Warzycha's Caterpillar
Player Valuation: £8m
We are all frustrated and what's been happening recently in terms of substitutions and transfer sagas is not excusable. But being a blue through and through I'm not just here for the good times so was trawling through our past seasons results to look at patterns of change. I was surprised to see how many games we lost in the CL qualifying season, admittedly it's been a while 
Even though this season is a write-off under our new-found standards with Moyes there still seems to be a progression in the right direction.
As of today we have only been defeated 6 times this season and looking at the run in I don't expect us to lose more than 3-5 games which would put us on par with some of our best performances (for not losing) since 1987. So, it seems we have become much more difficult to beat...
However, there is of course a flip-side. The reason we are where we are (although looking at the table i still fancy us to finish no worst than 11th or 12th, 7th at best), is due to a lack of potency.
Davey, I trust you, you've changed how this football club is perceived, just the fact that we're so angry at being in the bottom half is testament to how our expectations have changed. But PLEASE, sort out our front line. I agree with the sentiment that we won't get a better loan signing in than the Yak. IMO Davey has shot himself in the foot with that one.
It's not all gloom boys. A team with 6 defeats going into february would historically be challenging for a CL place, we ARE too good to go down.
It's also testament to the squad that he's built that Fergie and Wenger thought we'd challenge for top 4 this time around, that's why we're all so upset. Let's put it in context.
COYB.
2010 8th (defeats 9)
2009 5th (defeats 9)
2008 5th (defeats 11)
2007 6th (defeats 10)
2006 11th (defeats 16)
2005 4th (defeats 13)
2004 17th (defeats 17)
2003 7th (defeats 13)
2002 15th (defeats 17)
2001 16th (defeats 18)
2000 13th (defeats 12)
1999 14th (defeats 17)
1998 17th (defeats 16)
1997 15th (defeats 16)
Even though this season is a write-off under our new-found standards with Moyes there still seems to be a progression in the right direction. As of today we have only been defeated 6 times this season and looking at the run in I don't expect us to lose more than 3-5 games which would put us on par with some of our best performances (for not losing) since 1987. So, it seems we have become much more difficult to beat...
However, there is of course a flip-side. The reason we are where we are (although looking at the table i still fancy us to finish no worst than 11th or 12th, 7th at best), is due to a lack of potency.
Davey, I trust you, you've changed how this football club is perceived, just the fact that we're so angry at being in the bottom half is testament to how our expectations have changed. But PLEASE, sort out our front line. I agree with the sentiment that we won't get a better loan signing in than the Yak. IMO Davey has shot himself in the foot with that one.
It's not all gloom boys. A team with 6 defeats going into february would historically be challenging for a CL place, we ARE too good to go down.
It's also testament to the squad that he's built that Fergie and Wenger thought we'd challenge for top 4 this time around, that's why we're all so upset. Let's put it in context.
COYB.
2010 8th (defeats 9)
2009 5th (defeats 9)
2008 5th (defeats 11)
2007 6th (defeats 10)
2006 11th (defeats 16)
2005 4th (defeats 13)
2004 17th (defeats 17)
2003 7th (defeats 13)
2002 15th (defeats 17)
2001 16th (defeats 18)
2000 13th (defeats 12)
1999 14th (defeats 17)
1998 17th (defeats 16)
1997 15th (defeats 16)
