I think we'll see whether we've got the stones for this title on Sunday. We need to respond and come out with a point to prove.
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I think we'll see whether we've got the stones for this title on Sunday. We need to respond and come out with a point to prove.
Man City lost there, a draw will do. The time will surely come where we play well and the Britannia though - it happened at Old Trafford more often than this.
I think we will challenge for the title deep into the season, especially if we get some bodies back, I think we'll drop many more points but so will all our rivals. The level in PL is pretty much at an all time low, it really is that bad and there isn't one stand out team. I geniunely think we'll be in the mix with City and Leicester, think Leicester will be up there all season....they are no flash in the pan this season, they have had too many good results for it to be.
I doubt a win over the weekend will prove anything. How many times have we said we need to respond or such and such will show we're title contenders?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Truth is we are contenders, it's possible for us to win it, we're still top of the table but there won't be a definitive game that proves we can win it. We could thrash Stoke but then lose against Chelsea and Southampton again. The Man City victory would have been an indicator to some that we can win and given people hope but it goes right down the shitter the following week when we lose to Southampton.
Man City also beat West Brom away whilst we lost there Maccy - it doesn't work like that. Draw would be fine had we won tonight but as we didn't it puts more pressure on us to get 3 points on Sunday as dropping 4 points in the space of 5 days would be terrible mental blow, regardless of the games involved. I said prior to today's game that to remain competitive, ideally we need to take 7 points out of Pool away, Stoke Away and the chavs at home. Well, we've already dropped the two points so there's zero leeway any more.
Good news is that Stoke won tonight so hopefully they'll be less "pumped" up for that match as they would have been if they were desperate for points. We're due a win there and I pray to god that Alexis is back fit and raring to go for it.
Wenger has flirted with disaster all season with his numbfuckingly stupid, negative, cowardly substitutions, his lack of preparation, his piss poor almost perfectly inappropriate tactics, though thankfully not team selection because we've had too many injuries for him to fuck that up . We've escaped several games by the skin of our teeth after somebody let him out of his straitjacket and at the laptop.
We were blown away in the early part of the game - literally no midfield. Liverpool are so poor defensively we managed to get in level after a woeful first half. Then we actually stepped up, scored a goal and were in the perfect position of being able to hit them as they chased the equaliser. Stand up Theo Walcott! WHO? But for some reason we sat off, slowed down and invited heaps of pressure. Then Monsieur Fuckup struck with his can't defend for toffee Gibbs coming on (who spent the whole time in the opposition third anyway) and he yanked Ozil, our best bet for retaining some sort of toehold in the last segment of the match. It was almost like somebody dared him to pick the tactics and subs that the opposition would have prayed for in those circumstances. If we were going defensive then WHY THE FUCK BRING OX ON? The biggest defensive liability we have.
Another chance to exert some pressure and more dropped points. This will come down to who fucks up the least. That's not going to be us btw.
Some are, as usual, overlooking it all because some other team didn't play well. Well we'd better hope that keeps happening, hadn't we? Let's rely on anyone but us and if it all falls into place we might be perched precariously at the top of the pile. It won't be from climbing though, it will be because the mountain fell away beneath us. We just need a whole second half of the season to be as weird as the first and we could triumph playing some of the most disorganised and lethargic shit I have ever seen us play, sprinkled with the odd bit of exhilaration just to rub it in.
A point at Liverpool is a good point, supposedly. Well no, not at all. Not when you are in the 90th minute leading 3-2 FFS. 3-3 under those circumstances means you lost 2 points.
On a plus. Apart from the most incredible miss, Bif's goal was excellent. Campbell put in a great shift, although his play drifted between superb and average. Monreal seems to be going from strength to strength.
The Walnut though. Fuck me, somebody start contract negotiations will you? We need at least 90 minutes out of the guy between now and May.
Agree regarding the 7 points, going to be very very hard though, I'm hoping Alexis is back for Sunday, we really need him now, think between him and Ozil we could get a result up there, otherwise I kind of fear for us. Chelsea home i'm less worried about, Sanchez will definitely be back for that so i think we'll win that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
And they drew against Villa away which is a real stinker of a result but we won. The point is, just pointing to tough games lazily as though any other team won't have them really annoys me.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
It doesn't put more or less pressure on us, you're in a title race, the pressure is there every game.
Your talking about needing to take seven points from those three games presumably is predicated, for some reason on Man City winning all three of theirs, which they haven't.
The truth is, how do we know what a big mental blow is? The moments of decline for any team usually happen gradually so it's hard to pinpoint where the markers really are. It is also completely different for the fans and players. Tonight could be taken as that but then again there is a lot to be said about coming back twice and then taking the lead - I'd wager we would've just folded completely a couple of years ago, as we did against Southampton a few weeks back. Then we go to Stoke. On the surface a draw might seem like a 'mental blow' but it depends how it plays out. We grab a late equaliser could put a whole different spin on things from the players point of view.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
It's all guessing games from our perspective. What we can see however is that our team have the ability and more importantly the fight in them, which isnt a bad combination to keep us in this until the very end.
Yep. Every game is a pressure game when you're at the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...