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9 points behind Spurs
Discussion started by gooney , 11 January, 2012 21:14
9 points behind Spurs
gooney 11 January, 2012 21:14
Seems like its only one spot between us, Chelsea and Liverpool now. Hopefully the club will react this window and strengthen the team or lose that spot. We all know Arsenal always react to how much of danger losing the fourth is, so in that way its actually good for us that Spurs is winning



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 13/01/2012 23:40 by Padre Pio.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
eduardo 11 January, 2012 21:16
there will be no reaction



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
gooney 11 January, 2012 21:20
Europa league here we come

And goodbye van persie

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 11 January, 2012 21:22
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
gooney 11 January, 2012 21:25
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT
(Sm22) denial

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 11 January, 2012 21:37
Jack Jack Jack. Spurs are actually quite good now. We won't be catching them.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal...which one do you think is unlikely to throw some money around?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
gooney 11 January, 2012 21:44
I acually want us to miss the CL.....we need to change the just about mentality and if it takes us missing out on cl and suffer few more years, then I take it.

Spurs have done their suffering and worked their way up, you gotta admire them. Right now they are more ambitious and serious football club than us and Im not in denial like some arsenal fans to say this

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 11 January, 2012 21:46
ill be pulling up this thread end of feb

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
salisbury69 11 January, 2012 21:56
Spuds seem to know what they want and are slowly building it. Our baord know what they want and are slowly strangling us. And captain Wenger is at the helm, sailing the ship. LOL. We are heading one way with the current set-up. As much as I hate to say it, we have had this coming for years.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 11 January, 2012 22:16
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
ill be pulling up this thread end of feb

I really hope you will be but I doubt it right now

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Boston Gooner 11 January, 2012 22:20
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT

It's May you want to worry about not Feb.



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Bring back stepanovs! 11 January, 2012 22:27
Il tell you something else that is worrying me like hell now.man city looked in a right mess tonight really poor and bloody spuds have got them in a couple of weeks.god forbid they turn them over il hang meself

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jonny Bravo 11 January, 2012 22:37
Looks St Totts day will be postponed this year. Their probably the most consistent team In the league this season, they kept their best players and made decent additions. They maybe small time, but they have ambition and you can't fault them for that.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Shane 11 January, 2012 22:46
This month should confirm whether or not we're still an ambitious club.

It's looking like Chelsea and Liverpool are our main rivals for top four at the moment and both will most definitely add quality to their sides because they need it and they want top four - if we don't follow suit then I'm not convinced we want it and it's a massive gamble by Wenger to rely on the squad as it is until May and one that will almost certainly not pay off.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Rockstaar 11 January, 2012 23:11
Spuds will probably collapse..similar to the CL last year, its a lot of pressure now that they're going to be in the news every match always having to get results

think this will be good for us..takes the pressure off..all we have to do is go and perform under the radar



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Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 12 January, 2012 03:47
As I said before City, ManU and Spuds are no where near to catch.

Who's going to make it to the final top 4 spot?

My strange feeling says it's Liverpool.

I mean I took up couple of bets already with DeTimes and 80's that Arsenal isn't going to finish in top 4, so nothing new to me.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Beyond 12 January, 2012 05:03
We can't win titles and now we are in danger of losing CL spot and worse spurs could be finishing above us. Is that the kind of progress wenger said we have made? What good did we get for moving to the emirates? Oh I know. To compete for the 4th spot and gain more money

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 12 January, 2012 05:06
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT
thumbs down

Maybe not Feb..maybe March.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
hippogunner 12 January, 2012 07:56
It's a fact is it.

