The Bitter Truth?

[Globalgunner]

I really dont understand HCZs position because he is all over the place. Is it that this club with the 3rd highest turnover in the EPL. soon to be the 2nd when the new sponsorships kick in cannot afford to pay its best players commensurately, Or that we cannot afford to pay high enough transfer fees to get the players we need, Or that there really is nothing we can do on the finance side so we should just accept 4th...or maybe 5th or then again 6th seeeing as Everton, Spuds and Pool are better run clubs than we.

[Letters]

Wait
You think Spurs are a better run club than us?

[Globalgunner]

Wait
You think Spurs are a better run club than us?

Sarcasm deficiency alert:

[Letters]

It's not that obvious in written text

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I really dont understand HCZs position because he is all over the place. Is it that this club with the 3rd highest turnover in the EPL. soon to be the 2nd when the new sponsorships kick in cannot afford to pay its best players commensurately, Or that we cannot afford to pay high enough transfer fees to get the players we need, Or that there really is nothing we can do on the finance side so we should just accept 4th...or maybe 5th or then again 6th seeeing as Everton, Spuds and Pool are better run clubs than we.

Everton are better than us because they have been better in the transfer market than Wenger (again because everyone sees things in a dualistic perspective they can't see the argument that the money isn't there and that Wenger has blundered with what little he has had avaliable to him) . But even with Everton it's ephemeral because their two best players are on loan. It's up to you what you feel able to accept or not accept, doubtless this season hasn't been good enough I'm simply making the point that the money isn't there to consistently challenge and I'm not convinced we would have done miles better with someone else the last few years, maybe the odd FA cup but when we cànt spend the same amount as spurs or Liverpool let alone Chelsea or City it's rather futile.

[Letters]

I'm not convinced Everton are better than us.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I'm not convinced Everton are better than us.

Well the table doesn't lie and the chances are they will be above us in the table within 48 hours

[Letters]

Well the table doesn't lie and the chances are they will be above us in the table within 48 hours

It's a point here and there at best. A point here and there over a season doesn't mean you're that clearly better than the other side, there are too many fine lines in games and they don't all even out over a season.
They've not been in Europe this year so they've not had that strain on their squad to deal with.
They probably will beat Sunderland away but they have both Manchester clubs to play at home yet, we've got an easy run-in.
IMO it'll be quite close at the end of the season, too close to say one is clearly better than the other whichever order we finish in.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

It's a point here and there at best. A point here and there over a season doesn't mean you're that clearly better than the other side, there are too many fine lines in games and they don't all even out over a season.
They've not been in Europe this year so they've not had that strain on their squad to deal with.
They probably will beat Sunderland away but they have both Manchester clubs to play at home yet, we've got an easy run-in.
IMO it'll be quite close at the end of the season, too close to say one is clearly better than the other whichever order we finish in.

I'm merely talking about the current state of our squads, their strike force is vastly better than us and their midfield is better than ours made up of those over or at least pushing thirty. Who don't have the pace or legs to prevent the humiliation that sides like Everton will lavish upon them

[Letters]

I'm merely talking about the current state of our squads, their strike force is vastly better than us and their midfield is better than ours made up of those over or at least pushing thirty. Who don't have the pace or legs to prevent the humiliation that sides like Everton will lavish upon them

For most of this season they've been nowhere near us. Our traditional collapse and a very good run from them and yes, now it's close.
But they have a harder run-in than us. It's obviously going to be close.
In the 3 games between the sides they won one comfortably, we won one comfortably and one was a draw.
There's no clear gap between the two sides.