- Jan 23, 2006
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Now the season is over and we can reflect on it at our leisure what does everyone think.
We started the season having reached the CL final and bought in some shiny new talent in Ndombele, Lo Celso, Sessignon and, although he hasn't arrived yet, Jack Clarke.
Some twelve games in we parted company with our mercurial coach Mauricio Pochettino and before the door swung shut replaced him with the one and only Jose Mourinho to, fair to say, mixed opinions.
Come the January window we brought in Gedson and Bergwijn so all in all a fair bit of investment although we waved goodbye to our number 23.
What followed I think we'll all agree was a bit of a disaster losing one talisman to injury after another and a place within waving distance of the relegation zone beckoning with every passing match, and then everything changed.
I don't know if any of you are in league with the devil but either way you went too far, covid punched such a great big hole in the season that none of knew if we'd ever finish it, when we finally reopened we'd got our team back and what a difference it made, not pretty maybe but effective and at least we made a European competion albeit halfheartedly.
In the end we finished 6th which I'm willing to bet some of us would have had us down for last August but I doubt many would have done by the shutdown.
So upon reflection a season like no other and not one I'd want to repeat in my lifetime but we've come out of it still punching and ready for the rematch that starts next September.
What do you think? reasons to be cheerful or sweet mysery?
We started the season having reached the CL final and bought in some shiny new talent in Ndombele, Lo Celso, Sessignon and, although he hasn't arrived yet, Jack Clarke.
Some twelve games in we parted company with our mercurial coach Mauricio Pochettino and before the door swung shut replaced him with the one and only Jose Mourinho to, fair to say, mixed opinions.
Come the January window we brought in Gedson and Bergwijn so all in all a fair bit of investment although we waved goodbye to our number 23.
What followed I think we'll all agree was a bit of a disaster losing one talisman to injury after another and a place within waving distance of the relegation zone beckoning with every passing match, and then everything changed.
I don't know if any of you are in league with the devil but either way you went too far, covid punched such a great big hole in the season that none of knew if we'd ever finish it, when we finally reopened we'd got our team back and what a difference it made, not pretty maybe but effective and at least we made a European competion albeit halfheartedly.
In the end we finished 6th which I'm willing to bet some of us would have had us down for last August but I doubt many would have done by the shutdown.
So upon reflection a season like no other and not one I'd want to repeat in my lifetime but we've come out of it still punching and ready for the rematch that starts next September.
What do you think? reasons to be cheerful or sweet mysery?