Former Players Views

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Seaman, Parlour, Wright, Adams.... they all state the obvious but for some reason they don't understand that in their day the only competition was Man U. It's A LOT harder now for Arsenal to win anything.

I agree this season will likely be a fuck up and our team is shite. BUT we finished 3rd last year only behind City and Manure and above Chelsea - does anyone expect Arsenal to finish any higher than 3rd? You could have Mourinho as boss of Arsenal and give him £50m to spunk and he still wouldn't do better than 3rd.

[Fist of Lehmann]

for seven years? i don't believe that. even if it was once where we were real challengers going into april/may then that would be something to cling onto, instead of a loop of mistakes.

Interesting.

This is the number points from 1st we were at the end of March (taken from statto.com).

2011-2012 : 14
2010-2011 : 5
2009-2010 : 4
2008-2009 : 10
2007-2008 : 6
2006-2007 : 23
2005-2006 : 28

[Marc Overmars]

Statto.com

I have a feeling we're in 05/06 and 06/07 territory this year.

[Cripps_orig]

Statto.com I have a feeling we're in 05/06 and 06/07 territory this year.

No chance. In both those seasons we finished top 4 and reached a final in another competition. Top 4 is gone this season and reaching a final looks unlikely

[Marc Overmars]

League Cup final this season tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

The quality in the PL this year is at an all time low. Even the big 3 look lightweight. We can stumble into 4th again playing a mixture of abject shit and inconsistent but quality football. We've seen it every year, that's the one thing we have come to rely on - a lack of variation, zero surprises. We just have to watch out for an Everton or Newcastle tumbling into our spot by accident. This is a really shit league. We are capable of 4th.

[Kano]

Interesting.

This is the number points from 1st we were at the end of March (taken from statto.com).

2011-2012 : 14
2010-2011 : 5
2009-2010 : 4
2008-2009 : 10
2007-2008 : 6
2006-2007 : 23
2005-2006 : 28

and then april starts. i mean sure, we've finished third a couple of times but given the gap from the top, it is only a surface stat.

[Kano]

Well we have challenged in that 7 years. The trouble now is we've won jack for so long that every year we will lose our best player because the grass is greener else where. This makes it impossible to achieve any kind of success.

If we'd have kept Cole, Fabregas, RVP, Nasri we'd be challenging right now for sure.

we haven't challenged once. not realistically. at no point could we look back and say 'ooh, that was a close one. we just missed out there.' always the same collapses at the same times.

[fakeyank]

we haven't challenged once. not realistically. at no point could we look back and say 'ooh, that was a close one. we just missed out there.' always the same collapses at the same times.

We were in with a shout till the last game in 07/08 season in which Dudu had his leg snapped. It was a distant shout in the last game where we needed both Chelsea and Utd to lose but at least we lasted till the last game. We were leading by up to 8 points up until February till Tiny decided to change all that. That game against Brum still makes me cry

[Fist of Lehmann]

and then april starts. i mean sure, we've finished third a couple of times but given the gap from the top, it is only a surface stat.

Hey man, you were the one who stipulated 'going into april/may'.

I was not racist against your comment, I was just interested to see exactly how not challenging we were for the last 7 years. The facts are just what they are. Disregard at will tbh.