Go and bet all your possessions on it then.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Philly the kid 12 January, 2012 08:20
I'm still dreaming spurs get 4th and we win the CL!
(Sm100)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 12 January, 2012 08:50
You would hope this would jump-start the Club reacting to all this but since it doesn't even seem to jump-start many Gooners why should it jump-start the Board or Mr. Kroenke into action?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Indiangooner 12 January, 2012 09:06
we are still not that far from them and catch them before the season ends if we invest properly this month.... we need to buy in the midfield and upfront and not look for free transfers or loan deals

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Bergmars 12 January, 2012 10:29
[quote Jack_is_the_truth]spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT[/quote
Delusion.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 12 January, 2012 11:32
we shall see boys we shall see

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
crumps 12 January, 2012 12:07
you have to give them credit

its always been between us chelski and liverpool for the 4th spot since start of december!

spurs must be spending more than what they are earning but have taken the risk to get into the champions league!!!

ARSENAL have handicapped themselves with their rule with the finances - its crippled us and now its starting to show

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Bergmars 12 January, 2012 12:15
Jack mate I really hope your right and that we finish in the top four,just cannot see it.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Billythekid 12 January, 2012 13:23
We are never going to catch spurs, the power balance has shifted and I completely agree with hippo. Spurs are now the more ambitious club they have a better balance of players than we do especially in midfield, a board who want to win things not just fall across the line and the willingness to bankroll their ambition and a manager who has the strength of character to stand up to his bigger players and hold them to their contracts.

It has not just happened over night, we have gradually been getting worse whilst Spurs have gradually been getting better over a period of 7 years but since 'old twitchy' got the job the acceleration of this trend has become noticeable.

There will be no CL for Arsenal next year, Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea, Utd and Citeh will all bring in at least one or two quality players to add to what they already have whereas we will not, why ?

Because Hazard, Gotze and players of this ilk will all be getting offers from the top clubs in Europe offering CL football and Arsenal will not be able to offer them the same but even more obvious than that is the fact that we no longer even so much as bid for top quality footballers anymore and the fact that by that time it will be too late even if we do because we will have nothing to offer.

The board at Spurs will not miss this opportunity to hold onto their CL spot, they are supporting their supporters who pay a damn sight less than ours do to watch their club play and yet invest a damn sight more than our board does to strengthen their team.

A blase attitude from the board has led us to the bottom of this pit and its going to take 4 or 5 years to pull ourselves out.

For all of the Arsenal supporters on this site who claim that this is not the case not one of them can articulate why they think they are right and amusingly enough they resort to faith based arguments in lieu of any facts even though these are mostly the same posters who argue there is no God...........................................................................................................................................................................................................(Sm126) Oh well !

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
crumps 12 January, 2012 14:48
totally agree billy

our board of directors has handicapped us

wenger has had to do the job with 1 arm tied behind his back

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Padre Pio 12 January, 2012 19:38
Billy you have got it right 100%
But because we are telling the truth we are called grumpy, well I will be less upset than all those with high expectations.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 12 January, 2012 22:19
Brilliantly said Billy especially the end.The Blind-faithers will be as much to blame as the Board itself and they know it now hence they will never admit anything until they absolutely have no choice brecause they have to preserve their reputations as much as the Board's now I sense.

Like I see they will only give up on their faith when it is proven 100% wrong even though they never needed 100% it was right to justify their faith in the first place. To them 50% or 70% or 90% evidence suggesting the Board acted improperly is 0% evidence becaus ethey placed 100% blind faith in the Board acting properly and cannot bear taking resposnibility for that choice now.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2012 22:53 by RadioFreeArsenal.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Boston Gooner 12 January, 2012 22:48
Well said Billy.



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 12 January, 2012 23:13
how the f.cuk did this turn into a meeting place for The Grumpy "no Mug" brigade

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 13 January, 2012 00:34
Oh come on there are plenty of the Head Up Their @#$%& Brigade here or do you prefer being called Naively Ignorant Moppets Jack?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 13 January, 2012 02:47
Here is the real worry

IG "Hi Stan, can we have some money for player transfers."

SK "No".

IG "CL is looking iffy."

SK "No".

IG "Spurs are looking dangerous."

