Now that the season is coming to a close, it’s remarkable to reflect on some of the debates that opened throughout its course. Things that were supposedly cast-iron truth in November now seem so wrong, or so irrelevant. It is not just about the crises that always must engulf at least one gulf, or even the hasty calls that Southampton could qualify for the Champions League. It is some of the supposed factors behind these issues. Of course, the nature of these things is that it’s difficult to get the necessary detachment at the time. Now that the season is coming ending, and the picture is virtually complete, it’s easier to start seeing just how true some of those issues...
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