London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I suppose when I think back to 15-18 months ago when qualifying for Europe was the height of our ambition, a second season in 5th place – together with 21 Cup matches, including trips to Turkey and Portugal and Spain – is pretty fine. Our erstwhile fellow mediocrity of two seasons ago (like Newcastle, Villa, Citeh, etc) must surely envy our progression.
The strangest stat for me is that there are 116 teams in the top 5 league in England and of those five divisions only Accrington Stanley managed fewer clean sheets, and yet we’re 5th in the Prem! We might actually be dangerous with a defence.
Fwiw, I think this season clarified for me the challenge we face; for me it comes down to a 10-12 week period beginning at the end of January, this is when the FA Cup has kicked in and the European comps have started up again. If we’re serious about competing in all 4 competitions, we have to put out proper, competitive starting 11’s on the pitch – with genuine options on the bench – every 3-4 days, for the whole of that mad 10-12 week period. And win the friggin games, not take the lead and be found out because we’re at bare bones again - bloody centre backs at left back, or central midfielders at right back of left wing, knackered, half -injured all over the show. We were scraping the barrel too often.
All about the quality of the squad for me; yes to more kids, but it’s about time Levy actually spent proper money - he's not spent a penny NET in the past 2 years - rather than sit back looking at his share price going though another roof.
The strangest stat for me is that there are 116 teams in the top 5 league in England and of those five divisions only Accrington Stanley managed fewer clean sheets, and yet we’re 5th in the Prem! We might actually be dangerous with a defence.
Fwiw, I think this season clarified for me the challenge we face; for me it comes down to a 10-12 week period beginning at the end of January, this is when the FA Cup has kicked in and the European comps have started up again. If we’re serious about competing in all 4 competitions, we have to put out proper, competitive starting 11’s on the pitch – with genuine options on the bench – every 3-4 days, for the whole of that mad 10-12 week period. And win the friggin games, not take the lead and be found out because we’re at bare bones again - bloody centre backs at left back, or central midfielders at right back of left wing, knackered, half -injured all over the show. We were scraping the barrel too often.
All about the quality of the squad for me; yes to more kids, but it’s about time Levy actually spent proper money - he's not spent a penny NET in the past 2 years - rather than sit back looking at his share price going though another roof.
, more goals, more ambition and..........Dimitar Berbatov
What's the problem, buffering 
