city have two away wins all season in the league. its the middle of december. chelsea have 2 about 2/3 away wins all season too and have been very dodgy at home against the smaller sidesOriginally Posted by Letters To Santa
city have two away wins all season in the league. its the middle of december. chelsea have 2 about 2/3 away wins all season too and have been very dodgy at home against the smaller sides
And they're 2 and 3 points behind us respectively
true however as much as we have been poor in the big games, they have both been shit in the other games. everyone says we won't win the league because we don't beat the big teams (they have point) however, there are a lot less big games then small games. if you can't beat the small teams like city and chelsea have failed to do so far, they won't win the leagueAnd they're 2 and 3 points behind us respectively
We're leading the league because out rivals are in transition. If we can add more quality in January we'll be in with a serious shout. Wenger knows this is massive opportunity. The players are aware too but it depends on if they can hold their nerve and we add numbers.
A few stories like this we're bouncing around during the summer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...s-8845281.html
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...on-for-arsenal
No, we're leading it because we've been in great form and had a great improvement since last year.
We've got 35 points, at this stage last year (after 16 games which was a bit earlier than Christmas) we had 24.
Liverpool have 33, last year they had 22
Chelsea have 33, last year they had 27
City have 32, last year they had 33
None of those clubs seem to have been greatly affected by 'transition'. As I said the only club who have been affected are Utd who have 25 points compared with last year's 39 ()
Whether we can sustain that improvement as the fixtures pile up remains to be seen. My money's on the super-rich clubs who have assembled much better squads than us.
interesting city stat here. against the top 8 sides, they have played 6 games and taken 15 points out of 18. however they have only played one of those game away from home. chelsea and they lost. and given their away form so far this season, they have to improve big time IMO.
chelsea have been shaky all season and we have been the best team so far. we know our weaknesses and thats squad depth and big game tactics. right now we have the advantage by 2 points. january will be huge, get that month right and i think we will win the league purely because we have shown more consistency then either chelsea or city
We've kept our great form up for a year, we have got the most points in 2013 for any premier league side. Hopefully we can do it for another 6 months
Liverpool have a shown a massive improvement as well and it's down to them having stability. There have been some shock results at City and Chelsea this season and I can't imagine them starting off this slowly this time next year. The points tally doesn't tell the full story because it doesn't say whose played who and where they dropped points.No, we're leading it because we've been in great form and had a great improvement since last year.
We've got 35 points, at this stage last year (after 16 games which was a bit earlier than Christmas) we had 24.
Liverpool have 33, last year they had 22
Chelsea have 33, last year they had 27
City have 32, last year they had 33
None of those clubs seem to have been greatly affected by 'transition'. As I said the only club who have been affected are Utd who have 25 points compared with last year's 39 (
Whether we can sustain that improvement as the fixtures pile up remains to be seen. My money's on the super-rich clubs who have assembled much better squads than us.
Mourinho even ruled out Chelsea's title hopes for this season. That's a mind game he's playing but he even realises they're not the title favorites by default. Again, if you're saying those teams are too strong for us now with all these blips, it won't be much better for us next season when they have their teams assembled.
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