Baleforce
Les Bennett
12 points in front but we have played 2 more games those games in hand are against City & Saints
they made up twice that in half
the time in 2013
long way to go
12 points in front but we have played 2 more games those games in hand are against City & Saints
they made up twice that in half
the time in 2013
long way to go
I genuinely don't care about finishing above Arsenal mate. In seasons past they were the team to catch because they were competing for the position we needed/wanted. Doesn't feel like that anymore, even if they finish above us my only concern is finishing top 3 with a points total of close to 80 and winning the cup if possible. That for me is progress, if we finish with 72 points and Arsenal 71, we are 4th and they are 5th I am not sure that is progress in terms of our goal of winning the title. If however, they finished on 82 and us on 81 I would see that as progress because we have moved our points total to a new level.If we are 15 points ahead on the final day, I *still* wouldn't rule out some sort of cosmic satire where Alli gets caught overdosing on some PED milkshake behind a dumpster after the game and we get deducted all those points while Arsenal get four points for a win to acknowledge Wenger's 'services to football' or something.
Nothing, *nothing* is to be said yet. Nothing.
I genuinely don't care about finishing above Arsenal mate. In seasons past they were the team to catch because they were competing for the position we needed/wanted. Doesn't feel like that anymore, even if they finish above us my only concern is finishing top 3 with a points total of close to 80 and winning the cup if possible. That for me is progress, if we finish with 72 points and Arsenal 71, we are 4th and they are 5th I am not sure that is progress in terms of our goal of winning the title. If however, they finished on 82 and us on 81 I would see that as progress because we have moved our points total to a new level.
This.I genuinely don't care about finishing above Arsenal mate. In seasons past they were the team to catch because they were competing for the position we needed/wanted. Doesn't feel like that anymore, even if they finish above us my only concern is finishing top 3 with a points total of close to 80 and winning the cup if possible. That for me is progress, if we finish with 72 points and Arsenal 71, we are 4th and they are 5th I am not sure that is progress in terms of our goal of winning the title. If however, they finished on 82 and us on 81 I would see that as progress because we have moved our points total to a new level.
Polar opposites in their team between then and now, they had heart, fight and belief and a fairly harmonized group of players, they have none of that nowthey made up twice that in half
the time in 2013
long way to go
Polar opposites in their team between then and now, they had heart, fight and belief and a fairly harmonized group of players, they have none of that now
Mind the fudging Gap !!!why risk the wrath of the thing high upon the...
go outside turn around three times and spit
Polar opposites in their team between then and now, they had heart, fight and belief and a fairly harmonized group of players, they have none of that now
I genuinely don't care about finishing above Arsenal mate. In seasons past they were the team to catch because they were competing for the position we needed/wanted. Doesn't feel like that anymore, even if they finish above us my only concern is finishing top 3 with a points total of close to 80 and winning the cup if possible. That for me is progress, if we finish with 72 points and Arsenal 71, we are 4th and they are 5th I am not sure that is progress in terms of our goal of winning the title. If however, they finished on 82 and us on 81 I would see that as progress because we have moved our points total to a new level.
73 points would not represent a great difference to where we have been for the last 5 seasons or so. Achieving 80 or more is a new level imo.Oh, I agree - I would be happy with absolute progress regardless of our finish in the table - 73 points or more would be success in my book. But I think it would be pretty sweet if we could finish above them at least once before Wenger is beaten to death live on ArsenalFanTV after yet another false dawn. It's also a sort of mental hangup that I think we have to get over - consciously or otherwise, I'm convinced such things do eat away at our collective psyche.
73 points would not represent a great difference to where we have been for the last 5 seasons or so. Achieving 80 or more is a new level imo.
Disagree. It's more for the fans than anything else. Finishing above them does not mean anything in terms of likelihood of further success. Achieving 80 points and/ or winning the FA cup are far more important milestones.I do care about finishing above them. I think breaking that hoodoo would be an important milestone psychologically for the club, the fans and the players. Also as far as status goes, we would definitely be a more attractive suitor to Europe's top young talent.
So I think finishing in the top 3 and above Arsenal are both huge for us.
Achieving those additional 10 points makes us serious title contenders. 70 or 73 points makes us only contenders for a champs league place. It's a mindset the club has to change if we are to win the damn thing.It's absolute progress. Way I see it, if you subscribe to the idea that absolute points totals are what matter (as I do), then *any* improvement on 72 points represents a successful season - unless of course we've had investment to a level that allows us to expect more than just continual progress (a certain points target, for example, like 80 points or so)... which I don't think we've received.
11 years ago. Still raw. Spurs leading, rightly so, and they can bring on Henry off the bench... just as the commentator says "...and if Ar.senil don't equalise you can't see them qualifying through the league..... Adebayor.... Henry!!!!"Checked out this on the tube just now, from the last NLD at Scumbury, look at the very first chance in the game, Carrick almost going all the way, even going around Lehmann (that clam). brick! Would've been an incredible goal.