The Season So Far.....

[Olivier's xmas twist]

IMO in someways its been a better season the last season. This year i felt we had players who wanted to play for the team and who have worked hard compared to last season. Only thing is we missed a lot of quality and our football was not good as it has been. Team spirt has been fanatastic tbh the the lads have done us proud compared to last season.

I never thought we do better then 4th this season so if we finish 3rd then it would be an achievment.

I think this is a season of regret though, i mean if onnly we did not fuck aroud with the Cesc and Nasri deals and got them done early and bought in few players earlier we'd still be challenginf for the league now or even won a cup.

I don't think the squad really Gel'd together till xmas and that is what has cost us this season.

So in conclusion would id say this season has been a failure no but id say its been a dissaopintment though.

[Cripps_orig]

Wilshere says its been a disaster

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Wilshere says its been a disaster

Thats his opinion and i respect it.

[Cripps_orig]

Thats his opinion and i respect it.

Hes right as well tbh

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Hes right as well tbh

Id agree with that.

[IBK]

Id agree with that.

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He's wrong, and symptomatic of the ridiculous hyperbole surrounding the game these days.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Is there a need to call people idiots.

oh shut up.

ive been called much worse and seen others been called much worse. stop playing up when it suits you. if it hurts your feelings go play in the road.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

What this season has shown us so far is that we are pretty much in the same place that we have been in for the past 5 years. We have a squad of talented players who lack a) the consistency and b) the star quality needed to do more than challenge for 3rd or 4th place.

Of course, we have a captain who has been both consistent and represents our only player with true star quality, but its clear that he is worn out - and can't be expected to win games almost single-handedly as he was earlier in the season.

I disagree strongly with those who say that we lack talent in our team. IMO the only team in the league with more talent in it is Citeh. We have a few players likely to develop into true stars - Oxlade; Szceszny; Wilshere and Gibbs to name four - and decent players in almost every position. You don't go on winning runs like we have done without talent. And you don't get some of the results we have got without togetherness and fight.

What we lack at times is focus and discipline - and that is frustrating as hell.

Its easy to be over critical. There isn't a team in the league that has not had a shocking result or 2 this season. For all our gnashing of teeth over Milan away remember that the two top teams in the country played Thursday night football and don't any more. For all the disappointment of last Saturday, we are still above the team people have been creaming over all season. For all the money at their disposal Citeh are doing a good job of emulating us in 2008. United are being carried over the line, as always, by the most exceptional manager this country has ever seen.

So taken as a whole, it hasn't been a bad season. It feels worse because there is such strong reason to believe that this is as good as its going to get under the current regime.

Top post fella.

[Kano]

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He's wrong, and symptomatic of the ridiculous hyperbole surrounding the game these days.

the wider context is that he was speaking at the end of last season. from a players point of view he is right, as their ambition should be to win and aim for trophies/promotions etc.

a fan will be with a club far longer than any one player so our mindset should be broader than just trophies of course.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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He's wrong, and symptomatic of the ridiculous hyperbole surrounding the game these days.

fair play, don't think the season has been as bad a most have made out but it should have been better.