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Author Topic: 22/23 season expectations.  (Read 33780 times)

Offline supertom

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #255 on: October 25, 2022, 07:36:06 PM »
He's good in cups. I just wish the Utd game came a bit later, to give him more time to settle in and get us on his page. I'm hoping we have a decent cup run in the LC or FC. Where we've come up short in our last four finals, I'm hoping he'd be able to make a difference. Maybe it's very difficult to make a difference against a Man City of course, but if someone else can sort those fuckers out, I'd hope we'd be able to do anyone else over in the last stages.

In the league I'll settle for top 10. I think we're some ways off top 8, not just down to our start, but we need time to get his ideas in action.

My biggest expectation/hope, is that he can get Coutinho firing.

I think he'll get the best out of Emi and Bailey. If all three click, and there would undoubtedly be some rotation as not all three would play (you'd assume). I'd expect McGinn to improve and JJ too. Sanson might just be a surprise package.

Offline eamonn

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #256 on: October 25, 2022, 08:14:36 PM »
Top half at the very least then much higher next season. We're done with pissing about hoping to "kick on from eighth-tenth".

Exactly. The manager's in place, we've the makings of a good squad, just needs a bit more quality. If it doesn't work after all that I give up.
Yeah - and if we could win a cup then so much the better

Win cups is all this marvellous mofo does! Enjoy!

Offline wittonwarrior

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #257 on: October 26, 2022, 07:44:16 AM »
Have now risen to top 10 but expect nothing and hope for everything

Offline MplsVilla

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #258 on: October 26, 2022, 10:28:30 AM »
So the bookmakers still have us to finish 13th on 43 points. They have Palace 3 points better in 10th (Brentford and Fulham on 44). Catching West Ham on 49 and Brighton on 51 look like big projected jumps from where we currently are.

The biggest disappointment for me is that we were projected to finish 9th at the start of this season (51 points) and last season (53 points) and we have spent the first half of both seasons in reverse. 

Offline Chris Smith

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #259 on: October 26, 2022, 10:40:25 AM »
As it stand 5 points separates 8th place from 17th, I don’t think it is beyond us to get towards the top of that group. I would expect Liverpool to improve and Fulham to drop back a little so I think we should, while recognising the challenge,  set our ambition for 8th.

Offline ASHTONVILLA

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #260 on: October 26, 2022, 11:20:07 AM »
Think we can still make top ten, and a good run in both cups. Icing on the cake would be winning one of the cups, which is always possible.

Offline eamonn

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Re: 22/23 season expectations.
« Reply #261 on: October 26, 2022, 12:46:48 PM »
A cup double would suffice for this season. Next year, he can focus on winning us the Wafer, and finishing 7th in the league.

 


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