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I'm very excited about the new season too. Suarez, Carroll, Kuyt, Gerrard, Adam, Meireles, Henderson, Maxi and quite possibly Downing. What an attacking force we're shaping up to have next season. The key thing about having this many attacking options in the squad is that it offers something we didn't have last season - attacking options from the bench. How often last season when things were going wrong on t he pitch, did you look on the bench to see who could be brought on to change the game, only to groan at the lack of options? Also note that, having signed Carroll in January, we've now signed, Adam, Henderson and going after Downing - all players with good records of assist/chance-creation - players with good crossing delivery. This is a good move. Carroll is a beast in the air - the beast needs to be fed.
With regards to Man City, i'm not sure yet about them - much depends on who else they sign. I looked at the scoring stats from them last season the other day on SSN, and Tevez was on 20/20+ i think, and the second closest was i think Balotelli on 8, then there was a 5 and a 4. Tevez wants to leave. Take him out of the team and who's gonna replace those goals? Balotelli? Dzeko? I think it could swap on the signing of one player to make or break their season - Aguero. Yes I'm banking on City not being able to replace Tevez with a comparable goal poacher + that they will fail to gel as a team again and remain a rabble next season!
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4th to 6th position more likely 5th and hopefully a cup run . Yep I have it similar, I think we will finish where we finished last season, depending on how much this U.E.F.A Cup takes out of Spurs, we may with a bit of luck, pinch 5th. Think United will win it again, then Chelsea and City or Arsenal either way for the remaining Champions League places. I also fully expect Everton to push us closer for 6th place.
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chelsea
man utd
livepool
man city
arsenal
spurs
plus a wembley final ill be happy with that....
“When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.” Bill Shankly...
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chelsea
man utd
livepool
man city
arsenal
spurs
plus a wembley final ill be happy with that....
That would pretty much be the ideal season for us now (realistically speaking)
*RODGERS *SKRTEL *JONJO
'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'
'If there is hope, it lies in the proles'
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chelsea
man utd
livepool
man city
arsenal
spurs
plus a wembley final ill be happy with that....
That would pretty much be the ideal season for us now (realistically speaking) Yeah would settle for that also as a base to build on for a title challenge next year or the year after. Its a reasonable target all things considered, and not as unrealistic as some suggest, given that our rivals have their own problems to deal with. If we can sort the defense and wing/s + an aditional striker we could realisticaly aim even higher!
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Top 7, In my opinion will look something like this.
Chavski
Manure
Liverpool
Man City
Arsenal
Tottenham
Villa
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1st man city
2nd chelsea
3rd man utd
4th liverpool (this would be minimal expectation)
5th arsenal
6th swansea (couldn't resist)
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i find it hard to think we''ll break back into the top 4...
it would be hard to take but i think it will be 5th at best and fingers crossed a trophy....
for years i used to think we might do it this season! but for the last 6 or 7 years i dont expect anything and if im honest i dont see anything major different this season, up to just...
we still need wingers, left back, CB and to be a top team you need a top class holding midfielder which we just dont have!
i also think that the other top teams will not have as poor season as they did last year..
Last edited by 79ceb; 08/07/11 04:39 AM.
dont be an hater, take the banter!
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top four should be our priority. lets not get too carried away until we see how we play against the bigger sides and away from home. bit of a transitional period for us at the moment so its important we don't get carried away but equally important that the ambition is there, success is embedded into this club. lets hope we can break back into the top four and hopefully have a good run in one of the domestic cups
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I'm expecting to us be top 3 and an FA Cup as well. without any Europe to concentrate on it will ease the workload of our squad and hopefully it won't need to be rotated as much in the League. This would mean we could play a similar team every week which means they would gel pretty quickly too which we saw in the second half of last season. I think if we get a winger a decent CB it will strengthen our squad dramatically and allow us to push for the top 3. Arsenal are losing too many and haven't (at this stage) replaced what they've lost and I don't think City will gel too well as they are buying a lot of ego's and need to reduce their massive wage bill (as do we). I think having Kenny here since January and with his signing it will be an excellent season for us. Our big problem last season was that we lost games against sides we should normally beat and I don't think that will happen too much this coming season and therefor we will improve our position on the table.
My top 4 are:
Chelsea
LFC
Manure
Man City
The battle for 5th will be Tottenham, Arsenal
Bring it on I say!!
Last edited by RedLaz; 08/07/11 11:23 AM.
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