SK "Who?"



Do the people running Arsenal get what this means to the people supporting Arsenal?
Credit to the Steve Gleiber Arsenal Suuporters Forum Member Truegooner

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 13 January, 2012 02:53
Any other threads you want to post it in?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
RadioFreeArsenal 13 January, 2012 03:20
Just open another two or three...that pught to do.

Actuallu I posted it in the wrong one inirtially. Meant to post to in one about next week, but since you seem to like it in as many threads as possiblee I'll leave it here too then.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 13 January, 2012 04:30
Given your punctuation and spelling are normally immaculate to the "t" I'm going to assume you've been drinking.

Possiblee.

Don't worry, me too. Such times call for it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 13/01/2012 04:31 by Mad Jens.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 13 January, 2012 08:32
"Bottom of this pit"...LOL.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Padre Pio 13 January, 2012 11:22
I thought some keys were stuck on his keyboard



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Merlion96 13 January, 2012 14:03
In 2005/06, how many points were we behind S*CUMS before we won by a lasagne?

Under SOlari, how many points were Chelski behind during the New year, and then even pipped Arsenal for 3rd spot? Which season was that?

HOw many points were ManLeeds behind Arsenal in 2007/08 on 31-Jan-2008; as well as how many points were CHelski behind Arsenal in this same season?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Billythekid 14 January, 2012 14:45
Yes Merlion and how many quality players did we have in our squad when we pipped the Spuds in 2005/06 ?!

We had Hleb, Henry, Van Persie, Fabregas, Flamini, Ashley Cole, Robert Pires, Jose Reyes, Jens lehmann, Freddie and the King, Dennis 'the menace' Bergkamp to name but few and who exactly do we have now that could even get into that first team ?

Hmmmmmmm............

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 31 January, 2012 22:13
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT

Jack, are you standing by this mate?

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
BIGSNOOP 31 January, 2012 22:20
seriously how the f"!k are we 13 pts behind spurs? seems almost unreal

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 31 January, 2012 22:38
Don't worry mate, Wenger will turn it round. And if he doesn't it will be someone elses fault.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
salisbury69 31 January, 2012 22:47
Quote:
BIGSNOOP
seriously how the f"!k are we 13 pts behind spurs? seems almost unreal
Because we are $hite with a manager and board that are in denial. This is only the start of the decline, you just see.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 31 January, 2012 22:54
You sell your best players and bring in inferior players then bad things will happen.

By the way Jack, Spurs are guaranteed to be top 4 by the end of Feb....and February hasn't even started yet.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
PKGooner 31 January, 2012 23:15
De Times had us 4th by the end of November.

Blind loyalty eh, bless 'em

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Boston Gooner 31 January, 2012 23:36
I dread to think how many points they will be in front of us come May.



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 31 January, 2012 23:37
We've been fourth a few times, maybe just for a day or two until other fixtures were played.

Losing three on the trot certainly hasn't helped, we were right in it before that though.

Edit: And yes, I know it doesn't matter where we were before. Just saying.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 31/01/2012 23:37 by Mad Jens.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 01 February, 2012 01:48
march is still considered the end of feb, either way they will be 5th

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
eduardo 01 February, 2012 01:55
(Sm126) march considered the end of february(Sm126)



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
De Times 01 February, 2012 05:28
@billy
Henry - Vanpersei
Pires - Rosicky
Hleb - Gervinho
Berkamp - Henry
Flamini - Coquelin
Lehman - Szczesny
Fabregas - ramsey (wouldve been wilshere)
Ljungberg - Walcott
.
In all almost those positions i'd prefer our current players.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
billy the fish 01 February, 2012 11:13
Quote:
Jack_is_the_truth
spurs will be 5th at the end of feb FACT

We are 13 points ahead of you with a better goal difference of 13 and if we lose all of our fixtures in feb you have 12 points to gain on us.

