The next 6 games to define the season?

[Cripps_orig]

Should beat Bolton although we should have beaten them at the end of last season as well when they were in awful form and they kicked our butts so not expecting much here.

If Sunderland are still as shite as they are now when we play them then there could be a surprise and i think we may manage a point.

Losses to Spuds and Chelsea are certanties. Do Stoke have a European game before we face them? Hope so.

All in all, id say 2 points is possible. Maybe 3 if Stoke are too tired out and we can hold them to a draw.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I reckon we'll get between 5 and 9 points. Anything greater than 9 would show progress from the depths we have sunk to.

[Cripps_orig]

Only lost one of those games last season and picked up 11 points.

Should have won at Spurs and beaten Sunderland at home though.

We'll lose 2-0 at Chelsea with Drogba scoring and we'll have most of the posession and Wenger will say we are unlucky blah blah blah as has been the case at the Bridge last few seasons.

[Marc Overmars]

Ah, the infamous next 6 games thread is back!

The only thing consistent about us is our inconsistency, so expect a mixed bag of results as usual.

[GP]

18 points.

[Flavs]

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[Özim]

The next 6 games won't define our season, that's already defined.

We'll win nothing this year and may even struggle to snatch 4th place, all in all an average season which we can only hope will be *******s last!

[Joker]

Blackburn away: 2-2 draw, conceding a late equaliser at the end. Wenger complains about heavy handed tactics by Blackburn, claiming "what we saw out there was not football".

Bolton home 1-0 win, with an offside goal scored by Chu. Wenger claims this result shows we've turned the corner and are back in form. "Patience is a sign of intelligence you know, and having shown patience we're able to reap the rewards now. I did not see the incident (the goal) but you have to respect the rules you know, if the linesman doesn't give offside, then you accept that"

Spurs away 2-1 defeat, with Adebayor scoring the winning goal. Wenger: "We played a little bit with the handbrake you know. We also lacked a little bit sharpness in the final third, and that will come with more games. I thought on the whole we deserved to win this game, Spurs didn't threaten our goal and we kept a lot of possession. This is an anomalous result which won't happen against this season"

Sunderland home 0-0 bore draw. Wenger will complain about Sunderland playing 10 men behind the ball: "It is difficult you know, to play a side that is not interested in playing football, only defending. How can you expect us to do anything when the other team doesn't want to concede? You have to respect your opponents you know, if they don't want to lose we can't make them lose"

Stoke Home 1-0 defeat after they score from a long throw. Wenger will whine about long ball tactics: "I think the long throw should be banned you know, it's not in the spirit of the game. I do not consider this a defeat, because we conceded the goal in unnatural circumstances that go against natural law. However, the average age of the team out there was only 22, so we're a young team and we'll learn from this setback."

Chelsea away 2-0 Drogba double. Wenger is bemused by our shite start to the season. "It is strange, you know, that we're in the relegation zone, because we've dominated most of the games this season. I think this season we've lacked a little bit of luck and sharpness in both penalty areas. Chelsea hardly threatened today, and their two goals came in periods of the game when we didn't think we'd concede. We have lost the game today, but I can't understand how that has happened. I will have to watch the DVD tonight and get back to you. Overall we are a young squad, with exceptional potential and great mental strength. I am convinced that we will bounce back from this disappointment stronger and more united."

[IBK]

I've lost count of how many times our season/manager has been about to be defined by the next few games...and we always end up being defined as shitty bottlers.

[Seaman's Ponytail]

We'll lose 2-0 at Chelsea with Drogba scoring and we'll have most of the posession

Have you not seen us play this season? The days of us dominating possession against anyone are gone fella. Except it and move on. That said i still think 10 points from these games is an achievable target. Blackburn won't trouble us. The days of them lumping it forward for Samba to outjump Flapanski and Squid are also gone. God bless Merts and Chez i say