We didn't think the season could get any worse, but tonight it did.
Most of us are well aware by now that we just aren't very good. Some still have their head in the sand regarding it. Others (Jordinho, I'm looking at you more than most
) reckon we are still capable of finishing in the top four :lol:
The (ugly) truth is that we are complete crap and it's going to have to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. There is a lot more suffering for us still to take.
Players
I don't think a team has ever had so many players with a reputation suggesting they are so much better than they actually are:
Lloris - I like Hugo and he is a good keeper but his ridiculous decisions to come out based on luck rather than judgement are very grating
Vertonghen - overrated defensively, see him get torn apart so frequently for a supposed 'top defender'. As well as that, his attitude stinks
Dembele - not bad by any means, decent but offers **** all going forward other than a good dribble from time to time
Walker - literally all athlete, zero awareness at the best of times. If he's England's best right-back then we're ****ed
Then there are the players who have been here a while and been good servants but have clearly gone downhill for one reason or another and are unlikely to get back to where they were. Lennon, Sandro, Kaboul, I'm looking at you three in particular.
Adebayor - very good player when he turns up, no doubt about it and is a key reason for us having 50+ points but his attitude is even worse than Vertonghen's.
Finally, the new boys from last summer. I'm convinced it will go down as the worst set of transfer business EVER. One good thing appears to have come out of it, Eriksen, and even he is infuriatingly inconsistent, partly cos he keeps getting played out of f*cking position. The others are duds. All duds.
Manager
Tim just isn't cut out for top level football management. Has no idea how to set a team up tactically and we've actually gotten worse (performance and results wise after the initial surge of luck) under him. Should have stayed on as youth coach.
Levy and Baldini
The former has made too many bad decisions at our club now, I'm done with him and can't wait to see the back of the guy. Baldini shouldn't be forgotten for his part in our dreadful summer last year.
Long term future
Doesn't look good, does it? We've a number of old players, some perma-injury-stricken boys and some who are just decent. No standout players whatsoever that a top club would be absolutely desperate to buy like with Bale and Modric.
Chelsea and Emirates Marketing Project don't sell their best players. Neither do Liverpool and Man United. Now I know some of you might reply with 'but but but Chelsea and City are money cheats and have no need to, and Pool/MUtd are much bigger than us' blah blah blah, fact is if we truly wanted to compete with these teams as the board always bangs on saying we do (until recently) then we would not constantly flog our best players. Even Arsenal will probably stop doing that now.
Seriously, where do we go from here? It looks unbelievably bleak. The fact we are ahead of Everton and Man United is incredible, they should be folding. We're even somehow only a few points back from 4th, although the four above us are worlds ahead and there is absolutely no chance we overtake any of them. More chance we end 8th TBH.
I'm so disillusioned right now and it's sad but it really is our own work. We even had a huge chunk of luck in the first few months of the season to keep the more deluded section of our fans happy but now we're playing some good sides in a row it will be made abundantly clear that we are rubbish. I'll be shocked if we register another win in March, and by the end of the month expect us to be out of the Europa League and 7th in the Premier League. Season will be over, and you can quote me on that.
Most of us are well aware by now that we just aren't very good. Some still have their head in the sand regarding it. Others (Jordinho, I'm looking at you more than most
) reckon we are still capable of finishing in the top four :lol:The (ugly) truth is that we are complete crap and it's going to have to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. There is a lot more suffering for us still to take.
Players
I don't think a team has ever had so many players with a reputation suggesting they are so much better than they actually are:
Lloris - I like Hugo and he is a good keeper but his ridiculous decisions to come out based on luck rather than judgement are very grating
Vertonghen - overrated defensively, see him get torn apart so frequently for a supposed 'top defender'. As well as that, his attitude stinks
Dembele - not bad by any means, decent but offers **** all going forward other than a good dribble from time to time
Walker - literally all athlete, zero awareness at the best of times. If he's England's best right-back then we're ****ed
Then there are the players who have been here a while and been good servants but have clearly gone downhill for one reason or another and are unlikely to get back to where they were. Lennon, Sandro, Kaboul, I'm looking at you three in particular.
Adebayor - very good player when he turns up, no doubt about it and is a key reason for us having 50+ points but his attitude is even worse than Vertonghen's.
Finally, the new boys from last summer. I'm convinced it will go down as the worst set of transfer business EVER. One good thing appears to have come out of it, Eriksen, and even he is infuriatingly inconsistent, partly cos he keeps getting played out of f*cking position. The others are duds. All duds.
Manager
Tim just isn't cut out for top level football management. Has no idea how to set a team up tactically and we've actually gotten worse (performance and results wise after the initial surge of luck) under him. Should have stayed on as youth coach.
Levy and Baldini
The former has made too many bad decisions at our club now, I'm done with him and can't wait to see the back of the guy. Baldini shouldn't be forgotten for his part in our dreadful summer last year.
Long term future
Doesn't look good, does it? We've a number of old players, some perma-injury-stricken boys and some who are just decent. No standout players whatsoever that a top club would be absolutely desperate to buy like with Bale and Modric.
Chelsea and Emirates Marketing Project don't sell their best players. Neither do Liverpool and Man United. Now I know some of you might reply with 'but but but Chelsea and City are money cheats and have no need to, and Pool/MUtd are much bigger than us' blah blah blah, fact is if we truly wanted to compete with these teams as the board always bangs on saying we do (until recently) then we would not constantly flog our best players. Even Arsenal will probably stop doing that now.
Seriously, where do we go from here? It looks unbelievably bleak. The fact we are ahead of Everton and Man United is incredible, they should be folding. We're even somehow only a few points back from 4th, although the four above us are worlds ahead and there is absolutely no chance we overtake any of them. More chance we end 8th TBH.
I'm so disillusioned right now and it's sad but it really is our own work. We even had a huge chunk of luck in the first few months of the season to keep the more deluded section of our fans happy but now we're playing some good sides in a row it will be made abundantly clear that we are rubbish. I'll be shocked if we register another win in March, and by the end of the month expect us to be out of the Europa League and 7th in the Premier League. Season will be over, and you can quote me on that.
