To a certain extend, Len was right.
Yes, we are top 4, we are in the CL… but you don’t use the word “mediocre” to describe good teams, to label champions.
We can beat Chelsea, City, United, but we can also lose to the bottom teams without a reason, we can play a shit game AT HOME without a reason.
Mid table teams are “mediocre”, and yes we are (even not really a mid-table team).
To be fair to Giroud he has had probably his best season here, and has scored a few important goals.
Also it’s not his fault if we haven’t bought a top striker to replace him.
How a top European club neglects a glaring hole in their attack for so many seasons, and gets away with it, is incredible.
No other manager, at any other decent club in Europe, would let this situation happen, and yet not only is it tolerated here, the person doing it will probably be rewarded with a new contract.
You can make a case for mediocre, sure. In the grand scheme we aren’t a mediocre club, but it would be fair to describe us as being mediocre if you were only comparing us to other big teams, and I’d agree in that context.
But the part I was focusing on was Len describing us as mid table. Which is silly and not really an area that’s up for debate as it is literally a fact that we aren’t.
There is only one position that counts jakey. 1ST.
Aim for anything lower and you are mid table.
Don’t forget we w
Have been top 4 in most of those seasons when you maybe had a couple of teams capable of winning premiership and we weren’t one of them.
As far as i’m concerned its top or nothing.
We are going backwards.
We are mediocre when you compare us to the top clubs around Europe, but to say we are mid table is just a plain exaggeration. For a club of our stature and resources though I defiantly think we just achieve the bare minimum and are mediocre.