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Hopes for next Season

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  • #52
    ronjo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ronjo


    I put this up in June and am wondering how people opinions have changed 5 months on.
    As an Arsenal fan I would have to revise mine to.

    a) 1st
    B) 3rd
    c) 5th or lower


  • #53
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    mike65 wrote: »
    Liverpool

    a) Top 4
    b) Top 5
    c) Anything else

    Looking good after 1/3 of season (well almost)


  • #54
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    I dont think much has changed for the big 6 clubs, they'll all harbour title ambitions still at this 1/3 of the season mark and at the very least challenge for a top 4 spot.


  • #55
    ronjo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ronjo


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    I dont think much has changed for the big 6 clubs, they'll all harbour title ambitions still at this 1/3 of the season mark and at the very least challenge for a top 4 spot.

    To be honest I would say Arsenal and Liverpool fans are feeling a lot happier about their teams than 5 months ago.


  • #56
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    ronjo wrote: »
    To be honest I would say Arsenal and Liverpool fans are feeling a lot happier about their teams than 5 months ago.

    Oh I'd agree with ya, and on the fip side Utd fans arent feeling as great even though theyre well and truly still in the title race with 13 games gone.

    If I was adding cups into it, for Chelsea I'd go

    a) Win 1 cup, UCL or FA cup
    b) Make semi final of domestic cup and QF of the UCL
    c) losing in the 3rd round of the FA cup and getting beat in the last 16 of UCL.


  • #57
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Things will be a lot more clearer come the start of January. The league table now still counts for nothing and the only thing it really reveals is that Arsenal are genuine title challengers.


  • #58
    ronjo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ronjo


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    Oh I'd agree with ya, and on the fip side Utd fans arent feeling as great even though theyre well and truly still in the title race with 13 games gone.

    If I was adding cups into it, for Chelsea I'd go

    a) Win 1 cup, UCL or FA cup
    b) Make semi final of domestic cup and QF of the UCL
    c) losing in the 3rd round of the FA cup and getting beat in the last 16 of UCL.

    I wonder where United or Arsenal fans would put winning the Europa League on that list?


  • #59
    EuropeanSon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    Arsenal
    A) 1st, or 2nd/3rd and close to 1st with the FA Cup (or UCL, but that's a very long shot obviously).
    B) 2nd or 3rd, close to 1st (ie still very much in it with 5/6 games left), no trophies, or 2nd/3rd/4th with a trophy.
    C) 2nd/3rd/4th and below, and not challenging for the league, with no trophies.

    That is, I think it is a poor year for us if we don't challenge. Challenging and failing is acceptable though.


  • #60
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    ronjo wrote: »
    I wonder where United or Arsenal fans would put winning the Europa League on that list?

    Well we'd do very very well (read badly) to get into the Europa League, so it's not really worth putting down at all.


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  • #61
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Ya, Arsenal and Utd are still favourites to get to the k/o stage sof the UCL, it'll take a strange set of results to knock Arsenal out and Utd have to really f**k tonight and at Old Trafford to end up out of the UCL.


  • #62
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    super_furry wrote: »
    Things will be a lot more clearer come the start of January. The league table now still counts for nothing and the only thing it really reveals is that Arsenal are genuine title challengers.

    If Arsenal and Liverpool still occupy their respective positions towards Jan/Feb there'll be huge pressure to fill the top 4 by the 4 other contenders.

    Its the best time for any team to try and grab the initative of a non-Fergie Utd for the latter end of the season and run in months, as winning this title could start a spell of dominance for one team.

    If anythings its certainly and entertaining season with so many in the mix.


  • #63
    ronjo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ronjo


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    If Arsenal and Liverpool still occupy their respective positions towards Jan/Feb there'll be huge pressure to fill the top 4 by the 4 other contenders.

    Its the best time for any team to try and grab the initative of a non-Fergie Utd for the latter end of the season and run in months, as winning this title could start a spell of dominance for one team.

    If anythings its certainly and entertaining season with so many in the mix.

    One great thing for Arsenal is finally we are getting a decent subs bench.

    Yesterday had Walcott, Cazorla, Arteta and even Gnabry as options.


  • #64
    I am pie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭I am pie


    I am pie wrote: »
    Liverpool

    1. 4th
    2. 5th
    3. 6th & below

    6th and below would represent very limited progress and most fans would be disappointed with it. I wouldn't be calling for the managers head but it would be unsatisfactory.

    River Plate
    1. Win opening or closing tournament.
    2. 2nd or 3rd in both or progress well enough in copa sudamericana to get into Libertadores the season after
    3. Anything else

    You can add another season of failure for Boca in 1 & 2.

    Liverpool - we're still in with a shout for 4th and definitively have a decent claim for 5th. Looking good, trying to stay grounded because a lot depends on who comes in Jan, we are still light in mf and injuries to Suarez and Sturridge could cripple us.

    River Plate...dios mio. Nearer the bottom of the league than top. Horror show. Need a new manager. SOS. Kicked out of the Sudamericana so no Libertadores next year either. Literally could not be worse. Slight consolation from that fact that Boca won't win anything either, at leat this year.


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