Dreadful season all round

Can?t wait for our top 4 - cup final on the last day of the season.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

Can?t wait for our top 4 - cup final on the last day of the season.

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Pat come on bud you're being harsh we're the owner of the "Beaten Real Madrid Comfortably" trophy! Amazing season.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

Can?t wait for our top 4 - cup final on the last day of the season.

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Dreadful is a bit harsh. Disappointing is probably closer. Maybe very disappointing

Definitely a dreadful season and we still could finish 5th!

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Originally Posted by John Bunnell

Definitely a dreadful season and we still could finish 5th!

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Dreadful, were that to be the case, which I?m sure it won?t be. Disappointing, in the context that we?ve failed to convert anything from this recent purple patch into a trophy.
If we can hold onto key players and add better ones over the summer, no reason why we won?t continue to improve.

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Originally Posted by John Bunnell

Definitely a dreadful season and we still could finish 5th!

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I would take finishing 5th. Who gives a ****? As long as we are in the champions league, the rest is vanity.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

Dreadful, were that to be the case, which I?m sure it won?t be. Disappointing, in the context that we?ve failed to convert anything from this recent purple patch into a trophy.
If we can hold onto key players and add better ones over the summer, no reason why we won?t continue to improve.

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For me it is simple. We have not performed anywhere near as well as we can, and that is disappointing. If we weren't very good, I'd be delighted with top four and semi finals. But we are far better than this, and we know it.

Arteta has a job here. Next season is big for him because we are going to finish 15 points behind our total of last season. That isn't good. If we stumble through next season in this manner, he is in trouble.

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Originally Posted by Peter

For me it is simple. We have not performed anywhere near as well as we can, and that is disappointing. If we weren't very good, I'd be delighted with top four and semi finals. But we are far better than this, and we know it.

Arteta has a job here. Next season is big for him because we are going to finish 15 points behind our total of last season. That isn't good. If we stumble through next season in this manner, he is in trouble.

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If you look at the cull list, that squard depth is awful. Beyond the first 15 players on the squard list, it is all untesteds.
That's why we end up playing Partey at right back despite having more than a handful of fullbacks in the squard.

Injuries have certainly taken their toll, this season.

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Originally Posted by IUFG

If you look at the cull list, that squard depth is awful. Beyond the first 15 players on the squard list, it is all untesteds.
That's why we end up playing Partey at right back despite having more than a handful of fullbacks in the squard.

Injuries have certainly taken their toll, this season.

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True. We knew we were short in attacking areas this year, and that is before we knew Sterling was utter ****e. Two injuries and we are basically at bare bones, with a midfielder and a 17 year old as our only additional options. That was always a gamble, and it backfired.

I think the rest of the squad depth is fine. We have too many defenders at the moment (10) but that will resolve itself this summer with Tierney and probably Zinchenko leaving. But we need more options for the front four positions.

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Originally Posted by Peter

True. We knew we were short in attacking areas this year, and that is before we knew Sterling was utter ****e. Two injuries and we are basically at bare bones, with a midfielder and a 17 year old as our only additional options. That was always a gamble, and it backfired.

I think the rest of the squad depth is fine. We have too many defenders at the moment (10) but that will resolve itself this summer with Tierney and probably Zinchenko leaving. But we need more options for the front four positions.

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We could do with 2x strikers, Gyokeres and Sesko. Never going to happen though