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Big Fat Sam
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Hello,
We genuinely now have a chance of being “best of the rest” again, and if the cards align, as we would usually want them to, 7th place may just be enough to sneak a Europa League position this season.
That doesn’t mean we’re safe from relegation, as another poor run of form could see us sucked back down in the mix, but we’ve got breathing space and the teams above us – Leicester and Burnley – have hopefully had their purple patch now.
The thing is, do we want Europa League? It might sound silly because that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Those magical away days following the Blues. But we’ve seen what it did to the squad this year on account of so many players coming in and not having a settled or good enough squad to attack on all fronts.
I’m pretty certain we’ll have a large turnover of players in the summer, with the likes of Williams, Jagielka, Besic, Mirallas, Stekelenberg, Niasse, Martina, Klaassen, Sandro having a more than realistic chance of leaving us on permanent deals. We also have big gaps to plug in the starting xi, with a centre back potentially needing to be added if the manager, whoever he may be, deciding that Mori/Managala/Holgate/Keane aren’t good enough to be our centre back options, a new left back needed, a creative midfielder and possibly a new winger and striker.
It’s naïve to think so much turnover would let us sail smoothly into a super early pre-season and 30 competitive games before Christmas, so I think that a domestic-only season would be of benefit to us next time round.
What you think?
We genuinely now have a chance of being “best of the rest” again, and if the cards align, as we would usually want them to, 7th place may just be enough to sneak a Europa League position this season.
That doesn’t mean we’re safe from relegation, as another poor run of form could see us sucked back down in the mix, but we’ve got breathing space and the teams above us – Leicester and Burnley – have hopefully had their purple patch now.
The thing is, do we want Europa League? It might sound silly because that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Those magical away days following the Blues. But we’ve seen what it did to the squad this year on account of so many players coming in and not having a settled or good enough squad to attack on all fronts.
I’m pretty certain we’ll have a large turnover of players in the summer, with the likes of Williams, Jagielka, Besic, Mirallas, Stekelenberg, Niasse, Martina, Klaassen, Sandro having a more than realistic chance of leaving us on permanent deals. We also have big gaps to plug in the starting xi, with a centre back potentially needing to be added if the manager, whoever he may be, deciding that Mori/Managala/Holgate/Keane aren’t good enough to be our centre back options, a new left back needed, a creative midfielder and possibly a new winger and striker.
It’s naïve to think so much turnover would let us sail smoothly into a super early pre-season and 30 competitive games before Christmas, so I think that a domestic-only season would be of benefit to us next time round.
What you think?
