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i hope the beat both chelsea and spurs Why? It's better for rivals to draw against one another, that way they only pick up 2 points between them rather than 3. If Newcastle draw every league game against Spurs, Chelsea, and Arsenal, each side essentially loses 2 points while Newcastle loses 6. If we do the double over Newcastle in the process, they are in a 12 point hole against us. Considering we've beaten both Chelsea and Arsenal away, we stand to have an 8 point advantage over them *as well* if we repeat the task at Anfield, though we should not fear a home draw since we'd still have a 5 point advantage. If we can't do anything with that then we don't deserve to finish in the top 4, quite frankly. Newcastle taking only 1 extra point away from them is not really a big deal, but it gives them some opportunity to eat into that 12 point gap, so I'd prefer them to draw (just not with us, of course - we have to beat them to take advantage of the situation). Having a club that can take points from one's rivals while gaining few of their own and losing to you is a massive advantage. EDIT: I may not have explained that properly. I'll think a bit about it and post again in a bit. newcastle will drop out of the top four in given time. i can not see then staying the cause. i rather they beat shelsea, utd,arsenal and spurs as they hold a bigger threat then newcastle. all the other teams have the power to challenge us all season as the toons dont
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i hope the beat both chelsea and spurs Why? It's better for rivals to draw against one another, that way they only pick up 2 points between them rather than 3. If Newcastle draw every league game against Spurs, Chelsea, and Arsenal, each side essentially loses 2 points while Newcastle loses 6. If we do the double over Newcastle in the process, they are in a 12 point hole against us. Considering we've beaten both Chelsea and Arsenal away, we stand to have an 8 point advantage over them *as well* if we repeat the task at Anfield, though we should not fear a home draw since we'd still have a 5 point advantage. If we can't do anything with that then we don't deserve to finish in the top 4, quite frankly. Newcastle taking only 1 extra point away from them is not really a big deal, but it gives them some opportunity to eat into that 12 point gap, so I'd prefer them to draw (just not with us, of course - we have to beat them to take advantage of the situation). Having a club that can take points from one's rivals while gaining few of their own and losing to you is a massive advantage. EDIT: I may not have explained that properly. I'll think a bit about it and post again in a bit. newcastle will drop out of the top four in given time. i can not see then staying the cause. i rather they beat shelsea, utd,arsenal and spurs as they hold a bigger threat then newcastle. all the other teams have the power to challenge us all season as the toons dont liverpool supporters witing off newcastle is just not correct , ok they might not finish 4th but they certainly will be in the shake up , a real credible draw at man utd down to 10 men ok got a bit of luck well thats what teams need , dont write newcastle off .
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i hope the beat both chelsea and spurs Why? It's better for rivals to draw against one another, that way they only pick up 2 points between them rather than 3. If Newcastle draw every league game against Spurs, Chelsea, and Arsenal, each side essentially loses 2 points while Newcastle loses 6. If we do the double over Newcastle in the process, they are in a 12 point hole against us. Considering we've beaten both Chelsea and Arsenal away, we stand to have an 8 point advantage over them *as well* if we repeat the task at Anfield, though we should not fear a home draw since we'd still have a 5 point advantage. If we can't do anything with that then we don't deserve to finish in the top 4, quite frankly. Newcastle taking only 1 extra point away from them is not really a big deal, but it gives them some opportunity to eat into that 12 point gap, so I'd prefer them to draw (just not with us, of course - we have to beat them to take advantage of the situation). Having a club that can take points from one's rivals while gaining few of their own and losing to you is a massive advantage. EDIT: I may not have explained that properly. I'll think a bit about it and post again in a bit. newcastle will drop out of the top four in given time. i can not see then staying the cause. i rather they beat shelsea, utd,arsenal and spurs as they hold a bigger threat then newcastle. all the other teams have the power to challenge us all season as the toons dont liverpool supporters witing off newcastle is just not correct , ok they might not finish 4th but they certainly will be in the shake up , a real credible draw at man utd down to 10 men ok got a bit of luck well thats what teams need , dont write newcastle off . their squad is very thin and a few injuries in key areas will be a travesty for them. they havent even got a decent cb to call on if there normal cb gets injured and if cabaye gets injured thats it
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what if suarez gets injured or banned thats it for liverpool
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newcastle will drop out of the top four in given time. i can not see then staying the cause. This will happen most likely because they lose to the very teams you want them to beat. Not only do I think a draw is a more likely result, I honestly feel it serves us better as the draw hurts both clubs involved. A draw means we make up 2 points on both clubs immediately should we win during that week's fixture, slowing the momentum of and increasing the pressure on both in one move. Even though both sides get a point it's the best result from the perspective of LFC.
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