We have stuggled there in the past and a win would be huge. Lets see what the story is after we face the dippers in November and go from there.The key will be winning against the better teams. We have beaten 3 shite teams so far.
Brentford will be a good place to start.
Or we lost to 2 half decent teams and beat shit ones including a 10 man Napoli? Burnley, who are 17th, held their own against us for 60-70 minutes yesterday and the 5-1 flattered us. It reminds me of last seasons start where our results (8 wins and 2 draws) were papering over the cracks until mid October when we got just 1 win in 13.We lost 2 games while getting up to speed after no preseason with what appears to be a new set up. We will lose a couple more over the season but we will improve also . Based on the last few games it's clear we are still a good side. Not treble winning quality but a good side none the less. Haaland is going to be key. We won't be walking the league but I think we will be challenging which is exactly where we need to be
Or we lost to 2 half decent teams and beat shit ones including a 10 man Napoli? Burnley, who are 17th, held their own against us for 60-70 minutes yesterday and the 5-1 flattered us. It reminds me of last seasons start where our results (8 wins and 2 draws) were papering over the cracks until mid October when we got just 1 win in 13.
Hope your right though.
A bold prediction about a team with 3 wins a draw and 2 losses, I do wonder if you would make it about any other team in the same position. But I hope your right.He's right.
Many new players, players returning from bad injuries, no proper preseason... If we don't have another bad injury crisis like last season, we'll improve and compete.
I wouldn't be surprised if we were very close to the top come February and in top 3 in the CL after the first phase.
What's more, I wouldn't be surprised if we put in some fantastic performances and people started to consider us favourites. The squad is excellent but needs time to perform to its huge potential.
A bold prediction about a team with 3 wins a draw and 2 losses, I do wonder if you would make it about any other team in the same position. But I hope your right.
We have as good a chance as anyone. We get a better idea after 10 games.
There is no team in the PL performing well enough to suggest they will run away with it.
Liverpool's underlying numbers have been really poor, as have large portions of their performances. So far they've found no real use for 100 million pound Wirtz. Their defensive organisation is poor, and their game out of possession looks to have regressed massively since last season. In short, they are currently trending in the wrong direction. None of that is to say that they won't improve, I'm sure they will. But they're miles from being the formidable side that people assumed they'd be because they spent a lot of money on Wirtz, Isak, and Ekitike.
It's far too early to be writing City off as genuine challengers IMO. We're trending in the right direction, and more importantly, we've recovered a lot of the intangibles that made us record breakers so often. It's also worth remembering that in almost every title winning season we've had, there's been moments before the turn of the new year where the same people same have said the same stuff about our general play not being good enough. The truth is you need consistency of results. Consistency of performance comes later.
could there be a surprise contender?
That’s an incredibly bold prediction…I am expecting a top 3 of Liverpool, Arsenal and City to emerge.
Agree. Liverpool have also been a mess defensively so far and that's before any first choice players get injured. Which they will at some point.
If we can get 86 points theres a chance.