Matt1892

I rounded the weekend off with a visit to Old Trafford. I didn’t get to see the famous waterfall, it must be how people feel when they go to Iceland and miss the Northern Lights. On a serious note, I think their 3-4-3 has a lot of potential, it was interesting to see the amount of times they had a man over because of it but suffered from the players not really understanding what is required of them in and out of position. That and Bournemouth work so hard out of possession to close down, a team with less work ethic would have been overran. No new grounds to go to this year.

7th should be the minimum with our squad and no European football. Potentially higher if Man Utd and Spurs stumble.

You said it wasn’t reasonable to expect 7th. If you don’t think it reasonable to expect 7th, or a manager shouldn’t be sacked for not achieving it/european football, what would you say was an unacceptable league place that you would accept?

You said it wasn’t reasonable to expect it.

7th isn’t so unrealistic after all it seems… Villa and Man Utd are winnable games, 4 points puts us on 30 point at the half way point, which is a similar tally to last season when we came 7th.

Good result and helps with our goal difference.

Steve Bruce has Blackpool playing as well as you would expect, I did enjoy the boos at the end, sadly I think they were more aimed at the ref but mine were directed at him, hopefully he has a shit Christmas. Ground 36 of the 92.

It would be difficult for him not to put out this article, presuming the agents that are moaning are also the same agents that feed him exclusives on transfers.

It isn’t my algorithm, it was something others said on here as to why it would be unreasonable to think we should challenge the big 6 with their finances, meaning it should be unreasonable for the likes of Villa, Forest, Brighton, Bournemouth and Fulham to challenge us for 7th spot, with our finances. You actually support my point regarding Man Utd, that these supposed big 6 clubs can have poor seasons, meaning that 6th should be possible if they can’t turn their season around, although we would have to turn our own season around too, as despite them having a terrible season so far they are only one point behind us.

At the end of the season, he would have us 3 and a half years in the role, if we fail to qualify for Europe and finish lower than 7th, it will be the second season running that we have gone backwards. This isn’t acceptable for a club that has invested as heavily as we have since his arrival, and he will be moved on, with nobody to blame but himself.

I went to watch Stockport County vs Peterborough tonight, just under 10k in attendance and quite a nice ground apart from metal poles blocking off some the view. The first time I have got to see the legend that is Ricky-Jade Jones in person, I think it was FIFA 22 that I got him to 94 rated. Going to Blackpool vs Stevenage tomorrow.

At least you are attempting to argue the right point now, although this isn’t about us vs Liverpool who are likely to win the league, it is about why you think us finishing 7th is an unrealistic expectation, when we have the 7th most valuable squad, 7th biggest income and from the stats TCD posted the 7th highest wage bill. You can add to that no European football to distract us. Howe has been backed with an unbelievable amount of money, and was given the benefit of the doubt last season for what was seen as a blip down to being in Europe and the worst injuries of any team in the league, but he now has to deliver.

Exactly this. This isn’t money spent since the takeover, the figures posted are the cost of assembling their current squads that are being used this year. The players inherited are irrelevant.

I expect us to come 7th, which in 9 of the last 10 seasons is achieved European football, or to qualify through one of the cup competitions. If he can’t do that then I think the club will move him on, which will be the right decision. Our squad cost nearly as much as Liverpool and Spurs squads to assemble, and considerably more than Villa have spent, with the majority of that spent by Howe, so let’s not pretend he is some plucky underdog that we shouldn’t place too high expectations on.

If we finish lower than 7th then it is showing a trend of going backwards season on season.