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[RobinRobin 11091]

5 minutes ago, Dougle said:

Should give him a squad number, give him reserve games and hoy him on the bench for the odd 10 mins here and there as a sub.

Fuck sake can’t be any worse than his antipodean neighbour .

He needs games in a strong competition and see where we are next season. He's just played a few professional games so far. 

[Dougle 3287]

Just now, RobinRobin said:

He needs games in a strong competition and see where we are next season. He's just played a few professional games so far. 

 

And in a world cup. Some training with Eddie and a few spots infront of 50k will probably benefit the lad more than playing for fucking Rochdale or whoever

[Blastronaut 1333]

3 hours ago, Toonpack said:

 

Snodgrass arrived:

 

 

 

He's been in decent form for them from what I gather. A few eyebrows must've been risen given his age, but he's a model pro and looks a much smarter bit of business than, say Hibs taking a punt on a crocked Aiden McGeady. 

 

 

 

 

[wykikitoon 19806]

Cardiff beating Leeds 2 v 0. Leeds defence is shocking.  Maybe a Lascelles would strengthen it.

[Isegrim 9680]

Chelsea  

[wykikitoon 19806]

Barry Trotter 😂

[Tom 14011]

Chelsea are being HUMBLED

[Isegrim 9680]

 

[wykikitoon 19806]

Chelsea just dont have a leader at all. Gallagher tries to play the hard man and just gets booked all the time.

[wykikitoon 19806]

Micah Richards man  

[Holden McGroin 6452]

You can always rely on Villa to embarrass themselves to the point our defeat at Sheff Wed doesn't look bad.

 

Takes the shade off us. Well done lads.

[Alex 34724]

Villa are taking this rivalry seriously. They’ve only gone and outdone us 

Edited January 8, 2023 by Alex

[Gemmill 44106]

Ah fuck bloke on the Athletic podcast recommended Stevenage as a good bet to beat Villa. And I straight up ignored it. 

[OTF 7214]

Next few games at the top of the table will be quite telling:

 

Man City:

(A) Man Utd

(H) Spurs

(H) Wolves

(A) Spurs

 

Arsenal:

(A) Spurs

(H) Man Utd

 

Man Utd:

(H) Man City

(A) Palace

(A) Arsenal

 

Spurs:

(H) Arsenal

(A) Man City

(A) Fulham

(H) Man City

 

Newcastle United:

(H) Fulham

(A) Palace

(H) West Ham

(A) Bournemouth

 

Whilst it's tempting to think that the best result for us would be draws in all the highlighted games, I'm not optimistic enough to think we're in a title battle. Therefore ultimately I would want Arsenal and Man City to win all of their games in order to starve Man Utd and Spurs of as many points as possible as the run for three and four will be very tight.

 

Of course the most important factor is us winning our games but in a tight contest every bit helps, if we can get results in these winnable games it will keep the pressure on the others.

[Gemmill 44106]

Yep, agreed. Arsenal and Man City to get maximum points from all the other CL spot challengers. And to draw at an absolute minimum. 

[OTF 7214]

I'd be wanting us to get 7 points as an absolute minimum from those four games.

 

It won't be easy with the short turn around for the Fulham game after Leicester. A win in that will lift spirits after the Wednesday loss.

[Kid Dynamite 6964]

Just got to hope we find our scoring boots. 3 games without a win is a blip for us given our recent form and we need to get back on track tomorrow night 

[Dr Gloom 21760]

1 hour ago, OTF said:

I'd be wanting us to get 7 points as an absolute minimum from those four games.

 

It won't be easy with the short turn around for the Fulham game after Leicester. A win in that will lift spirits after the Wednesday loss.

Feels like a crossroads in our season. Are we going to fall away like many expect or hope or will we put down a marker as genuine top 4 contenders? 
 

If we win the next four games while the other big clubs take points from each other we’ll be right in the mix for the run in, starting with Liverpool at home.

