OTHER CLUBS STRENGTHENING A LITTLE REMINDER FOR US NOT TO GET COMPLACENT.
There are reasons why the premier league is called the best league in the world, it’s not just home to some of the biggest clubs on the planet but also has this never ending nature of always progressing and changing, it never stays the same.
Teams will always have ambitions of competing for the biggest prize and will go to any lengths of maximizing the potential of that outcome, whether be it on the training pitch or by signing top quality players.
The latter has been a major theme of this transfer window, West Ham, Man United, Chelsea, Aston villa and Tottenham to name a few, are some of the clubs that have strengthened their squads over the course of the window, with Manchester United just confirming the arrival of former Bayern duo, De ligt and Mazraoui. They also got Joshua Zirkzee (who scored United’s winning goal yesterday) and Lenny Yoro to add to the squad.
Clubs signing quality players is nothing new, but should serve as a friendly reminder to us that the league will not get any easier, our place in the title race is not a given and should be earned. We have to be wary of the fact that it may not be a two horse race towards the end of the campaign and must adjust accordingly.
Complacency could be a very poor reason we’re not challenging or winning major honors, having been in the title race for two consecutive seasons complacency might begin to set in. However there must not be any room for that if we’re to go the distance this campaign.
Furthermore given how our rivals are making moves to strengthen their respective squads, it is an even more important reason for us not be complacenct.
Darren N
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Well said. Other clubs improve, and us being the 2nd best squad last year does not guarantee we finish 2nd this year.
Whether we improve enough or not will not be known until the end of the season.
@Durand
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I agree it’s not only about us and Man City. I expect AV, Liverpool and Spurs to have a say.
I think it will be tighter this season and I expect that the top teams will exchange more points, consequently less points will win the title. If our key players can go through the season injury free we will definitely be there, or very close.
The Citizens is the only serious threat, the others are not quite their as yet, have seen signs Man United could be mustering up for a late kick, but it could be all over by then.
Buying players is one thing getting that cohesiveness is another, it is rumored Chelsea has some 43 first team players, but it has proven too many rats never dug a good hole.
Good comment. Signing players does not necessarily make for better results for a club. Improved play and management does.
The fears that beset us are unsurprising.
I’ve read the disdain for Havertz and Vieira and for Arteta not giving Nketiah and Reiss Nelson any games. Then there is the academy!!! 🙄
Everyone else is strengthening but somehow we are not. Forking out mega money doesn’t automatically ensure victory. Ask Boelly. There really is something to be said for continuity and the belief that our manager, his coaches and the club hierarchy in general are up to speed.
Looking at the passion for he has for his job, I can’t see Arteta as complacent or allowing the players to become so.
Other teams are strengthening but it shouldn’t be forget that those teams are at a worse level quality wise as well.
Frankly all three of the main contenders last year are still basically the same, Liverpool haven’t brought anyone in, we’ll be bringing in two first team players and city lost Alvarez but have a fee new guys from the academy and savinho.
Yes spurs and united have gotten better but theirs still a gap between them and the top squads.
No form of complacency from the team, quite obvious. I think there will be a repeat of last season’s trilogy between City,Liverpool and ourselves. But City might be the team to drop out of the race earlier than the other two this time, while Slot make his fast debut start to his reign by finishing second and we clinch the title.
Liverpool could be a danger they look like they can score against anyone and they set up defensively with numbers It’ll be a three-horse race at most in my opinion The other seven sides making up the top ten places are anyone’s guess
Either Ipswich are very good or Liverpool are not that impressive. They struggled to break Ipswich and Davis had Salah in his pocket for the whole first half.
It was when Ipswich players ran out of fumes did Liverpool manage to break them.