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You’re insane if you think Levy’s happy without the CL revenue and exposure while he’s trying to pay for the stadium.Think we will finish 5th or 6th and I think the club are happy with that.
You’re insane if you think Levy’s happy without the CL revenue and exposure while he’s trying to pay for the stadium.Think we will finish 5th or 6th and I think the club are happy with that.
Chelsea won't get in the top 6
Wow. Is this seriously what you think? Have you seen their midfield? Their signings in the window? If they keep Hazard, they'll be battling City and Pool for the title. Never mind missing out on top four......
Don Goodman by any chance? ... Yeah ...Quite bizarrely, seen one of the outlets say we are "under pressure to do well", because we haven't signed anyone.
Eh?
I wish Giroud was our backup striker. For a donkey, he sure has a great goal ratio.They're missing one crucial ingredient, a quality striker.
Giroud is a donkey.
Morata is crap.
Batshit isn't good enough.
The pressure is on Hazard for the goals, Willian doesn't score often, neither does Jorginho or Kovacic.
We are, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we slip up. It’s going to be a tough game - Rafa’s teams always are. And if we’re not at our best, we may suffer.
Don Goodman by any chance? ... Yeah ...
Think we'll have to be lucky with injuries to crack top four. Looking forward to the season begining though.
Think we will finish 5th or 6th and I think the club are happy with that.
Chelsea are changing their entire pattern of play from 3-5-2 to 4-3-3, even their manager has said they need at least 3 months to adjust. Madrid still chasing Hazard and they’ve been trying to flog their main striker. Doesn’t look like a stable camp to me.
It's going to take Chelsea months to start playing Sarri-ball and it really wouldn't surprise if one or two of their big players baulk at having to put their egos to one side to fit into the system. It's probably unfair to judge a team based on a game against City, but they were all over the shop in the Community Shield.
Manchester United are in disarray and the one thing that allowed them to sporn so many 1-0 results last season (the individual brilliance of De Gea) has been called into serious question by the Spanish media since the World Cup.
Arsenal could well have appointed AVB mk.II and if those players lost respect for Wenger after all he achieved there then what hope for Emery?
As is often the case, Liverpool have spent loads of money. Will it go better than when they've spent loads of money in the past? Fabinho could go the way of Bakayoko, Keita could get sent off every other week like he did last season. Whatever happens they still won't be anywhere near City.
1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Spurs
4. United or Chelsea
Well, my post is partly an equal and opposite reaction to all those people who seem to think everything will go swimmingly for our rivals and badly for us. But I'm pretty confident I know the level of performance we can expect from our squad. Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool on the other hand have a fair amount of change to implement while Mourinho is busy doing his now customary third season routine.Haha so everything is going to go wrong for our rivals but will be perfect for us. You're post is seriously wishful thinking after we've had a bad transfer window in my opinion.
Onions but I disagree. Very different environment at that club as well with Roman seemingly less committed and realising he isn’t top dog in the league anymore. If it clicks immediately then yes it could work but if not they aren’t reknowned for their patience, can see it getting ugly quite quickly.In 2016 Conte switched them to a 3-4-3 and they didn't take much time at all to adjust, in fact they won the league with a pretty high number of points. A good coach can implement a new system pretty quickly and they have really good players at their disposal, perfect for the system they're trying to switch to. The only exception I would say is Alonso at left back - he's a better fit as a left wing back, but in most other positions they have quality players for the system they're trying to play.
I don't know how good Sarri will be but he's done an impressive job with his previous clubs and if he does anything similar with Chelsea, with the players they have, they'll be near the top of the table at the end of the day.