By the way, has anyone seen Arsenal's run in? Combined with Europa Cup it has the potential to be a nightmare for them. Injuries and fatigue could be a problem.i'm not an Arsenal fan nor a West Ham fan.
Spot on and great post.Looking at our squad we have plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Our midfield and attacking options are up there with the best in Europe this season: Kane, Son, Ndombele, Eriksen, Lo Celso, Lucas, Alli and Lamela...that's a disgustingly good set of options. We have pace, technique, power, nous; a bit of everything except a tricky dribber a la Zaha. If Poch can actually find a system that suits our players, we really should be a shoo-in for 3rd place (obviously we won't be up there with City and Pool). If we had a top DM and a proper RB we'd have such a brilliant squad this year.
Something else to be cheerful about is the state of our rivals:
- Man Utd look horribly thin in attacking/creative options. They really shouldn't be a threat this year.
- Chelsea are playing some nice stuff but they're conceding so many goals and are relying a huge amount on their youth. They will have an inconsistent year.
- Arsenal have such a good forward line but are stupidly top heavy. They'll be our biggest threat but will also drop silly points.
With the players we have, even if Poch is dicking around with the formation, we should comfortably be finishing above at least 2 of these teams.
Spot on and great post.
Now erisken is staying our squad looks bloody strong and moving forwards next summer the ‘rebuild’ shouldn’t be too compliacated really, wed just need:
•RB*depending on how Foyth and kwp do
•CB x2? If Toby and jan leave (this will be the hardest part to replace by far but we bought Sanchez and Foyth for a reason and hopefully one of toby and jan May stay one more year after this.
•CDM??? Depends on formation and if dier comes back to his best or if ndombele is used more as a DM than a CM
•AM/ST : Depending on how we are setting up and how our attacking players do this season and if Sessengon is played at LB or LW, and most importantly if erisken goes then we will need another top top attacking player either an AM like dybala or a ST to go up with Kane.
So situation depending we’d likely only really need another 3 top signings next season and then we basically would have a squad near as we could get to challenging city & lpool. Exciting times.
Yep but we also lost lots of games to lower table teams that we normally have not in the past . Our top six battles though have been bad away from home . Nicking points off the top six teams needs to continue.Except we're not, since we won at home to Newcastle last season, so actually one point worse off.
However I agree that it was very important not to lose against the scum, as they'll probably be our biggest rivals for the top 4.
Hopefully the players settle down now that the window is closed, and Poch and the squad finds some positive energy, spirit and togetherness again.
Actually that's about par for us...Yep but we also lost lots of games to lower table teams that we normally have not in the past . Our top six battles though have been bad away from home . Nicking points off the top six teams needs to continue.
16/17 is literally the only season we haven't lost stupid games to weaker opponents.Yep but we also lost lots of games to lower table teams that we normally have not in the past . Our top six battles though have been bad away from home . Nicking points off the top six teams needs to continue.
By 3 months, i actually meant 0 daysEriksen is staying for 3 months. Once that pre contract is signed in January, he will stop playing even more so than he did after last January.
Love it. That played in my head with Ian Dury’s voice..If you're going to call the thread 'Reasons to be Cheerful, then I think it only fair I respond in Ian Dury fashion.
I have faith in the entire squad, so my reasons to be cheerful this season are as follows...
Tanguy Ndombele;
Lo Celso and our Dele;
Poch (calmer on the telly);
Jan's back.
Christian is remaining;
Sess has started training;
Erik needs restraining
(near Jack).
Our last-gasp hero Moura;
Harry our top goal scorer;
Toby with his calm aura;
and Dav.
Hugo with the gloves on;
God, I fucking love Son;
Et Moussa, il est tres bon,
le brave.
Winksy keeps it ticking;
Eric enjoys kicking;
And Dan with his man sticking;
Ben too.
Gazza, our back-up keeper;
Foyth, a future sweeper;
Skipp, who plays best deeper
('tis true).
Reasons to be cheerful.
Reasons to be cheerful
Reasons to be cheerful
Reasons to be cheerful. One, two three.
1000% spot on mate.I'd say we most likely need 4.
- 100% need a RB: KWP is talented but should be a Davies-like backup option. When you watch players like Pereira at Leicester, TAA , Wan Bissaka (defensively), and Walker, it pains me how much better they are than any of our RB options. This should be priority no. 1.
- CB: We need to bring someone in to replace Toby and/or Jan.
- AM: Even though Lo Celso is kind of an Eriksen replacement, we can't rely on 1 player for all of our creativity. If we don't go for a more direct replacement like Fernandez, we should bring in a tricky wide player who can actually beat a man 1v1 in the mould of Zaha/Pepe.
- DM: If Dier doesn't come back to fitness/form and Skipp doesn't break through, we'll desperately need a DM, and arguably we should buy one regardless.
1000% spot on mate.
Think we are well set for this season and then next season these 4 positions are the priority to complete our re-build.
He’s but the window is shut now and even if Foyth isn’t great there (which I’m sure he will be as he has done wel there in previous games and for Argentina) then we also have KWP who’s looked good enough to play there for us this season, certainly no worse than trippier who was our first choice RB in the champions league final, we’ve added some real quality in midfield so I’d say we are fairly well set.1,000,000% incorrect until we actually see Foyth play there, which was Poch plan before injury.
Outstanding.If you're going to call the thread 'Reasons to be Cheerful, then I think it only fair I respond in Ian Dury fashion.
Mine too.Love it. That played in my head with Ian Dury’s voice..
I'm open to the idea of Foyth at RB and I think he could prove to be a decent option there, especially this season when we're thin in that position. However, having seen the way he struggled against pace when playing there for Argentina, I think it would be very optimistic to pin our hopes on him as our long term, 1st choice RB. If we want a 'modern fullback' who can rampage down the flanks like those of Liverpool and City, Foyth won't be our man.1,000,000% incorrect until we actually see Foyth play there, which was Poch plan before injury.