Match Reaction Vs Wigan

[Letters]

Failure for me is Wenger not doing what needs to be done to get the best out of the club. At the moment, that imo is getting some quality players in January, sorting out defensive issues, playing faster attacking football, take the pressure of RVP shoulders in term of scoring.

Do all that and il be happy regardless of where we finish. If he does that though, we are guaranteed top 4 imo

Well, I agree with all that.

See, you can do it when you try!

[Cripps_orig]

Well, I agree with all that.

See, you can do it when you try!

I didnt read it tbh

Someone read what i wrote and post a summary

[LDG]

[Letters]

Re Spurs - I catch your drift, but IMHO Twitchy is in it for short term gain, not long term success. Their great start to the season is mostly down to the knack the Redknapp has for doing good last minute deals - VDV last season and Greedy this. But long term planning it ain't. Plus they are beniffitting massively from non-participation in the CL, and throwing the Europa League. It wouldn't surprise me if they do finish above us this season (although they've been incredibly lucky with injuries/decisions so far, and there's no way the Likes of Ledley King are going to stay fit all season...and VDV will fade as usual come the New Year) but there's no way they are consistently going to be better than us, season on season.

Oh I agree twitchy doesn't think long term, he left Portsmouth in all kinds of shit.
But like it or not he has built a good squad at Spurs and loathe as I am to admit it they do look good right now.
I think push come to shove we are capable of finishing above them. We've been there and done it plenty of times before and towards the end of the season when the pressure builds I'm not sure they'll finish the job. Also, we have got a lot of our tough away games out of the way already, I think they still have some of them to come.

[Dog Toffee]

Considering we are going to win the league, I think we will finish above Spurs no problem.

[IBK]

Oh I agree twitchy doesn't think long term, he left Portsmouth in all kinds of shit.
But like it or not he has built a good squad at Spurs and loathe as I am to admit it they do look good right now.
I think push come to shove we are capable of finishing above them. We've been there and done it plenty of times before and towards the end of the season when the pressure builds I'm not sure they'll finish the job. Also, we have got a lot of our tough away games out of the way already, I think they still have some of them to come.

Agreed, they look good right now - but then so do we - so a lot of it is down to how injuries feature later in the season...

[Kano]

lolz, jk, roffle, etc.

No, but seriously. What is failure this year?

Finishing below City isn't, IMO. They've blundered their way to the top through sheer force of spending.
Chelsea and Utd also have more resources than us so while I do think we should be challenging them I don't think finishing below them is a huge failure. Finishing below Spurs would be a failure though IMO, not just because of the rivalry, they're a big club but don't have the resources we do and while they've outspent us in the transfer market they can't match our wages, we really should be finishing above clubs like that.
Not winning a cup isn't neccessarily failure, depends who we get at what stage. A young side lost to City in the CC, that wasn't a failure - their reserves are people like Nasri and Dzeko.

not putting out a stronger side in the CC was a failure, despite how well the reserves stepped up. Not winning a trophy is a failure, as it should be the target of our club every single season. I couldn’t care less about trophies, as i enjoy the buzz of watching a game and excitement of the season but the players, staff and executives at arsenal should all deem it as a failed season when we only achieve top 4 status, and i think they do.

[Dog Toffee]

A stronger side may well have still lost to City, and was it worth risking injury to key players when we're still in the PL, Cl and FA cup?

With the form we're in atm, I think we can finish 3rd, and 4th quite easily.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Failure for me is Wenger not doing what needs to be done to get the best out of the club. At the moment, that imo is getting some quality players in January, sorting out defensive issues, playing faster attacking football, take the pressure of RVP shoulders in term of scoring.

Do all that and il be happy regardless of where we finish. If he does that though, we are guaranteed top 4 imo

This...

[Olivier's xmas twist]

not putting out a stronger side in the CC was a failure, despite how well the reserves stepped up. Not winning a trophy is a failure, as it should be the target of our club every single season. I couldn’t care less about trophies, as i enjoy the buzz of watching a game and excitement of the season but the players, staff and executives at arsenal should all deem it as a failed season when we only achieve top 4 status, and i think they do.

Can't agree with that, Wenger has done the same thing for the last 6 seasons playing a balanced team, why change that now. We should have beat them with the team put out.

We still go the fa cup to fight for lets hope we win that.