It really is no coincidence that those feckers have been quietly

[7sisters]

I don't want a title we haven't won. I don't care how much they cheat off the pitch, I only want a title we have won on the pitch.

We are so close. We can get them next year, even with the cheating.

We’ll only threaten them next year buy improving the squad and not doling out new contracts on players who aren’t good enough.
The hangover from the Wenger years was the root cause of our last fall from grace. Too many average players rewarded with expensive contracts.
The Jorginho renewal I accept, as it appears his value off the pitch equates to the handful of appearances on it.
Partey needs to go. He gets robbed far too often and another year won’t improve him either.
ESR was farked the moment we signed Odegaard but the club could secure a decent fee for him in the summer. I’d still keep Jesus for his trickery but Nketiah needs to move on, although his ridiculous contract won’t make that easy.
Nelson, gone. Zinny, gone. Ramsdale, gone.
A top midfielder and forward must be the priority ?

[Peter]

We’ll only threaten them next year buy improving the squad and not doling out new contracts on players who aren’t good enough.
The hangover from the Wenger years was the root cause of our last fall from grace. Too many average players rewarded with expensive contracts.
The Jorginho renewal I accept, as it appears his value off the pitch equates to the handful of appearances on it.
Partey needs to go. He gets robbed far too often and another year won’t improve him either.
ESR was farked the moment we signed Odegaard but the club could secure a decent fee for him in the summer. I’d still keep Jesus for his trickery but Nketiah needs to move on, although his ridiculous contract won’t make that easy.
Nelson, gone. Zinny, gone. Ramsdale, gone.
A top midfielder and forward must be the priority ?

I think we are good enough, with a few stronger squad options. What has cost us this season is the period up to Christmas where Raya was still all over the shop and we were fielding the Chelsea Havertz in midfield. Now that we have a decent keeper, a solid range of midfield options in place and the Arsenal Havertz up front we are a different side.

We lost the title at home to Fulham, Spurs and West Ham, and away to Chelsea, Villa, Newcastle and Fulham, all in the first half of the season. The side we are now would win half of those games at the very least.

[PSRB]

I think we are good enough, with a few stronger squad options. What has cost us this season is the period up to Christmas where Raya was still all over the shop and we were fielding the Chelsea Havertz in midfield. Now that we have a decent keeper, a solid range of midfield options in place and the Arsenal Havertz up front we are a different side.

We lost the title at home to Fulham, Spurs and West Ham, and away to Chelsea, Villa, Newcastle and Fulham, all in the first half of the season. The side we are now would win half of those games at the very least.

As I've said before 1 point from 12 vs Fulham and Villa cost us. Not least because of the performances, most of the other games we dropped points, we played well enough to get something from.

[Peter]

As I've said before 1 point from 12 vs Fulham and Villa cost us. Not least because of the performances, most of the other games we dropped points, we played well enough to get something from.

True. And City were 'there for the taking' this season. They are only going to finish on 91 points which isn't that impressive, for them.
(I know they finished on 89 last season but that is because they didn't need to win the last two. Had we pushed them, they would have finished on 94).

What is clear is you can't go into January trailing because you simply won't catch them. We need to start well, get in front and stay there, as Liverpool did in the only season City didn't win the title in the last 7 years.

[IUFG]

True. And City were 'there for the taking' this season. They are only going to finish on 91 points which isn't that impressive, for them.
(I know they finished on 89 last season but that is because they didn't need to win the last two. Had we pushed them, they would have finished on 94).

What is clear is you can't go into January trailing because you simply won't catch them. We need to start well, get in front and stay there, as Liverpool did in the only season City didn't win the title in the last 7 years.

City will win 5 in a row and Pep will **** off.

It is written.

[Peter]

City will win 5 in a row and Pep will **** off.

It is written.

Well it needs to be unwritten!

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

We’ll only threaten them next year buy improving the squad and not doling out new contracts on players who aren’t good enough.
The hangover from the Wenger years was the root cause of our last fall from grace. Too many average players rewarded with expensive contracts.
The Jorginho renewal I accept, as it appears his value off the pitch equates to the handful of appearances on it.
Partey needs to go. He gets robbed far too often and another year won’t improve him either.
ESR was farked the moment we signed Odegaard but the club could secure a decent fee for him in the summer. I’d still keep Jesus for his trickery but Nketiah needs to move on, although his ridiculous contract won’t make that easy.
Nelson, gone. Zinny, gone. Ramsdale, gone.
A top midfielder and forward must be the priority ?

The other thing about Jorgy is this.

If we bought a young, long-term Jorgy replacement with bags of potential - a Mudryk Jorgy - ideally we'd start him during his first season in the easier games, but might keep him on the bench for the Big 6 sides.

The thing about Jorgy is he can sit on the bench in the easier games where we play Dec as DM and a Havertz {or ESR or Fab etc} as the left 8 in a 4-1-4-1 but when we have the hard games, Jorgy can come in and play top of his game despite it being his first start in a month.

i.e. the total opposite.

It's almost like will buy a new young DM, and make him Dec's backup or the DM with Dec at 8, but for the first season, start Jorgy in the hard games.

I normally hate players we sign from the Chavs but I love Jorgy and Kai and GG {him, not me} and John Hollins. Jorgy was a very astute buy. So glad he's signing for an extra year. Would love him to stay beyond that, do his coaching badges, become MA's assistant and in a decade or two, manage us to a 13-0 win at Stamford Bridge, breaking our 12-0 Loughborough record.

[pjlincs]

I normally hate players we sign from the Chavs but I love Jorgy and Kai and GG {him, not me} and John Hollins. Jorgy was a very astute buy. So glad he's signing for an extra year. Would love him to stay beyond that, do his coaching badges, become MA's assistant and in a decade or two, manage us to a 13-0 win at Stamford Bridge, breaking our 12-0 Loughborough record.

Don't forget that Loughborough dicked us 8-0 four years earlier at their place

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

Don't forget that Loughborough dicked us 8-0 four years earlier at their place

I knew we lost there 8-0 and won 12-0 at home. Didn't know they were 4 years apart. That's quite some turn around. When did Chelsea last hammer us, how many years before us winning 5-0 the other week?

[pjlincs]

I knew we lost there 8-0 and won 12-0 at home. Didn't know they were 4 years apart. That's quite some turn around. When did Chelsea last hammer us, how many years before us winning 5-0 the other week?

6-0 at the Bridge about 10 years ago