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Pretty much feel a bit all over the place about this season. I’m grateful that we haven’t had the relegation sword over our heads but absolutely p****d off that we missed out on a European place due to relegation form over the last 6 games (2 points out of a possible18).
While I greatly respect the achievements of Bournemouth, Brighton & Sunderland etc who have deserved their success in qualifying for Europe, we have to get shot of this mentality of measuring ourselves against the low bar of “no relegation worries.”
In hindsight we had a legitimate shot of getting to the FA Cup Final and also lost to an absolutely awful (ultimately relegated) side in the Carabao Cup ( a competition we can legitimately say we are the only “big” side never to win nor likely to at this rate)
I don’t see us challenging for Europe next season, that horse has bolted as I don’t see Newcastle, Spurs or Chelsea being that bad again and the Cup draws may not be as favourable.
It’s a two-edged sword as I believe we are competing in “most” individual games unlike the previous relegation seasons but it’s 31 years since the last trophy and apart from 3 semi-finals and 1 Cup Final it’s been a bloody hard slog.
I’m sure the players try their best however raise the expectations and set the standards higher but I’ll still be back next season, we always are though aren’t we?

I’m hoping that it is essentially ‘talking softly but carrying a big stick’ and Kinnear and the Friedkin’s are actually seriously considering ejecting Moyes if they can attract a better successor.

The public inference that stability can only be achieved by retaining this manager looks like they don’t think the club was also badly managed in many other ways before they took over, which surely can’t be true. I certainly believe a few managers could have done better if they weren’t effectively hamstrung by the interference of the likes of Kenwright and Moshiri.

I can understand that they may not want to look like panicked amateurs by ditching Moyes without the next guy being a done deal, so hopefully it’s just a case of getting all the ducks in a row.

If we don’t seriously improve over the summer I think the illusion of stability will rapidly evaporate. Spurs looked well in control on Sunday despite still having some key players missing. One thing that was clear was that they easily outpaced us in practically every match-up whilst still at least equalling us strength wise.

I’m sure the Friedkins don’t fully know the depth of feeling amongst match going fans against Moyes.

Few blues have emailed them on info@pursuit-sports.com
They got replies as well.

I think the Friedkins will be happy that Moyes will deliver 45-50 points again next season. Mid table. Guaranteed PL income.

I don’t want to even discuss the dynamics of the team because this manager will never achieve anything more with us.

A manager that has never had a striker getting 20+ league goals in a season in over 20 years of premier league management.

Zero pace in our squad. Let alone team.

Player of the season gets downgraded😄

The player running around throwing the odd tackle in has 7 goal assists this season.where we scored 49 goals you can work out the percentage he created.
Anderson,a lesser player imo ,chosen ahead of him for the world cup,has 4