YAMS49
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4th at very best, we've been screwed by those in power.
I am not sure about Bale and spurs. But it seems aubameyang is in the form of his life. And whenever a striker is in form he takes his team to new height, even though not winning the title. So arsenal I think are definitely top 4 contenders this season. Everton will eat point off every other team. I think currently only city, pool and chelsea can fend them off. But they are the risk for any team fighting for the 4th spot.Liverpool, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs with the Bale and the full back from Real is going to be better than us. I would say Carlo has proven to be a better manager than Ole so even Everton can be above us.
Yeah it's 2018 all over again as we feared but the difference being that Ole won't go to war with the board like Jose because he knows that will be his dream job gone in a flash4th at very best, we've been screwed by those in power.
The board have their yes man, to some extent. Ole will do the best can with the resources and play the media game for them as you say. It's their win win scenario.Yeah it's 2018 all over again as we feared but the difference being that Ole won't go to war with the board like Jose because he knows that will be his dream job gone in a flash
I feel sorry for the guy having his dream job but yet working with two hands tied behind his backThe board have their yes man, to some extent. Ole will do the best can with the resources and play the media game for them as you say. It's their win win scenario.
I wouldn't necessarily feel sorry for him, he's actually part of the problem if he isn't raising his voice enough.I feel sorry for the guy having his dream job but yet working with two hands tied behind his back
He wants to but like I said in earlier post we both know why he can'tI wouldn't necessarily feel sorry for him, he's actually part of the problem if he isn't raising his voice enough.
We might get the last one on that list but looking at Romano's latest tweet gives us serious cause for pessimism on that front, cannot see any sign of a LB right now and wouldn't expect a CB until next summer when maybe we will get Upamecano (champions league permitting of course)With the players we have at this moment, I see 4th to be just about possible. I also feel there is too much football and it impacts on the squad with injuries and tiredness. If Bruno is out for any length of time, we will be in trouble. Scousers will win it again, City will sack Guardiola when they get knocked out of the CL and bring in Poch (who has probably already signed a deal for next season), Wolves will surprise everybody.
Should we actually get our fingers out, and cheque book, and buy a quality Centre Back, Left back and striker/winger, then anything is possible but it’s a bloody big if.
Yeah we spend when we don't make the champions league but like you say it means we have to overpay players yet againThe problem is double fold. If we don't achieve CL spot this season the next season might face a daunting task of signing good players on reasonable wages. Otherwise we will have to pay over the average wages again to sign and keep good players.
I agree with this.I would be upset if we didn't get at least 3rd place.
As long as this team stays healthy, we should be able to beat anyone on our day. Our attacking trio was fantastic and they have so much room to improve being young players.
Add that to a full season of Bruno, Pogba and Van Der Beek? I think we should be just fine.
If we get Sancho that will be the cherry on the cake, but there is absolutely no guarantee any new signings (for our rivals as well) will adapt to the premier league.
We finally have the luxury of continuity and OGS is clearly building a team that can score goals for fun.
True he is a yes man but his man management is better than Jose's at this point. Which means he is more likely to get the boys to rally rather than have them turn against him. If this was a normal season I think we could get away with Vdb only. The crazy schedule will burn us out unless we take the cowards way out and drop out of the domestic cups.Yeah it's 2018 all over again as we feared but the difference being that Ole won't go to war with the board like Jose because he knows that will be his dream job gone in a flash
Also we picked up the most points in the second half of the season. I think our starting 11 is fine for top 4, issues arise when we have to rely on Andreas, Mata or Lingard. People keep mentioning last season and not pointing out the going ons of the 1st half of the season. At times we had Andreas playing cm. Against Sheffield away we subbed out Andreas from cm to replace him with Lingard that's how thin we were in midfield.Same as last season.
Ole had said that anyone sold will be replaced; they weren't. This season Ole said that we'll sign 2-3 first team players; we haven't. I expect us to struggle similar to last season but whether our rivals perform at the same pathetic level is something I can hope for but can't bank on. We needed to realize that as well as we played in the last 3-4 months, we achieved 3rd because our rivals were quite poor as well. All those rivals have strengthened now and we're in a big danger of being left behind.