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Author Topic: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.  (Read 2931 times)

Offline SoccerHQ

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The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« on: May 16, 2015, 05:00:06 PM »
So West Ham lose next week and they'll probably end on 47 points but still 10th. This is a West Ham that's won what 2 games since December 20th or something ridiculous.
 
So I long for a season where nothing dramatic happens, we have plenty of good games, score lots of goals and finish 9th or 10th.
 
If we beat Burnley and finish on 41 the margin from where we finish to 10th might actually only be 6 or 7 points. This remember is a season where we couldn't score a goal in half our games and went on two long losing streaks.
 
What do we need apart from obviously keeping Benteke and having a takeover?
 
I think Sherwood's win or bust strategy will help us, we'll get the odd thumping every few months but we'll win plenty of games and teams like West Ham and Stoke certainly don't win every week but both have been very comfortable this season.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2015, 05:07:20 PM »
If we can keep Benteke we'll certainly score goals with Sherwood's approach, but what we also need is a defence that doesn't gift goals - and with it points - at the alarming rate it currently does. In reality the whole back four and goalkeeper need replacing and, if that isn't possible, a specialist defensive coach to eliminate basic errors is a must.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2015, 05:09:16 PM »
Our defence was awful today but so many other games it's been sloppy individual errors, even today the first two goals were squarely down to Vlaar not seeing danger.

Before today Spurs in 6th had actually conceded more goals than us so there's a lot to be said for this scoring goals approach.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2015, 06:10:33 PM »
Two new full backs, maybe a new centre half and hopefully give Carles Gil a chance on the right with Grealish left and Benteke through the centre, should we manage to keep him.  If we can return to how we've played in the last month or so before today, we aren't that far away.  I'd say with the exception of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City and Man Utd to a lesser extent, the others are average at best.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2015, 06:14:23 PM »
Agreed with the defence and indervidual errors. I thought a higher line today contributed to the shambles, but Vlaar has made numerous mistakes. It's hard to legislate for that other than to step up the quality.

I think a left back is a must as well as a keeper and centre half. Westwood was very poor today and I'm far from convinced by Sanzhez, so a quality holding player would be nice.

Attacking wise we seem to be ok with good pace and movement.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2015, 06:15:18 PM »
Win more; lose fewer.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2015, 06:18:39 PM »
Perhaps not major surgery, as Sherwood has already said, but we do need a dominant keeper, central defender and midfielder. Another decent striker, instead of Gabby, wouldn't go amiss either. We have a decent side going forward but need an upgrade on the likes of Zog and Westwood.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2015, 07:36:38 PM »
Mid-table mediocrity would do me fine next season.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2015, 07:38:10 PM »
Mid-table mediocrity would do me fine next season.

Me too as long as we retain the FA Cup.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2015, 07:40:43 PM »
This needs to be split into two plans. The with Tekkers and the without Tekkers plans

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2015, 07:49:42 PM »
We definitely need a keeper , a left back, a centre half and to keep CB20. We also need to keep sherwood .

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2015, 07:52:36 PM »
We need a quality CB with Okore,Clarke or baker to play and develop with.
New keeper a must.
Left and Right back.
A striker to partner Tekkers.
Cleverly n Sinclair to sign up, although bet they wondering after today.

Get rid of Vlaar, Given, Hutton, Lowton, cissoko, Senderos, gabby, Richardson.

Give Gil a run in pre season or maybe next week.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2015, 08:04:37 PM »
Give Sherwood at least £25m and see what he can do with it. No more scratching around the bargain basements with £9m or so to spend.

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2015, 08:05:22 PM »
get in some more left footed defenders

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Re: The How to finish in the top 10 next season thread.
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2015, 08:13:30 PM »
Keeper - needed

Cech probably out of our reach

right full-back:

Trippier from Burnley

Centre-half:

Some one with a sharp turn of pace

Try and get Ailderweld (?) on loan at Southampton fro AT madrid

midfielder:

Someone to do what N'Zog isn't

Fer? And I'd also get Song from West Ham

 


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