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It’s early days but I think it’s become evident that we’ve levelled up.
All credit to Arteta for this turnaround. Honestly couldn’t see any way out of the mess we were in during the first half of his tenure but he’s proving me and a lot of others wrong.
Overall i agree but i stlll think he needs to learn, no-one wil ever convince me that bringing Jesus and the others on during the EL game wasn't really dumb
Well true, conversely I’d have to say I’d never find a coach for whom I’d agree with every decision they make. I thought starting Tomoyasu yesterday was dumb but it seemed to work, though it does make me wonder what the future holds for Tierney (who I still think is clearly our best left back)Originally Posted by Mac76
Before the sham World Cup starts we have four away games (none of which I expect to be easy especially not Chelsea) 7 points from those four games would be acceptable to me. Add 3 from a game we absolutely should be winning at home to Forest and we are on 34 points from 14 games which would be an excellent return.
I have to say I think the pundit speculation over whether we will challenge for the title is really unhelpful, we won’t challenge but no one will….City have the title wrapped up. And if we finish third or fourth we will get the same pundits say we’ve bottled it, when even as someone who doesn’t like Arteta would be ridiculously harsh.
They’ve always got to create some sort of narrative but I don’t think any sane Arsenal fan believes we can seriously challenge for the league. The goal is what it was when the season started and that’s top 4. Maybe 2nd or 3rd could be in play given how Liverpool have fallen off a cliff but other than that City are just going to be far too strong to keep up with, if we’re anywhere near them in the spring then we would have done incredibly well.
Having said that, I’m intrigued to see how City get on at Anfield this weekend. Feel like they haven’t really been tested yet and I’m sure Liverpool will have a point to prove.
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Fair play. Trust is earnt I guess and until at the very least he gets us finishing in top 4 the jury is still out.
The performances this season have most definitely gone up a level or two, whether we can maintain that remains to be seen, but we do have a very strong starting XI with a small group of say 6 squad options who can come in and do a decent job.
Martinelli and Jesus are doing very well, but Brazil have bucketloads of top class young talent forwards such as Vinicus Jnr and Rodrygo at Real, Raphinha at Barca, in addition to the likes of Richarlison, Antony etc. I personally believe both Martinelli and Jesus should go to the World Cup but it's not a given.
Do you see a lot of sanity in our fan base?. I don’t. Don’t get me wrong I’m not targeting our fan base especially but football fandom is a panoply of delusion
They’ve even had to make joke videos on Paddy Power about angry Liverpool fans. Wanting Klopp sacked? I don’t even know where to begin with that.
Yeah next weekend is an interesting one, score draw screams out at me. City have shown they can be got at in defence but
they are pretty irrepressible going forward. 33 in 9 games is ridiculous
Yeah Brazil are absolutely stacked and I think they’re both playing out of their skin to make the squad. I do wonder if we’ll see a drop off if they fail to make it but at the same time them not going will be good for us after Christmas with that rest in their legs.
I don’t think Richarlison has been that great since moving to Spurs and I say that as someone who rates him highly.
Don’t rate Raphinia that highly either
Antony? Yeah have to say he’s looked like a good signing for United even with the money they’ve spent on him
I don't particularly rate Richarlison, certainly not above Martinelli or Jesus though Richarlison seems to be a main pick for Brazil and has done well for them.
Rapinha is a really good player IMO, more of a technical winger and less direct than Martinelli, but still a really good player.
Yeah Antony looks decent.
This is not a knee jerk reaction because of tonight's game, but we have been shit for the last few games.
Tonight, we didn't get away with it.
Are the wheels starting to loosen?
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