If that squad gets in the top 4 it'll be like Leicester winning the league. A modern sporting miracle.I still think we can push for 4th when we get important players back.
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If that squad gets in the top 4 it'll be like Leicester winning the league. A modern sporting miracle.I still think we can push for 4th when we get important players back.
Agree but How?Now is the time to push this bald parasite out..somehow he got off lightly again in the summer....fuck levy and enic
yeah.. so not exactly "barely a top 10 team".
What did people really expect after today's game anyway. I think we have a run of games now, where we should be able to bag most of the points, and get the team bedded in. We are going through a transition phase with this team.. so no one should be expecting a CL top 4 spot with the squad that we have at present.
The problem is the time to attract the players was when we were in the CL and still competitive for top 4. Now we aren't close to that. Good players don't want to join a side in the ECL.We just have to ride the storm.
The importance is the right manager and 2 or 3 really good acquisitions.
Getting the model right to attract the right players is the key.
We are in this situation simply because we failed to win when we had the players.
What we need for the short term is to ensure we don't get sucked into relegation battles whilst we get the right bits in place.
I wish I knew how myself, but we really need to find out how and start pushing those buttons ASAP..Agree but How?
Our transfer activity over the past 3-4 seasons has been absolutely shocking.Our first 11 today was arguably the strongest we can muster with possibly Moura/Gil for Dele. Our bench however was an absolute embarrassment while the performance came well short
Take Kane and Son out and we’re barely a Top 10 team. In fact I would argue Leicester ane Everton have more BALANCED squads at the moment and most certainly far better managers
The Top 5 aside - where do you rate our current best 11? I’m going with 8th behind Leicester and Everton and above Woolwich and Wham
Years of underinvestment and the appointment of a PE Teacher as manager has now come full circle
West Ham have a game plan and are a very physical and well drilled side, that alone should be enough for them to see us off.You have top 4, then about 7 others that are much of a muchness. I dont see us as any better than West Ham, Aston Villa, Everton and despite the hilarous first 3 games Woolwich. In fact their side has a better balance to it, but like us they have no squad and an average manager.
I do think Romero, Gil, and Emerson all look like good signings. But really we’ve left ourselves so short attacking wise. Just look at what our bench looks like with just Moura and Bergwijn unavailable. Absolute poverty.
We are desperate for a starting level RW, a creative midfielder, and a backup striker. I know Traore divided opinion but I still think he’d be ideal. We are desperately lacking players who try to make things happen and play on the front foot. It’s why a half fit Ndombele sticks out so much, because he’s so progressive in his style.
Still feels like there’s so much to do in the “rebuild”. I think we still need:
- Doherty replacement at back up RB
- Ball playing center half, preferably left footed
- Box to box midfield in addition to Sarr
- Creative CAM
- Starting RW
- Back up striker, as always
Their hearts are in the right place. What more can you ask forDisagree. We've got a great bunch of lads. They just happen to be not very good at football.
Mate, Ledley, Glen and Moussa ain't coming back.I still think we can push for 4th when we get important players back.
You can see it another way though. Pretty negative to think top 8 is a positive.So much negativity. Think if we can bed in a similar starting XI to what we saw today (which had players not to familiar with the team such as Romero and Royal.. and also players not fully fit.. such as Dier and Son.. ) then I think we should be comfortably in the top 8.
Yep. Go 1-0 down and its game over with us. Pretty sure West Ham and Leicester will be above us again and quite possibly Villa, Everton and Woolwich. So thats between 7th and 10th. Exciting times.West Ham have a game plan and are a very physical and well drilled side, that alone should be enough for them to see us off.
We melt under the slightest bit of pressure