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if you finish 4th and you can offer UCL's football, then it will be easier to attract good players.No but greater chance than Conte and at the very least, may give the crowd a shot in the arm and the players enjoying it. Who knows. There’s more to football than top 4 vs suicide. You pay £100 for a ticket, you deserve to see us trying to win games and score goals
We might be 4th, but even Stevie Wonder can see this is temporary
I would say nobody has a better chance of getting this under invested mess of a squad into the top 4 than Antonio Conte.Assuming we go out of Champs League tonight, do you think Poch could turn the team around and pick up the points in the tougher fixtures of Newcastle / United / Liverpool / Brentford? Thats what it will take for Top 4.
I agree it’s hugely relevant and why we should refresh when it’s still achievable but my point is based on current form, we won’t be fourth for long.if you finish 4th and you can offer UCL's football, then it will be easier to attract good players.
and with good players it will be easier to make this thing stable and not temporary
Agree but then you look at his blind spots of two man midfield, late subs, PEH, Persic, Son and fucking Lucas and have to think that ship has sailedI would say nobody has a better chance of getting this under invested mess of a squad into the top 4 than Antonio Conte.
He knows the players and what he has to work with and somehow achieved the impossible last year. So who knows
we can't know. in this season many teams had ups and downs not only us.I agree it’s hugely relevant and why we should refresh when it’s still achievable but my point is based on current form, we won’t be fourth for long.
I don’t see it as the defence at all. We make mistakes defensively but root cause is we never control the tempo of a game so come under pressure. Players like PEH, Persic and Son are not comfortable on the ball and are erraticwe can't know. in this season many teams had ups and downs not only us.
if we manage to fix the defence we have possibilies.
another problem are the away matches: we totally lack of personality
Not quite, mate... Liverpool, Newcastle and Brighton all leapfrog us if they win their games in hand. Even Brentford would be just 1pt behind us if they win their games in hand.To be fair to Levy, he didn't let Ramos, AvB or Nuno drift by. He seems to act when we look in danger of no Europe at all. Or worse.
At the moment, we're in 4th and in control of our own destiny.
I've no doubt we'll fuck it up, and a big part of that is persistence with out of form players and refusing to use others desperate to prove themselves. That's the biggest issue IMO, not the formation or even tactics. Just putting dross out there game after game and watch them do what we fully expect them to do.
They all have to play us. We beat them, we stay above them, whether they win their game in hand or not (although it may not play out in that order due to fixture dates)Not quite, mate... Liverpool, Newcastle and Brighton all leapfrog us if they win their games in hand. Even Brentford would be just 1pt behind us if they win their games in hand.
Given those games are at Anfield and St James' Park, it's probably more in their hands than ours, but I take your point.They all have to play us. We beat them, we stay above them, whether they win their game in hand or not (although it may not play out in that order due to fixture dates)
Yep if its Poch or someone else we're looking at a 14/15 style rebuild, it took 3 windows and a lot of good coaching. I hope people don't expect instant results but we have to rid ourselves of this dour football even if it means going back a step to eventually go forwards.A good video actually. The end the most important bit and how swapping to Poch or similar will cost time and money.
Similar to before, we need energy and effort. Absolutely sick of Son tiptoeing about and Persic jogging around with PEH the pointerYep if its Poch or someone else we're looking at a 14/15 style rebuild, it took 3 windows and a lot of good coaching. I hope people don't expect instant results but we have to rid ourselves of this dour football even if it means going back a step to eventually go forwards.
Yep, in a ideal world those 3 will be gone. Perfect time to sell Hojbjerg and the last opportunity to get something for Son. I'd give Perisic a free transfer.Similar to before, we need energy and effort. Absolutely sick of Son tiptoeing about and Persic jogging around with PEH the pointer
Yep if its Poch or someone else we're looking at a 14/15 style rebuild, it took 3 windows and a lot of good coaching. I hope people don't expect instant results but we have to rid ourselves of this dour football even if it means going back a step to eventually go forwards.