I wont believe until the january window closes and we have at least a shiney new world class striker...
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I wont believe until the january window closes and we have at least a shiney new world class striker...
At this point I believe we can be in the top 4, nothing more.
Me too. Not a lot's changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
we've won the most points in the whole of 2013.
we have now played everyone once and reached the halfway point in the season top of the league.
its on
Can't help but believe we are going to be there fighting until the end.
We probably will need some big wins though against our rivals in the 2nd half of the season, I'm not sure we're going to get ourselves in a position to go 7 points clear again.
A striker and we can do it.
We really can.
Not a lot's changed...Quote:
Originally Posted by the ollie and the ivy
lol
#WUMQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
If we miraculously beat bayern then we can kiss good bye to the league. Lose that, sign a striker and we should be up there fighting till the end.
Also realized that city has away games against us, Liverpool, United and spurs. We must sacrifice all the goats and hope that their away form stays as dismal as it is now.
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Top of the league going into the New Year.
Dissapointing that we haven't won every game this year really.
Failure again :(
Just need to keep doing what we've been doing. It would definitely help to win against Chelsea and Man City, but those aren't the games that annoy you, it's Villa at home. You can't win them all but we need to keep a near perfect record against the non top6 sides. Like Man City at home in 2011/12 type of record. And then get the odd wins against Tottenham and Liverpool as we've been doing along with some draws like against Chelsea and Everton.
Flat track bullies + competitive at home against the top 6 = title.
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Originally Posted by NoeLDG
It's completely meaningless being top at this stage.
I thought we'd struggle to finish in the top 4 this year so I'm really disappointed we're only top by a point :(
We're still in it but my worry is that we're unlikely to get any of the 'big name' strikers like Costa in January. No club wants to disrupt their season by selling one of their best players.
We could still make a smart transfer even if it is a stop gap, but I'm not sure who that could be.
in 2013, we have the second highest win % for a year EVER in our history and took 82 points in the year. clearly this team is doing something right. we have added consistency and steel to our game. look at today, even though we were as fans were probably all panicking for the last 20 minutes of the game, you get the impression that the players were quite cool and collected and knew they would see the game out.
there is a lot of hope for us right now. lets enjoy the ride, get behind the team and moan about it if it fails in may not now. Up the Arsenal
I think the last team to be top at the turn of the year and not go on to win the league was us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters To Santa
I think you just answered your own question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory;
Yes, We have been consistent, but for a good while - when the questions been asked of us, we have (in the main) failed against the big sides.
But even more importantly, the fact that the other 2 teams are only within 2 points off us with us playing on the whole very well, and our rivals being patchy at best - I don't see us having more than and extra gear to go up this season (if we indeed do have one), where as with Chelsea and City in their transition stages, they have much more room for improvement - and with squads with real strength in depth.
I think Liverpool were in 2009/10. Unless they were top at Christmas and didn't win it, rather than New Year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rude Elf
Well Wenger was confident enough to turn it into a back 5 for once. That tells us he trusts this defence. Speaks volumes.Quote:
Originally Posted by the ollie and the ivy
The fact that we have picked up 82 points this year shows consistancy and determination and i think that will be a factor towards the end of the season.
In terms of winning the thing, City are/were favourites and i think they will probably win it but i also think Chelsea will be very close. They've been average yet they are 2 points off us (they have picked up points against all of their rivals, no losses) and if they get a striker in january then you have to say they'll be favourites.
Now :good:
We have as good as chance as anybody. Been really pleased with how we have responded after the Citeh mauling. Think we are in it for the long haul but still feel we are the underdogs, think Citeh and now Chelsea (who seem to be really improving) are the two favourites.
City have to play most of the top half away from home which is good, however it's probably fair to say they will win most if not all their home games, which will keep them favourites.
Chelsea's shit performances are bound to catch up on them I hope, but Mourinho does have an ugly habit of doing this to good effect.
We've done pretty well so far, crunch time will be March/April when we play Spurs, Chelsea, Man City and Everton in quick succession 3 of those being away and Bayern Munich away as well in the CL 2nd leg.
That's a really tough run and I'm not sure this squad can cope, reckon we need another 1 or 2 players (maybe 1 striker if we can keep players fit for this period).
