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Let's agree we have differing standards then.
Wonder if Athletic Bilbao's fans said the same before they got beaten in Switzerland. Same with Fenerbache and Spurs. Or Zenit or Getafe. I mean, with that in mind, it seems completely reasonable to be miserable if we draw there. A draw is fine in my opinion, so long as we clobber them at home.
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It's only the first game! The result won't matter too much in the grand scheme of things.
Less than 5 hours to go! Can't wait!
Well even if BR wants to do well in the Europa League, he said it, the priority is the league. I think KD lost his job because he moved his priority to the cups in the second half of the season. However, I think we should at least get a draw tonight, it's only Young Boys. Therefore, in the grand scheme of things as you say, we should win on Sunday, else the grand scheme is flop. Not really even if we lose both games. They'll be what 5 more games in the Europa left? And 30 odd games left in the EPL. The youngsters need to be given a chance sometime sooner or later. Why not now when we only have a squad of 20 which includes 4, yes 4 keepers! The united game will have little reflection on where we finish the season. As I said before, It's the games V Sunderland and West Brom et al which will define where we end up!
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So what's the target for this year then? Shouldn't we at least improve over last year? We did not lose any major players bar Bellamy perhaps (even if he couldn't play every week) and BR has re-inforced with about 20m net spend.
West Brom and Sunderland both finished behind us so should be relatively easy targets at home, the wins to fight for AT HOME should be against those who finished above us. If Everton dominated and beat Manure, we should be able to expect the same and if we are unlucky, a draw is acceptable as last year. We have had good results against them at home both in the league and FA cup recently isn't it?
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This year is about rebuilding. I thought at the start of the season that 4th was an outside possibility but that was mostly down to the failings of others, ie Arsenal, which doesn't look likely at present. I want to see an improvement between the 2 halves of this season and that is my goal for the season
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This year is about rebuilding. I thought at the start of the season that 4th was an outside possibility but that was mostly down to the failings of others, ie Arsenal, which doesn't look likely at present. I want to see an improvement between the 2 halves of this season and that is my goal for the season Improvement over 2 halves of this season? Well, by the looks of it if we do not acheive this we have a good chance of getting relegated. For me if we do not improve over last year (not expecting in the top 4 anyway), BR would have been a failure (unless our 2 half points tally is among the 4 four in that period).
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This year is about rebuilding. I thought at the start of the season that 4th was an outside possibility but that was mostly down to the failings of others, ie Arsenal, which doesn't look likely at present. I want to see an improvement between the 2 halves of this season and that is my goal for the season Excellent post! We are only just starting the rebuilding process now really. We lost Kuyt, Bellamy, Maxi, Aurellio, Carroll, Spearing and a few more These were all arguably squad players, Who's replaced them? Not enough bodies in the squad let alone any major improvements to the first eleven. January will be interesting, If we can get 3 more extra players in adding depth. Then the second half of the season should see progress, Also the system would be better understood.
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This year is about rebuilding. I thought at the start of the season that 4th was an outside possibility but that was mostly down to the failings of others, ie Arsenal, which doesn't look likely at present. I want to see an improvement between the 2 halves of this season and that is my goal for the season Improvement over 2 halves of this season? Well, by the looks of it if we do not acheive this we have a good chance of getting relegated. For me if we do not improve over last year (not expecting in the top 4 anyway), BR would have been a failure (unless our 2 half points tally is among the 4 four in that period). No, improvement between the 1st half and the 2nd half showing a progression as the squad (which is threadbare and not capable of playing 2 matches a week) gets used to the new system. If I see that improvement I'll deem this season some sort of success and look forward to next season.
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Todays team is looking more and more obvious Jones Flanno? - Coates - Carra - Enrique? Sahin - Henderson - Suso? Assaidi - Yesil? - Downing The people with question marks against them are the one's Im not too sure of. The rest have been announced publicly they will play. So 80% of the team is pretty much set in stone. Who are you most looking forward to see? For me it has to be Yesil! 
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Assaidi for me, I think he can have more of an immediate impact
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Would really like to see Borini play and get replaced by Yesil.
Most excited to see Assaidi.
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