There were times when Spurs dominated but there were times we did too. They really didn't play us off the park, it was a great game that ebbed and flowed and both teams had spells of dominance. Overall we had 55% possession to their 45% and 10 chances to their 14 (4 on target each).Originally Posted by Özim
I personally think we can challenge for the title this season but I have reservations about whether we will last the distance or win it.
Our biggest problem at the moment is injuries because it's decimating our squad, we're not unlucky and it's not a new thing because the same set of players are "crocked" every single season!
We must be doing something wrong in training to get all of these muscular injuries.
I personally think if we don't get bodies back fast then the collapse will start quite soon, we look very dodgy at the moment with so many players out injured and IMO our performance levels will only rise when the competition for places hotens up.
Also think that Wenger messed up in the summer not adding quality depth to the squad or replacing the dross we currently have that bring us down a level when they are called upon.
We are a big club, big clubs have hot competition for places in every single area of the squad.
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yep - but we knew this pre-season & we will know it next season & do nothing about it whilst Wumger is in charge. Its like saying " Do you reckon Theo will get injured again & be out for few months" - We all know the answer is yes but we do nothing about it, so when he is injured we have nobody to add his type of pace to our attack. Wumger simply refuses to learn from previous mistakes.
We won't win the title and here's why, he's called Aguero and is about a million levels above anything we have, when he plays City are a different kettle of fish, Wenger has chosen to stick with forwards who have proved their not good enough to win you the title and he'll pay for that.
People might be hopeful, but we've been in far better positions before (5 points clear in the new year) and still found a way to lose it, I just don't see this team from what t it's shown this season being capable of winning any major trophy, recent results are showing that for every good result there's a poor one just round the corner, nothing we've done this season suggests we're championship material and the thrashing by Bayern and awful performance against Spurs cements that belief for me.
As Henry had said, we should have won that if we were the real deal, winning when you play badly is a sign of champions, not scraping a lucky win at home.
I said at the beginning of the season I didn't think we had what he takes to win the title. In most campaigns, this squad wouldn't be good enough. And then Chelsea went to shit, Utd are only grinding their way to slow increments of improvement and City have proved vulnerable despite their squad. So I started to doubt my early season assertion and think this is portably our best opportunity in a while, despite our squads failings.
I still have big doubts over Wenger's ability to manage the squad throughout the campaign and if pushed on an answer right now, I'd say no we won't win it. But I want to enjoy a season of football, especially given how much of my time I give to talking about and watching it. It would be completely shit to not have any hope at all every weekend, not able to enjoy beating Utd or beating Bayern Munich. Even if we fall flat on our face again at the end of the season I would look back on those games fondly.
All I want is for us to challenge every season, winning the title would be the icing on the cake of course but all any (well most) fans ask for is watching their team yet their hardest to win each game.
I think we've got that this season from the players, regardless of whatever level of antipathy many of us feel toward the manager. Of course, we've been here before and fallen away a few times and May is some distance away but I'm trying to judge the club on what I can see right now, rather than lean back on where I was three months ago, mostly because it's far less stressful and so far, they've proven me wrong, so I'm up for that continuing if it can.
Dunno where I am with it.
I desperately want to believe we can win it, but there have been so many opportunities wasted, I just can't see it.
We've seen some genuinely excellent performances this year, and arguably the most competent first eleven for a long time. The team spirit and work ethic are much better, and Wenger seems to be prepared to put tactics before fancy football on occassion.
That said, we've had some shockers too. Wenger also refused to go out and spend on reliable back up in the summer, chosing to play a game of chance.
That, to me, showed again that he isn't prepared do absolutely everything to win at all costs.
And that is why we will fall short, because Wenger won't pull out every stop to get us there.
I hope he proves me wrong.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
We have a realistic chance because we're most likely to be against Man City and even when they've won it, they've still been quite flakey.
If they can conspire on failing to score against Villa who let's face it, are absolute crap; it's hardly a great sign for them.
As a striker he's a lot better than anything weve got up front but overall I don't agree he's better than anything we've got. Giroud may not win you the title (although he's done pretty well so far this season) but people like Ozil and Sanchez could. Even Cech - he was a big part of getting us a point on Sunday and he made a good late save against Everton which kept us the 3 points. Things like that add up over a season. You may ultimately be right about us longer term but so far we're challenging and right now that's all you can ask. We've been winning the sorts of games you need to be winning if you're going to compete. Utd at home was a good one - we'd have messed that up a few seasons back.
Right now we're doing a lot better than most on here predicted - certainly after the West Ham game when far too many were throwing in the towel. So long as we stay in touch I'll believe we have a chance.
This is certainly our best chance for years as no team is particularly convincing. I refuse to get my hopes up though, just always have that nagging doubt we'll blow it.
Don't think yesterday's result will be season defining, I was OK with the point given the circumstances. Previous years we would definitely have lost that. It's what we do after Xmas when the pressure is really on which worries the hell out of me.
Hmmm. I'm not sure we should be looking at other teams for reasons why we won't win. City are flakey despite their talent. This weekend's result is a case in point - it was a mush worse point for them than us. The Chavs are out of it. Manure are living up to their name - and their good luck is unlikely to hold. Liverpool are a work in progress and Spurs....don't make me laugh. IMHO this season more than any other, its our lamentable injury record that'll do for us. Its a shame - because I think Wenger has evolved, and the team with all players available is a much better balanced and capable one than we have had in years. But they will never, ever be available on a consistent basis - and sooner or later Sanchez will die given his stupid workload.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
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