I don't care about making top 4 but I do care about beating Liverpool and the thought of those bastards taking our 4th spot makes me sick.
At the end of the day, what is football more about than beating your rivals and rubbing their noses in it. Making top 4 at the expense of Liverpool gives us the chance to do that. It's not a cup final but it's still the two of us going head to head for the same thing.
There is also the small matter of Newcastle and the threat they pose. Wins at Anfield and St James's Park would do much to improve my mood.
I would compare retaining 4th spot this season to retaining the FA Cup in 1982. We went into the 81/82 season wanting to build on the 80/81 success but the squad got completely knackered from the overload of fixtures from the league, league cup, ECWC and the FA Cup. We wanted success on 4 fronts but had to be content with a Glenn Hoddle penalty giving us a marginal win over second division QPR to keep the FA Cup we had already won.
This season has been very difficult. Everything from an indifferent manager to injuries to key players to our rivals winning everything left, right and centre. Whoever our manager is for the remainder of the season; whether it's Conte, Mason, Pochettino or someone else entirely; all I want is one final push this season to do something positive.
At the end of the day, what is football more about than beating your rivals and rubbing their noses in it. Making top 4 at the expense of Liverpool gives us the chance to do that. It's not a cup final but it's still the two of us going head to head for the same thing.
There is also the small matter of Newcastle and the threat they pose. Wins at Anfield and St James's Park would do much to improve my mood.
I would compare retaining 4th spot this season to retaining the FA Cup in 1982. We went into the 81/82 season wanting to build on the 80/81 success but the squad got completely knackered from the overload of fixtures from the league, league cup, ECWC and the FA Cup. We wanted success on 4 fronts but had to be content with a Glenn Hoddle penalty giving us a marginal win over second division QPR to keep the FA Cup we had already won.
This season has been very difficult. Everything from an indifferent manager to injuries to key players to our rivals winning everything left, right and centre. Whoever our manager is for the remainder of the season; whether it's Conte, Mason, Pochettino or someone else entirely; all I want is one final push this season to do something positive.