I think I’d have a boss night out with @Whaddapie
I know and normally I'd be thinking guaranteed 3 points. But we've been a bit Spursy ourselves lately. Although...I'm not sure they're interested in helping their local rival.It’s fucking spurs!
Because we looks shaky as fuck atm, there's where my worry stems from.With those two wins that we're both expecting, we'd need 5 points from 15, IF the Arse win all of their remaining 7 matches. And I genuinely don't understand why you fear so many teams that are so clearly not as good as we are...
I don't think that we look any worse than Spurs. Or Brighton. Or Chelsea. But maybe that's just me...Because we looks shaky as fuck atm, there's where my worry stems from.
Fulham were on a two game losing streak before they played us.I don't think that we look any worse than Spurs. Or Brighton. Or Chelsea. But maybe that's just me...
You wot m8?Kvara is a special, special player. We should have moved heaven and earth to sign him in January.
Kvara is a special, special player. We should have moved heaven and earth to sign him in January.
Because we looks shaky as fuck atm, there's where my worry stems from.
Exactly this. As I have said in a post, when teams play us, they switch on, there are hardly any easy games for usin this league.Fulham were on a two game losing streak before they played us.
We should have signed him in the summer when he expressed that he didn't want to stay in NapoliKvara is a special, special player. We should have moved heaven and earth to sign him in January.
I am...I can't show my face at work again if we fuck this up.You're cracking up dude.
I need a bevvy with @Whaddapie whilst giving @Fabio a cuddle.Don't tell everybody, but I hear that he's a half-decent lad...
He just seems to glide across the turf, fucking magical. Generational talent.
No, 2 worldie free kicks hasn't gone to my head. I'm just a realist when it comes to our squad. We played psg and they played psv. And? You play what's in front of you.
Madrid aren't that good this year, hence why we beat them 2-0 as well. Difference is, in current form I don't think we would have.
If our squads so fucking good why are we reliant on one player? We're more reliant on Salah than arsenal is in saka.
Our drop off recently when our best player is fit, is as bad as their drop off when they didn't have a striker and their best player.
I Think a lot of arsenal players are overrated, but equally I think a lot of ours are overrated.
I've said it a lot recently, that this summer I'd take the knife deep to our squad. There's players there starting, not on merit, but on cost.
Ok, I'm gonna stop trying here, mate... You're simply determined to be Chicken Little until this thing is over. Good luck with that. Genuinely. I hope you don't lose too much sleep.Fulham were on a two game losing streak before they played us.
Agreed... I do think that the players are so used to simply defaulting to MO, that it's become 2nd nature to them now, and that is very different from the team being 'built around him'. I honestly think that, for this reason, many - not all, but many - of the goals he scores would be scored by others if he was out long term, similarly to how the midfield often picked up their performances when Stevie G was out, knowing that they had more to do.It isn't that we are dependent on Salah for me, it's that he HAS to play for reasons, and when he's not on form he is a net negative at times.
2 game losing streak?! 😂 One of which was a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal which they deserved a point from. Sigh.Fulham were on a two game losing streak before they played us.
Yeah, I'm all too happy to say that we've been the best performing team in the league this year. The league table says so. But I'm looking at the trajectory of both teams and the mitigating factors (their injuries vs ours).
If we win the league, I just don't want us to get complacent in the summer (again) and think this team is actually one of the great teams. It's not. Klopps 2019 team was better in nearly every area. We can be better. And while I don't see City immediately coming back into form next season, it means we have a chance to win 2 titles in a row and get to 21. The only team I see up there getting better next season competing with us is Arsenal (that's if we ourselves don't have a big fall off).
We've done this before. There was a fascinating piece in one of the online commentaries recently on how our transfer policy enables us to pay high salaries yet still remain within PSR - I'll see if I can find it and start a new thread.And we've not spent anything like it since.
In the upcoming summer if we signed players of the quality of:
Kerkez 40m
Isak 100m
Cunha/Kudus/Bowen 60m
Frimpong 40m
Huijsen 50m
I think we probably win the league.
But you just know we'll be looking for cheaper alternatives in all positions.
Mainly the gaps in their squad vs the gaps in ours, and the age profiles. I reckon they'll want to get in a sub GK, DM (Zubi), LW and CF. Everywhere else is covered for the next 3-4 years.What trajectory are you looking at?
We’ll see an increase in last seasons points total while Arsenal will see a drop off.
And I also disagree with some of your player rating comparisons - I’d have Gakpo and Diaz rated higher than Martinelli, wouldn’t have Harvertz higher than Jota and I think you’re under-rating Gravy,
So it boils down to Odegaard being a little bit better than Dom, and us needing a LB.
This is another of the half glass full scenarios much of this forum seems to now be addicted to. Most teams will bring in 2-3 first teamers per season. From your list for us that is :Mainly the gaps in their squad vs the gaps in ours, and the age profiles. I reckon they'll want to get in a sub GK, DM (Zubi), LW and CF. Everywhere else is covered for the next 3-4 years.
Our world class players are aging and the gaps in our team/squad are soon going to be: LB, RB, CB, DM, LW, RW, CF. Just a lot more uncertainty.
In terms of points total and progress. Yes, our trajectory has been unexpectedly positive, but unless we have the much promised "Big" summer, where Arne is backed, then I don't see us maintaining this. And I see us slipping back into a top 3/4 race again next season.