Better playing them now rather than in 3 months time.
we are a machine still warming up, they aren't much different so are everton in the last decade, stale lol I'd have us beating them though, simply because we are starting to pick some momentum up now.
Exactly mate.
Look, I know I'm positive on here and that's because I'm firmly sure that the club is heading in the right direction.
However, I would have liked a bit more of our business done but really I always half-suspected stuff would go to the wire.
It's just how it is - for a lot of clubs not just us.
People keep saying about how others 'around us' have strengthened, but let's just look at who we're realistically going to be competing with this year considering our aim is top six.
Liverpool - added a load of attacking players yet still can't defend. Oh, and their £150mil attacking line managed 4 against an Arsenal side with a 20-year-old and 21-year-old at the back who have just over 20 PL apps between them.
Chelsea - Conte is a superb manager but they've found it hard to attract big names and that team still needs a massive re-build. They've scraped past an out-of-form West Ham and just beat Watford, following it up with a cagey win over Bristol Rovers. Loads of work for them to do, and they have only made two additions. Kante yes is brilliant, but Batshuayi is young and unproven and will be liable to the inconsistencies that come with that.
Stoke - their one addition is Joe Allen.
Southampton - the lad from Bayern looks good, but again they've sold their best players and have a new manager in.
West Ham - loads of injuries to key players. Look half the team they did last year when Payet isn't playing.
Leicester - we'll see. Glad they've kept hold of their better players, bar Kante, but they'll find it a lot more difficult this year.
Spurs - again, see how they cope with CL. They've made two additions so far, mainly to help them with rotation.