RodneyCisse Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Man U and Arsenal don’t looks as good as last season. It’s ours for the taking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Worth remembering over the next few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Its early in the season and some teams will come good, but they all seem to struggle with different issues. Chelsea lack pattern and is still a question mark. Liverpool have problems in defence and midfield but probably the best attack out of all the top teams bar City. Arsenal dont have big issues but lost controll against Fulham. Manu have a lot to do. Spurs and City look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Big game tomorrow - even bigger after today. Arsenal, Brighton and arguably Man United have all dropped points unexpectedly and if we win we'd have taken 6 points from two of our other champions league rivals. It's obviously early doors but go into the games where we're expected to take maximum points after already taking points off all our competitors and we can be super confident. Losing tomorrow would be a massive boost for Liverpool too in my opinion. Cannot see Chelsea picking up the pace enough until they're already too far behind but Spurs are looking steady at present. Fancy it to be wide open this year though until around the 35/36 game mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 2 hours ago, El Prontonise said: It'll be 6 in 25 hours. Confidence- wish I had it, we haven’t beat Liverpool since 2015. We just don’t beat them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Get 4 points from these next 2, then we have a nice run up to Arsenal in November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 All I know this early in the season is if you have any form of title aspirations, you can't fall too far behind City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Us, West Ham, Brighton, Man United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea. The fight is going to be absolutely insane this season for 3rd-4th(5th). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 We'll have to perform extra special this season, we saw last season how Liverpool and Man U, the nation's favoured northern teams* got extra points throughout the season as a result of their blessed status, now we are seeing already how marginal decisions will be weighted in their favour, winning them points they haven't really earned. I said in another thread I had no idea how Man U ended up in the CL, I think today's game shows exactly how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Aiston said: Us, West Ham, Brighton, Man United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea. The fight is going to be absolutely insane this season for 3rd-4th(5th). I'll be surprised if there are that many teams in the running. Takes a monumental effort to put the required circa 70 points on the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEFAFWISP Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 38 minutes ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! We've already beaten Villa 5-1 this season, be reet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 I’m the opposite. Im struggling to see how we do don’t blow teams away with our running, pressing and tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Also, we had a big wobble last season, I think our squad is much stronger this year, I think we better last seasons points tally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 6 hours ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! We have a better squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie_once_removed Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 hours ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! Pretty easy that. Remember the start of the season where we drew a number of games and lost others unluckily, De Bryune's eye of a needle pass for City to equalise and Isak's offside goal and the extra, extra, extra time winner for Liverpool stand out for example. Also the January to March period where we just couldn't score. A rub of the green here, a bit more quality there from new signings/players getting better and we win those games. I also think we hit the bar and post more than any other team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 hours ago, The Prophet said: I'll be surprised if there are that many teams in the running. Takes a monumental effort to put the required circa 70 points on the board. We’ve been, on average, in Top Four form (points per game wise) since January 2022. Do you think we have a stronger or weaker squad since any particular point in that 20 month period? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 hours ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! We’ve added quality to the squad, a great pre season, players self belief, Wor flags, us the fans dizzy and dreaming again. It is not a blip, our form is very good. We are a good side that teams fear to play. We are United! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 48 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: We’ve been, on average, in Top Four form (points per game wise) since January 2022. Do you think we have a stronger or weaker squad since any particular point in that 20 month period? I'm not talking about us in particular. More the likes of West Ham and Brighton. I'd be shocked if they manage 70 points. To be fair though, squad strength is only one factor of what needs to be in your favour to maintain top four form. Luck, injuries, amount of fixtures, etc being others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robson Wonderland Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! Why would that mean that we couldn’t do it again though? Appreciate the extra games with CL point but there is no reason in my mind why the unbelievable performances, goals and wins aren’t the new baseline (and have been for a while). I also question when pundits etc. claim that we’re “over performing”… We’ve been performing at that level too consistently and for too long for it to not be based on true ability and proper training and preparation. It obviously won’t be easy and it isn’t a given but I would love and ‘expert’ in the media to tell me how you break through ‘over performing’ to something being the new norm. We’ve further strengthened the squad, we’re constantly improving so bring the challenge on again Edited August 27, 2023 by Robson Wonderland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 14 hours ago, black_n_white said: Watching some of the highlights from our last season, I’m struggling to believe we can get anywhere near that this season. Some of our performances, goals and wins were unbelievable. Someone change my mind please! Don’t forget the amount of draws we had last season as well. Turn a few of them into wins and we shouldn’t be far off top 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 I think the big difference is that any slump that may occur can be snuffed out much quicker by making changes to the starting 11. We've practically a second 11 capable of similar levels to the first 11. Dubravka Livramento Lascelles Murphy Hall Longstaff Anderson Willock Murphy Barnes Wilson In many ways, extra games might be a good thing for this side. It's more opportunity to galvanise momentum through tweaking the line up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Mid-table mediocrity. What a rancid couple of games. Good opposition but we look clueless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Just now, RS said: Mid-table mediocrity. What a rancid couple of games. Good opposition but we look clueless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejaxer Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Just now, RS said: Mid-table mediocrity. What a rancid couple of games. Good opposition but we look clueless. Two losses against arguably the two best teams in the country You do realise we lost these two same fixtures last season and finished top 4? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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