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Steffen Freund
I've got a feeling draws are gonna kill us...4 draws and lose to City
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The Fight to Qualify for the European Conference League 2020/21
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FatBloke
Niko Kranjcar
To be fair, he's just given "the defence with a hole" a good try.
Robspur12
Nick Barmby
What a pointless table.
Not sure I completely agree, is it relevant to end table? = no, but it does have some relevance
- Can you finish in top 4 without any wins against peers? = yes, smash the bottom 12 home and away = 72 points
But I think shows the limitations, i.e. United to me based on that table is a lot further from really challenging than the current full table suggests.
Also if you realize that Chelsea for the majority of those games was Lampard, top 3 clubs have experienced managers, bottom 3 in that table = inexperienced managers.
Like most things, makes for at least a conversation.
59 points in that table if my maths is correct
It does give an idea of how teams do in the "big" games and shows that Utd isn't really to be feared in one-off games in cup competitions.
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Mourinho's 'destined to win a trophy' team is currently 3 points behind Gerry Francis's mighty 1996 side after 25 games in the Premier League.
You really are a broken record
If you want to let us all know what the relevance is between this coronavirus season and the 1996 season that would be great. This season the points totals are clustered together in that top half which means practically all the big sides will have smaller points totalled compared to previous seasons. But credit to your dedication to try and put the manager down on the back of some decent performances. The facts are we are six points off 4th with a game in hand, in one final and looking good to go deep in the Europa League and none of that changes whether you throw up comparisons to last season, the 1996 season or any other season that holds no relevance.....
parklane1
Tony Galvin
greatwhitenorf
Edgar Davids
Count on this sort of intensity:
We better on our game from the get-go. Or this will be what our next manager looks like.
We better on our game from the get-go. Or this will be what our next manager looks like.
Gazza
Frederic Kanoute
Count on this sort of intensity:
We better on our game from the get-go. Or this will be what our next manager looks like.
Constipation?
Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
anything less than 6pts against Fulham and Palace is a failure.
FatBloke
Niko Kranjcar
Really? You've seen the results this season, right?
I'd be disappointed with fewer than 6 points, sure, but I wouldn't call it a failure..
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
All I care about is the performances really. If we perform well and get unlucky (like against Saudi Sportswashing Machine) then so be it. The odds are with us if we perform well so let's put the late, great Danny Blanchflower's words into action.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
This
Play our best game
Don’t be silly on the pitch and make basic errors
We should be good enough to win both games
Diamond Lights
Alan Hutton
It would be a failure from my perspective. With our squad and handsomely paid manager, currently watching West Ham miles above us literally is a failure.
There's time to remediate that, but failing to win games against Palace and Fulham, christ, how can that be acceptable?
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
As I say... it depends on the context... IF we go out there are clearly better than them for 90% of the match, don't take our chances and concede an unlucky goal, then so be it.
If we do what we did against both teams earlier this season where we spent most of the second half trying to hold on to the 1-0 and only tried to attack again once the opposition had equalised then I'd be pretty annoyed.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Failure is a strong word, but I can see the case for using it.
The problem with that for me is that points will be dropped in games like these by just about every team during a season. Including by teams with better squads and (arguably) better managers. To me success or failure should be measured on a larger sample size. But hey, we all use words differently.
If 4 points from Fulham and Palace is a failure, does that mean 7 points from Burnley, Fulham and Palace is also a failure? 10 points from those three and Arsenal?
Going by your use of the word failure we've been failures more time than I feel like counting this season. Yet we're in a position to possibly get a decent outcome at the end. How many times can you be a fail if you end up succeeding at the end. Again a matter of how one uses these words and thus somewhat pedantic perhaps. Just trying to make clear potential differing opinions to yours on how to label this like this.