A striker is a must and 2nd wide forward would be great additional IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
out of the final 18 games, 9 are home games and other 9 are away. looking at the fixtures you'd say we should get 8/9 home wins, and if we can get 20ish points in the away games. id say that should just about do it.
huge second half the season left but we'e done everything right so far. lets hope we add the striker we need, push on and bring that title home
We'll lose to City/Chelsea but for me, this season esp, we've shown that we can beat any of the other sides and that will be crucial come March/April. We went into the City game 5 points clear due to our record/wins against pub teams and if we can continue our run then there is no reason why we cannot still be in contention by the end of the season.
We will not lose our home game to City and draw would be a great result against Chelsea. Away to Everton would be 2nd toughest after Chelsea game IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
watching yesterday and other games this season, a lot of the time, these players just want to win. they never gave up yesterday, even bendtner was chasing down everything. they just want to win. i don't know if any of you saw it, but have a look at wengers celebration for the first goal yesterday and you will see flamini going berserk behind him. its fantastic to see.
chelsea and city have great players but what they lack is great team spirit and i think we have that in droves and thats one of our greatest strengths going into the second half of the season. these players want this judging by the way they have chased wins this season and not given up, look at Rosicky against newcastle. 33 years old yet in the 92nd minute of the game was still sprinting along the pitch chasing everything down. this squad seems very close and united, they want each other to do well and the team to do well so don't give up.
of course footballing ability is more important, but sometimes when games don't seem to be going your way, the team spirit can carry you on. take yesterday, chance after chance went missing yet they just kept on going and got the win whereas in some games, city and chelsa have just given up.
I didnt mean the upcoming games against them, i was talking about our record in general where its a little bit not very good.
Chelsea away doesnt worry me as much as City or old Man u away but i dont think we'll go there and dominate them at their own pitch. Mourinho has pubbed his way against Liverpool and City and i can see him doing the same against us too.
It's just over halfway, which means two things:
- We've played everyone at least once, so the previous excuse that we haven't played the best teams yet doesn't work anymore. We're top of the pack at halfway, which means we have to be taken seriously. We can no longer be disregarded because we'll drop points or come unstuck against the bigger teams.
- There's still a long way to go. A lot can change over half a season, teams can fall away. We have done this ourselves, other teams have done it too.
Can we win it? Yes. Will we? I'm not so sure. City look ominous. But we are in with a shout :scarf:
That :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heisenberg
We're doing the sorts of things Champions do. We're not winning every big game but we've won a few.
Liverpool at home was a great result - they'd have leapfrogged us had they beaten us. Newcastle away was fantastic - they've been pretty strong at home this year and had already beaten Chelsea and drawn with City. If we'd lost that then we'd have failed to go back top and Newcastle would have only been 3 points away.
We're winning ugly in games where we've not played well and we're holding out in tight games when we're under pressure.
The pressure will build, we've got a horrible run in March and my head says that when push comes to shove City and probably Chelsea have too much for us but we're doing enough to make me think we should be taken seriously as contenders this year
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It's just a pity we didn't beat Man U or Chelsea. Man U in particular were there for the taking but we played really shit.
I think it's City's title to lose but it's great that we're in the running.
I still can't believe we lost to Man U. The Spuds tore them to shreads in the first half yesterday, they could and should have been 2 or 3 up and that's no exaggeration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
It's not just the Spuds either, I caught a bit of the Hull game and they took United to the cleaners in the first 20 minutes, even when they were chasing the game in the last 15 mins United were all over the shop.
Honestly think it's a mental thing when we go up there, every bad result they get makes our result up there look worse.
It was an illness thing. Half the squad had the shits.
We had some players with flu and we'd just played Dortmund away, wasn't it an early KO as well?
I thought that was our worst performance of the season, couldn't keep the ball for more than 10 seconds.
It's true we were shattered but I'm not convinced the result would have been much different, I agree with Lettuce that it's become a mental block.
We've got them in a month so we won't have to wait long to see if we can finally bury the fuckers.
Whatever the outcome, I just want someone to punch RVP in the nuts!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZjk6qtyZCgQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters To Santa