Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but if we win on Wednesday and Arsenal does not, this is pretty much over.
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Another âgoal hangerâ
Oh yeah. Got confused with the cricketer
There were people on this forum who also thought we would fall apart after Klopp left.
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Well, people are fuckwits arenât they?
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And they also return to outer space
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To be fair, I predicted a transition period for Slot that did not involve such a blazing start. I thought Arsenal would be about where they are, but did not expect City to collapse. My own would not look that different from most of these.
I was fairly confident that ManU would be crap. Didnât think Chelsea or Spurs would be as crap as they are, but would have had a hard time picking between them and Toon, maybe Villa.
Which means I probably would have agreed with Chris Sutton or Troy Deeney. Ugh.
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My expectation was top four under a new manager, with growing signs as the season went on that Slot would be building it up to challenge for the title next season and beyond.
He has taken to it like a duck to water, and we have exceeded expectations.
Man City have been less than what I expected, and hopefully that is compounded soon with proper punishment for their cheating.
I didnât think Man Utd would be good, but I am surprised at how bad theyâve been.
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It is weird that for about 10 days in December, Chelsea were anointed as âthe challengerâ to make the title race interesting.
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At the time, I was pretty convinced Chelsea were going to be our main contender. I didnât expect them to be so irregular after a decent start of the season.
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Leicester fell apart last year losing 9 of there last 17 league games so there is form for his style falling to pieces.
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Poch had also battled through the confusion of the early months of the season to turn them into a pretty good side by the spring last year. The finished out of the CL spots, but ended the season as a pretty clear 4th best side in the league. Remembering that puts Marescaâs performance this season in a meaningfully different context.
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I said top 4, a cup run and some meaningful signs of transition.
Iâll let those who had us in the top 4 off.
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This kind of doesnât surprise me. I know going 2-0 down still shocks me even away. Be interesting to see how many times that happened under Klopp itâs going be a low %
weâve spent less than Southampton and weâre leading the league.
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ManC net spend up until the latest transfer window has been pretty low over the past few years.
Itâs also been pretty poor.