Cosmic Slop
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If you're responding to me, no. Wolves, Everton, Spurs, and Arsenal (if they/Arsenal get lucky) will be contenders for 4th along with us. Chelsea and Leicester won't be far off. People seem to be saying 4th is nailed on and I'm saying the only way we're getting it with the current squad is if we get extremely lucky and are not without our star players for any extended period (and if Pogba remembers how to play). We have an injury crisis every season so I see no reason to think this one will be any different.So, basically, United finish top four because everyone else is shite?
We got 4th because of Bruno's arrival, imo. Take Bruno out, and any one of the clubs I listed are a real threat. How were we playing without him? We were struggling in 9th. I'd say an injury to any one of Bruno, Rashford, Maguire means we're in trouble. Potentially Martial, Greenwood, and Ighalo could figure things out between themselves, maybe VDB would be a like-for-like replacement for Bruno (maybe not), and Maguire out would mean Bailly starts (which I think would be calamitous).
Our options off the bench are Lingard, Fred, James, McTominay. I do think the traditional top 6 clubs (the 5 around us) could weather an injury better than we seem to do - but it's all conjecture anyway.