Even if that happens we wont be 5th but please bring up the thread end of feb.

The deluded modern gooner fan.

Ive got gooner mates who make more sense then you.[:wor kid:]

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Boston Gooner 01 February, 2012 11:25
(Sm152)



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 01 February, 2012 11:26
Quote:
De Times
@billy
Henry - Vanpersei
Pires - Rosicky
Hleb - Gervinho
Berkamp - Henry
Flamini - Coquelin
Lehman - Szczesny
Fabregas - ramsey (wouldve been wilshere)
Ljungberg - Walcott
.
In all almost those positions i'd prefer our current players.

(Sm22)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
De Times 01 February, 2012 16:14
Whats funny flava?
The current rvp records place him the second best striker of all time in a single year, i'd take him over the henry of 2006 who was bracing to go to barca.
Bergkamp of then was very old and retired, atleast the current henry is stilly playing and of course scoring.
Hleb just started with us then as did gervinho now. They both couldnt score, but while hleb was very injuryprone and ineffective in his first season, gervinho has scored and created more and has been a better impact player.
Flamini was rubbish in the middle, he only did well at leftback in the second phase of the season. Coquelin has done equally well so far and is the better footballer.
Lehman was worldclass that year but it doesnt matter when we've got a keeper who is envy of all now.
The fabregas of that year was very good but we wouldve had a better player in wilshere if not for injury. Ramsey is still ok.
Ljungberg then was finished and he left the club the very next season, i think walcott now is better.
Reyes is the only player we dont have now as chamakh and arshavin are quite rubbish.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
karteta16 01 February, 2012 16:20
Quote:
De Times
@billy
Henry - Vanpersei
Pires - Rosicky
Hleb - Gervinho
Berkamp - Henry
Flamini - Coquelin
Lehman - Szczesny
Fabregas - ramsey (wouldve been wilshere)
Ljungberg - Walcott
.
In all almost those positions i'd prefer our current players.

(Sm22)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
PKGooner 01 February, 2012 16:26
Quote:
Flava
Quote:
De Times
@billy
Henry - Vanpersei
Pires - Rosicky
Hleb - Gervinho
Berkamp - Henry
Flamini - Coquelin
Lehman - Szczesny
Fabregas - ramsey (wouldve been wilshere)
Ljungberg - Walcott
.
In all almost those positions i'd prefer our current players.

(Sm22)

(Sm22)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 01 February, 2012 17:21
Quote:
PKGooner
Quote:
Flava
Quote:
De Times
@billy
Henry - Vanpersei
Pires - Rosicky
Hleb - Gervinho
Berkamp - Henry
Flamini - Coquelin
Lehman - Szczesny
Fabregas - ramsey (wouldve been wilshere)
Ljungberg - Walcott
.
In all almost those positions i'd prefer our current players.

(Sm22)

(Sm22)
(Sm22)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
hippogunner 01 February, 2012 18:54
De Times you are truly deluded.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
arsenal hater 01 February, 2012 22:05
9 points and counting ha(Sm6)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
salisbury69 01 February, 2012 22:07
Make it 12 and counting..

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
arsenal hater 01 February, 2012 22:09
Oooooh your right better than I thought smiling smiley

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Flava 01 February, 2012 22:10
Fortunately for us Jack is introducing the new 10 points for a win system.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
salisbury69 01 February, 2012 22:11
If you are lucky, Mick McCarthy will get the sack and Wenger will take your team over..

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
karteta16 01 February, 2012 22:12
don't worry lads, our home games are against the best teams in the league like Man Utd and our away games are@#$%&team like bolton.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
zombiez 02 February, 2012 06:03
We are 11 points above West Brom which is lying on the 15th on the table....for those who wants to feel a bit more positive that we are up there.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 02 February, 2012 06:05
Sweet lord, let's not make West Brom our basis for comparison.

