Cruella ne Ville
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Premier League:
Third place. 16 points back with a game in hand.
6 points ahead of 5th place Newcastle who have a game in hand and a superior goal difference. 2 points up on Spurs with a game in hand.
FA Cup:
Quarters. City, Brighton, Fulham the only other PL sides remaining.
Europa League:
Quarters. Sporting, Roma, Juve, Feyenoord,Fenerbahce, Sevilla (whoops), Leverkusen, USG
The league is gone. We probably have a 3 point lead on Newcastle and a 5 point cushion to Spurs, and SHOULD finish in the top 4. Anything less would be a massive disaster.
On paper, we're favourites against every side bar City in both of the cups. As Arsenal can attest, games aren't played on paper, but there is a very realistic path to top 4 and 2 more cups.
How do we see the rest of the season playing out, and more interestingly, what is the bare minimum you'd take and still consider the remainder of the season a success? Would you be happy finishing 4th and getting dumped out of the cups by say Brighton/Roma in the semis?
For me, finishing 3rd and one of the two remaining cups is the minimum. Getting beat by City in the FA Cup would be gutting, but they're a good side and that stuff happens. Ditto, the EL. Sometimes you get beat, but we are better than all the sides left, and if we don't win it, we've missed a trick. If we have actually turned a corner under ETH, and are 'back' to the point where we can legitimately challenge for the serious trophies, we need to prove it and win at least one of the cups (probably the EL), and go out valiantly in the other (to City in a close match that could've gone either way.) Honestly though, we should be winning both, and anything less will be a disappointment.
Third place. 16 points back with a game in hand.
6 points ahead of 5th place Newcastle who have a game in hand and a superior goal difference. 2 points up on Spurs with a game in hand.
FA Cup:
Quarters. City, Brighton, Fulham the only other PL sides remaining.
Europa League:
Quarters. Sporting, Roma, Juve, Feyenoord,
The league is gone. We probably have a 3 point lead on Newcastle and a 5 point cushion to Spurs, and SHOULD finish in the top 4. Anything less would be a massive disaster.
On paper, we're favourites against every side bar City in both of the cups. As Arsenal can attest, games aren't played on paper, but there is a very realistic path to top 4 and 2 more cups.
How do we see the rest of the season playing out, and more interestingly, what is the bare minimum you'd take and still consider the remainder of the season a success? Would you be happy finishing 4th and getting dumped out of the cups by say Brighton/Roma in the semis?
For me, finishing 3rd and one of the two remaining cups is the minimum. Getting beat by City in the FA Cup would be gutting, but they're a good side and that stuff happens. Ditto, the EL. Sometimes you get beat, but we are better than all the sides left, and if we don't win it, we've missed a trick. If we have actually turned a corner under ETH, and are 'back' to the point where we can legitimately challenge for the serious trophies, we need to prove it and win at least one of the cups (probably the EL), and go out valiantly in the other (to City in a close match that could've gone either way.) Honestly though, we should be winning both, and anything less will be a disappointment.