I can’t wait for that one. Hopefully Klopp will be left gnashing those ridiculous chompers again.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Dr Gloom

[Dr Gloom 21760]

Those are four very winnable games. It’s a massive opportunity to get the momentum going again ahead of a tougher run of fixtures 

[LondonBlue 749]

9 hours ago, OTF said:

Next few games at the top of the table will be quite telling:

 

Man City:

(A) Man Utd

(H) Spurs

(H) Wolves

(A) Spurs

 

Arsenal:

(A) Spurs

(H) Man Utd

 

Man Utd:

(H) Man City

(A) Palace

(A) Arsenal

 

Spurs:

(H) Arsenal

(A) Man City

(A) Fulham

(H) Man City

 

Newcastle United:

(H) Fulham

(A) Palace

(H) West Ham

(A) Bournemouth

 

Whilst it's tempting to think that the best result for us would be draws in all the highlighted games, I'm not optimistic enough to think we're in a title battle. Therefore ultimately I would want Arsenal and Man City to win all of their games in order to starve Man Utd and Spurs of as many points as possible as the run for three and four will be very tight.

 

Of course the most important factor is us winning our games but in a tight contest every bit helps, if we can get results in these winnable games it will keep the pressure on the others.

 

It will be difficult for us (Man City)  to get maximum points in the next month or so when you factor in other games

(A) Southampton - League Cup

(A) Man Utd

(H) Spurs

(H) Wolves

(H) Arsenal - FA Cup

(A) Spurs

(H) Villa

(A) Arsenal - they're so far ahead you probably need us to win these to keep your dream alive

 

As an aside i'm sure the cup draws are rigged.

First 2 League cup opponents, Chelsea then Liverpool

First 2 FA cup opponents, Chelsea then Arsenal

 

 

 

[thebrokendoll 9034]

4 minutes ago, LondonBlue said:

 

 

 

As an aside i'm sure the cup draws are rigged.

First 2 League cup opponents, Chelsea then Liverpool

First 2 FA cup opponents, Chelsea then Arsenal

 

 

 

 

hope your next one's rigged too.

yourselves v man utd.

 

(assuming we beat leicester tomorrow)

[OTF 7214]

3 minutes ago, LondonBlue said:

 

It will be difficult for us (Man City)  to get maximum points in the next month or so when you factor in other games

(A) Southampton - League Cup

(A) Man Utd

(H) Spurs

(H) Wolves

(H) Arsenal - FA Cup

(A) Spurs

(H) Villa

(A) Arsenal - they're so far ahead you probably need us to win these to keep your dream alive

 

As an aside i'm sure the cup draws are rigged.

First 2 League cup opponents, Chelsea then Liverpool

First 2 FA cup opponents, Chelsea then Arsenal

 

 

 

 

It won't be easy, sure, but Man City are rightfully favourites to win in every domestic game they play. When you play Arsenal the result doesn't really matter, we're graciously conceding 1 and 2, you can sort it out between yourselves.

 

That said there's a long way to go and recent Arsenal are specialists for bottling it, so I'll have to revisit these comments when we're 3/4 of the way into the season.

 

[OTF 7214]

And finally, not to rain on our parade, but we're always a few injuries away from being more than happy with a top eight finish. We plainly don't have the quality in depth that any of the other sides competing for the top four positions have, made patently obvious against Wednesday.

[Dr Gloom 21760]

14 minutes ago, OTF said:

And finally, not to rain on our parade, but we're always a few injuries away from being more than happy with a top eight finish. We plainly don't have the quality in depth that any of the other sides competing for the top four positions have, made patently obvious against Wednesday.

 

an 8th place finish would have been fine before the season started. it would be disappointing if that's where we end up after the way we started the season, but even if it were to happen it'd still represent progress. 

 

i think it's unlikely but not impossible. we're seeing signs that our pre-world cup form might be slowing and it could become entrenched if we were to lose tripper, bruno and botman to long-term injury.

 

i think we will sign at least a couple of quality players this window though to offset the inevitable injuries/slump in form. i also trust howe to work with an improve the reserve players were one or two called upon to plug gaps for a period of weeks or months, just as he did with krafth last season. 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Dr Gloom

[OTF 7214]

6 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

an 8th place finish would have been fine before the season started. it would be disappointing if that's where we end up after the way we started the season, but even if it were to happen it'd still represent progress. 

 

i think it's unlikely but not impossible. we're seeing signs that our pre-world cup form might be slowing and it could become entrenched if we were to lose tripper, bruno and botman to long-term injury.

 

i think we will sign at least a couple of quality players this window though to offset the inevitable injuries/slump in form. i also trust howe to work with an improve the reserve players were one or two called upon to plug gaps for a period of weeks or months, just as he did with krafth last season. 

 

It's also much easier for one or two reserve players to look decent (and be decent) if they're amongst our cohesive first team. Especially when Bruno is playing and at his influential best.