Originally Posted by LDG
No football expert would only use 5 games. That's just reaching.
Cripps, if you don't think 2 defeats when we put out a reserve side and 1 when we were away at the champions elect don't somewhat skew the figures then fair enough, we'll agree to disagree.
Other than Striker, GK and CB's we lack quality all over - and that's just the first team. Look at the bench and cry at how shit we are.
Exactly. Recent form (last 5) has been mid table pub team stuff. Go back another 5 making it 10 and its the same.
We went down this route with the summer dealings. Arteta replacing Fabregas tends to have that effect. Of course the quality's gone down, but the balance is intended to shift from that area. If we didn't have retards on the flanks I am quite sure we'd be really happy about the new found solidity and direct approach. For all Arteta's limitations, I can't see how you can't see he hasn't provided this. Proof is in the pudding since he arrived.
Between Sagna, Jenko, Gibbs, Santos, Diaby, vermaelen and Wilshere we will have 7 new signings in the next couple of months.
How many games would you use then to assess form? Id say 10 is fair enough.
How many times have we heard managers say "lets see where we are 10 games in to the season and take it from there" at the start of a season?
Wenger
But with some of them not being in the league, that can't count. Mid-table doesn't apply to CC or CL....do it based on league form
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Why wouldnt they? Arsenal played those games if im not mistaken regardless of what team we put out. Had we won those games with the reserves, you'd be using that as a reason to say we are in good form so whats the difference?
No football expert would only use 5 games. That's just reaching.
Cripps, if you don't think 2 defeats when we put out a reserve side and 1 when we were away at the champions elect don't somewhat skew the figures then fair enough, we'll agree to disagree.
I think pretty much never. But anyway, I do think 10 games is reasonable. As form changes over time it's difficult to say which number to use actually. Arguably fewer is a better indication of current form.
Anyway, the point is 2 of those games we lost when our reserves played. I'm not sure that says anything about the form of the first choice players and both times we won the following game when those players returned. Another loss was City away. As you well know City have not dropped a single point at home in 9 league games. Losing there is not an indication of poor form and, again, we won the next game.
Stats need some analysis and interpretation, they don't just stand on their own.
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