Getting to the Premier League is hard, but staying there can be even more difficult – this is how you do it
“The ultimate for a professional is to win something at the highest level,” Murray says. “A cup run is amazing and no one would turn it down, but are you realistically thinking about it as a newly promoted club in the first, second or third year? Probably not.
Stoke went one step further than Brighton by reaching the final at Wembley in 2011. Yaya Toure’s fierce half-volley earned Man City their first trophy under Sheikh Mansour’s ownership. Stoke were disappointed, but it still had a positive impact. “But it picked our league form up. It became competition for places and something else to look forward to. After we played West Ham, we beat
“It was a great experience, but it can become a poisoned chalice,” Higginbotham, who started three group games, says. “You’re playing on a Thursday and then a Sunday. You would be flying back late Thursday night or early Friday morning. It was a grind and it affected us. We beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 and three days later we lost 5-0 to“Look at what David Moyes did with West Ham winning the Europa Conference League. That was brilliant. It’s a fine line between getting it right.
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