06 Nov 2024 23:31:32
I really think we are going to win the league this season, then again there was a time where I thought I was going to marry pamela anderson. I'm loving Slots cool, calm and composed demeanour, he also strikes me as ruthless. Out of all the 3 contract situations it is Van Dijk I don't want to lose the most, I know he is aging but as good as he was initially, i actually think he's improving as a player. It's a given he'll be gone eventually, who replaces him when he goes? I really feel konate is ready to step in and replace him as our defensive lynchpin, he's still very young, but who becomes his sidekick when Van Dijk is gone? Gomez? Quansah? Somebody else?
07 Nov 2024 00:37:17
I think we'll win it as well mate.
07 Nov 2024 06:35:16
Could win but need to beat city in a few weeks and get a good gap on them before new year. As good a chance as any but I’m sure they’ll strengthen and usually pick up form in Jan so we will need 6plus points advantage imo.
07 Nov 2024 07:23:10
I can see us losing form, getting some bad luck or decisions and some injuries so I'm less optimistic.
It has happened to City and I think they'll recover and it happened to us at the end of last season.
Saying that, I was the same in 2019/ 20 and we pretty much kept on going. This group isn't as strong though but I'm ever the pessimist!
I'll have rethink if Pammie does agree to marry you, Walkon.
07 Nov 2024 08:00:16
I think the contract situations will detail us later in the season. It's natural for those players who are just about to leave to have a dip as they plan for life with a new club. We've also had a relatively easy run of fixtures at the start which has got confidence up. When we lose another game and face harder opponents, we will lose points and City will be there to pick us off.
I hope this isn't true but that's what I feel will happen.
07 Nov 2024 08:50:51
Don’t give up on Pamela, Walkon. As she ages, her standards will drop so in 20-30 years, you could be in there! ?.
07 Nov 2024 08:51:07
Cant see any of them 3 taking their eye off the ball if they're going for a league.
07 Nov 2024 09:17:18
We look impressive no doubt, but I wouldn't get carried away. Only takes an injury to VVD in my book for the wheels to come off. If we are still ahead in January with a solid buffer then I'll start believing a bit more but we've seen how many times how impressive City are in the run in so I think we'll need to capitalise on their current poor form of results.
I have also been impressed with Konate, to be fair I always have been, it was only ever his injuries holding him back. Gomez would be the partner for me, deserves an opportunity for his loyalty and professionalism alone. Quansah is good but lacks the pace for me to be a consistent starter.
07 Nov 2024 09:25:46
I wonder what the reaction would be if we won the PL or CL and the three players were about to leave.
I reckon some fans would see it as an excuse not to celebrate ?.
07 Nov 2024 09:31:16
@Brommers, apart from City (who are nowhere near as effective without Rodri) who are the harder opponents than Arsenal, Chelsea and, for different reasons, United?
07 Nov 2024 10:08:58
I'm loving Slot at the moment and the team are doing great.
This time last year Spurs fans were loving Ange though as they were sat top on 1 point more than we currently have.
I'm not comparing us to Spurs as we are a far better side I'm just comparing the situation of we are still very early into a season (just over a quarter played)
I believe we can win the league but i also still think City and Arsenal are also in the running but it is advantage us because only our results now count.
Last March there were early title celebrations from some supporters and that was with 18 games left, we still have 28 to go.
Results have been fantastic though.
Hopefully we can get these contracts sorted sooner rather than later as i know contracts can takes ages to sort unless they are on transfer deadline day or in the months of Aug or Jan where we clubs must use fast track printers.
07 Nov 2024 10:26:50
Why do people still think that we haven't played any big teams yet? There is only Man City from the top 5 who we haven't played!
07 Nov 2024 10:41:19
Don't worry lads, I've sent Pamela many proposals, I'm sure one day she'll give in ?.
07 Nov 2024 10:45:10
8 games sorry not 18.
07 Nov 2024 10:48:21
Have to say Zed I liked that reply. Very funny ?.
07 Nov 2024 11:32:17
What we will win is too early to tell, personally. Just enjoying the good vibes and the journey so far.
07 Nov 2024 12:37:56
I think the difference between us and spurs, oli, is that the spurs way of playing was very straightforward and clear to see from day one, all the flaws of that way of playing were very patent too, and once spurs began to run into problems tactically and with injuries, when they didn’t have the personnel or legs to sustain that way of playing and that level of intensity, they didn’t seem to have much of an idea how to solve them. Whereas with slot, while there is an obvious problem with our press and sometimes that arsenal managed to exploit, you can see that he makes significant changes to response to game states, and that he’s not riveted to an on or off the ball structure hell or high water.
You have the confidence that he can learn from mistakes and flaws in his defensive structure and in the build up, and that he hasn’t fully arrived at a definitive way of setting this team up, which is why it’s frightening that he’s picking up results while he’s learning on the job. Also, there’s the fact that this wah of playing doesn’t look unsustainable through the course of the season- the team have obvious passages of the game where they slow the entire game down and then pick it up moving through the lines when it suits them, so it’s not like they re busting a gut from first minute to last.
07 Nov 2024 12:44:50
Oops, I was addressing oil by mistake rather than JK, as I should have done.
07 Nov 2024 13:28:19
Patrik no worries mate and I 100% agree with you. I think there is zero comparison between us and spurs and only used them as an example of same time and place a year ago.
I could probably look at other seasons where we haven’t won the league and we might have been top around this time as well.
But great reply though.
With only 1 league title in 30 plus years I’m always anxious about the league where as others seem far more confident season after season.
But that’s the beauty of football.
07 Nov 2024 18:13:19
Was wondering why that post was directed at me, @PB. All good, mate.