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I never said getting CL wasn't important? I'm simply talking about the job Emery has done this season.
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This is key. We've been without Buendia and Mings ALL season, Ramsey for most of the season, will have been without Kamara for almost half the season and Torres for a good chunk of the season. Those are all very key players that would all be starting games for us - that's a hell of a lot of extra game time that's been loaded onto the shoulders of the players who have been fit.
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I know it's an easy out but ultimately injuries (and the resulting extra fatigue) are having a huge impact on how we set up in games now. Tbh even if the worst happens and we finish 6th I still think he's done a very good job this season, bearing in mind the injuries, which really have been horrific and one of the worst situations I can ever remember.
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Yes, under Emery we have tended to bounce back very well from bad defeats. Hopefully that bounceback starts on Thursday and not in a couple of weeks.
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I'm not disputing that, but you said the best case was 5th - it isn't, it's 4th. We're literally still in 4th, albeit Spurs have a game in hand. Personally I think we will end up finishing 5th but the best case realistic scenario is 4th. Ruling it out at this stage is ridiculous.
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I know he won't blame injuries but he has every right to tbh. Being without Ramsey today was crucial and just the whole season we've had horrendous injuries.
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He should've checked with himself - he was the biggest let down of all of them.
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We have serious mental problems.
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Best case is 4th. 5th is more likely though.
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As captain I think "don't make **** stupid challenges that gain you nothing and could get you sent off"
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He left them 2-0 down with 10 men. What did you expect?
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Take the captaincy off him tbh. Still don't believe it was necessarily a red but going in like that he can have no complaints.
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Agreed. It feels like people completely jump over several stages. They go from "if we win this we've basically got 4th sewn up" to "we're basically out of the race for top 5 now" after we lose. It's absurd.
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Was a bad tackle but I honestly don't believe it was a red. As I said though, it was an idiotic decision to go in like that so I'm not really blaming the refs.
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Don't really blame him too much for today. He's been completely hamstrung by injuries and players losing their heads.
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No it isn't, but it's got a lot harder.
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Don't think it was a red but was still a dumb challenge. What a **** idiot.
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Injuries have **** us.
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Well I mean Cash nearly killed him once so who can blame him
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Same. That was Carew at his very best. When he was on his game he was like Ibrahimovic.
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Hopefully that was just planned. In fairness if I were the manager I probably would've only given him 45 minutes too.
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Not too bad. Refereeing was absolutely awful.
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So McGinn is fine then.
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Yeah think people need to wait and see what Emery says before jumping to overly pessimistic conclusions.
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I don't rate him long term (he's getting on a bit and he's on big wages) but for the rest of the season he is hugely important.
