Same old Arsenal always Drawing
And so it happens again, the sucker punch followed by an Arsenal assault for 60 minutes which yields just a single goal. For various reasons I couldn't get to the game yesterday and could only listen to it on the internet. From what I heard it seemed to be the same old story, plenty of chances but no goals.
Personally I never thought the title was on and that didn't change with the results against Man Utd and Liverpool, but what I did hope for was progress on last year and to be at least in touch come the end of the season. Don't get me wrong I'm not one of these doom and gloom mongers but I think up and half way down form will mean 3rd is possibly the best we can expect this year. Come the end of the season I can see the number of games being a problem for most of the premiership out side of the top 4, they either don't have big enough squads or the distraction of the cup competitions will take their toll, I still say top 4 because I do expect Liverpool to come good, in rather an odd way because of Rafa’s rotation policy, they just need to make sure they don’t give themselves too much to do.
I always like to look at the positives, we are still creating chances, we are still in the top 4 with a game in hand which would take us to third and finally it seems the rest of the chasing pack are as good at dropping points as we are, the difference with them is it seems they are prone to the odd loss where as we tend to draw. If we did win that game in hand it would mean, with the exception of Portsmouth we would be pulling clear of that chasing pack, putting us 4+ points ahead which I think is important from a psychological point of view, meaning the odd loss along the way doesn't mean we yo yo up and down the table.
... Oh yeah I nearly forgot, we are still unbeaten at home, and despite the points situation that can never be bad.
Personally I never thought the title was on and that didn't change with the results against Man Utd and Liverpool, but what I did hope for was progress on last year and to be at least in touch come the end of the season. Don't get me wrong I'm not one of these doom and gloom mongers but I think up and half way down form will mean 3rd is possibly the best we can expect this year. Come the end of the season I can see the number of games being a problem for most of the premiership out side of the top 4, they either don't have big enough squads or the distraction of the cup competitions will take their toll, I still say top 4 because I do expect Liverpool to come good, in rather an odd way because of Rafa’s rotation policy, they just need to make sure they don’t give themselves too much to do.
I always like to look at the positives, we are still creating chances, we are still in the top 4 with a game in hand which would take us to third and finally it seems the rest of the chasing pack are as good at dropping points as we are, the difference with them is it seems they are prone to the odd loss where as we tend to draw. If we did win that game in hand it would mean, with the exception of Portsmouth we would be pulling clear of that chasing pack, putting us 4+ points ahead which I think is important from a psychological point of view, meaning the odd loss along the way doesn't mean we yo yo up and down the table.
... Oh yeah I nearly forgot, we are still unbeaten at home, and despite the points situation that can never be bad.
posted by Andrew Gilfrin at 10:57 AM
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