It's bad enough having Newcastle in the mix right now.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 03 March, 2012 17:12
...we won't finish below Spurs.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Philly the kid 03 March, 2012 17:22
Funny thread.
Stand out Delusional quote has to be sandys idea that Liverpool will get 4th place!
That said, there's a lot of ridiculous posts here.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 04 March, 2012 18:06
4 points

Next up

Everton - Spurs Sat 10 March
Arsenal - Newcastle Mon 12 March

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 04 March, 2012 18:13
i wonder what billy the kid radiomuppet and padre all think now (Sm163)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
De Times 04 March, 2012 18:19
I wonder too Jack.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 05 March, 2012 02:18
Quote:
Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Posted by: Philly the kid (IP Logged)
Date: 03 March, 2012 17:22

Funny thread.
Stand out Delusional quote has to be sandys idea that Liverpool will get 4th place!
That said, there's a lot of ridiculous posts here.

Couple of things, folks, I didn't actually think that Wenger will wrap up his trophy hunt as early as mid February and go for his most coveted and prized trophy of finishing in top 4.

Well, although, it might appear to all of you Wenger has successfully Resurrected his colossal career on Robin Van Parsie's incredible run, but folks don't get too excited, I still see major twist in that most coveted 4th spot trophy chase.
The reason I think so is, everyone is accountable and someone sets their target but Wenger is unaccountable and sets his own target which has been happily accepted as mega-success by the AKBs, year after year.

Philly, as far as Liverpool is concerned they already win one and in the running for another one.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 02:46
It's an achievement because we were left in the lurch with Nasri and Fab leaving, had to deal with our worst ever start living memory, and then shake it off and claw our way back to where we are. That's not exactly a cake walk.

Where we are btw is 3 points clear of a team that just fired a manager more expensive than any player we've ever signed.

If you want to be a Chelsea fan and get a new manager every 8 months go be a Chelsea fan.

If you want to see huge signings every summer when your squad is already bursting go be a Citeh fan.

If you want to overpay on English talent just to say "hey, we're trying" go be a Liverpool fan.

For my money we're doing things the right way, it's not as instantly gratifying sometimes and we've certainly had our rough spells but so does every team. Don't call yourself a fan unless you're willing to stick with them through their highs and lows, and I don't think we're near as "low" as the media and popular opinion make us out to be.

Up the Arsenal. AFC for life.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
eduardo 05 March, 2012 02:49
Jens you are going to get stick from some for that



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 02:51
Like it has stopped me before.

Sandy already has said he's a half fan anyways. I pick my opponents wisely...

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
gooney 05 March, 2012 03:03
Im delighted we are closer, but I still don’t think we will make the top 4. That has always been my prediction and I stand by it

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 05 March, 2012 03:12
Quote:
It's an achievement because we were left in the lurch with Nasri and Fab leaving, had to deal with our worst ever start living memory, and then shake it off and claw our way back to where we are. That's not exactly a cake walk.

So it's achievement this year cos Nasri n Fabregas left last year!! It was achievement cos William Gallas, Eduardo and who knows who else left a year before!! It was an achievement cos Mathieu Flamini and Hleb left the season before that year before, it was an achievement cos Henry left a season before that season before!! Well it's always an achievement!

Quote:
If you want to be a Chelsea fan and get a new manager every 8 months go be a Chelsea fan.
If you want to see huge signings every summer when your squad is already bursting go be a Citeh fan.

If you want to overpay on English talent just to say "hey, we're trying" go be a Liverpool fan.

As far as the above statement is concerned I'm a football fan probably before even you were born and by football fan I mean real match going football fan of real football club who has produced footballers from scratch the world could never forget and we were never bothered about cult worshiping be it football players or managers. Probably, you need to think better reasons than that to advice me of supporting few more teams as glory hunters of a money bag league.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2012 03:21 by SandyB.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 03:20
There he is.

