If you're going to win the league it always matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
W11 D2 L3 F33 A17
vs
W6 D6 L4 F26 A16
isn't really marginal improvement.
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If you're going to win the league it always matters.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
W11 D2 L3 F33 A17
vs
W6 D6 L4 F26 A16
isn't really marginal improvement.
When Abramovic came along and bought his way to success with Chelsea it changed the whole landscape of the PL. Now we have City with an even bigger chequebook so yes, it will always be extremely difficult to compete. Since we last won the title the only clubs who have done so are ManYoo, Chelsea and Man City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
ManYoo have the ability to outspend us and have had the best manager of all time guiding them to titles that, looking at their squad, they had no business winning. City and Chelsea can spend what they like with no consequence. Unless any serious financial fair play measures are brought in it's going to be extremely difficult to compete with them.
That said I don't think it's impossible and I reckon our current squad + a top striker would seriously compete. If we get one in January then we have a chance.
Nobody has said it is impossible. But just look at the squad City have.
They should be winning the League without question. That said, if we can get another striker, we'll greatly enhance our chances. If we don't get someone up front, I don't fancy our chances at all because so much will rest on one player.
That said, hopefully we'll see more of the same from Walcott - he was the one true bright spot on Saturday.
That's more like it. :lol:
It's within our hands. If we buy a top striker in Jan or a goal scoring winger we should be in the race for sure.
It's on!
:patrice:
:yippee:
It's back on?
It was never off, unless you're some sort of pirate fag.
I'd make 2 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters To Santa
First, even on those stats, roughly speaking we have drawn 4 games that we lost last year. That's the only real difference. And I'd say that those 4 points represent a decidedly marginal difference.
Secondly, it takes more than pure stats to measure the progress of a team. We have always had the capability to beat those teams below us. Observers are quite right to look at our results against the top teams to judge whether there has been a real change in this team. And so far this season these particular results are no better than in seasons past.