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Liverpool 1-0 up, we are now 3rd, realistically 4th because City have 2 games in hand.
When Tottenham beat Cardiff at home tomorrow they will be 6 points behind us.
Premier League Tottenham V Arsenal Sun 16 Mar 16:00
How big does this game now become????
We have been in the Europe league before and lost the final to Galafukintasaray. So don't get your hopes up. We do have the balance sheet cup, though. We've been winning that one for yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by ARightTouch
Just coming back from the game now.
In spite of all round cuntishness from the likes of Peters, Adam, Crouch, Walters and Shawcross, it really was à pitiful performance and painful to watch.
We CAN win the FA Cup and we CAN finish in the top 3 if we get our acts together. But it's a big if.
I'm going to have nightmares of Santi Cazorla initiating à promising counter attack, only to pull off a nonsensical spinerooni and allowing Stoke to hoarde numbers back, sideways passing it to Rosicky, who looks up to find Giroud making about as intelligent à run as a blind squirrel.
I honestly believe we will finish fifth. Our run in is terrible Mr Letters! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Bullshit, blind squirrel makes better run than Giroud. Giroud is utter shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ernesto
I'm amazed anyone is surprised by this, it's been happening every season for 8 years before this season, we get in good positions then are found wanting when there is something on the line. Last season when there were no trophies to be played for we coasted nicely to 4th place.
The pressure of anything but 4th place seems to be too much for us, I don't know if it's the pressure on the manager as he never seems to get his team setup right either, I'm over it to be honest, it's never going to change under the current management, all we're going to feel is disappointment when we inevitably fall short.
If we were really serious about success we'd have either signed the players we needed last summer, or moved mountains to get them in January, we didn't and the rest is history.
That's a fundamental problem with our style of play to be honest, we've been doing it all season, opportunities of counters have been wasted as we more often than not insist on checking back and passing sideways allowing the opposition to get back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ernesto
I think the problem is the players have this short pass pass football ingrained into their minds by Wenger and counter attacking just doesn't fit into that, that leaves us looking for intricate passing moves like we managed last week against Sunderland which only really ever come off occasionally.
Oxo doesn't seem to have been infected by this pass pass madness yet, but a couple more years and he'll probably end up doing the same.
What a total waste.
We do have a horrible run coming up but the last 5 games are all winnable. We'll probably pub team it into 4th :patrice:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
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Finding our true level TBH. Progress? 4th is 4th - no matter what's come before. Webger can do 1/2 a season. But his failure to invest in his team is there for all to see.
A specialist in failure, you could say.Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK