DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 25 July 2015 Author Posted 25 July 2015 I'd be extremely impressed if Babylon managed to do it. I bet you would. Anything to silence me.
HoustonFox Posted 25 July 2015 Posted 25 July 2015 I just got asked to write our team preview. Wish me luck Where can we read it?
lgfualol Posted 25 July 2015 Posted 25 July 2015 Where can we read it? Reddit.com/r/soccer at 8pm. Due to a word limit I couldn't add everything I wanted, so had to get rid of team information in exchange for jokes.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 26 July 2015 Author Posted 26 July 2015 It's going to be interesting, when the new season kicks off. Will the pro Pearson brigade be anti Ranieri, and the anti Pearson brigade be pro Ranieri? Watch this space, and look out too for Mark W. to be a front runner in the former, as the "Voice of Doom"
Wymsey Posted 26 July 2015 Posted 26 July 2015 I think one of our on-field problems last season was that the amount of internationals our players had affected the shape/style of the team, and when they returned they weren't at their best for a game or so. I hope Claudio tells relevant country FA's that his players aren't available (if he legally can), to stop this happening.
Mark_w Posted 26 July 2015 Posted 26 July 2015 It's going to be interesting, when the new season kicks off. Will the pro Pearson brigade be anti Ranieri, and the anti Pearson brigade be pro Ranieri? Watch this space, and look out too for Mark W. to be a front runner in the former, as the "Voice of Doom" I can assure you I won't be anti-Ranieri. If he's a bad appointment then it's the owners fault and getting rid of him wouldn't solve that problem, if he's a good appointment I won't be in a position to complain. We won't know until a good way through the season anyway. Voice of doom maybe, I'm certainly not satisfied with the ownership of the club, but I'll never be as quick as you to dismiss a manager based on them not being able to manage players with long names, or being a bit dour in interviews or whatever bizarre criteria makes you turn on managers after a few weeks.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 27 July 2015 Author Posted 27 July 2015 I can assure you I won't be anti-Ranieri. If he's a bad appointment then it's the owners fault and getting rid of him wouldn't solve that problem, if he's a good appointment I won't be in a position to complain. We won't know until a good way through the season anyway. Voice of doom maybe, I'm certainly not satisfied with the ownership of the club, but I'll never be as quick as you to dismiss a manager based on them not being able to manage players with long names, or being a bit dour in interviews or whatever bizarre criteria makes you turn on managers after a few weeks. Watch this space! Your prediction for us finishing last next season is based on what? Just out of curiosity.
Dan Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Interestingly, what are the arguments that we will be fine next year? I was a hundred times as confident going into last season as I was this one.
Mark_w Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Watch this space! Your prediction for us finishing last next season is based on what? Just out of curiosity. I think there's more that could go wrong for us than a lot of other clubs. New manager who's not really experienced a relegation battle for a long time, complete lack of central midfield options (we might replace them well, we might not), a side that really got by on team spirit losing the person who inspired that in the team. It's not that I think we're incapable of doing well, I just think there's more chance of it going very badly than for most sides in the division.
Carl the Llama Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Interestingly, what are the arguments that we will be fine next year? I was a hundred times as confident going into last season as I was this one. In terms of important players to the club we've only lost 2 players, one of which will be back after injury, but brought in 3. Granted both of those players were lost from CM and none of the 3 new ones play there making that position now our main concern which, if not addressed, will probably see us spending another season in a relegation battle. One decent CM signing though and suddenly we're odds on for a comfortable season above the drop zone, 2 and we're knocking on the door of the top 10.
Izzy Posted 27 July 2015 Posted 27 July 2015 Interestingly, what are the arguments that we will be fine next year? I was a hundred times as confident going into last season as I was this one.If I was choosing to look at 10 positives and arguments that we'll be fine this season, I'd include:1. The majority of the squad are a season older, wiser and PL experienced 2. Our Manager is vastly experienced, managed some huge clubs, and is used to operating under pressure 3. We've made 3 quality signings and hopefully more to come 4. Players like Krama and DD will hopefully have a point to prove and hopefully show us their true quality 5. We never lost by more than 2 goals last season - we shouldn't fear anybody next season 6. The atmosphere at the KP will hopefully be our 12th man again - we should sell out most games and continue to make it intimidating 7. If it all goes tits up by Xmas, we've got the financial backing to spend in Jan 8. If Mahrez, Schlupp and Vardy all build on last season, they could do some real damage 9. Okazaki could have a similar impact and influence for us next season that Cambiasso had for us last season - could become another fans favourite, you never know 10. Keeping the same back room staff might keep some level of continuity and soften the blow of losing NP I could think of more reasons to be cheerful but will probably get shot down for these anyway. P.S. I still wish we had NP in charge though
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 27 July 2015 Author Posted 27 July 2015 I think there's more that could go wrong for us than a lot of other clubs. New manager who's not really experienced a relegation battle for a long time, complete lack of central midfield options (we might replace them well, we might not), a side that really got by on team spirit losing the person who inspired that in the team. It's not that I think we're incapable of doing well, I just think there's more chance of it going very badly than for most sides in the division. Well, fair enough. Let's just hope your wrong.
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