That's actually succinctly done. Letters read this and stop replying in AFC debate. Would save us all a few yawns.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
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That's actually succinctly done. Letters read this and stop replying in AFC debate. Would save us all a few yawns.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
In all seriousness, I don't think he can win us the league again.
I have no issue with the team per say. I think he's built good enough teams in the last 10 years that were capable of winning the league. I just don't think he reacts during games, or during transfer windows in a decisive way. He's always opted (under, I believe, idealistic tendencies) to trust in his players, expecting them to do the work for him.
Couple that with his failure most years to target the obvious areas of weakness in the squad, and you have the reason why we haven't won the thing.
Money obviously plays its part, but we never really needed massive amounts to bolster what were good teams anyway...we just needed investment to sustain our challenge and add depth to areas of the squad that needed it.
We can't win it again with Wenger as he'll do the same again. I'd love to be proved wrong, but history says not.....
In any case. We have a great team this year....one of the best I've seen for ages, so reason to be cheerful. Hopefully we'll have a good year, and really push on....
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Originally Posted by Syn
What do you think the chances of Arsenal FC winning the league now ?
Its the same as what it was in July.
No chance.
I hope I am wrong.
We wont win the league this season. We will finish 3rd quite comfortably.
3rd? Too much ambition little bit, 4th only one worth winning (extra income of qualifier march) :trophy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
1st? No.
IMO any of the top 4 from last season have a chance.
It's way too early to conclude anything about how this season will pan out, only City are looking any good and things change very quickly.
I think we'll be top 3, if we're in the mix with 10 games to go we've got a chance.
We have no chance at all unless our closest rivals have a relatively poor season. It will be up to them, not us, whether we can compete.
If Utd get their act together they'll get more points than we do in the top 4 match-ups and we'll throw away points when we play them, as usual. So it will be a close race with them.
If the chavs or gypos muster average seasons by their standards they'll be beyond reach by Christmas. If they have below average seasons and we are scrapping to qualify for the top 4 we'll do okay up until the point qualification is secured and then we'll collapse. If the race for qualification goes to the last few games we might get closer to the chavs than we did last year. But if Liverpool and the spuds are fucking up behind us and we secure 4th spot fairly early then we'll settle for that and finish a good distance behind our rivals.
Everything could change if one of our strikers or press-ganged strikers can find form over a protracted stretch, like RvC did in his final season with us. That's a possibility for Alexis, he'll keep trying but it will be down to Wenger and how he sets out the teams and tactics. Alexis did amazingly well last year, it will be easier for him in some respects this year but also tougher by the fact opposition managers and defenders will know what to expect.
No realistic chance of Giroud or Walcott stepping up, Walcott probably won't get enough games anyway. Welbeck will probably play a bit part too so don't expect the goals to come from him.
If Coquelin gets injured then all bets are off and we'll have a hell of a scrap on our hands to get the 4th place trophy.
Even without signing any more players it's the best squad we've had for a long time. We really should be challenging for the league this year, but I just don't think Wenger has it in him to get the best out of his players over the course of a whole season. My view hasn't changed over the last couple of years, we won't win it again with him in charge.
Our chances of winning the league are precisely zero, even when we have had the chance when other teams have been poor we've blown it, this season Man City are looking good and Chelsea will no doubt be back in the reckoning soon enough, we don't have enough quality to match them, not in terms of goalscoring threats or even defensive strength IMO.
In addition we don't have a manager tactically good or motivational enough to get that bit extra out of the squad.