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Seriously?
I hope I'm wrong but I just don't see it happening.
I hope I'm wrong but I just don't see it happening.
As we saw last season potential and quality alone does not guarantee anything. mental prowess is a huge factor and at the moment we're well behind both Man Utd and Chelsea. They have entire squads that have won the PL, CL's, FA Cups etc while we have about 4 players that have won anything. I remember when we walked into Old Trafford in 2002 needing a point to win the league, we were sans Pires, Bergkamp, Tony Adams and Henry we were confident, we knew we had the depth, experience and quality to cope. We had the likes of Kanu, Wiltord, Keown, Vieira, Razor, Campbell, Lauran, Freddie etc big time players who could, would and did deliver when the chips were down.Depends on a lot of factors. I think people are tending to be a little too pessimistic personally.
If we bring in an established DM, we could be an interesting team. I think you have to look at guys like Bendtner, Vela, and Walcott and there is definitely some improvement and class there.
I think the defense has potential at least, I've been watching highlights of last year and Toure was really bad for a lot of the year and absolutely putrid after the ACN when he wasn't out hurt. A Toure on form is still one of the top CBs out there, we just have to hope he gets back to that level.
Also, Nasri will be an upgrade on Hleb. Not immediately, but he will make a big impact in the 2nd half of the season, he's a very special talent.
We're definitely a wild-card, but it's not as bad as people are making it out to be.
Ghost World, the movie is bad-ass, but you sir, are not. And for your information some guy at the Guardian only predicted Manure a 2nd place finish, so ha!
Yeah, I think we'll need huge doses of luck although considering how unlucky we were last year we definitely deserve something.As we saw last season potential and quality alone does not guarantee anything. mental prowess is a huge factor and at the moment we're well behind both Man Utd and Chelsea. They have entire squads that have won the PL, CL's, FA Cups etc while we have about 4 players that have won anything. I remember when we walked into Old Trafford in 2002 needing a point to win the league, we were sans Pires, Bergkamp, Tony Adams and Henry we were confident, we knew we had the depth, experience and quality to cope. We had the likes of Kanu, Wiltord, Keown, Vieira, Razor, Campbell, Lauran, Freddie etc big time players who could, would and did deliver when the chips were down.
Too many of our key players are injury prone i.e Diaby, Rosicky, RVP etc and their replacements are all very green if not physically than mentally.
It's bad enough that our starting CB's are nowhere near the quality of our rivals i.e Rio-Vidic and Carvalho-Terry but one injury to either Gallas or Toure means our title aspirations lie in the likes of Senderos and Djourou. IMO we're just to young, lack depth and generally are not as good as Man Utd or Chelsea.
I agree with this.Also, Nasri will be an upgrade on Hleb. Not immediately, but he will make a big impact in the 2nd half of the season, he's a very special talent.
we dont count this as an accomplishment, if we did then our team would've bothered staying there to celebrate the trophy.
Ronaldo is out for 2 to 3 months and Rooney may be absent for the first few games. Garry Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are all past their prime. This means that they're going to have to count on young players like Anderson and Nani. Anderson is in Beijing and won't take part in the team until possibly September. Tevez is the only legitimate striker they have at the moment, unless he gets injured. I think they'll drop points and will be playing catch up for the first half of the season.In all honesty I dont see you guys winning the EPL bcoz Chelsea and Manure have better and more balanced squads .... FA cup can be a huge possibility and I dont c you winning the CL