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Feel a bit sorry for them to be honest. They have been a complete embarrassment, but I do admire that they haven't gone the Forest (or even Burnley) routes of spending a shed load of money to be pretty much in the same position.
Football feels like it's become more distorted even in the five years since we were last in the top flight, and personally I'd have preferred the 'big clubs' had all disappeared into the european glory hunters league, which could have allowed for a reform of the domestic league model creating a fairer system for all. It'll never happen as long as the rich boys club are present.
No team outside of that group of super rich teams will sustain a period amongst them. Leicester got themselves relegated, and whilst I hope Villa deny one of them a spot in the top 4, it won't last and they'll be back down amongst it.
He let them go out and enjoy the day. If we'd needed a result I have no faith we would have got one.
We managed 10 wins. 5 were by a single goal, 5 by 2 goals.
17 of our 24 defeats were by more than one goal. Of the 7 games we lost by 1 goal we led once in total.
After we won at Leicester, 4 of our last 5 wins were all 2-0. All of our defeats after that, bar perhaps the Chelsea game, were all pretty convincing as well. It wasn't as if we were narrowly losing matches. Sala wouldn't have kept us up.
The match last night reinforced my belief that any talk of us getting into the playoffs and eventual promotion would be utterly ridiculous.
I think they went with Chris Wilder with next season already in mind. But the model now is to build slowly, play quick football and keep improving your playing staff as you go. The Warnock days of smash and grab are gone. You've got to be good and know your potential while you're on your way up. And then it's STILL hard to stay there and build for a few seasons.
Since the start of the year Sheffield United are the joint 4th top scorers
At Sheffield United's ground!!
It's catching in South Yorkshire! Rotherham 4 down approaching HT.
They have the same points as Burnley though but Kompany always gets a pass, yeah they have not been mullered as bad but Burnley spent £70 mill this season
Remember all the interviews and press and podcasts etc all pre season saying how impressed they were with kompany and he was off to spurs/taking over from pep etc.....
Actually quite funny how awful they have been yet yep he totally gets a pass from everyone.
As someone else said we were awful both seasons in the Premier league but still did much better than Burnley or shef u have done.
Does anyone still want Craig Bellamy in as manager?