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Re: EW
Posted by: "Edward Crusoe" Edward.Crusoe@btinternet.com edwardcrusoe
Tue May 24, 2011 6:26 am (PDT)
Keith,
I wanted to wait until the end of the season before writing this. I agree
that there are plenty of positives, and that Kenny has really turned things
round since Roy left. I had my doubts at the time as to whether he would
still have the abilities of old and I'm glad to say I've been proved wrong.
I'm also confident that we have the right ownership in place at last to
build a team that is capable of being successful in the long run.
But I do think it is entirely unrealistic to think that we are going to be
Title contenders next season. I think we should definitely be challenging
for CL qualification and that that has to be our goal.
You asked for reasons why I don't think we will be Title contenders. Ok, in
no particular order.
Closing the gap on our rivals:
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This season has arguably been one of the weakest Premiership campaigns of
the past 10 years. Our realistic rivals next year for the top 4 (Utd,
Chelsea, City, Arsenal, Spurs) all dropped silly points at different times
and no one team dominated - Utd just dropped fewer points than the rest.
Despite that, we still finished 22, 13, 13, 10, and 4 points behind that
quintet, respectively.
Now I'm sure many will blame a lot of that on Roy - and there is merit in
doing so, in part. Yes, we had the third best points tally in the period
that Kenny was in charge - but it is wrong to translate that and assume that
we would automatically do that throughout the course of an entire season. >
Ed, you seem to be making the assumption that we will not improve by signing 2-3 players this summer and that even if other teams don't sign anyone, they will be better than us?
Our weakness is gone, the weakness that did not believe either he or the team was capable of anything other than maybe avoiding relegation - his forte. You are quite happy to assume based on this past seasons results that MU, Arsenal, Chelsea etc are either going to be as good or better? You claim the premier divison was weak, where plenty of others would say it was more even. I guess we can't have it both ways, on the one hand we complain about Chelsea and Man City spending mega-millions to be better placed to succeed and that makes it unfair, but when there is a more level playing field, you deem the premier division weak?
If our points tally in the last half of the season is no gauge to judge what may happen next season, why is the points difference between us and the five teams above a relevant indicator?
Keith
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