That is somewhat extreme.
I expect anywhere below 6th should seal the deal.
I'm not sure. Isn't there a case to be made for sixth place being like a trophy?
Seriously, this is a bloody tough division full of hard-nosed professionals who'll do anything to win. There's precious little sentimental notions about "the way the game should be played" and a' that. And they're all stinking rich; Stoke City had Jesé Rodríguez upfront and we had Danny Welbeck :-|
True, however I expect the reason he did so is that he knew he lacked the mobility/pace to deal with them running at him, so he took a chance.
Which is why Xhaka needs a mobile, defensively astute partner with some positional discipline which, regardless of what you think of him, Ramsey is most definitely not.
I actually didn't think the useless Welsher was a useless as he usually is, it's just the partnership with Xhaka that will be a disaster imo. Wait until we play someone good and Xhaka starts giving it away as much as he did on Saturday and Ramsey is strolling all over the pitch with his head up his arse. :yikes:
Mesut just looked as confused as the rest of them, to me, what with having an actual striker on the pitch. Nobody seemed to know what to do with him. He was even shooting from outside the box!
I mean, what is the point of having a fifty million pound striker if Mesut Özil is going to start taking potshots from 25 yards :homer:
Exactly, glad it wasn't just me that noticed how often Mesut had to drop deep to give Xhaka an option while Ramsey strolled around god knows were. And after Xhaka gave it away, Mesut did his best to get back and help out in that enormous hole that was our central midfield and then Keown and others criticize him for being a passenger while the useless Welsh tw@t that was 40 yards the other way casually strolling back gets no criticism.
I thought our passing and movement was very one dimensional and the only time we seemed to do anything creative and break them down Mesut was involved.
It's racism, P, that's what it is. :nod: