Early doors, I know, but looking at how the likes of Spurs, Brighton, Newcastle and Villa are performing, I really fear we will struggle to finish in the top 5 this season.
Yes, we have had a lot of injuries, but that aside, our big performers from last season (Martinez, Casemiro, Bruno, Rashford) look to be struggling this season.
Yes, we have Shaw, Amrabat and Mount to come back in, and Hjojlund working on his fitness, but even with these 4 available, I’m still not sure we will have enough.
Anyone else worried, and what would missing out on the Champs league mean for ETH ?
Top 5 chances
posted on 24/9/23
City will probably win it.
Liverpool looking they have found their mojo again.
Arsenal look good again.
That leaves 2 Champs League spots, for Us, Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, Villa, and anyone else to scrap over.
Yes, we could improve, but all those clubs iv listed look to have more goals in them than we do.
posted on 24/9/23
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 34 minutes ago
City will probably win it.
Liverpool looking they have found their mojo again.
Arsenal look good again.
That leaves 2 Champs League spots, for Us, Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, Villa, and anyone else to scrap over.
Yes, we could improve, but all those clubs iv listed look to have more goals in them than we do.
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It's still very early though.
Had some of those teams you mentioned who are in the mix with us had our injuries they'd be struggling too.
Let's see where we are in table after 18/19 games. There's so much of the season to go yet and we haven't even seen anything like our strongest team yet.
posted on 24/9/23
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 34 minutes ago
City will probably win it.
Liverpool looking they have found their mojo again.
Arsenal look good again.
That leaves 2 Champs League spots, for Us, Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, Villa, and anyone else to scrap over.
Yes, we could improve, but all those clubs iv listed look to have more goals in them than we do.
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It's still very early though.
Had some of those teams you mentioned who are in the mix with us had our injuries they'd be struggling too.
Let's see where we are in table after 18/19 games. There's so much of the season to go yet and we haven't even seen anything like our strongest team yet.
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Mount, Shaw, Martinez, Antony all started the season.
posted on 24/9/23
We have a run of 3 games where we have to take maximum points and try to build some momentum. Ourselves and Chelsea are the only 'big guns' who are struggling, and there are so many other teams in the wings who are more than capable of stepping up.
Tougher than ever to recover after a bad start, but that's what we gotta do, just hope we see some improvement.
posted on 24/9/23
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 34 minutes ago
City will probably win it.
Liverpool looking they have found their mojo again.
Arsenal look good again.
That leaves 2 Champs League spots, for Us, Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, Villa, and anyone else to scrap over.
Yes, we could improve, but all those clubs iv listed look to have more goals in them than we do.
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It's still very early though.
Had some of those teams you mentioned who are in the mix with us had our injuries they'd be struggling too.
Let's see where we are in table after 18/19 games. There's so much of the season to go yet and we haven't even seen anything like our strongest team yet.
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Mount, Shaw, Martinez, Antony all started the season.
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And we won our first game. What's your point?
We've had an average of about 9 players out in almost every matchday squad. No team is going to prosper with that.
Remember when Liverpool got lots of defensive injuries? They fell apart.
posted on 25/9/23
Point is we have seen something like our strongest line up.
posted on 25/9/23
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Point is we have seen something like our strongest line up.
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And we won. Christ you really are thick.
posted on 25/9/23
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please' of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Point is we have seen something like our strongest line up.
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And we won. Christ you really are thick.
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Against Forest and Wolves, with neither performance convincing.
God you are thick.
posted on 25/9/23
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please'of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Point is we have seen something like our strongest line up.
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And we won. Christ you really are thick.
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Against Forest and Wolves, with neither performance convincing.
God you are thick.
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Did we win the matches where we can use your words?
"Point is we have seen something like our strongest lineup."
If yes, then log off and stay away from knives and women and role play games.
posted on 25/9/23
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please' of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please'of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by The Great Dane (U22987)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Point is we have seen something like our strongest line up.
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And we won. Christ you really are thick.
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Against Forest and Wolves, with neither performance convincing.
God you are thick.
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Did we win the matches where we can use your words?
"Point is we have seen something like our strongest lineup."
If yes, then log off and stay away from knives and women and role play games.
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I never argued we hadn't won them.
The fact is, very rarely does any club have their strongest 11 available for prolonged periods.
We shouldn't need our best 11 to beat the likes of Wolves and Forest.
we shouldn't need our best team to beat Wolves amd Forest, and very rarely