How will you react if we lose on Saturday?

Knowing this place I can see a load of moaning and hand-wringing if we lose even though pretty much everyone agrees that we're no longer at the level of the top 3. I still think we're one of the better teams of 'the rest' but Chelsea away is a tough game in any season and it would be no disgrace to lose there.

The way I see it:

A win :faint: :patrice:

A draw :dance:

A close defeat :( but :shrug:

A thumping :doh:

Long as we play and work well I'll be fairly content even if we lose. A thumping would be disappointing.

This run we've put together has been very pleasing but the team doesn't convince me. If we lose then meh, I don't think we would have learnt anything we didn't already know. The pressure is on Chelsea to get the win and I just hope we can give a good account of ourselves.

As always, I'll get behind the team, and will be positively hoping for a good result. Every football fan dreams, and goes into a match thinking, "yeah, we can win this".

So, I'll be chuffed if we win, and gutted if we lose. Regardless of how we lose.

Because if we get done 1-nil, and we weren't played off the park, I'd be arsed off.

If we get stuffed, I just go "meh". On to the next game....would be more gutted and annoyed if we got done with a smash and grab.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

This run we've put together has been very pleasing but the team doesn't convince me. If we lose then meh, I don't think we would have learnt anything we didn't already know. The pressure is on Chelsea to get the win and I just hope we can give a good account of ourselves.

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Sunday was the first time I thought they've looked convincing all season. Other games in the run we've won without looking that good (which in itself is no bad thing) but on Sunday we looked a bit more like Arsenal again. We're not a great side but we're not as bad as the early season run seemed to indicate either.

ill decide how i react after watching the game. if the boys go out and lose but its close but give their all and i can say after the game that they couldnt have done any better but chelsea were better then ill be fine. if they just dont turn up i will be fucked off but this is irrelvant as we are winning this

Don't care about the result as long as we knock John Terry out...

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

ill decide how i react after watching the game. if the boys go out and lose but its close but give their all and i can say after the game that they couldnt have done any better but chelsea were better then ill be fine. if they just dont turn up i will be fucked off apathetic but this is irrelvant as we are winning this

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With the edits, that's how I feel.

Looking for a big performance. Van Persie's on fine form and just had a rest, they've got key players out as well, we have been allowed to build some momentum whereas following a bad defeat to QPR, Chelsea travel up north to face a tricky game today.

Our chances of doing well aren't bad as long as the middle 3 - Song, Arteta and Rosicky/Ramsey have solid games. We need a massive game from Arteta...we all know he's capable and he has been doing it for years.

Provided somebody steps up and kicks John Terry in the nuts I'll be pleased.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Provided somebody steps up and kicks John Terry in the nuts I'll be pleased.

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diaby :bow: kicking terry in the head was his best moment

If we lose it won't be anything unexpected, we're not much of a side.

That said I'll come down on Wenger like a tonne of bricks as we shouldn't be also rans who just make up the numbers, we should be genuine contenders.

We've won a few games against weaker opposition, big deal we've also already lost quite a few and have been largely unconvincing due to poor management.

So yeah I'm not expecting much on Saturday but that's because Wenger has lowered our expectations so much with this team.

On the brightside at least Chelsea aren't in great form so we won't get walloped.