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No we don't. We've had 2 freak games where we've got a pasting, the rest of the games - including games against the better teams - we've been solid.

How many more freak games do you need, if Suarez & Sturridge had finshed as per usual last Sunday we would have conceeded another 5 or 6. How many times have City or Chelsea conceeded 5 or 6 this year. Against fast attacking teams we are there for the taking, Merts cannot run, poor defensive full backs, too much pressure on Kos.

We're a point off the top of the table, got through a tricky CL group and we're in the FA Cup quarter finals. Not sure we should be 'berating' anyone right now.
Where would be with a few more quality players that we have had both the time & the money to find - the fact that we have too many similar players in midfield & not one decent striker will show over the season, lets see where we are at the end of March. I would suggest we will be 5th.
We threw away the lead in that group with disaster tactics in Napoli exactly as we have done in previous years to be then matched against a team we need not have played at this part of the season - Wenger knew our league games at this time & in March, surely winning our group to get a weaker team would have helped with squad rotation.
We are in the qtr finals thanks to Daniel Sturridge not finshing us off inside 10 mins. This would have been for the 2nd time in a week which should worry the life out of us as to our defensive qualities against pace & whatever they were working on that week in training. You can't fight pace with Merts, he's fine to have against the Adebayor's. Crouch's & Lambert's of the league but not against Aguero/Negrada or Suarez/Sturridge.