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Take each game as it comes.
All teams have form patches. It's all about keeping it up through the whole season.
It'll kick off down the line. No doubt about it.
Our form dips and you'll have the camp that will say Moyes ain't good enough to change our form back. The other camp will blame finances.
Dunno what's gonna happen if we **** another derby again
All teams have form patches. It's all about keeping it up through the whole season.
It'll kick off down the line. No doubt about it.
Our form dips and you'll have the camp that will say Moyes ain't good enough to change our form back. The other camp will blame finances.
Dunno what's gonna happen if we **** another derby again
gheesom
Player Valuation: £8m
Does this mean, I'm the only one signing "We're gonna win the league!"?
Avaseer
Player Valuation: £2.5m
That's the spirit.
an old cliche but happy taking one game at a time. If we carry on like we have been then i'm confident we'll have a really good season but certainly not getting carried away.
I'd laugh at Swansea fans if they started saying they were gonig to do this and that because of their first 2 league games so i'm not gonig to give anyone reason to do the same to me
I'd laugh at Swansea fans if they started saying they were gonig to do this and that because of their first 2 league games so i'm not gonig to give anyone reason to do the same to me
There is no question that it is very easy to get carried away.
When you add together the fact our starts are usually horrifying and that goals are usually a rarity, and frankly our football so far has been cracking and we look like we can score a few each game. But at the end of the day our run so far consists of a great result against Utd, a win over a very poor Villa side and a win over Leyton Orient. But the confidence seemingly running through the squad (and staff) and the presence of a geunine real deal finisher...its hard not to get excited.
I think the next few games will be an excellent barometer for us. Swansea and West Brom have both started really well, playing great football and scoring goals, full of confidence, and Newcastle, based on last season - could all show us what we can expect this season - they are one of the teams after all we should be aiming to emulate this season. We often (in the last few seasons) have got ourselves up for the bigger games but faultered against so-called 'lesser' teams, if we come through against these teams with a decent record, then frankly I relish taking anyone on - beating teams full of confidence is a great reflection of a good team.
When you add together the fact our starts are usually horrifying and that goals are usually a rarity, and frankly our football so far has been cracking and we look like we can score a few each game. But at the end of the day our run so far consists of a great result against Utd, a win over a very poor Villa side and a win over Leyton Orient. But the confidence seemingly running through the squad (and staff) and the presence of a geunine real deal finisher...its hard not to get excited.
I think the next few games will be an excellent barometer for us. Swansea and West Brom have both started really well, playing great football and scoring goals, full of confidence, and Newcastle, based on last season - could all show us what we can expect this season - they are one of the teams after all we should be aiming to emulate this season. We often (in the last few seasons) have got ourselves up for the bigger games but faultered against so-called 'lesser' teams, if we come through against these teams with a decent record, then frankly I relish taking anyone on - beating teams full of confidence is a great reflection of a good team.
But tbf it's not just these first 3 matches, it's the run of form going back to Jan, if last year's season started the day we signed Gibson, we'd have ended up fourth. If you extrapolate goals scored and conceded from those last 18 matches over a full season we'd have ended up with about 60-65 scored and 35 conceded. The only two league matches that we lost were due to a bad offsides flag against arsenal and the other one that I won't mention. So it's not fluky, it's a pretty consistent run with a stable squad over 20 league games and that's also with Baines missing the last month of the season. With improved finishing this year (and it should be improved) we can hope to score at least 65 goals and that should be good for a European spot.
Obviously with having such a small squad, injuries will take their toll, but I don't think a bit of guarded optimism is unwarranted in light of all this especially as every other team aside from Chelsea and maybe City looks to have significant flaws thus far. That being said I think you have to target at best 5th, all this nailed on for champions league places stuff is just asking to be let down.
Obviously with having such a small squad, injuries will take their toll, but I don't think a bit of guarded optimism is unwarranted in light of all this especially as every other team aside from Chelsea and maybe City looks to have significant flaws thus far. That being said I think you have to target at best 5th, all this nailed on for champions league places stuff is just asking to be let down.
Nobody will say that. One thing Moyes is very good at is getting a losing team winning again. We've turned from dire to wonderful on a dime on so many occassions under him. That skill is what differs him from the phil browns of the world and is why I'm not remotely scared of relegation with him in charge.
What people will say if we get into an extended run of bad form is that Moyes can't produce it for a season. That it's all very well having hot months and cold months but you need a level of consistenty to compete that he hasn't thus far often achieved.
But I don't put much value in if statements. We might have an extended run of bad form but equally we might go on to win the treble.
But as I've said before to me what's exciting about these matches isn't the reults, it's the quality of the football.
if we play like this all year, I don't even care if we have a poor season it's so good to watch.
if we play like this all year, I don't even care if we have a poor season it's so good to watch.
Spot on. I was speaking to a few lids from within the club last night and the general consensus is that the WBA game will be a better indicator of where were at on this start. Long way to go, we've just won two games like.
Three.
I think the reason most people are getting excited is actually not so much to do with results...
1) We've had a good transfer window and it might get better still in terms of players coming in
2) We haven't lost any key players
3) The team is PLAYING well.
I don't think we would be nearly as excited if we lucked two wins with a depleted squad.
1) We've had a good transfer window and it might get better still in terms of players coming in
2) We haven't lost any key players
3) The team is PLAYING well.
I don't think we would be nearly as excited if we lucked two wins with a depleted squad.
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