Because they are not good enough to mount a challenge for the title or win a trophy except the capital one cup at a push. They have a big advantage when it comes to the league from March onwards as they are out of all the cups, whilst us and some of the other teams are still in some/all of the other cups.
I do think with that motivation though they'll mount a challenge for the first few months (like I have put in my predictions). I do think they'll finish above us and people will still complain on how we can't finish above Arsenal despite having a better squad, not realising the reason they finish above us is Wenger, the mentality they have and the style of football they play.
What do you mean the style of football? I wouldn't swap any of their players with ours
What do you mean the style of football? I wouldn't swap any of their players with ours
they could take one player out, put another in and play the same way. It's engraved into their whole system. I remember a few years back when we played them in the Carling Cup, we looked like a team full of strangers because we have no system, just individually good footballers.
Why are so many people thinking Navas will flop? I think he'll be brilliantly effective for city
Why are so many people thinking Navas will flop? I think he'll be brilliantly effective for city
Bumping this back onto the first page considering it is almost deadline day. I would imagine that people might want to amend slightly the predictions they have made!
Mods, any chance that this season we can have this thread stickied so that it is fresh in the mind and easily found when searching for it?
still quite happy with mine, the only thing I would change is adding QPR to the promoted teams list in place of Leeds