Did people actually believe we could win the title this season? Top 3 would be a very good season for us.
Yes alot of people did. Often the same ones who massively overrate our players into thinking they are world class when they are far from it.
I don't think there was anything wrong with expecting us to have a genuine chance of the title considering the amount of money we've spent since Mourinho arrived. I'm happy to give him more time provided we make proper progress this season and finish 2nd/3rd, but our ambitions this season absolutely should be for competing for the title at the very least.
Statistically 23 points out of 30 is one of our best ever starts in premier league history.
People are idiots, what are you going to do?
Wouldnt say that but he isnt great.
A lot did.
We finished 5th last season so expecting the jump upto coming 1st was unrealistic tbh. But agree would expect us to challenge but not massively dissappointed if we don't as we are still work in progress.
Not challenging for the title, while playing shit on a stick football.
That's the thing
So Jose's United are nothing without Pogba? Mikhi was his own signing who apparently keeps letting him down. The signing by Jose appears to have let us all down.
He wont, he would need to adapt to play modern football and he hates that it seems. He wants to win with rigid and pragnatic football.
Yeah, as I've said I'm absolutely willing to give him more time because I do think we've made major strides and are much better team than we were before he arrived, but one of Mourinho's best qualities throughout his career has been to come into a team and have them winning almost immediately. He's spent a ton of money and isn't exactly disadvantaged compared to other teams on that front.
Because we were stat peddling against weaker teams and even against those teams we looked really bad at times.
Don't get me wrong, I wanted us to at least show a fight but was never expecting us to go all the way. I'd be happy with 3rd this season if truth be told and that's probably where we should be aiming.
Never said we are nothing without Pogba, but we do miss him any team would. Look at the difference Kante has made to Chelsea after coming back. And yes it's Micki's fault for not performing, he can't pass, dribble or keep the ball only he can help himself with those issues.
Chelsea finished 10th before Conte arrived and produced one of the most dominant PL seasons we've seen last year. Guardiola's City weren't much better than us when he arrived and yet look a lot better than us right now. Expecting him to win the title immediately may have been a lofty ambition, but I'm not sure it's a particularly absurd one.
Genuine question. Why?
But more words in people's mouths. People are tired of his mega-conservative approach.
And Jose signed him. Well done on that.
Unrealistic not absurd. I wouldn't imagine what Chelsea did last season has happened often, it's more of an exception rather than a rule.
"Stat padding" is one of the worst terms in football.
I am at a loss to know why Ed didn't sanction a move for Perisic.
Well yeah, but that was in Conte's first season. Him coming in and winning the title immediately would've been unexpected; by his second season he'd have been expected to have Chelsea in a position to compete again. I'd say the same applies for us. Mourinho's job was to get us back into the CL; he did that, albeit through a cup competition as opposed to the league. As a result his job was to build upon that and aim for the title this season. Winning it with City doing as well as they are was always going to be difficult, but competing for it considering what we've spent should be a basic aim.
Auto correct, but you get the point and most importantly you know it's the truth.
We have faced those poor decisions over the last 4 years, and lost many times. But lets ignore that too.
