A couple of observations

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Originally Posted by GB.

I'm sorry we ruined your weekend by winning.

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Great contribution once again, keep up the good work :good:

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Originally Posted by Toronto Gooner

Let me preface what I say with the comment that I am not saying that the current situation is anything other than extremely disappointing and worrisome.

That being said, if Man City avoid losing tomorrow, not one of the teams I track for my seasons comparison will be even equal to their points total at this stage last season.

Also, it should be noted that Arsenal are only 5 points and 1 goal off 3rd spot. This will not be discussed or commented on by the media or any of the those Arsenal fans who want only to force Wenger and the board out of "their" Arsenal.

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I think this is because the overall level of quality in the EPL has been declining and it is pretty much heading in the opposite direction to the level of money pumped in to fund the product we now watch.

And the product is by and large boring, unwatchable dirge.

If we were paying the players of the past along the same lines the players of today earn, the likes of Vieira, Henry and Bergkamp could legitimately command £500k a week.

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Originally Posted by Merry Chrizimas

If we finish top 4, which we probably will because fortune seems to favour us when it comes to getting top 4.

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Funny how we're 'lucky' every single year.

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Originally Posted by Meh-ry Christmas

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Funny how we're 'lucky' every single year.

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What can I say, Wenger may not be the most competent but he sure is lucky! :lol:

League table never lies.
We've finished top 4 every year. That doesn't happen by luck.
Last year we finished 3rd, the only teams who finished above us were a team who bought the title and another who have pretty much the best manager ever.
But yeah, we were 'lucky' to have RvP (who Wenger bought and persisted with despite his injuries)
Whatever suits your agenda, fella.

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Originally Posted by Meh-ry Christmas

League table never lies.
We've finished top 4 every year. That doesn't happen by luck.
Last year we finished 3rd, the only teams who finished above us were a team who bought the title and another who have pretty much the best manager ever.
But yeah, we were 'lucky' to have RvP (who Wenger bought and persisted with despite his injuries)
Whatever suits your agenda, fella.

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Spot on, Chavs winning the Cl now that's luck if i ever saw any tbh. But its not Arsenal so i guess it was down to quality :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Meh-ry Christmas

League table never lies.
We've finished top 4 every year. That doesn't happen by luck.
Last year we finished 3rd, the only teams who finished above us were a team who bought the title and another who have pretty much the best manager ever.
But yeah, we were 'lucky' to have RvP (who Wenger bought and persisted with despite his injuries)
Whatever suits your agenda, fella.

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Spurs suffered from the crooknapp problems last season without question, I'd say we got lucky there, likewise with the food poisoining incident a while back.

As for RVP quality player, but we were lucky he stayed fit anyone can see that, he'd been a crock all his career (and this from a big fan of his), him staying fit was pot luck, just like with Diaby and Rosicky who haven't been able to.

He has stayed fit for a long time now, well over two years to be exact. In any case you wouldn't put our travails before last season to RVP being injured so often as 'bad luck' (a get out card) so I can't see what talking about 'luck' achieves.

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Originally Posted by Merry Chrizimas

Spurs suffered from the crooknapp problems last season without question, I'd say we got lucky there, likewise with the food poisoining incident a while back.

As for RVP quality player, but we were lucky he stayed fit anyone can see that, he'd been a crock all his career (and this from a big fan of his), him staying fit was pot luck, just like with Diaby and Rosicky who haven't been able to.

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every team gets luck along the way, either in their games or with opponents suffering defeats because of luck. i'm sure there have been plenty of teams relegated on the last day that can blame luck too. there is no way to quantify it to determine if it balances out for teams but the point is, everyone suffers and benefits from it. we stumbled into third last season but over the course of 38 games, we deserved it.

wasn't RVP just unlucky with injuries? if not, then man utd are benefiting from his continued luck and cannot take full credit for performances so far this season.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost of Christmas

He has stayed fit for a long time now, well over two years to be exact. In any case you wouldn't put our travails before last season to RVP being injured so often as 'bad luck' (a get out card) so I can't see what talking about 'luck' achieves.

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Yes that's true but before last season he hadn't really managed to stay fit for any significant amount of time (wasn't he injured for half a season the season before that?).