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If we can put a team out, pretty much week in, week out that looks similar to the below then I think we will have a chance if lady luck drops our when it's needed:
Lloris, Foyth, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Ndombele, Eriksen, Lo Celso, Son, Kane
Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Davies, Sissoko, Dele, Lucas.
Great to see that if the squad stays how it looks now that we will still have the likes of Walker-Peters, Dier, Wanyama, Skipp, Lamela, Sessegnon and Parrott not even making the bench, automatically meaning every squad members place is up for grabs.
I'm still on the fence about who our best RB is/ will be, as well as our best front four combination but that's what the manager needs if he's going to have a fair crack at his decision making proving pivotal in how our season goes.
Lloris, Foyth, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Ndombele, Eriksen, Lo Celso, Son, Kane
Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Davies, Sissoko, Dele, Lucas.
Great to see that if the squad stays how it looks now that we will still have the likes of Walker-Peters, Dier, Wanyama, Skipp, Lamela, Sessegnon and Parrott not even making the bench, automatically meaning every squad members place is up for grabs.
I'm still on the fence about who our best RB is/ will be, as well as our best front four combination but that's what the manager needs if he's going to have a fair crack at his decision making proving pivotal in how our season goes.
Having the best squad in the league and maybe the world IS the magic formula.
I want to be hopeful but I canāt see us winning the league. City and Liverpool are miles ahead of us. One could stumble with injuries, etc but not both.
Not addressing our RB situation in the transfer window cinched it for me.
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I don't get what you see as our biggest hindrance?
Not seen other posts from you on this thread, am unable to view your posts due to your privacy settings, and simply don't remember your points if you have made them in other threads?
That makes the difference clear.
However, Poch says Football is fluid. Liverpool finished below us 8-10 seasons (?) before last, so it is not helpful to suddenly cower beneath them mentally (not saying you are, but most seem to perceive them as out of sight). Though the gap was big, we had a smaller (quality) squad with a fatigued core, this fatigue should now be resolved (or equal to peers), plus we have signed 3 first team squad players (2 first teamers).
KWP and/or Foyth are both capable of having Robertson style breakout seasons.
We should have enough to bulldoze more teams this season I hope, giving the squad more minutes, keeping us fresher.
Get Eriksen a new contract and I will believe it could be our year (if we remain undefeated after City).
This season could be our best shot, if we keep Toby and Eriksen it will be very difficult to improve next season (replacing two like those leaving on frees).
Brian Clough got Notts Forrest back to back European Cups, Poch has performed miracles with 'top of second tier' players (on the whole), let's see what he can do with 3 of his choice (NDombele, Lo Celso and Sessegnon were all his picks, and top picks it appears).
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I don't think we're quite there yet. I think we could be in with a chance within the next couple of years though, if we spend right.
For me we're pretty close on the attacking sign of things, but we need to sort out the back line now. I think that if we can't tie Jan and Toby into new deals we need to buy their replacements in January so that we can rotate between them to get the new guys ready for the next season.
I don't think the fixture list plays a huge part in it, we just need to make sure we win as many games as possible.
For me we're pretty close on the attacking sign of things, but we need to sort out the back line now. I think that if we can't tie Jan and Toby into new deals we need to buy their replacements in January so that we can rotate between them to get the new guys ready for the next season.
I don't think the fixture list plays a huge part in it, we just need to make sure we win as many games as possible.
Leicester won the PL so anything's possible. I agree with your point that this may be our best team for a while (if Eriksen runs his contract down) with him and Toby halfway out the door. And I definitely agree that we can't be mentally cowered by City and Liverpool. Which I'm not worried about--our team has shown itself to be very mentally tough.
Something magical will have to happen at RB for us to be a contender though. Along with of course a lack of injuries, our new players bedding in and contributing at the level we hoped for, etc.
More rubbish on this front....
GLC was bought yet expected to make no difference?
Between him and Ndombele we have a new MF to bed in which should spell increased creativity.
Getting the likes of Dele, Son, Vert and others back won't help get us up and running?
Ditch the shit-tinted glasses, you bore!
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Just starting to scan the forum again after a summer break. Came across this beaut. Must say, the OP has a point. Iāve checked the fixture list and ... wait for it ... if we win all of our games (currently 100% on track) then we will win the Premier League. Itās pretty much guaranteed. See, weāre in the Premier League and, by some crooked magic, so is everyone else weāre playing. FINALLY a fixture list we can do something with.
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We dont need to come from being a rubbish side to winning the league. We are already in the top 4 for a long time now.
Once they reached 2nd-3rd, how much more did they spend to become PL winners. ?
Answer is in 2010-11 they finishined 3rd
Then they added another 80m worth of players in the summer and won the league in 2011-12.
Of course they kept on spending similar amounts every year to stay up there. But we dont need to spend 1.6 billion to win the league as our position right now is much further ahead of their starting point.
100%. I remember some experts on here claiming we've 'mugged' City off by selling them our second-rate RB and Tripps the white Cafu cause he had 2 good games in a row. How much difference 2 seasons can make...