Well this coming season could very well play into our hands but also it could very well end very badly.
For the teams in the CL it will be a very intense schedule of games that will test the players and squads more than before. The added pressure of fans back and bubbles for EU games i think will have a big impact around christmas when games will come thick and fast and there will be no room for error. Aside from liverpool you would say the rest have added quality to the squad depth and may very well cope but we will see. I do believe city and chelsea have the better squads and overall will do better, utd have a good squad and have made 2 key signings but those guys have to prove them selves and hit the ground running. Liverpool look like they are again going into a season reliant on 11 top first teamers and the rest not so great, thats a big ask.
For arsenal there is a oppurtinity for 4th or higher but for that it would be the fixtures working against the top 4. It would also be the players every saturday playing a 8/10, the manager getting the best from auba, pepe, white and others. Its very achievable, chelsea won the league the season they had no european football and so did leicester. Its a massive massive advantage having that time to prepare and have players ready to play 150% every week.
My big worry isnt the gap between arsenal quality and top 4, its massive and 100mill wont fix that. My big worry is the gap between us and Sp**s/leicester/everton/villa, we are not much if any in front of them in terms of quality. They will go into next season looking at the top 4 and thinking the same, fixtures will mount up and there is a chance to get in.
The first 5 fixtures will be key for next season, a good start and if we hang in till christmas who knows where we can finish. A poor start and it will be very hard to come back from.
For the teams in the CL it will be a very intense schedule of games that will test the players and squads more than before. The added pressure of fans back and bubbles for EU games i think will have a big impact around christmas when games will come thick and fast and there will be no room for error. Aside from liverpool you would say the rest have added quality to the squad depth and may very well cope but we will see. I do believe city and chelsea have the better squads and overall will do better, utd have a good squad and have made 2 key signings but those guys have to prove them selves and hit the ground running. Liverpool look like they are again going into a season reliant on 11 top first teamers and the rest not so great, thats a big ask.
For arsenal there is a oppurtinity for 4th or higher but for that it would be the fixtures working against the top 4. It would also be the players every saturday playing a 8/10, the manager getting the best from auba, pepe, white and others. Its very achievable, chelsea won the league the season they had no european football and so did leicester. Its a massive massive advantage having that time to prepare and have players ready to play 150% every week.
My big worry isnt the gap between arsenal quality and top 4, its massive and 100mill wont fix that. My big worry is the gap between us and Sp**s/leicester/everton/villa, we are not much if any in front of them in terms of quality. They will go into next season looking at the top 4 and thinking the same, fixtures will mount up and there is a chance to get in.
The first 5 fixtures will be key for next season, a good start and if we hang in till christmas who knows where we can finish. A poor start and it will be very hard to come back from.
