inaglasshouse
Just doesn't shut up
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The season is a season long and nearly all clubs have ups and downs. Huddersfield beat us twice Spurs have lost to some strange clubs and the list goes on. All that matters is the table at the end of the season and this over and under achieving malarky is just bull ****. The table doesn't lie.Ok, I have picked a sweet spot but from game week 15 to 37, i.e. now, we are 4th.
From week 1 to 14 we were 12th, so it could be said once we found out feet, we are top 4. Bodes well doesn't it.
Your right, its a table and it doesn't lie. We have been the 4th best team in England for the last 23 games. Hardly flash in the pan stuff. Didn't Leicester finish the season before they won it very strongly? I believe they did, they found a winning combination and just kept it going. That's what we have, a very strong winning combination.The season is a season and nearly all clubs have ups and downs. Huddersfield beat us twice Spurs have lost to some strange clubs and the list goes on. All that matters is the table at the end of the season and this over and under achieving malarky is just bull ****. The table doesn't lie.
Yeah mate another chance to win next week. Probably miss out on 3rd due to goal difference! Read it and weep, fans of other clubs.38game season!!!
Ok, I have picked a sweet spot but from game week 15 to 37, i.e. now, we are 4th.
From week 1 to 14 we were 12th, so it could be said once we found out feet, we are top 4. Bodes well doesn't it.
Onward and upward to next season and I'm not into this "If we.../If they..." nonsense. We'll strengthen but whether we have a squad strong enough to compete in the Prem and in Europe is what football is all about - a game of wait and see. We may not even have the chance of playing in the Europa League as a result of the various permutations involved. As I said, it's a game of wait and see but we'll soon find out.Your right, its a table and it doesn't lie. We have been the 4th best team in England for the last 23 games. Hardly flash in the pan stuff. Didn't Leicester finish the season before they won it very strongly? I believe they did, they found a winning combination and just kept it going. That's what we have, a very strong winning combination.
You can harp on about uddersfield all you like, that's just a couple of games, one of which was in the period covered, that is more meaningless to me than the actual trend shown.
I'm very pleased with what we've done since Christmas but it's absurd to protract any conclusions from it. Leicester had a brilliant run to the end when they won the Prem but their following season didn't continue that way. If you take the 6 games when we played badly we were relegation fodder. Let's just rejoice at what the final table shows whether we're 7th or 8th and not beguile ourselves with superficial stats.Try since (I think) we last started a game playing 3-4-3 (loss at home to Palace).
Since then our form is as below (including a run to the semi final of the FA cup, which included beating Liverpool and Man Utd at home).
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Not bad is it.
This. Spot onShows we’re moving in the right direction once our young guns found their feet at this level, our progress is incredible
If we can get our recruitment right again in the summer, (which will be harder to improve on our X1 players this time) and if we can overcome those packed defences (of which there will be more next season) then our aim has to be finish higher, and finishing higher is overtaking some of the big six
United and Arsenal are vulnerable, especially if Arsenal don’t win the Europa. If Chelsea lose Hazard and get a transfer ban you can add them too
Bigger threat from those who we finished in front of next season to be wary of, Leicester, Everton and Watford. We need to recruit better than them again
I'm very pleased with what we've done since Christmas but it's absurd to protract any conclusions from it. Leicester had a brilliant run to the end when they won the Prem but their following season didn't continue that way. If you take the 6 games when we played badly we were relegation fodder. Let's just rejoice at what the final table shows whether we're 7th or 8th and not beguile ourselves with superficial stats.
That's almost what I said, based on the last 23 games we'd be in the champions League. Great isn't it.Over the last 3 games we'd be joint top and in the Champions League!!!!
Next year my friend.Over the last 3 games we'd be joint top and in the Champions League!!!!