OleBoiii
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We can expect some miserable weeks in here now, so let's have a thread with some positivity. I'll start us off:
1. We are still improving
We didn't win a single trophy last season and we barely made top 4. Granted, finishing top 4 under those circumstances was quite an achievement, but it was still marginal. We're doing significantly better in the league this year, and that despite not signing a single starter last summer. If we finish top 4 this season, then it will be the first time in the post Fergie era that we finish top 4 twice in a row. It's a minor positive for a club like ours, but a positive nonetheless. Baby steps are better than no steps at all. Oh, and we're still in the Europa League, so our hope of decorating the season with a minor trophy is still not completely lost.
2. This is the "healthiest" squad since Fergie
No, I'm not talking about injuries. I'm talking about a combination of 'quality' and 'age'. Our squad is incredibly young and the first XI isn't half bad either. Whereas LVG's rebuild was a complete failure and Mourinho's rebuild was more short-term, we finally have a solid set of players that we can expect to improve naturally over time. While we obviously still need to sign players, it's comforting that so many of our starting XI players are younger than 25. Even our ace, Bruno, is only 26.
3. Low levels of toxicity surrounding the club
This is not news. There's generally been positive vibes ever since Ole arrived. Maybe not in here, but the players seem happy and motivated. And no matter how hard journalists and pundits try to poke him, Ole is simply unbreakable. Fergie talked about the importance of dealing with the media and how it's the toughest part of the job. Well, Ole aces that part, and we shouldn't take it for granted. Especially not after Moyes, LVG and Mourinho(the latter being an absolute disaster in this respect).
1. We are still improving
We didn't win a single trophy last season and we barely made top 4. Granted, finishing top 4 under those circumstances was quite an achievement, but it was still marginal. We're doing significantly better in the league this year, and that despite not signing a single starter last summer. If we finish top 4 this season, then it will be the first time in the post Fergie era that we finish top 4 twice in a row. It's a minor positive for a club like ours, but a positive nonetheless. Baby steps are better than no steps at all. Oh, and we're still in the Europa League, so our hope of decorating the season with a minor trophy is still not completely lost.
2. This is the "healthiest" squad since Fergie
No, I'm not talking about injuries. I'm talking about a combination of 'quality' and 'age'. Our squad is incredibly young and the first XI isn't half bad either. Whereas LVG's rebuild was a complete failure and Mourinho's rebuild was more short-term, we finally have a solid set of players that we can expect to improve naturally over time. While we obviously still need to sign players, it's comforting that so many of our starting XI players are younger than 25. Even our ace, Bruno, is only 26.
3. Low levels of toxicity surrounding the club
This is not news. There's generally been positive vibes ever since Ole arrived. Maybe not in here, but the players seem happy and motivated. And no matter how hard journalists and pundits try to poke him, Ole is simply unbreakable. Fergie talked about the importance of dealing with the media and how it's the toughest part of the job. Well, Ole aces that part, and we shouldn't take it for granted. Especially not after Moyes, LVG and Mourinho(the latter being an absolute disaster in this respect).