Under the Radar: 3 Big Things We're Likely to Forget

[supercrystal7]

But City will surely invest heavily as well, and they clearly have a top manager in charge. I'm sure Chelsea will be more of a force if they can sign a Costa or a Falcao, but I just get the feeling that the dressing room is already starting to turn against Mourinho. It usually takes him a couple years before everyone starts hating him but maybe the turnaround will be faster this time because he's been at Chelsea before. Here's to hoping. I'm expecting that the race for top 4 will be far tighter next year, with several teams gunning for first I think you'll have to aim for the title in order to achieve top 4. However, I think City will probably still have the best squad next time around, even if other teams improve and will still be favorites.

It's much harder to improve a complete squad than an incomplete one. The thread in the transfer forums shows how few players are available that would improve City's first 11. Will see what the summer brings, but I don't see the Chelsea squad turning on Mourinho at all. If anything apart from Hazard the core of the squad are completely loyal to him: Cahill, Cesar, Willian, Oscar, Ramires and Matic seem like big Mourinho fans. Luiz is likely to be shown the door in the summer.

I also would be very worried if Arsenal got Martinez/Lars Bender and a top striker.

In my opinion City and United were around the same level last season, but the signings this year and the harmony in the squad has really taken them forward. I think I said City would win the league last year, but that was a big IF on Garcia (I had not seen) being as good as Fernadinho turned out to be.

Fernandinho>Barry
Navas>Sinclair
Negredo>Balotelli
Jovetic (worry about injury prone)>Tevez

Despite Barry being a very good player I think the Fernandinho and Sinclair upgrades were the most vital.

Good post but Jovetic isn't better than Tevez.

Tevez at his best was certainly better than Jovetic, though Jovetic is still young.

I saw quite a bit of Jovetic and rated him when he was younger, but then he got injured and I stopped watching him. He has not played much this season, but been impressed with him from the times he has been fit.

At the moment I think the gap is much smaller and would take Jovetic based on performance, but probably Tevez on a stand alone season, because Jovetic is always injured.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

Hi Bob!

 

[Paulpowersleftfoot]

What you've said there is perfectly reasonable and I have absolutely no qualms with it. You're absolutely right about my over-eagerness and that I'm over-dramatic. You even said I wasn't alone in the "pain in the arse" category.

But I feel as though I am when it comes to you and I. The words you use to try and argue with me are often unwarranted. I might be a pain in the arse but to call me a "dullard" and various other things isn't fair and can cause those "public meltdowns" you mentioned. Surely you can appreciate where I'm coming from here?

Any overriding reason why you can't take this to PM's Bob, other than that by doing that then you wouldn't get the attention you clearly crave?
Only you seem to be singlehandedly derailing your own thread faster than a tube driver on ketamine here, and making yourself look rather foolish in the process.

It was clearly unfair to call him a dullard when he's actually just a ****