Iron Stove
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Not worried at all
The mighty scousers under Brentans stewardship, of course.Who on earth is going to knock us out of the top 4?
July 23rdI swear there's a new "We're shit"-thread on here every day.
I stopped reading when I read your name.
What you getting at?July 23rd
- We are lacking that Star man/Match winner! (also by BringNaniBack)
July 26th
- Are we in better shape for this season? ("Without being too negative, I'm worried.")
- We have the most expensive squad in the league
Tuesday
- 8 days to go 'till the season starts, and we've STILL not sorted CB yet. Are you concerned?
Thursday
Today
- Any improvement in the pace of our build up play?
- Herrera Must Start
- Louis Van Gaal | 2015-16 Performances Thread
- Our attack is a mess
- Pre-season woes
- Is Van Gaal Preparing for Failure?
- I'm not worried we wont challenge for the title.....i'm worried we wont make top 4!
Exactly one per day on average then. Top work, RedCafe.July 23rd
- We are lacking that Star man/Match winner! (also by BringNaniBack)
July 26th
- Are we in better shape for this season? ("Without being too negative, I'm worried.")
- We have the most expensive squad in the league
Tuesday
- 8 days to go 'till the season starts, and we've STILL not sorted CB yet. Are you concerned?
Thursday
Today
- Any improvement in the pace of our build up play?
- Herrera Must Start
- Louis Van Gaal | 2015-16 Performances Thread
- Our attack is a mess
- Pre-season woes
- Is Van Gaal Preparing for Failure?
- I'm not worried we wont challenge for the title.....i'm worried we wont make top 4!
A thread a day to keep the worries away.Exactly one per day on average then. Top work, RedCafe.
I think we can challenge for the title but a lot depends on how well our new signings adapt to LvGs style of play (and how well LvG has adapted to the league). I've always felt that even last season we had players who could do the business but always seemed hampered by different formations/positions. Heres to hoping after a full season and full pre-season we hit the ground running this time roundWe'll finish top four but we're not got to challenge for the title, well that is unless we strengthen a couple of more positions.
I think we can challenge for the title but a lot depends on how well our new signings adapt to LvGs style of play (and how well LvG has adapted to the league). I've always felt that even last season we had players who could do the business but always seemed hampered by different formations/positions. Heres to hoping after a full season and full pre-season we hit the ground running this time round
We're Doooomed!What you getting at?
Don't forget Undercooked?July 23rd
- We are lacking that Star man/Match winner! (also by BringNaniBack)
July 26th
- Are we in better shape for this season? ("Without being too negative, I'm worried.")
- We have the most expensive squad in the league
Tuesday
- 8 days to go 'till the season starts, and we've STILL not sorted CB yet. Are you concerned?
Thursday
Today
- Any improvement in the pace of our build up play?
- Herrera Must Start
- Louis Van Gaal | 2015-16 Performances Thread
- Our attack is a mess
- Pre-season woes
- Is Van Gaal Preparing for Failure?
- I'm not worried we wont challenge for the title.....i'm worried we wont make top 4!
Ah yeah, Thursday was a busy day on the caf.Don't forget Undercooked?
This. Luke Shaw has also looked superb, both defensively and going forward and finally (touch wood) looks to be over his injury problems.Really? You are basing your opinion on the squads ability to even make the top 4 based on a few pre-season games and 45min selections? Yeah sounds like a great way to make a solid assessment of the team.
Our defense might not be the strongest in the PL but it's certainly not bad, compare it to Liverpools and Arsenals and ours looks immense. Liverpool's best defender is Skrtel and it's the defense they really needed to strengthen, it's awful. Arsenal's defense doesn't get exposed for what it is because the midfielders do such a great job of holding on to the ball, shielding the defense and keeping sustained pressure off them... the fact that they are so poor is emphasised by their interest in Smalling, who is barely good enough for us and nowhere near consistent enough.
We've sorted out RB and the midfield. We need one good CB and more pace in attack. Di Maria leaving is a shame because that is exactly what he could bring. The one and only worry I have for us this season is goals - someone is going to have to step up and be a consistent source of goals... Rooney needs to prove he is worth the money.
Nothing like a good, complete write-off to start the season...Said it before, there are strengths to the signings we have made but also there are clear omissions. It's clear that Smalling and Jones are not working and putting Blind there is fine maybe for European games but he's not got the stature for the Prem. Equally DDG is the kind of keeper that needs to be settled to play well and the dip in form started at the back end of the season once the momentum started again around Real.
Also, I know the seasons not started yet but how can you start with only one recognised forward? Depay needs a season, Wilson needs a lone and I'm sorry but Adnan is never a forward not to mention one that at times will have to be a lone forward. Hernandez is here only because Real didn't want him and if LVG rated him, he would never have gone out in the first place. How we've ended up so short I'll never know.
Feed Me will start a thinly veiled van Gaal out thread at some point.I'm surprised a van Gaal out thread hasn't started yet.
You can but they aren't playing catch up and we are. Chelsea won it, City challenged as did Arsenal. Arsenal won a trophy. All are already in the CL outright. We have work to do and 300m later, you could argue still 150m short of a forward and CB's and a GK. Sorry Chelsea, City and Arsenal all have the jewel in the crown and we're selling ours after one season for a 10m loss with no like for like placement. We are now buying the players that the other big teams view as surplus where they are buying ours that are not.You can be pessimistic about any team's chances if you try hard enough. If you were a Chelsea fan you'd easily be saying "All our rivals strengthened, City and United spent over 60 millions each, Arsenal fixed their biggest area of concern and what have we done? Bought a crock from last year and helped out a direct rival. I know we won the league but the best teams don't stabd still or risk being caught up. Don't forget we really struggled at the second half of the season to play well. I'm really worried". See? Wanna try City?
So you think Adnan is cover if Rooney was injured in training tmw?Nothing like a good, complete write-off to start the season...
Arsenal's jewels in the crown are exactly that i.e a surplus of big teams.You can but they aren't playing catch up and we are. Chelsea won it, City challenged as did Arsenal. Arsenal won a trophy. All are already in the CL outright. We have work to do and 300m later, you could argue still 150m short of a forward and CB's and a GK. Sorry Chelsea, City and Arsenal all have the jewel in the crown and we're selling ours after one season for a 10m loss with no like for like placement. We are now buying the players that the other big teams view as surplus where they are buying ours that are not.
But now you are cherry picking which facts suits your agenda. You can also claim if you're City fan that they fell spectacularly when the going got tough, have an aging squad with a star player that can't be relied on to stay fit. Arsenal can point to the fact Wenger hasn't even seriously competed for the late title in forever. And if you want to cherry pick when it comes to us, you can point to how aside from the first 10 games, we were title challengers and we improved the most in the transfer market.You can but they aren't playing catch up and we are. Chelsea won it, City challenged as did Arsenal. Arsenal won a trophy. All are already in the CL outright. We have work to do and 300m later, you could argue still 150m short of a forward and CB's and a GK. Sorry Chelsea, City and Arsenal all have the jewel in the crown and we're selling ours after one season for a 10m loss with no like for like placement. We are now buying the players that the other big teams view as surplus where they are buying ours that are not.
All after losing to PSG in a pretty season game mainly. The caf is full of just negative people these days who just can't wait for us to fail so they can say I told you so basicallyThe mighty scousers under Brentans stewardship, of course.
I'm amazed at the negative mood on the caf currently