Match reaction: Everton 2-1 Arsenal

[Letters]

Actually i'd say given the context of where we are, it does pretty much mean that

Chelsea will probably win at Palace, therefore anything less than a win for us is probably going to mean an eight or nine point gap.....not something i can see us making up....not against a team that has won thirteen out of sixteen league games this season and has won ten on the bounce.

So in that sense the term "must win" takes on precise meaning because that's exactly what it is.

Runs like that don't go on forever though, they'll start dropping points soon, no team wins every game forever. It's early enough in the season to not be completely fatal to our chances but I agree a gap of 8 or 9 points even at this stage would be worrying.

[Niall_Quinn]

Well, apart from you. Just now. When you said it's a must win. And you've been saying we have no chance all season regardless of results.

Oh right. You're just going to ignore what I posted and pretend I posted something else? Fine.

I didn't say we had no chance. I said if all our rivals fuck up badly enough we might find ourselves at the top. There's a tiny chance of that happening. I still think Wenger would find a way to fuck it up though.

[Letters]

Oh right. You're just going to ignore what I posted and pretend I posted something else? Fine.

You never do that of course


Maybe you don't understand what "must" means.

[Niall_Quinn]

You never do that of course


Maybe you don't understand what "must" means.

I guess not, which gives you an advantage. I understand what winning means though, which claws that advantage back and then some.

[selassie]

Runs like that don't go on forever though, they'll start dropping points soon, no team wins every game forever. It's early enough in the season to not be completely fatal to our chances but I agree a gap of 8 or 9 points even at this stage would be worrying.

Of course they will drop points but so will we. We aren't even really under any pressure at the moment and we have already folded by losing on Tuesday and given them an advantage.

We need to win on Sunday, being 9 points behind them after Sunday will not be good, especially not given their current form and momentum. Moreover, any more losses and we'll be looking over our shoulders at Spurs and United and dropping out of the top 4...Chelsea and challenging the title will no longer be our focus.

[fakeyank]

Chelsea and challenging the title will no longer be our focus.

Story of every season tbh. Towards the end we will be looking at the position we deserve to be in.