Quote:
So it's achievement this year cos Nasri n Fabregas left last year!! It was achievement cos William Gallas, Eduardo and who knows who else left last year!! It was an achievement cos Mathieu Flamini and Hleb left the season before, it was an achievement cos Henry left a season before that season before!! Well it's always an achievement!
Gallas wasn't that great, and Eduardo was a shadow. Flamini and Hleb have gone on to show how great they are with their subsequent careers. Birgmingham City and the Milan bench are ever thankful, I'm sure.

Nasri and Fabregas were the absolute heart of our team. Nasri got a bit more hype than he deserves, but is still immensely talented. Fabregas goes without saying. As important as RVP, maybe more.

So yes, them leaving right before the season started hurt a bit. Take Yaya and Silva, Nani and Young, Lampard and Mata, hell even Tiote and Cabaye out of a given team and tell me how well they do.

Quote:
As far as the above statement is concerned I'm a football fan probably before even you were born and by football fan I mean real match going football fan of real football club who has produced footballers from scratch the world could never forget and we were never bothered about cult worshiping be it football players or managers. Probably, you need to think better reasons than that to advice me of supporting few more teams as glory hunters of a money bag league.
You can be a crusty old bas.tard and still be wrong. I don't really care how old you are.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 05 March, 2012 03:30
Quote:
Gallas wasn't that great, and Eduardo was a shadow. Flamini and Hleb have gone on to show how great they are with their subsequent careers. Birgmingham City and the Milan bench are ever thankful, I'm sure.

So you are saying there aren't any proper reasons to describe the earlier seasons of finishing 4th as achievements then? I'm SURPRISED!! THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASONS, I'm sure, I'm missing something??

** Hey, Wenger said finishing 4th is as good as winning trophies, how the hell the AKBs don't agree with that??

** Being AKBs are not easy, you need to have some reasons handy to describe their man's gigantic achievement as success at every opportunity, be it sacking of a manager of some other club or someone winning a TIN cup!!

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
jon_sammels_lovechild 05 March, 2012 03:39
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Mad Jens
It's an achievement because we were left in the lurch with Nasri and Fab leaving, had to deal with our worst ever start living memory, and then shake it off and claw our way back to where we are. That's not exactly a cake walk.
Where we are btw is 3 points clear of a team that just fired a manager more expensive than any player we've ever signed.

If you want to be a Chelsea fan and get a new manager every 8 months go be a Chelsea fan.

If you want to see huge signings every summer when your squad is already bursting go be a Citeh fan.

If you want to overpay on English talent just to say "hey, we're trying" go be a Liverpool fan.

For my money we're doing things the right way, it's not as instantly gratifying sometimes and we've certainly had our rough spells but so does every team. Don't call yourself a fan unless you're willing to stick with them through their highs and lows, and I don't think we're near as "low" as the media and popular opinion make us out to be.

Up the Arsenal. AFC for life.


and we've played some fantastic football even during the last few trophyless years.

Now tin hats on and wait for morning.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 03:40
@Sandy: We've done much, much better in the EPL in seasons past. By that I mean immediate past.

This season is almost the polar opposite - starting poorly and finishing (hopefully?) strong. There's a lot yet left to play for. Since our current squad (Arteta, Mertesacker, Santos, etc.) have been available we've done fine. Look at the team sheets for the United game, for example.

You say AKB, I say practical. It's a nice soundbite, but when you look at how many managers have failed to do what Arsene has for one season, let alone a dozen, perhaps you can gain a greater appreciation.

A week ago Arsenal were in rapid decline and Tottenham were the best team in London in years. You see how quickly people change their minds?



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Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 05 March, 2012 04:47
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@Sandy: We've done much, much better in the EPL in seasons past. By that I mean immediate past.

Done much much better?? With respect to what? Which teams? Which clubs? Based on what assumption? (It's not that I don't know the assumptions, but just asking to hear it loud n clear once again!)

