Losing a match, especially one that would have put us in the quarter finals, can't ever be considered a blessing in any shape or form.[/QUOT
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Losing a match, especially one that would have put us in the quarter finals, can't ever be considered a blessing in any shape or form.[/QUOT
absolutely,...
Feeling pretty pessimistic. Slip up against Bournemouth, and Chelsea can overtake us when they play us at their place. Unfortunately this is a scenario I could see happening. Add to this a very tricky FA Cup tie against a bang on form Swansea, and our promising season could evaporate in just a few games.
Hope we’ve got the wherewithal to come through last nights disappointment....
I kind of see your point but I would say our position in the league would suggest that we are not better than Man U ( and we are not at WHL this year, so it has no relevance). As for us and Chelski. Tough one. I think they have some excellent players in the squad and man for man in the whole squad I think they come out just about on top ( I of course am not including Toby in our squad). If he were fit, Rose and Wanyama were fully fit and at it, it would be a tougher call.They obviously know how to get the job done, what I really mean is that Chelsea are poor regarding form and United are poor regarding the football they produce but secondly in comparison to how United and Chelsea teams generally are, I think they’re poor to what they could and should be. I do get what you’re saying though, a 'poor' team wouldn’t draw at home to Barca or in United's case be 2nd in the league etc. I’m not trying to say it’s an easy job, I just think we’re better than both teams (we’d be 2nd if we were at WHL IMO) but in saying that I also wouldn’t be surprised if we went out to either of them. I just mean to say as we are as a team now and as they both are I would certainly still be disappointed to go out to either of them with a cup at stake and that's largely due to how I think the teams stand at the moment.
I'm not saying we 'should' be disappointed, I said 'I' will be disappointed. And as much as I agree with your statement of Chelsea and United not being taken for granted, (which I didn't mean to allude to initially) from a personal standpoint with Man City out and my opinion of us being better than United and Chelsea, it's gonna feel extra disappointing if we don't take this opportunity. At least for me anyway
I kind of see your point but I would say our position in the league would suggest that we are not better than Man U ( and we are not at WHL this year, so it has no relevance). As for us and Chelski. Tough one. I think they have some excellent players in the squad and man for man in the whole squad I think they come out just about on top ( I of course am not including Toby in our squad). If he were fit, Rose and Wanyama were fully fit and at it, it would be a tougher call.
not being funny but Man Utd might be 4pts in front of us, but until everyone has played everyone then know one knows who the better team is.
we have had to play all our home games at Wembley, and it's not home, even if we have kind of waved goodbye to the curse, so the 3 teams sitting above us have had an advantage over us, which could even drag into next season, as the NWHL might be our home, but 1st season will be like Wembley but with hopefully a much better atmosphere (not being so far from the pitch).
when it comes to style of play, we are definitely more attractive to watch than both Man U and Chelsea, and have heard from a good few Utd fans that say that in football terms they would rather watch one of our matches than a Utd game.
if we get past Swansea and have to face either team in the semi's it will only be a case of losing to them if they take their chances over ours, I would expect both teams would play to hit us on the counter.
I kind of see your point but I would say our position in the league would suggest that we are not better than Man U ( and we are not at WHL this year, so it has no relevance). As for us and Chelski. Tough one. I think they have some excellent players in the squad and man for man in the whole squad I think they come out just about on top ( I of course am not including Toby in our squad). If he were fit, Rose and Wanyama were fully fit and at it, it would be a tougher call.
Exactly, all the so called expert pundits were predicting us to finish 5th and more likely 6th because of the Wembley factor and the net spend difference.At the start of the season, before anyone knew how Wembley would pan out, I feared we would be roughly where Arsenal are now.
Instead we are still 13 points above them.
Chelsea had just won the league and then spent £180M (plus another £50M this winter)
Man Utd just won two trophies and spent about £150M+ (plus £35M this winter)
Man City spent £250M+ (plus £60M this winter)
We spent £80M (plus £25M this winter).
To finish above Chelsea, on our budget, playing in a much more challenging home venue, is an epic season.
Absolutely agree with this. The good thing is that under Carvalhal they are likely to come out and attack us so, while they may give us a bit of a scare, we should be able to score more than they do.Exactly, all the so called expert pundits were predicting us to finish 5th and more likely 6th because of the Wembley factor and the net spend difference.
It could be argued that by playing at Wembley alone was the equivalent of giving the other 5 teams in the top 6 places a 5-10 point head start as were always going to need some time to get used to it being our temporary home whilst factoring in the extra motivation it gives to the opposition.
The job is still by no means done and we still have some way to go before we can safely say we've achieved a top 4 place.
We must also now press home our acquired Wembley advantage in the FA Cup. Before this we must put the strongest possible side out against Swansea. We have been given an excellent opportunity to win it this year and we must seize it.
On the subject of top 4, any result of any kind in the Man Utd v Liverpool game should fire up our motivation to put the midweek CL disappointment aside on Sunday. Preferably a draw in this early game today, but either way at least one of them has to drop points and we absolutely must be ready to pounce.
We will get loads of chances. We will miss all of those ... Son will miss 1v1 , kane will hit the post two times.. whereas utd or chelsea will get only 1 chance in the match and they will score from it. Game over for spurs
We will win tomorrow mate I reckon we might smash em to.We will get loads of chances. We will miss all of those ... Son will miss 1v1 , kane will hit the post two times.. whereas utd or chelsea will get only 1 chance in the match and they will score from it. Game over for spurs
We'll scrape a draw then beat Chelsea and Man City.We’re effectively the pressure game this weekend being the last of the 4 (forget city) playing so the performance will speak volumes as to how we’ve moved on from Wednesday and where we’re likely to finish. Win well and I’d say it’s a huge step taken, especially if we get the result we want at lunchtime, either a draw or united win.