This is an excellent post, and well reasoned and I can't disagree with any of it. That said, my biggest concern this year isn't how we have played against the Top 6. It's that the way we have set up to play against the Top 6 has permeated into other games - particularly away from home.
As...
Tim, I absolutely agree. It's brilliant to see who we're playing and where we are, and nobody expected it to be easy.
That said, I want us to look like we're enjoying the Prem. To play with passion, and to attack teams - particularly those around us. We've shown we can go toe-to-toe with...
All of this is absolutely correct. Between the wars he was a political disaster, he completely misjudged the people in 1945 and then returned as PM for all the wrong reasons in 1951.
That said, when it mattered, when we needed someone with his resolve, charisma and energy, he delivered - and...
Yes - but we all know that's not the point. We've not looked like climbing back up the table for a while, and the sides that struggled (even including Swansea) are all getting their acts together. In Stoke we trust...
I'm still with Hughton. I think he deserves a crack at this, and we still...
There's really only one logical conclusion to all of this - establishment of a Euro Super League that the Top Six "global super clubs" can [p*ss off and] join, along with peers from Spain, Germany, PSG etc, leaving a new "Premier League" where at least the matches will be real and properly...
Everything today put into perspective by seeing the aftermath of a horrible motorbike accident on the A23. Two points lost suddenly didn’t seem quite so disappointing.
Thoughts with the family and anyone on here who might be affected.
Very frustrating to go to Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day, and see such a toothless performance in attack, and I can’t quite understand why you wouldn’t bring Baldock on as soon as we went 2-0 down.
That said, if we end up with 4 points or more over the next two games, it will all be forgotten...
Whilst it’s easy to knock Solly, I can’t help noticing that our best half at home since West Brom featured him providing a threat down the left with Knockaert on the other flank (as indeed it did then too).
He has pace and creates space -which Gross is fantastic as getting into and exploiting...
Spurs - unrealistic expectations (normally made worse by near neighbour success)
Leeds/Sheff W - "big clubs" clinging on to past glories
Man City - either old "dyed-in-the-sky-blue-wool" or JCLs living in Surrey