Aside from three seasons in the middle of "peak Poch", 15/16 to 17/18, all our (modern) top four finishes since and including that first one under Redknapp have been close calls that weren't decided until the last couple of matches of the season.
So unless we can go on a really good run similar to our start to the season once we have all our first choice players back (fingers crossed!), I think there'll probably be a few more in/out of the top four moments before the season ends.
We are pretty close now to having all our first choice players back though, as Mali went out of the Africa Cup of Nations to Ivory Coast yesterday, so Bissouma is on his way home now.
The final of the Asian championships is on the 10th, so even if Sonny goes all the way our home match with Brighton will be the last one he misses before coming home.
Like a lot of the matches I've seen at the African and Asian championships, that Mali vs Ivory Coast match was another crazy one. IC had ten men for most of it but scored a last minute equaliser, then got a last minute winner in extra time with a back heel goal. The goalscorer also took his shirt off when celebrating and got a second yellow card, meaning he's banned from the semi-final; talk about bitter sweet!
So unless we can go on a really good run similar to our start to the season once we have all our first choice players back (fingers crossed!), I think there'll probably be a few more in/out of the top four moments before the season ends.
We are pretty close now to having all our first choice players back though, as Mali went out of the Africa Cup of Nations to Ivory Coast yesterday, so Bissouma is on his way home now.
The final of the Asian championships is on the 10th, so even if Sonny goes all the way our home match with Brighton will be the last one he misses before coming home.
Like a lot of the matches I've seen at the African and Asian championships, that Mali vs Ivory Coast match was another crazy one. IC had ten men for most of it but scored a last minute equaliser, then got a last minute winner in extra time with a back heel goal. The goalscorer also took his shirt off when celebrating and got a second yellow card, meaning he's banned from the semi-final; talk about bitter sweet!
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