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This season is almost the polar opposite - starting poorly and finishing (hopefully?) strong. There's a lot yet left to play for. Since our current squad (Arteta, Mertesacker, Santos, etc.) have been available we've done fine. Look at the team sheets for the United game, for example.

So what you are saying, starting poorly and finishing strong(hopefully) at the same way in past 7 seasons are signs of success of manager?
I don't know, I should agree with that, if I do that means I need to agree that all the previous seasons were success too and major achievement to the manager.

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You say AKB, I say practical. It's a nice soundbite,

AKBs are AKBs, they stand by ONE PARTICULAR MAN. To them everyone else is irrelevant, everything else is irrelevant and that includes even the club itself. So it's far from being practical.

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but when you look at how many managers have failed to do what Arsene has for one season, let alone a dozen, perhaps you can gain a greater appreciation.

Actually, if I've to talk about Premier league only, I do recognize the achievement of David Moyes too, see I can't even name Martin O'neill, he didn't stay put in one club. I mean in every level people are achieving things too within their resources and limitations. I don't think Wenger's achievement was bigger than David Moyes's or O'neill's achievement with respect to their level. I think it's safer to put Wenger with these folks as the best among that group rather than some other folks who gotta win things to keep their jobs intact, you know what I mean?

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A week ago Arsenal were in rapid decline and Tottenham were the best team in London in years. You see how quickly people change their minds?

yeah, I know, I know even the folks here and all over internet was comparing them with AC Milan saying if we can do this to Spuds so can we do that to AC Milan. Afterall, Spuds beat Milan last season.lol.

The problem is these are the talks of the media who say things much more atrocious than that, even if the only similarity between the two is Milan won the CL twice during the same time span when Spuds won the CC.
Spuds punched above their weight whether they could sustain with that or not are still to see having said that if I've to judge neutrally about Spuds, need to say that they did extremely well in terms of football and results till the last two matches. But by no means you should benchmark Wenger's success against Spuds or Harry Redknapp's.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 05:02
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Done much much better?? With respect to what? Which teams? Which clubs? Based on what assumption? (It's not that I don't know the assumptions, but just asking to hear it loud n clear once again!)
With respect to points, position in the table, and generally the things that actually matter.

I wouldn't say that our end of the season position is necessarily better, but normally we're battling for 1st-3rd, not 7th-4th.

The start we had to this season didn't help, and I think if we had our full squad from the get-go it would have been the former. Not the latter.

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So what you are saying, starting poorly and finishing strong(hopefully) at the same way in past 7 seasons are signs of success of manager?
I don't know, I should agree with that, if I do that means I need to agree that all the previous seasons were success too and major achievement to the manager.

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying considering we were in the relegation slots early in the season, 4th isn't so terrible. We've scrapped and fought this season to get back to a very respectable position. Only an idiot would sh.it on that effort.

Instead of telling me why Wenger is so terrible for Arsenal, why don't you tell me what manager you'd bring in for him in his stead, and why he'd do better?

People want change for changes sake. Regardless of thought.

Try thinking.

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AKBs are AKBs, they stand by ONE PARTICULAR MAN. To them everyone else is irrelevant, everything else is irrelevant and that includes even the club itself. So it's far from being practical.

AKB's are AKB's, Spuds are Spuds, Catholics are Catholics, Black are... oh wait.

Things aren't always black and white? You don't say.

Stop arguing soundbites and start arguing the actual points and maybe you'll get a bit more respect.

The rest of your post is kind of scattered, I'm not going to flatter it with response.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 05 March, 2012 06:39
Good man Jens, there's always someone to dilute the b.s lol

4th is the lowest we can achieve. If you don't win anything, at least make sure you're in the CL places. At the start of every season the goal of the manager, players and fans is to finish 1st or win any major trophy. If that flops, at least make top 4.

