Mhsc 1,097 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 21 minutes ago, Vesper said: no, no it is not even Pool, if they win the next game and duplicate their first half points on the 2nd half of the season, will end up on 96 But you said we dropped 12 points - which if we had got would have put us on 47 points, ahead of Liverpool and in 1st, and probably favourites for the title. And subsequently on about 100 points at the end of the season, if we were to continue getting the kind of points you think we should be getting. I just don't see it as realistic for us to be dominating the PL like that. It is not that easy imo. I don't think we are "dropping" points - we are not serious title contenders and have not done anything to have those kind of expectations around us - we are getting the results we deserve, for the most part. I think we are, if anything, slightly over performing the expectations for us this season. Milan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,274 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,186 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 8 minutes ago, Mário César said: the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace Everton as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,274 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 6 minutes ago, Vesper said: Everton as well away from home is always a hard stadium. With lavia and cucu maybe we won that game, but sometimes a draw away from home its ok fulham defeat and palace draw were very bad results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,507 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 13 hours ago, Mário César said: the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace Just be ready for some more 'ugly' results throughout January as we have a bad fixture list coming up. 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said: Just be ready for some more 'ugly' results throughout January as we have a bad fixture list coming up. 🙃 We should realistically be winning the 3/4 games in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,274 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Mhsc said: Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench? or neto.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,490 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Stopped reading at Disasi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Mhsc said: Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench? Nah, 5 changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Share Posted December 30, 2024 5 minutes ago, Strike said: Stopped reading at Disasi Got to pump up that January price…hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Is this a Conference league game, and I somehow missed the memo? A number of concerns with that XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Fine with everything except for being nervous about Disasi at RB as usual. Felix & Nkunku HAVE to have big performances here. Show the manager why you deserve to be playing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 (edited) prob the blood exam forced rotation regardless of what the manager wanted. The goalie swap is interesting tho. 🤔 I suspect Jackson's rest might also include a warning from the Manager, like on the decision side. Edited December 30, 2024 by robsblubot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Share Posted December 30, 2024 Is it just coincidence that the people that played the worst against Fulham are benched? Mhsc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Interesting. The group has played a lot in short succession and looked leggy in last 2 games, so I can kind of see the point, as well as giving players a chance when others have not performed (while they can't complain not to play when we keep winning, it would be pretty legit for Nkunku, Felix, Noni etc to get grumpy if they don't get a game after 2 shit performances from the people they're trying to win spots from). Still quite risky though, because these guys don't play for a reason by and large. We'll see what happens. Only having Disasi in there genuinely concerns me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 11 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Is it just coincidence that the people that played the worst against Fulham are benched? "Creatine kinase (CK) levels in the blood are used to assess fatigue and recovery in football players. CK is a diagnostic biomarker that can indicate muscle damage caused by exercise." The goalie swap is still odd though: goalies usually don't require rotation. Mhsc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Btw, Maresca said I think BEFORE the Everton game that Lavia was just about ready to return. Then said before Fulham that he was doing great and almost ready. Now he’s out still. 🤬🤬🤬 Wtf is wrong with this kid?! He’s 20 years old and gets injured like he’s 40! Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Share Posted December 30, 2024 17 minutes ago, robsblubot said: "Creatine kinase (CK) levels in the blood are used to assess fatigue and recovery in football players. CK is a diagnostic biomarker that can indicate muscle damage caused by exercise." The goalie swap is still odd though: goalies usually don't require rotation. Maresca said that Sanchez plays the ball out from the back, or he doesn’t play. Perhaps those 30 long balls in the Fulham game we’re not Merscas plan. Vesper and robsblubot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 I would really like to see Guiu as replacement for Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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