Focusmate
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I guess i see that season differently. We were good pre christmas but the football got more tumescent as the season progressed. We still came a comfy 2nd got to the f a cup final and cruised through our champions league group in first place before the Seville debacle.Of course it does. Second was a mirage between 6th and that disaster of a third season. Plus we werent even the second best team that year, we were only second because Liverpool signed VVD in January and focused on CL. Nobody is near us today.
This second is different because we finished 3rd last year. It shows consistency over two seasons and finding a rhythm of play. That second meant nothing because it was such a leap from the year before, and DDG had his best ever superman season, that it distorts any sense of progress made.
DDG was much more influential under LVG than this season for me.
in any case my point is that coming 2nd or 3rd in itself only matters if you then kick on and win titles in the following seasons. If we dont next season it will be a failure.