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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
Well that's a rather depressing stat."
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It is, but without wanting to gloss over it, West Ham are similar to a lot of clubs now, in that they've become a lot more reliant on goals from midfield than from real out-and-out strikers. Arnie was really a false 9 and before that, Payet, Antonio, etc were definitely midfielders. It's true that pure strikers like Carroll and Chicharito flopped but fortunately goals came from elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
Predictions? Thoughts? Expectations?
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VAR will hopefully favour smaller clubs who've previously struggled to get decisions against the big boys.
I can see a bit of a mini-league forming of Everton, Leicester, West Ham and possibly Wolves, with whoever comes out on top having a real chance of breaking into the top 6, if only for a season. With Chelsea being most at risk of dropping.
Man City will be unstoppable.
A Rafa-less Newcastle will struggle.