GoonerBear
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Yeah, they play each other 3 times before the split, then once after it as long as both clubs make top 6, which of course they always do.Yep that's my bad. I thought they play twice in the second phase.
Yeah, i made this point to others. People were talking about how he'll be a success for Spurs, i was asking what is success for Spurs now? Competition is savage in the Premier League, yeah it's dominated by City currently but the other teams all have top coaches, big budgets, and more established teams.It's not just a higher level. It's objectively a more difficult ask. Success for Celtic is to win the league and for that they need to be better than one team, Rangers. The other teams are too far behind in every sense to be any real threat. Celtic have finished in the top 2 in at least the last 20 years.
Success at Spurs is to finish at top 4 and for that they need to finish above several teams who currently have better squads and more money than Spurs. The emergence of Newcastle and the money they have at their disposal means there's a top 7 now in the UK, in which Spurs are financially at the bottom of. They need to finish above at least 3 teams from City, Arsenal, United, Newcastle, Liverpool & Chelsea. As well as all other EPL teams that might be having an unexpectedly good season (this year it was Brighton and Villa).
Will be interesting to see how his style of play works down here, we seen to a lesser extent Bielsa's Leeds had a bit of a glass ceiling with his no compromise approach. Of course Spurs are better than what that Leeds team was, but in my opinion you still need to find a balance, especially against clubs that just have a better standard of player than you.
Will be fun to watch anyway.