 100 and so only got the second highest points total ever, after breaking records last time. Pep should be fired. 😆

On a serious note, I've berm skeptical of Guardiola before but he has done fantastic. It's not all about the money either because look how bad Man United are and they have spent about same. Guardiola is ultra professional, improves players and produces dominant teams. Yes they haven't got got their way in the champions league again but the margins are fine in that contest and in the league, City are brutally consistent. Maybe a bit too good for the rest of the contest.

There is a record points difference between second and third this season. Also, none of the 'second four' look in any shape to improve enough to challenge for the title. Their task next season is just to narrow the gap because City and Liverpool are just so much stronger.
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Kwek00 · 41-45, M
I've been sceptical about "Klopp" ... But you can't really argue with a guy that get 97 points in the premiere league. 🤔

Still, he kinda pushed Mignolet out of the goal for no really good reason. Giving other keepers the chance (specially last season), that did way worst then Mignolet. But he kept his descision. Also Origi got benched after being praised last season. (He actually praised Mignolet too)

Luckely for Klopp, Origi did his job in the champions league.

But maybe I'm just emotional... cause Mignolet is a Canary.
GOOOOOOOOOO CANARIES! 🐣


Annyway, pretty insane season in the English premiere league. It's good that there was at least competition for City (not like last year). You don't want to end up with a competition like Germanny or France where the same team kinda aces it season after season. It's nice for international football (Champions league) but it takes the fun out of a local competition. And Supporters still need to be attracted to fill up the stadiums.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Kwek00 I heard how dafour left Belgium and it was pretty ugly. He can't go back to Anderlecht or Standard lol.

He's been pretty good for is as the technical player in a physical team. He was injured a lot last season though and he's getting old so he needs to do well to prove he can stay at this level.

Yes, Belgium had a golden generation of players though the next golden generation is from England because our acadamies have finally improved
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Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Burnley123

Defour (in his younger days) was a bit of an ass. He has grown up a lot. I was not really talking about his mentality outside of the pitch tough. You are totally right on his tehnical and physical skills. He can really hold a guy, and he dares to play rough. If he has a good day, he can be absolutely insane. But when he has a bad day, he's one of those players that really easily picks up a red card, the most ridiculous ways.

I'm not sure if you got the joke. But I meant that the national brasilian team, apperently is also populair under the name "canaries" 🤭
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Kwek00 Ah, I get you.

Canaries is an internationally popular name for a team in yellow. Like Nantes on France I think too

Burnley is a physical old style English team and Dufour is our most technical player. He's not big and doesn't run do much, but he can pass the ball better than any of our other players. He has a bad attitude sometimes but he does have skill.

Like I say, he was injured a lot last season and in this league, you always have to prove your relevemce if you want a new contract because all the teams have money and options.
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Chorma · 36-40, M
97 points. Only 1 league defeat. Not good enough. Tough luck...
City.. they are a very good squad. Got great depth.
4 english teams in european finals, some in a very dramatic way.
Win win for soonsors and fans of english league.
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BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M
@Burnley123 but it's a shame these young good players don't get much if a chance to play in the top levels and get some experience
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Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Burnley123 I'm really not sure about that. I've always found that when it comes to Football... even governement and governement institutions are radically biased to apease the crowd. (pretty shamefull sometimes)

First of all, a lot of players come outside the EU too. The canaries are pretty multicultural, the best player in spain is from Argentina, ... I'm pretty sure that the premiere league has outside EU players too. So I don't really see a direct problem there. They probably all have to get VISA's and such.

When it comes to naturalisation? I don't know how it is over there. But I remember a croatian that was pretty good in the Belgian competition, and just before the World Championship (way back in the 90s) he turned Belgian practically overnight. All other people have to pass all kinds of red tape, but that guy got his papers in a really silly way. And verry little people complained because we needed a good scorer for our team 😅 Super shamefull stuff for annyone that was really trying to become a belgian citizen in the fair way.

Well, the "pound" can be a reason. But I think that can be compensated over time. It all depends how long the chaos keeps lingering in society, after that it's business as ussual. Unless you guys start blowing eachother up... then chaos can take a while. Let's hope that doesnt happen. Emotions are weird. 🤔
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Kwek00 a lot of none EU players get EU passports though there are some restrictions on none EU players.

I'm not debating what is the right way to run football, just telling you that hard Brexit would put the prem at a competitive disadvantage for two big reasons.
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RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
I wish Pep would just fuck off back to Catalonia. Maybe they could make him President or something.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch You have to respect his work though, even if you think him being here is bad timing.
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RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 I do admire him actually , it's more the way the club (the Qataris) has bought success and flouted the Fair Play rules that kinda grates on me.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch I agree completely. I don't like that and it's why I wanted Liverpool to win. You have to respect Guardiolas talents. Also, tge quataris make much better foktball decisions than the Glazers, even if they do run a brutal monarchy back home.
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MarmeeMarch · M
Ah Liverpool a city that benefited most by the slave trade along with Bristol.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@MarmeeMarch not wrong. It also got loads of Irish immigrants over the years, and which is why the Liverpool accent sounds like nothing else.
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MarmeeMarch · M
@Burnley123 Gave us the Beatles though -
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BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M
Nice analysis Burnley123 👍
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
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thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Shite the lot of it
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thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Shite
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InOtterWords · F
Poor old Liverpool, with only losing one game in the whole season.

I think next season will be interesting for us, we are back at home, it looks like we might spend some money, we may even have the high of a trophy win .... COYS


Btw....this is my new wallpaper

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