Alioune DVToure wrote:I fancy us to win four and draw one of our last five games. That would give us 85 points for the season. More often than not, that would win you the league (I think), so it's a perfectly acceptable haul. We've bagged another pot, done a bit better in the Champions League and have a more balanced squad than 12 months ago. 3rd would be a bit disappointing, but nothing more.
Pretty much my thoughts.
As I said in another thread, purely because we are a rich club, absolutely no lee way is given to Pellegrini with regards to "settling in" or "give him time to get used to the prem" etc.
Which is absolute bollox, because whether you are a manager who's expectations are merely trying to break the top four (rodgers) or a manager who is returning to a league he has already won with the expectations of competing at a high level in the champs league and finish top four... you are given at least two seasons and the media acknowledge this.
However, all the media are already on the attack that this season will be a failure for Pellegrini because we might "only" win one trophy and narrowly miss out on another.
Jose Mourinho may very well finish this season with nothing. If Liverpool win the league and that happens, then who will be the failure? Man fucking City that's who.
It's total horse shit.
No matter what happens from here, third finish or not... we have the right guy in charge. And going into next season, he doesn't have to buy four first team player, completely change the system the current players are used to playing and try to claw back an 11 point title loss.
Because he has already done all of that work. Now all he has to do is buy a couple of defenders and perfect his side.
The talk of getting rid of him is fucking pathetic. And anyone that wants rid of him is a complete moron.