True. Its gonna be a smashing season. Possibly the best ever if all 4 come close to their potential.
80+ points for 4 teams seems on the cards. As long as we're one of them, I'm happy.
The entitled brigade can whinge but being competitive at the top is all we should want from our club.
I agree with us being in a very challenging league. But the poster asked for trophies, not necessarily the premier ship. I agree with you, over a season, it is very difficult and it factors in being lucky in some situations where your opponents are not. So no debate about PL, almost no debate about CL because it is the best teams in Europe, but trophies are attainable elsewhere as well.
I think, it isn't the right thing to just ignore FA or EFL cup, it is silverware. Same goes for EL. We should challenge in the league
and for these cups and if the season ends on a high note in the league and we will have one new pot in the cabinet, people won't be as fickle as they are today. Last season we could have had some silverware. But we were denied by Villareal, Leicester and City (2 times). Only one team belongs to the top4. What sticked out last year weren't tense fights against the Big Four where they were just a fraction better than we were. It was matches against smaller and small teams.
With our 8 year absence, I think, it doesn't shine a good light on people who are smug about potential trophies. I agree, Ole needs some silverware or very very good explanations for their absence (like bringing a weakened squad in FA semi final because focus on league game and then losing out on the league on the last two matchdays or something). I was pretty disappointed after Leicester and Villareal, that shouldn't be accepted in the same fashion again.