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Insidious
Much as I'd love us to have the capacity to do so, even ignoring the impact Covid-19 has had on finances, we have conceded 21 goals in the League.
That's unlikely to end up being more than 25-26 over the 38-game period you would think, unless City have a blinder against us.
I don't think we're suddenly going to be able to bring that number below, say, 20 goals conceded for the season, perhaps even with Koulibaly. Would be interesting to Google for a bit on which teams have had the most water-tight records in our League and in others. We're certainly closer rather than further.
I still think pulling away in more matches is probably a bigger priority really. 14 of those wins done by a single-goal margin remember.
Even the Atletico tie I look at and think "yes, it's easy to blame Adrian" but had we scored a goal in the first leg we could have done things differently, or indeed had we got our second goal before the end of normal time in the second leg, we would be through. Difficult against arguably the best defensive side in World football, but we are meant to be one of the best attacking sides ourselves - we should have been able to find a way.
Hopefully there is a bargain or two to be had out there, or money to be gathered from a Lovren sale (I'm sure Fabinho could plug a gap if we got stuck) or a Shaqiri sale, or indeed the 30% of any Luis Alberto sale.
Had Covid-19 not happened we would be in an even stronger position, but I will certainly take being League winners with a squad that can challenge for the League and Champion's League next season.
Definitely get rid of Loverman. Would love to see the stats over the past couple of seasons of how we've performed with him vs without him. Feels like whenever he plays we go down a notch. Agree with attack though. We should strengthen now as we don't know if Mo, Bob or Sadio will pick up an injury or maybe 2 out of 3 as they've played a lot of football past few years , particularly Sadio.
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