Official English Premier League Footy Season 2014-2015
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"Spurs finish 5th" - never have the naked facts so NOT told the story.
At the start of the season, I'd have taken it, gladly. "Best of the rest" would have represented a good season after ANOTHER summer of ins and outs and YET ANOTHER season of managerial turmoil. It would have represented an improvement on last year under AVB then Timbo and kind of justified appointing Pochi, especially as it would mean finishing above one of the more fancied teams like Arsenal, Man United or (as it eventually transpired) Liverpool. Also, after the very long period of sitting in 6th with Southampton threatening to deny us even that lofty position, putting together those last couple of wins to come 5th should feel like an achievement.
But it doesn't.
The fact is, this has been another typically "Spursy" season where the club has managed to beat teams in that upper tier - this year it was home wins against the Arsenal and against the almost unstoppable Chelsea - but also had some terrible results against teams we should have easily beaten. For the second season out of three, we managed to beat the Arsenal at White Hart Lane in Feb/March time and then just fall apart in terms of making a sustained, genuine push for 4th, as though winning the derby was enough to go "Yeah, that'll do." It's a piss-take that since that win we limped to a draw at home to West Ham, pulled a blank away to a Burnley side doomed to relegated, lost at home to Villa and got smashed at Stoke. When you only miss out on 4th by six points, those results stand out a mile. Sure, we won our last two games, but we only won 3 out of the last 8 and came 5th not because of being good but because the form of Liverpool took an even worse nosedive. It genuinely seemed at one point that neither team wanted to qualify for the Europa League.
And speaking of that pile of shit..... yay, back in it AGAIN. I really hate it. Another season guaranteed of playing like shit every Sunday. As well as the West Ham draw, in Sunday games after we played in the Thursday Cup, we lost at home to fucking Stoke, West Brom and Newcastle. Terrible points to be dropping. Seven points from those three games (even though I'd hope for nine) and we'd have been back in the Champions League. FUCK the Europa, its no good for us. Arry had the right idea when he played the kids and reserves, he really did.
So, summer? I heard Robbie Savage say not long ago that the front six (now settled) work fine together but we could do with two new centre backs. Well, based on how many centre backs we need to buy before we find a decent one, we could do with buying about ten. In the last ten years we've wasted money on haphazard or just generally rubbish centrebacks more times than I care to remember. As for the current lot, Kaboul seems fucked (and is unreliable anyway), Vertonghen has only seemed bothered half the season, Chiriches is shit, Fazio is shit, Dier is young and might get there but is honestly so good going forward that right back might be best for him and based on the Man United game (which I attended) there's a vacancy coming up there because it's time someone took Kyle Walker behind the garden shed and put a bullet in him.
The fact of the matter is, we stand a good chance of losing Lloris in the summer when he realizes he deserves better than Spurs and a Champions League team WILL take him, given what a bargain Eriksen was, I wouldn't be shocked to see Levy cash in on him, and it might be time to accept something for "Super" Jan because as talented as he is, his heart doesn't seem in it any more. We're destined for another difficult summer of transition and knowing Levy, he buys six more midfielders and no proven defenders, which is where the club needs to strengthen, because we're a soft touch. As has been the case for at least 20 years.
You front wheel skids cash in on all your players, a fact of life. Man Utd to win the quadruple next season.
Yes. The club is run 100% from the point of view of making profit. That's why we were never going to pay a decent wedge for Schneiderlin - who had already shown he could do it in the Prem - and instead pay whatever they paid for Stambouli in the hope that he'll become decent (he won't) and we can sell him for profit. Eriksen was a steal at 7m when other clubs around Europe were looking at him. Buy him cheap, watch him develop, stick him in the window. It's every Berbatov, Bale or Modric all over again.
There is next to zero point predicting anything today. The transfer window will change everything, so what's the point in predicting based on the squads the teams have today plus the idle speculation of who they * might * sign?
Having said that, whoever does better in the window out of City and Chelsea will probably win the league. Chelsea don't need much, back up for Costa and some younger defenders to be prepared to gradually move into Terry and Ivanovic's spots. Recalling Salah would be as good as a new signing in my eyes. Man City need a huge overhaul, and if they get that overhaul right and sign vibrant attacking players at or near their peak, they could win the title. But that largely depends on what's out there. Too many times last season they relied on Aguero and Silva to deliver the goods.
Man United will improve again and mount a title challenge, but not win it. Arsenal will do just enough to keep themselves better than Liverpool, who will come 5th, unless they have Daniel Sturridge fit all season, which they probably won't.
But yeah, idle speculation. I feel retarded for trying to predict next year's campaign in early June. United will probably sign Hummels, Pogba and Gaz Bale and win the league now I've written them off.
I would extend the title race next year to Utd as well, they showed they are willing to spend big last summer and if Di Maria can settle down and they get a good striker in to replace the aging Van Persie they will be a major force. Chelsea shouldn't be looking to sign Falcao after his disastrous loan spell at Utd as there's no real reason he'd do better there. City will probably change very little into next year, it seems Toure might stay along with most of their starting XI so they probably won't pickup more than 1-2 new faces.
Arsenal will play their pretty football and finish 3rd or 4th and Sanchez will realize he won't win anything there (except possibly an FA Cup) and move on. Liverpool will try to fend off the challenge from Spurs and Everton for 5th and succeed since I doubt Harry Kane will ever have such a prolific scoring season again.
I'd love to see Bournemouth do well next year, they need to keep the goals coming and that might give them a chance of staying up.
I think Man United will win everything next year. Come to think of it I can't see us losing at all next season.
Second season syndrome can be a killer. Kane will only manage 20 goals next season if Spurs either start playing a second striker or have an attacking midfielder that is busier in and around the box than Eriksen, because playing Kane up front alone draws attention to him and every defence knows he's the danger. Having said that, anyone paying attention should have realized he was the danger at the very latest by the time he grabbed that great brace against the champions elect on 1st January, and he still carried on scoring even with the attention afforded him, so who knows.
We'll be needing a new thread soon, get the predictions in
Man Utd to win. Liverpool relegated.
When does the new season start ?
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Can't believe it's so close now, I enjoy the early Summer games, when you don't know what's ahead, and someone like Bournemouth go top
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