zabbadabbado wrote:I am very chill.john@staustell wrote:zabbadabbado wrote:Last Season I didn't expect us to put up a Title challenge, yet we did.
I actually thought Top 4 would be a struggle, yet we comfortably finished second.I think we can all agree though last season there were a lot of sides nowhere near their normal standard which helped us.We won 2 Cups in a Season I thought we would win nothing.Quite an achievement really.
This season sadly I think Top 6 is likely going to be our limit.
We can't compete over a season with the Top sides with a thread bare squad that lacks real quality.It pissed me off today when they said on TNT we had a squad comparable to Arsenal. Absolute bollocks.We have lost and entire team of Tier 1 quality players over the last few seasons.And replaced them with average players.We have punched above our weight for 2 Seasons.we now lack quality in every department.We need 6 possibly 7 Stellar signings to be anywhere near Arsenal squad quality fact.Replacing them all will not be done in 1 transfer window.
We are going in to this season relying on squad players who couldn't even start games for us last season.It is going to be a long season, that is the reality.2 tier 1 signings is not going to cover all the Team frailties.
I have resigned myself to this season is going to be a season with likely more lows than highs.As we get to watch players we should have got rid of 2 seasons ago starting regularly again.
I know the Charity Shield means fuck allot being a nothing game.That didnt bother me losing a nothing game.What bothered me was Maresca seemingly looked clueless.I had no idea what he was trying to achieve a week before the season kicks off.Pushing Anderson out wide.Watching Kovacic blowing out of his are, midfield overrun.That display was right up with the worst display for a very long time.It was like Maresca was trying to be Pep,play his style but much slower.It was fucking awful and has left me worried that maybe his job might be too much for him after just 1 game.That is how bad that game was.
We could be going in to the Season with a thread bare squad and a Manager who has no idea how to utilize the average squad players.
It is actually criminal how our Club has taken its Eye of the Ball with the squad planning and rebuilding.Hearing stories of Vianna using AI tools to target the last crop of shite signings is pretty disturbing.Only Cherki looks half decent.
We have a big job on our Hands to get back to an elite level.All we can do is get behind the Manager and hope for the best.We are likely going to lose as many as we win this season with our shite defense and light weight midfield.There might be one or two good hidings we are not used to.
Just think back to Alan Ball and chill out
I think oner or two of our fans are expecting too much from a thread bare squad and a new Manager adapting. So i am saying it as i see it.
I wont be surprised if these same fans are screaming for him out by Christmas if he don't hit the ground running.
We are definitely in transition and it will likely be 2 seasons before we are anywhere near what we once were.
It shouldnt be that way,it is what it is thanks to Vianna.
I'd definitely agree with the two seasons to be back where we were.
That said , I don't think it'll be a dreadful journey, a couple of top four finishes.
In short I expect us to do what I expected rags to do when Baconface leff, a season or two having a breather then back to the very top.
That's the worrying bit.
