Nice article from David Walsh on Unai's impact

[bbrian]

If that's all you got out of that article I suggest you try reading all of it next time

All good stuff and all that ..but we are still in 5th place and have conceded more goals than all above us . I too have been happy with the new regime , but a manager that relies on pressing needs to get results early for the players to buy in fully ....very easy for them to tune him out otherwise

[SWv2]

All good stuff and all that ..but we are still in 5th place and have conceded more goals than all above us . I too have been happy with the new regime , but a manager that relies on pressing needs to get results early for the players to buy in fully ....very easy for them to tune him out otherwise

We are unbeaten in 21 games BB.

[Rich]

We are unbeaten in 21 games BB.

A bit of a misleading statistic when you consider it includes games against Vorskla (x2), Blackpool, Brentford, Quarabag etc.

[eastgermanautos]

We are unbeaten in 21 games BB.

Exactly. What's with all the whining. The win against Huddersfield was a good indicator. We were nervy, believing our luck had turned after the lame goals conceded vs United. Getting a bounce-back win was great.

[Rich]

All good stuff and all that ..but we are still in 5th place and have conceded more goals than all above us . I too have been happy with the new regime , but a manager that relies on pressing needs to get results early for the players to buy in fully ....very easy for them to tune him out otherwise

Are you sure that Palace are 5th in the league, BB? Slipped under my radar, it would seem.

[barrybueno]

Are you sure that Palace are 5th in the league, BB? Slipped under my radar, it would seem.

Looks like you're getting your bb's mixed up young Rich

[WES]

All good stuff and all that ..but we are still in 5th place and have conceded more goals than all above us . I too have been happy with the new regime , but a manager that relies on pressing needs to get results early for the players to buy in fully ....very easy for them to tune him out otherwise

City and Liverpool have had two of the best starts to a season in the history of English football and we are only 7 and 8 points back so the league is still very much on. Under Wenger we were usually out of it by now. And we're one of three teams within 2 points of each other battling for 3rd. And we're on a pace for 81 points, last year we finished with 63. That with a new manager, new style of play and relatively little net investment.

Hard to understand how anyone can't see this as a huge step forward at this point.

[Luis Anaconda]

City and Liverpool have had two of the best starts to a season in the history of English football and we are only 7 and 8 points back so the league is still very much on. Under Wenger we were usually out of it by now. And we're one of three teams within 2 points of each other battling for 3rd. And we're on a pace for 81 points, last year we finished with 63. That with a new manager, new style of play and relatively little net investment.

Hard to understand how anyone can't see this as a huge step forward at this point.

Comparative positions for this date over the past five seasons
2017/18 5th 17 points from the leaders but only one point off 4th and 2 off third
2016/17 1st (level on points)
2015/16 1st (1 point clear)
2014/15 6th 13 from leaders 2 from fourth and third
2013/14 1st (five points clear)

Only two of those seasons back up your claim and three tell a very different story at this stage

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Comparative positions for this date over the past three seasons
2017/18 5th 17 points from the leaders but only one point off 4th and 2 off third
2016/17 1st (level on points)
2015/16 1st (1 point clear)
2014/15 6th 13 from leaders 2 from fourth and third
2013/14 1st (five points clear)

Only two of those seasons back up your claim and three tell a very different story at this stage

Must you always go googling out the facts and spoiling the party l?

[WES]

Comparative positions for this date over the past three seasons
2017/18 5th 17 points from the leaders but only one point off 4th and 2 off third
2016/17 1st (level on points)
2015/16 1st (1 point clear)
2014/15 6th 13 from leaders 2 from fourth and third
2013/14 1st (five points clear)

Only two of those seasons back up your claim and three tell a very different story at this stage

You sad c*nt...

And had one of those seasons been different it would have been 3 of 5 so that would have qualified for 'usually' - small margins