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Taylor Swift

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  1. 9-12 is what I'm expecting, assuming we make a couple of signings to strengthen our midfield. Our defense is very, very good - easily Premiership-quality, imo. Our central midfield, however, is the weakest part of the team and we'll be run over by almost every team in the Premiership unless Barton returns to form and is partnered with an improved Guthrie or a mobile, technically-decent offensive central midfielder is signed to provide some composure to our midfield. Jonas and Routledge are middle-Premiership level players so I'm not worried about them; they've got pace which will scare the shit out of most Premiership defenses so they'll still be able to cause trouble. Then, up front, apart from Lovenkrands, we've got a horribly slow and inactive strike force, and this lack of pace was what I believed was a main cause in our inability to score in our last Premiership campaign (note: Martins' absences through injury and our managers' refusal to drop the slow Owen didn't help), and that's why a pacey striker has to be the second priority for Hughton this summer. Apart from that, getting a good backup for Enrique and some extra CMs would provide the necessary squad depth.
  2. Stoke have a penalty. Etheringham scores.
  3. Gudjohnsen scores, Spurs are one up.
  4. And Man Utd get to play at home in the second leg, again. I don't know how many draws they've had in the CL in the past few seasons where they've had to play away in the second leg but I don't imagine that it's more than one or two.
  5. Fucking shit. Man Utd will win it now. Stupid cunts.
  6. We're 9 points ahead of Forest with 27 points left for them to win. If we win both our games in hand, we'll be 15 points ahead, meaning only 3 more wins would suffice (assuming one of those wins is against Forest). We'll do it against Sheffield United.
  7. No one from our CL run team should be in there. They all pretty much played above their abilities, imo.
  8. Arsenal will be in a very good place in a few years' time. Their debt was over £300m when they moved into the Emirates, which meant that they were paying in excess of £15m a year in interest alone, but because they've remained in the CL and have operated on a good budget transfer-wise, they'll be paying less than £10m in interest now, and I suspect they'll also be paying less principal year-to-year, meaning they'll have a shit load of money to spend in the future. Basically, they gambled on being able to stay in the CL and it's paid off. Their reward is pretty much a significant transfer budget for the foreseeable future, so it's just up to Wenger to spend it wisely.
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