Way too early to say what the challenge is just yet, probably best to see how we look when the window is shut.
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Way too early to say what the challenge is just yet, probably best to see how we look when the window is shut.
I’m in two minds with Ange.
There’s obviously the perfectly reasonable opinion that we are bringing in young players, building for the future and, as fans, we should take the same approach and expect nothing more than iterative improvement. Fine. Makes sense.
But then I can’t shake his behaviour at the end of the season, how he called out the fans with the City game and expressed confusion at the idea we wouldn’t want to win a game, even if it meant the Scum lifting the title. He had this combative arrogance that really fucking grated. And, as fans, if we return the compliment, why shouldn’t we expect success?
In short, I’m actually fine with just seeing a team developing. But he really needs to work on how he talks about himself. It sometimes feels like he thinks he’s doing us a favour.
There’s obviously the perfectly reasonable opinion that we are bringing in young players, building for the future and, as fans, we should take the same approach and expect nothing more than iterative improvement. Fine. Makes sense.
But then I can’t shake his behaviour at the end of the season, how he called out the fans with the City game and expressed confusion at the idea we wouldn’t want to win a game, even if it meant the Scum lifting the title. He had this combative arrogance that really fucking grated. And, as fans, if we return the compliment, why shouldn’t we expect success?
In short, I’m actually fine with just seeing a team developing. But he really needs to work on how he talks about himself. It sometimes feels like he thinks he’s doing us a favour.
My belief is that Ange was playing that to try and get the right idea of the winning every game mentality..
Of course he knew. I fail to believe that he didn't
I think the expectations thread for next season died a death.
Probably a lot of discussion in here would be better off in there.
Its all relative......City, Liverpool, United, Villa, Newcastle, Woolwich - none had a new manager. We did.
I don't see this as 'the big one' but yes 100% I want to be up there challenging the top teams, going far in all the cups.
I think that is realistic
I sometimes wish more people on this site took heed of Mark Twain's admonition to "never argue with an idiot, they just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience".
This site has been going since 2011 for a reason young man.
If people had of taken this Mr Twains advice as it wouldn’t have lasted past 2012.
Thanks so much for referring to me as a young man. My Spurs mad Grandson, aged 17, thought it was hilarious.
Nothing tells me Newcastle will be better. Chelsea maybe and Utd will continue to be up and down. Liverpool will be in transition and it could be a mixed season for them. Villa will find it hard to stay with the big boys. We will be better and 3rd is the minimum for me. Any sort of improvement pretty much takes us to third minimum.
£20 charity bet?
Without Europe their squad will be less stretched. Other than that, no.
Whilst I agree with the second half, a youth project is not for this guy.
He needs proper quality, technical players that can hack the prem.
Unless this window takes a hard turn, he won't be here long.
We do not have the squad he needs to run his style of football across all comps + injuries and fatigue and come out the other end showing armpits.
Just can't see it.
Nothing other than the fact they were missing most of their team for most of last season?
If our fans can carry on blaming our dip in form in injuries, then the same logic applies to Newcastle and even United.
At one point even Chelsea were missing in excess of 10 first team players despite having about 300 players on the payroll.
I'd say those three had worse problems with injuries than we did. Newcastle won't have Europe next season, either, will they?
Ok - name your charity and then remind when I forget. I forget a lot.
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I'll have a think about it. There's probably something that has helped me or family in the past that'll benefit.
still wainting on what colors our 3 away shirt should be debatte
That's an interesting way of looking at it. Those four teams and Spurs will be competing for 4th, unless the wheels fall off for Man City, Woolrich, and Liverpool. Did you mean to leave out Chelsea? I would think they would be in the 2nd group with Spurs and those other four teams.
We play those 4 teams in our first 10 games.