BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
Yeah, you’d be deluded to think that. The general consensus was top 6 at best if we avoided too many injuries
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Yeah, you’d be deluded to think that. The general consensus was top 6 at best if we avoided too many injuries
Milk
Udderly delicious
I only saw the first half and not having seen any match yet this season was immediately struck by how similar it looked to last with DCL totally isolated, passes being picked off and a defence all over the shop.
League leaders? You’re having a laugh
Blue Shoes
Player Valuation: £10m
Come on, we've been the best team in the league this season, everyone has had a poor game along the way hence why nobody is unbeaten, bit silly to ask the question coming off the back of our wost performance of the season.
There's a team level with us who conceded 7 in one game, our position definitely doesn't flatter us, we've got unlucky with w host of injuries and now a media agenda to make us look bad re disciplinary.
There's a team level with us who conceded 7 in one game, our position definitely doesn't flatter us, we've got unlucky with w host of injuries and now a media agenda to make us look bad re disciplinary.
The league table doesn’t lie.
If we get our first 11 out then we are a match for anyone in the league. Cracks are starting to appear though.
If we get our first 11 out then we are a match for anyone in the league. Cracks are starting to appear though.
I'll be honest I saw Godfrey at right back and Gylfi and Iwobi starting and was pretty concerned, those concerns sadly weren't unfounded after seeing how poor we were.
I'm not sure what Ancelotti sees in Iwobi but he's terrible, I'm not sure how many more inept performances he needs to put in to demonstrate that. I have faith in Ancelotti to get things right long term but he's shown with some of those selections today that he's not flawless.
The highs and lows of GOT
Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
I've never thought we were going to finish any higher than 7th. I've loved our start - and maybe we can build on it - but we've basically added James and two good players to a mediocre mid-table side. The magic James brings will give us some great days, but you're not breaking into the top 4 if you're asking the likes of Iwobi, Gomes, and Delph to stand up and be counted and hoping that your two strikers stay fit and available for the season.
We have zero depth. It's squads that finish top four - and teams that win the occasional match on any given day. We're the latter.
DCL has been a revelation this season, but how many of last season's side have kicked on this? Only Michael Keane, I would say. We had four new signings in today's side. All had off days for various reasons. Of the other five who played today, our goalkeeper is a controversialist who concedes two goals a game (for reasons that aren't entirely his own doing), Digne got himself sent off (to add to Richarlison last week), Mina is up and down, Iwobi is powder puff, and Gylfi is in obvious decline.
We have little to come off the bench.
This is not a top six squad, let alone a top four one. We'll have some good days, but the "evolution" needs to continue in January and again next summer if we want to genuinely develop.
We have zero depth. It's squads that finish top four - and teams that win the occasional match on any given day. We're the latter.
DCL has been a revelation this season, but how many of last season's side have kicked on this? Only Michael Keane, I would say. We had four new signings in today's side. All had off days for various reasons. Of the other five who played today, our goalkeeper is a controversialist who concedes two goals a game (for reasons that aren't entirely his own doing), Digne got himself sent off (to add to Richarlison last week), Mina is up and down, Iwobi is powder puff, and Gylfi is in obvious decline.
We have little to come off the bench.
This is not a top six squad, let alone a top four one. We'll have some good days, but the "evolution" needs to continue in January and again next summer if we want to genuinely develop.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
We've collected the points we have collected, not up to us that others haven't during that time. We need to get over the habit where we have games that we don't perform at all though. Annoying. I think the RS have passed on the 'rona.
We missed Richarlison and Coleman big time today. Coleman, for all his detractors, has been boss this season so far and with JJK injured today Godfrey was always onto a loser unfortunately. If you take a couple of key players out of most teams in the league they won’t be as good, that was us today.
Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
We’ll smash Newcastle next week and stay 1st all season and win the league. Everton aren’t we?
The performance looked a lot like those from last season so I don't think its a silly question, the signs have been there that this was coming, I just hope it's a temporary blip and individual player performances improve.
MercuryBlue88
Player Valuation: £5m
Was always going to come down to injuries and suspensions. The teams that tend to do well either are well stocked with options or keep everyone fit.
gianthogweed
Player Valuation: £25m
This league is totally overrated have a off day and anyone can beat you
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