supercity88
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To win three in a row is incredibly difficult. With Haaland, Alvarez, Akanji and the likes of Lewis and Palmer being more involved you'd expect us to kick on with fresh impetus with those guys wanting the title. Ultimately though, it's been a decent start to the season despite playing poorly in many games and some poor results too. CL last 16. League Cup QF. We're second in the league but Arsenal have set a blistering pace. They're on for 98pts at their current rate (103 before last night). I would imagine their second half of the season declines to a position similar to our first half, if not worse, and they end up in the high 80s.
What is slightly concerning is that there doesn't seem to be enough urgency or ruthlessness at the moment. I'm hopeful this tough run of games will serve as a catalyst to kickstart our league campaign. For Bernardo to go back to his tireless running and class. For the mistakes on the ball to be cut out. For the balance in creating for Haaland and others scoring to return. For the defence to be harder to beat.
The next 7 games in the league are very difficult, but we don't need a huge upturn in form to win the league. We're heading towards 86pts at the current pts per game. That doesn't need to dramatically improve to win the title, especially when we still play Arsenal twice.
We have 6 league games before we go to the Emirates. We play Chelsea, United and Spurs away and Wolves, Villa and Spurs at home. Arsenal have 4 league games - Spurs A, United H, Everton A, Brentford H. So we have the opportunity to be above them when we go to their place, and put the nail in their title coffin if they haven't done that themselves. It's an incredibly difficult period for us, and time to step up. We thrive on these tough periods.
What is slightly concerning is that there doesn't seem to be enough urgency or ruthlessness at the moment. I'm hopeful this tough run of games will serve as a catalyst to kickstart our league campaign. For Bernardo to go back to his tireless running and class. For the mistakes on the ball to be cut out. For the balance in creating for Haaland and others scoring to return. For the defence to be harder to beat.
The next 7 games in the league are very difficult, but we don't need a huge upturn in form to win the league. We're heading towards 86pts at the current pts per game. That doesn't need to dramatically improve to win the title, especially when we still play Arsenal twice.
We have 6 league games before we go to the Emirates. We play Chelsea, United and Spurs away and Wolves, Villa and Spurs at home. Arsenal have 4 league games - Spurs A, United H, Everton A, Brentford H. So we have the opportunity to be above them when we go to their place, and put the nail in their title coffin if they haven't done that themselves. It's an incredibly difficult period for us, and time to step up. We thrive on these tough periods.