Trader Pat wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 1:24 pm
Morbius wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 12:56 pm
Trader Pat wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 12:27 pm
Not sure I can take much more of it to be honest
Will be cheering on any result but Chelsea tomorrow
For me now if Liverpool beat Burnley and Palace they get top 4. Their worst case scenario is if Chelsea beat Leicester but Liverpool would go ahead of Leicester on GD even then with what looks on paper an easier final fixture. But can you predict anything when they came so close to dropping points yesterday against a relegated side. It's amazing what hidden motivators can come from teams that have "nothing" to play for
Not sure my nerves could take a final day goal difference shoot out!
I only buy in that nothing to play for nonsense if you're up against a team who has literally being playing for nothing most of the season like Crystal Palace. I never expected West Brom to be easy, they were fighting to stay up but now that they're relegated so they could play with a bit more freedom, add to that Allardyce who loves getting one over the big boys. Burnley will have fans back so that's another layer of difficulty, especially for the young centre backs.
For me Pat there's a big difference between the motivation of say Inter at Juve and say Palace vs Liverpool. When a team accomplishes something big like a league title like Inter, there can be (not always) a psychological comedown and release that's hard to get back up from.
But Palace have been safe for weeks and I once spoke to an ex pro some years ago when he said that even after they'd got to safety that they loved beating a team that was trying to qualify for Europe just to see them squirm and because of how they'd celebrated against them earlier in the season. Liverpool will still have to sweat this even if they make it but your comment on Allardyce Pat.... Its tough to make 11 players do something that they don't buy into for 90m especially when he's probably going anyway