The new signings could be what they were previously lacking. Fabinho and Keita added to the centre of their midfield is such a massive upgrade on what they had there, that really cannot be overstated.
@Stroller I hadn’t realised that until just now hahaha
We reached one final (for the least important domestic cup competition) and finished 6th in the league with only 3 away points in the year 2018 so far.
Liverpool finished in the top 4, made it to the CL final and played some outstanding football along the way.
People dismissing top 4 like it’s not important, like it means nothing.
With us, a lot of the piss taking was because getting to the top 4 was our sole ambition. They weren’t laughing at the 4 four achievement in itself – our seasons become tediously repetitive Though I guess you can say our achievement of getting to the CL 20 years in a row was downplayed somewhat.
And then I pointed out that it wasn’t as easy as people thought.
Chelsea, Liverpool, United, City all struggled with finishing 4th despite their obvious financial strengths.
We were consistently overachieving and finishing in Top 4.