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    And the evidence we have to play with is that, in a far more competitive league than La Liga, we have always finished top 4 till this season when we missed out by 1 point.
    So clearly in a duopoly like La Liga it is inconceivable that he would take them over and they would fall out of the top 4.
    It's more reasonable to suppose that he wouldn't win them the league, but finish top 4 - of course they would.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    And the evidence we have to play with is that, in a far more competitive league than La Liga, we have always finished top 4 till this season when we missed out by 1 point.
    So clearly in a duopoly like La Liga it is inconceivable that he would take them over and they would fall out of the top 4.
    It's more reasonable to suppose that he wouldn't win them the league, but finish top 4 - of course they would.
    What makes you conclude it's a far more competitive league? Do you mean it's a league full of shit teams? Our own included? Is that the definition of competitive?

    Leicester City went furthest in the CL this year. And they were nowhere. So tell me about our competitive league. Juventus, did you watch them play? Madrid. Barca. PSG. Bayern, well we know about that one. What's your definition of competitive?
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    It's more competitive in the sense that there aren't one or two outstanding teams who are head and shoulders above everyone else - there used to be when it was us or Utd in happier times but now there are 4 or 5 sides who could be credible Champions.
    Athletico have been sniffing around but, in general, it's Barca or Real and then the rest. I think you're giving Wenger far too much "credit" if you think he could successfully take them over and guide them out of the top 4.
    I'm struggling to believe you really believe that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    It's more competitive in the sense that there aren't one or two outstanding teams who are head and shoulders above everyone else - there used to be when it was us or Utd in happier times but now there are 4 or 5 sides who could be credible Champions.
    Athletico have been sniffing around but, in general, it's Barca or Real and then the rest. I think you're giving Wenger far too much "credit" if you think he could successfully take them over and guide them out of the top 4.
    I'm struggling to believe you really believe that.
    Yes, they're all equally shit.

    Have you watched the chavs play? Champions? Bit sad really.
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    The premier league is more competitive but that's partly because nobody in our league is anywhere near the level of the likes of Barca, Real and Bayern. If you put one of those teams in our league they'd shit all over everyone else here.

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    To be fair Spanish teams generally do better in Europe than their English counterparts.

    The PL is pretty poor right now quality wise, the equivalent positioned Spanish team in La Liga will probably beat it's English PL counterpart over two legs.
    Last edited by Özim; 23-05-2017 at 04:47 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
    To be fair Spanish teams generally do better in Europe than their English counterparts.

    The PL is pretty poor right now quality wise, the equivalent positioned Spanish team in La Liga will probably beat it's English PL counterpart over two legs.
    We will have an idea where we are 2mrw when the mighty Utd take on Ajax Amsterdam. A team that is about on the level of Everton, so it should be competitive
    Make 2mrw better than 2day

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    Where the hell is the idle talk about players we won't actually sign.....?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice View Post
    Where the hell is the idle talk about players we won't actually sign.....?
    It's an Arsenal tradition. I have been sitting here for 3 days without sleep, waiting for the announcement on Mbappe's medical. Any moment now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    No, they wouldn't. This is exactly the sort of silliness I'm talking about.
    How do you know that? My reasoning is a decade full of bizzare formations, players playing out of position, horrible transfer dealings etc. Whats yours?

    He'd probably sign Kallstrom and play him down the middle in place of Ronaldo

    #troll
    Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..

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