Not the ultimate achievement, but I'd rather be where we are than where Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool are.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
gunnersingh 05 March, 2012 06:56
I think a lot of people underestimate the size of Arsenal football club. We are the biggest football club in London, one of the biggest in the world and one of the richest in the world.

We should aim to win the league every season, or at least challenge for it.

If wenger is happy and content with just making the top 4, he should leave. It's as simple as that.

Another thing, using other teams as yardsticks to measure our 'success' is just making excuses for Wenger.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
SandyB 05 March, 2012 07:07
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With respect to points, position in the table, and generally the things that actually matter.
I wouldn't say that our end of the season position is necessarily better, but normally we're battling for 1st-3rd, not 7th-4th.

My bad, should have understood much earlier, AKBs are only allowed to compare current form with Arsene Wenger 2007, Arsene Wenger 2008, then 2009, 2010, 2011.....unless otherwise we are comparing him with a sacked manager of other club or Harry Redknapp.


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That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying considering we were in the relegation slots early in the season, 4th isn't so terrible. We've scrapped and fought this season to get back to a very respectable position.

So in your logic, if I've to again go by the football bible of Premiership examples, imagine the only god fearing PL fans majestic Man United as example, now based on your logic if Man United after winning the league 4 out of last 5 times and winning numerous other trophies had started this season in 15th position and came back strong and finished in top 4 winning nothing, you would consider that as achievement!!

Guess who I was arguing with??
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Only an idiot would sh.it on that effort.

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Instead of telling me why Wenger is so terrible for Arsenal, why don't you tell me what manager you'd bring in for him in his stead, and why he'd do better?

I'm from a different faith, I don't answer questions written in AKBs bible, you should know by now.

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Stop arguing soundbites and start arguing the actual points and maybe you'll get a bit more respect.

Respect is the last thing I was craving for, so keep it intact for your beloved manager, trust me it will come handy soon before the clock turns to next year.

**If you are AKB, just proud to be an AKB. There isn't anything wrong in it. That's why DeTimes n I are friend, he accepts himself as AKB so do I accept myself as moaner, AOB, half fan whatever you would like to call.
There is nothing constructive or football in these talks, so too boring, adios.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 05 March, 2012 09:44
sock it to em MJ

GS do you think wenger set out to be 4th? he is making lemonade out of lemons

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Eboractos 05 March, 2012 10:04
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he is making lemonade out of lemons

But it was him who bought the lemons in the first place.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 05 March, 2012 11:39
and they would have remained lemons with anyone else in charge

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Eboractos 05 March, 2012 13:19
You've already said that he is making lemonade out of lemons. Now you're saying that they're not actually lemons after all. You make no sense. Perhaps you would understand it better if they were grapefruits.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Mad Jens 05 March, 2012 13:58
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Respect is the last thing I was craving for...
Ah, cheers then. Forget I mentioned anything.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Jack_is_the_truth 05 March, 2012 14:13
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Eboractos
You've already said that he is making lemonade out of lemons. Now you're saying that they're not actually lemons after all. You make no sense. Perhaps you would understand it better if they were grapefruits.

pretty sure i wrote what i wrote in english, i blame your school

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Gunners R Us 05 March, 2012 19:24
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I think a lot of people underestimate the size of Arsenal football club. We are the biggest football club in London, one of the biggest in the world and one of the richest in the world.
We should aim to win the league every season, or at least challenge for it.

If wenger is happy and content with just making the top 4, he should leave. It's as simple as that.

Another thing, using other teams as yardsticks to measure our 'success' is just making excuses for Wenger.

(Sm128)

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Philly the kid 05 March, 2012 20:18
Yeah, let's ignore the facts and have another big old moan.
Yawn.

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 10 March, 2012 19:31
Could be 1 point on Monday...

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
80'sGoona 12 March, 2012 21:59
1 point baby

Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Shelfsidespur 12 March, 2012 22:22
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Re: 9 points behind Spurs
Philly the kid 12 March, 2012 22:27
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