Jaan Kenbrovin
8:03 Mon Nov 8
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Far Cough 7:16 Mon Nov 8
agcopter
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angryprumphs
7:49 Mon Nov 8
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I dont do gambling but are we really 4th favourites to win the league with most bookies? Ok, far longer odds than top three but that in itself is fucking mental.
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Mex Martillo
7:41 Mon Nov 8
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That’s what we’re doing isn’t it?
Another two big six pointers coming up in our challenge for the title.
Happy fucking days!
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RBshorty
7:21 Mon Nov 8
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ManU won't sell Lingard if we are above them come January. Even if it means them cutting off their nose to spite their face. Type of thing.
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Far Cough
7:16 Mon Nov 8
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Big Lad At The Back
7:13 Mon Nov 8
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Why cant we?
If still in the mix after Christmas why the hell not?
Couple of additions (Lingard welcome) we could have a bloody good go at it
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Hammer and Pickle
6:55 Mon Nov 8
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Reckon if we can secure reinforcements up front (Lingard) and LB (Ashby comes through), we really are in with a chance.
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ludo21
6:55 Mon Nov 8
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If we win our EL group, which we should, then we don't have to play in a knock out round (round of 32) and don't play in EL again until the last 16 on 10/17 March.
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Mad Dog
6:53 Mon Nov 8
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Billic79.
That and refs letting them do rugby line outs at corners all season and vardy getting away with salah level diving all season certainly helped
With var they'd have won nothing whatsoever.
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Mad Dog
6:50 Mon Nov 8
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Title. No chance
Top 4. Probably not.
Top 6 very good chance
(Injuries, reinforcements etc permitting)
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Alex G
6:48 Mon Nov 8
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At the start of the season I thought the top four places were pretty much tied up between Man City, Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool.
Man United have had a stinker of a first quarter to the season and dropped right back. For us to have any chance of winning the title we need to play out of our skins for the rest of the season plus all three of the remaining contenders to have a similar run to what Man United are enduring.
Based on the way we took on Liverpool yesterday I can see a few clubs replicating our approach and being successful against them.
Man City and Chelsea just have too much in their squads though. Hope Moyes can exceed expectations yet again, but if offered fourth right now I'd more than happily take it.
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Steady
6:31 Mon Nov 8
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And Leicester, but they seem to have gone off form
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Steady
6:30 Mon Nov 8
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The best we could hope for is 4th, our squad isn't big enough or good enough to finish above City, Chelsea or Liverpool. Outside those top 3 its Man Utd, Everton, Spurs, Arsenal and us
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gph
6:23 Mon Nov 8
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There may be good reasons for not wanting to sign Lingard, but punishing him for wanting to go back to Man U is a bloody silly one.
"Cutting your nose off to spite your face" could have been invented for it.
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ludo21
6:10 Mon Nov 8
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The chances of us finishing ahead of Chelsea, City AND Liverpool have to be nil but we can run them close and should we get a top four finish that would be some achievement.
If we could combine that with winning a cup that would be incredible. The amazing thing is that we all now think we can!!
I agree that this team can continue to improve. We have genuine strength in depth in most positions, especially defence.
The noises are that we may well add Lingard in January. If we can also get a decent striker as back up / alternative to Antonio then there is no reason why we can't continue with the current form.
I don't think it's unrealistic to think that if we qualify for CL and he's offered a decent contract then Rice could commit to a few more years... no exaggeration to say that the next few months could be pivotal to our future.
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sand iron
4:24 Mon Nov 8
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Most bookies have us behind City, Chelsea & Liverpool, but ahead of Utd, Arsenal & Tottenham. That’s a first!
If we stay injury free who knows? Have we peaked yet as a side? Personally I think theirs more to come, Rice, Benrahama, Johnson, are all improving, we’ve yet to see the best of Soucek, he’s bound to start scoring soon.
I personally think the squad is decent apart from cover for Antonio, I think Bowen could do a job up top if called upon, but hopefully we can bring in some cover January. We’re solid as well, we’re an hard side to score against.
Theirs an argument smaller squads have more unity, some managers are spoilt for choice and have to constantly juggle the pack to keep the big stars happy, that’s not the case with us, we have a settled well balanced side and happy players with a winning mentality.
We shall see..
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Dicko75
3:15 Mon Nov 8
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No we can’t.
You need far more depth than we have to be serious contenders. The injuries will come.
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oioi
2:17 Mon Nov 8
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It would be ridiculous if Moyes wasn't challenging for the title. What sportsman sets their sights on runner up? Really?
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TonkaToy
2:16 Mon Nov 8
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Why do so many of you lot keep banging on about Lingard?
He didn't want to come in the summer, wanted to go back home to Manchester...
Fuck him, he made his bed an all that...
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nychammer
2:12 Mon Nov 8
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If we didn’t have any other distractions then maybe, otherwise we don’t really have the legs to last a season. We’ve done remarkably well so far but we’d need significant strengthening in Jan. Thinking Lingard and a striker at minimum
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gph
1:48 Mon Nov 8
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I suspect we are decent middle-distance runners in a marathon.
Without reinforcements in January, I think we will fade, and the early promise will be wasted. Which would be criminal of our board, but not unexpected.
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