Our trophy cabinet begs to differ.Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Our trophy cabinet begs to differ.
Oh by the way, this is utter balls. No game at this stage is a pressure game. An FA Cup quarter final is a pressure game, a game against...well, anyone really in the last 10 games when you're in the title race is a pressure game. The first game of the season? Not really. And if that was a pressure game then surely the Palace game was even more pressured - lose the first 2 and you're arguably out of it already - and we won that one.
The performances have been shoddy so far but we know we're capable of better and while we're pubbing results and staying in the hunt that's good enough right now.
It was a game to make a statement and Wenger. It's not the pressure of the FA Cup or back to wall type of pressure put it's the first impression/audition type pressure where you fly or flee.
Argue it until your blue in the face but the aim for us was to start well and we didn't. The players and manager set a target for a strong start and we're not looking strong at all.Arsenal face two London derbies in August - against West Ham and Crystal Palace - as well as testing games against Liverpool and Newcastle before the end of the month.
He said: "We're ready for a fight and we're motivated to start well. One of our targets is to start strong.
"We have the needed ingredients to succeed but we have a tricky start with two London derbies."
Everyone wants to start well, only City have.
Yes and we're 5 points behind them. It doesn't matter what our rivals do in this case. If you're going to churn out stats about our run last season where we matched Chelsea 'stride for stride', then why can't we do it when it counts? Why do we look so miserable in all departments when our aim was to get off to a good start. It's a message I was trying to get through to you last season. We need to match teams stride for stride when it counts.
Why are Chelsea contenders if we aren't? They're below us.
What do you mean, when it matters? It always matters but really you win the title in the last 10 games, not the first 10.
What we can't do is let anyone get too far ahead of us like we did last year. 5 points at this stage is nothing.
If we'd lost the first 4 games I'd be worried, so long as we're pubbing results and staying in touch that's fine for now.
Obviously I'd be happier if we'd won all 4 games convincingly but that wouldn't make us champions elect any more than our results and performances so far make us alsorans.
Of course there was pressure. Wenger, the players, our fans and even pundits have been saying that we need to start well to have any chance of winning the league after what happened last season. We flopped as usual. It's all good though, because we'll put together a 6 game win streak at some point to secure 4th.
I must have missed it when we won the league last season
We flopped
Yeah, but Chelsea have a great chance.
We just need to do the double over Citeh and the league is ours...that's how it works right?#5ptsofftheleadafter4games
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You weren't saying that last season because we had a good run towards the end of the season but the title was out of sight by then. Moving goal posts as usual.
Again, I don't care what Chelsea are doing. They're title winners and it's not like they've gone a decade without winning the Prem.
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