Rich_H_1989
lost in a street fight to van gaal
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7 points from the first 3 games could be considered a good return... But when you consider that's two home games against Spurs and Newcastle and an away game against Villa who are rebuilding I don't think it's exceptional. It's decent, it's steady but the performances haven't been good.
Our next two games are huge though! Swansea and Liverpool are really tough games. The way Swansea have started and the fact they will have confidence from beating us twice last season and their early season form makes it a tricky game.
We could conceivably have 13 points from 15 if we win the next two! And if we do then we have to give LVG credit for that. To have beaten Spurs, Swansea and Liverpool would be a very good start.
But... We could quite easily pick up 1/2 points in the next 2 games and suddenly 9 from 15 isn't so great.
For me I'm happy with the points return so far. If you'd have told me 7 points from those 3 games I'd have been happy. Especially with 3 clean sheets. But if you'd have told me we'd have only scored twice (one an own goal) then that's much less impressive. And the fact that we've managed what 8-10 shots on target in 3 games? Two of which were home games?
Our next two games are huge though! Swansea and Liverpool are really tough games. The way Swansea have started and the fact they will have confidence from beating us twice last season and their early season form makes it a tricky game.
We could conceivably have 13 points from 15 if we win the next two! And if we do then we have to give LVG credit for that. To have beaten Spurs, Swansea and Liverpool would be a very good start.
But... We could quite easily pick up 1/2 points in the next 2 games and suddenly 9 from 15 isn't so great.
For me I'm happy with the points return so far. If you'd have told me 7 points from those 3 games I'd have been happy. Especially with 3 clean sheets. But if you'd have told me we'd have only scored twice (one an own goal) then that's much less impressive. And the fact that we've managed what 8-10 shots on target in 3 games? Two of which were home games?