DucdeOrléans
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Am i the only one is is super calm ? i'm not at all tensed or worked out ... and i do mean it
for me on a personal level i think we moved forward and that's what matters and was my own personal bench mark
2nd in la liga (well obviously we need to improve on that but it's the same situation )
Copa Del gay final .. big improvement from the carelessness we usually show
CL semi Final since 2003...
for me objective achieved from Jose , if he can add a title it will be a cherry on top of the cake let's not forget on all fronts we are facing the best team in the world
Yeah HUGE archivement considering the little amount of money you have spend? How much was it again? 420 million euros in the last 2,5 seasons (biggest investment in world football)? You did not improve in La Liga. You are 8 points behind with a more difficult schedule left. You were way better last year in the league.
The situation in the Copa is WAY better but let us not forget that you can't loose 4-0 to a 4 division team every year Apart from that, let us all admit it, Barca and Madrid will not loose against one of the other 18 teams over 2 legs at this point of time. So hardly any big archivement. The real final will be on Wednesday.
What regard the CL, the situation is much the same as in the Copa for you. You first opponent in the knockout stage was Lyon, who are very disappointing this season. Lyon, hardly any Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Inter, Milan, Barca etc. You should be able to beat them over to legs with your current team, don't you think so, Lyon-complex or not?
Then you played Tottenham a team which played in the CL for the first time in the history with a well known bad tactic at its helm (Redknapp - certainly compared to Mourinho). Really not a big archivement IMO. Bale and Lennon were out of the first match and Crouch decided to go home earlier that day. (if you can say so).. The return leg was pointless.
Yes, you improved a bit, but what had you expected with such a team and such a huge investment? And that in a league were you only opponent is Barca, best team or not.
And let us not forgot that it is a stupidity to even draw conclusions from Saturdays match. First of all the league was sealed (which obviously make Barca wore cautious and they only played at 80 percent throughout the game).
The real test for you (and also for us) will be in the CL (foremost) and the Copa.