Today is the day where our Title 'challenging' Credentials are to be tested.
Are we going to step up and keep ourselves in the mix or settle for a toe to toe with Chelsea for 3rd/4th with Utd possibly breathing down our necks?
This fixture is huge , with all the factors involved building up to it.
The endless courting of our manager by Utd & the Press since Moanrinho went, the resurgence of Utd post him, OleGS staking his claim for the permanent position, our thin squad at creeking point, the 0-3 at Old Trafford......
This match symbolises how much we want it , do we...
At roughly the mid point of the English season and at the back end of the traditional busy festive period it seems a fair time to reflect on how season is panning out so far..
At the beginning of the season if someone were to ask me the question where in the league I'd expect us to finish my own personal opinion would be that City and Liverpool would be the run away front two and I'd like to get third but more likely 4th would be realistic given no summer investment.
So to be so close to city given our zero investment,massive injury problems and players returning late...
So 4pm sees us kick off away at Goodison vs Everton.
Recently big spenders Everton sit in 11th while remarkably we sit in 3rd.
For 2 traditional big clubs that were for a while seen as best of the rest we are now an established top pack side whereas Everton are still looking in from the outside, I have no doubt that in a few years they will be much closer once their spending meets with some consistency.
But onto today's game....
This is a game that we must capitalise on seeing how results have panned out so far this weekend, Chavs & City both losing at home this is...
After what's seemed an age of penny pinching, fiscal ownership not entertaining big money signings ...
I like many others was stunned when on deadline day we stumped up 30mil for Moussa Sissoko on the back of a few decent performances during the Euros and many poor ones at Newcastle...
What we were supposed to have purchased was an attacking pacey powerful wide man , what this translated to for us was 2 seasons of dire performances from him, poor in possession, poor out of it couldn't nail down a pass...
So tomorrow we welcome our old friends Chelsea to Wembley for the evening kick off.
Kane and co fresh back from the Nation's group 4a cup winners trophy league or something as equally irrelevant as that...
3rd plays 4th with Chelsea unbeaten so far sitting 1 point above us and our 'bestest ever start ever'
Rumours that Jan is back in training is welcome not sure if he'll feature though and with Sanchez apparently ruled out it's time for Foyth again to build some momentum and start making a regular claim for a 1st team start.
Hopefully Gazzaniga has done enough now to shoe horn Hugo...
