Do You Believe?

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Originally Posted by Özim

We're halfway through the season, we've been in this position before and then it went wrong from February onwards so I'm very cautious, Man City can only get better as they've been pretty average so far, there's a long way to go and historically the latter part of the season when injuries and tiredness kick in is when it's make or break.

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I actually agree with this, but given the early season wailing and gnashing of teeth I think we're sitting quite pretty right now.
The difference I see this time from previous times when we've been in similar positions is players like Ozil, Sanchez & Cech. Those are players who can win you a title. And the results against the Manchester sides is encouraging - both at home, but encouraging results in 6 pointer games we have traditionally messed up.

I don't agree with people saying we can only win the league if we sign in January but it would push us on. Even without signings I think we have a chance but we will be more at the mercy of injuries and we all know what our record is like there. A long term injury to people like Ozil or Sanchez could stuff it up for us.

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A long term injury to people like Ozil or Sanchez could stuff it up for us.

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That's a risk we shouldn't be taking. We have to watch for injuries and fatigue.

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‘Yes, we are short and the number of games we have to play in January are very important,’ he told BeIN Sport.

‘God knows how we will come out of the Christmas period, with a lot of demand on the physical front so we need to do something.

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http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/21/arsene...arget-5577696/

If our season some how falls apart because of injuries and fatigue, he'd have a hard time justifying not buying after stating the above. He knows what we need to do and I just want to see him follow through.

Its not whether we as fans believe, although at the emirates on monday there did seem to be the feeling of hope spreading around.

Its about whether the players believe and i think they do. We have serial winners in the squad who have been there and done that. Cech, Ozil, Sanchez have all won the big trophies, Mertesacker is a world cup winner too. The rest of the squad have won back to back trophies and got used to the feeling of winning. Two years ago when we were top, there was a feeling that we didnt belong there, the players looked unsure too but not now. They know they deserve to be there this time and they ahve been beating the big teams. One thing that Wenger does is unite the team together, the team spirit is incredible, they all seem to fight for each other, Giroud flying into last ditch tackles in the area, theo charging back to cover Bellerin etc. They play as a team and cover each other. Theo said after monday they were disappointed to concede as it meant they stopped Cech getting the record. They are seem to care for each other and that will help us massively. The other person they all care about is Wenger. You only have to listen to what they say about him to know that they want to win for him.

Two years ago we all never really believed, we hadnt performed in the big games so doubts were there but this year we have. In 2015 as a whole, we have lost one big game out of 8 in the league. We beat City both home and away, thrashed liverpool and united at home, drew with them as well and lost to mike dean/chelsea (although beat them in the shield. not a major game but a good statement to start on). Against chelsea, united, city, liverpool in the league in 2015 its Played 8, won 4, drawn 3 lost 1 which is much better. Two of those wins were thrashings of our rivals. It will have strengthened the teams belief massively and also in Wenger as he got his tactics spot on. These games give the players belief that we not only belong with the top teams but that we can beat them and win. Even while others are struggling against leicester, palace and watford, we beat all three away comfortably.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

That's a risk we shouldn't be taking. We have to watch for injuries and fatigue.



http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/21/arsene...arget-5577696/

If our season some how falls apart because of injuries and fatigue, he'd have a hard time justifying not buying after stating the above. He knows what we need to do and I just want to see him follow through.

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Yep, to be fair to Wenger sounds quite confident he's going to strengthen the squad, I wonder if he already has deals lined up?

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Originally Posted by selassie

Yep, to be fair to Wenger sounds quite confident he's going to strengthen the squad, I wonder if he already has deals lined up?

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I hope this is true, it would make all the difference for me if we made a couple quality additions, if we fail to (as we have so often before) I reckon it'll cost us our chance of the title.

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Originally Posted by Özim

I hope this is true, it would make all the difference for me if we made a couple quality additions, if we fail to (as we have so often before) I reckon it'll cost us our chance of the title.

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Yep, think if we don't strengthen then we can wave goodbye to the title. I read that Arteta, Flams & Rosicky are not getting extended so he might aswell strengthen midfield now, he's going to need to add bodies in the summer anyway.

Wasn't the reason Özil was taken off that he was ill? :unsure:

New signings unveiled.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CW6QW6DWQAAEnL8.jpg

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Originally Posted by WMPG

Wasn't the reason Özil was taken off that he was ill? :unsure:

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apparently he had been ill all week and trained just the once.


Still MOTM.


Ozil is quite good at football really

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Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist

Its not whether we as fans believe, although at the emirates on monday there did seem to be the feeling of hope spreading around.
Its about whether the players believe and i think they do.

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That is a good point :good:

I think so too.