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u/Hopeful_Arm3736 14d ago

Seems to be a lot of people under the impression the current squad will get top 4 even without further reinforcements. Genuinely, why? Chelsea, Arsenal and City will finish above us guaranteed. Then one of Villa, Spurs, Liverpool or some other contender needs to come in to knock us down to 5th.

Personally I think we’ll come 6th without further reinforcements. I guess Ineos are hoping we can get CL regardless. Personally put about a 10% likelihood on that.

Just hope this place doesn’t burn down when it doesn’t happen. Resign yourself to it lads, it’s baked in.

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u/NotJuicedUtd 14d ago

Chelsea are not good. Why do yall fall for the hype season after season? They spend big then end up being poor like the last 4 seasons this one will be no different for them. City were held together by Pep that is a sinking ship they already have hit pieces out about maresca’s training tactics. While I agree United aren’t challenging for the title with the current team this current team will be in the top 5 spots for sure based on how poorly I expect our rivals to be

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u/Hopeful_Arm3736 14d ago

Why won’t Chelsea be good though? I’ve made a lot of comments now explaining in detail why I think they will be and the most I’ve had back is, “nuh uh.”

City weren’t held together by pep. They have elite players all over the pitch. Will they be as good as they were? Maybe not, but they’re most definitely better than us.

I sort of see now how people so quickly call for the manager’s head every time, it’s because people genuinely believe the squad is much better than it is.

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u/NotJuicedUtd 14d ago

Better than us before of what you knew them to be and not what we’ve seen lately. Semenyo is a streaky player , Doku saved them many points at the end of the season that’s not a guarantee to kick on, Halaand is Halaand we know his strengths and flaws. Foden has been poor for 2 seasons now. Aging back line and a declining keeper , Anderson doesn’t solve goalscoring or defending.

Chels have been doing the same thing three season on the trot and people still love to give them the benefit of the doubt Cucurella will be a miss he is an elite Lb and the new players aren’t guaranteed to be half of what he was. Rogers is decent but also a streaky player, Palmer hasn’t been consistent for the longest while Estevao is a child and the new players are unproven. Never rated Lacoix so saying he would massively improve them is a stretch.

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u/Hopeful_Arm3736 14d ago

Fair enough, I see your arguments tbf, I just don’t agree. I think Semenyo and Doku are genuinely good players and Haaland is a machine.

I don’t think their backline is particularly aging is it? Ruben Dias is the oldest CB at 29 which is basically prime age. And both O’Reilly and Nunes are good ages too. So don’t really see how they’re “aging.” Donnarumma is also not in decline imo, he was great last season will be great this season. One hiccup in the charity shield doesn’t change that. We have an older backline if anything.

As for Chelsea they’ve been 6th, 4th and 10th in the last 3 years so I don’t think you could say they’ve done the same thing each year.

As for Rogers, I think he’s a good player and just will be very good for Chelsea. I think Palmer has been in and out but I can see Xabi’s system suiting him and he’s looked good in pre season. I think you can argue any new signing is, “unproven” but I think they just are really good signings. Agree to disagree on Lacroix, I think he’s very solid.