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first things first. 27 points to safety.
The good thing is with this manager, these players I don't have to think about that.
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first things first. 27 points to safety.
For the ones unsure about this post, what are you unsure about. That I think we can get top 4 if we have a good run with injuries, or that I don't think top 4 is realistic if we are unlucky with injuries.?Is the correct answer
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Spurs have a poor defence, otherwise they are strong with depthAlright so here are our issues:
Depth: We depend a lot on a few guys. The drop off in quality is significant if they get injured.
Keeper: We have a guy bound to cost us points at some point or various times.
But I ask again, taking City and Liverpool aside, our competitors have many issues too.
Man United: Unbalanced team, poor defending, bad keeper, no depth.
Chelsea: Bad defense, terrible keeper, no depth.
Tottenham: Inconsistent. Extremely dependent on Kane and Son. Poor midfield
Villa and Leicester: Have no depth as well.
Most of these teams.also have European competitions to tend to as well.
I know it's easy to find our flaws, because we have them. But I'm sure if you go to forums for all of these teams, they would say the same about their team.
We are not a sure bet for anything, but neither are the rest. I say we have as good a chance as anyone not named Liverpool and City.
Agreed. The one irreplaceable for me is James though. Even against Liverpool he crafted both goals. His through ball to DCL was from nothing and we got the corner from it which he assisted Keane’s goal. Then he put Digne through with the perfect ball to cross in for DCL. He also put it on a plate for Richarlison at the back post. We could never replace him. If he stays fit though he can rescue wins and draws from any situation, that’s how good he is, even against a team like Liverpool he almost beat them singlehandedly.
Agree 100%. Too soon to tell. The "champagne XI" lacks depth so a major injury could be devastating. Just think for a second on a potential James' injury, it would be a deadly disaster. If you add Digne, DCL, Allan, Decou or any other key player to the equation it would be the end of the season. I remember very well Real Madrid during the 14/15 season when James was playing under Ancelotti, James was on fire and they were leading "La Liga" with a significant advantage over the second team but unfortunately James suffered a metatarsal fracture that cost them the league. In this type of competition it's not how you start, it's how you finish so I would take any high expectation with a grain of salt.
We areWith all the focus at the moment being on unsavoury hatred from that lot about Pickford’s clumsy challenge I thought we needed a different topic so who else believes we can make the top 4 this season?
Five games into the season and we’re top of the league, won four and drawn one.
Long way to go and not enough time passed to judge it but here’s why I think with a bit of luck and without big injuries.
We’ve got a team who can beat anyone
Carlo Ancelotti is world class and has done it all
James Rodríguez is world class and has done it all
Digne, Allan, Richarlison, Doucoure, Keane are all top players in their position
DCL is a goal scoring machine
We have competition for places with even under-performers from last season looking ok (Sigurdsson/Iwobi)
We have some good looking youth to learn and challenge the first team (Gordon/Nkounkou/Godfrey)
Our challengers look ropey:
Spurs just threw away a 3 goal lead against West Ham and created very little against us
Liverpool got smashed by Villa and don’t have VVD now
Man U are still completely inconsistent and got beat by Palace who we beat
Chelsea drew with WBA who we beat (and they nearly lost) and then threw away a lead against Southampton today
Arsenal look better this season and there’s no shame in losing to City and Liverpool but we got a point against Liverpool
City will probably win the league but got smashed by Leicester
Leicester lost to West Ham 3-0 who we beat in the cup (not like for like granted but 3-0 to West Ham is never good!
So, point is, so far we’re the most consistent performers whilst everyone else has been erratic. What do you think?
We will finish anywhere from 4th to 9th. Very little separation us,Spurs,Chelsea,Arsenal,wolves or Leicester. Villa and Leeds battle for 10th.With all the focus at the moment being on unsavoury hatred from that lot about Pickford’s clumsy challenge I thought we needed a different topic so who else believes we can make the top 4 this season?
Five games into the season and we’re top of the league, won four and drawn one.
Long way to go and not enough time passed to judge it but here’s why I think with a bit of luck and without big injuries.
We’ve got a team who can beat anyone
Carlo Ancelotti is world class and has done it all
James Rodríguez is world class and has done it all
Digne, Allan, Richarlison, Doucoure, Keane are all top players in their position
DCL is a goal scoring machine
We have competition for places with even under-performers from last season looking ok (Sigurdsson/Iwobi)
We have some good looking youth to learn and challenge the first team (Gordon/Nkounkou/Godfrey)
Our challengers look ropey:
Spurs just threw away a 3 goal lead against West Ham and created very little against us
Liverpool got smashed by Villa and don’t have VVD now
Man U are still completely inconsistent and got beat by Palace who we beat
Chelsea drew with WBA who we beat (and they nearly lost) and then threw away a lead against Southampton today
Arsenal look better this season and there’s no shame in losing to City and Liverpool but we got a point against Liverpool
City will probably win the league but got smashed by Leicester
Leicester lost to West Ham 3-0 who we beat in the cup (not like for like granted but 3-0 to West Ham is never good!
So, point is, so far we’re the most consistent performers whilst everyone else has been erratic. What do you think?
That Madrid team was on fire. They didn't win anything but they were the best out of all the Madrid teams this past decade. They were scoring 5 to 9 goals a game. But Modric got hurt and they coped for a little while but then James got hurt too and the season went too [Poor language removed] because they had no midfield.
But.....This comment ^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm going to frame it.
I would rather have Pickford than Adrian in goala moot discussion as long as we have Pickford between the sticks - he is a 15 point handicap on the season relative to the competition for top 4; that's too big a cross to bear