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Serious relegation fears

tynesidespur said:
Seen a few replies saying Arsenal is a "must win" at home. We have to get away from that attitude. We are ahead of them on GD, we won't be out of tocuh even if we drew or worse. We have to see the bigger picture here of the run in and not have all focus on that game.
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Spot on.

We'll experience both surprisingly positive and disappointing results between now and the end of the season. As will the other teams chasing the title. Putting too much emphasis on a single game or result isn't helpful.
 
richardanthonyc said:
Arsenal is a must win because if they slip up against Man Utd away (a strong possibility) then we have the chance to put real daylight between us and them if we win our games before it. Only if we have a 5/6 point lead over them after the game will I believe we have a good chance of winning the league
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Thats why i say one at a time, we concentrate on beating Swansea, Arsenal have a massive match at OT against Utd who really need a performance to get their bid for EL football back on track.

If the dynamic changes after that game and we find ourselves ahead of them by 2 or 3 points who knows what the pressure will do to them, they have been weak mentally before. Their manager is a specialist in failure dont forget!
 
Good analysis. It's interesting that it sometimes disagrees with our verdicts, such as on relative strength of schedule. I also couldn't help note that the issue that might tilt it in Arsenal favour is their upcoming bout with Barcelona.
 
Vega said:
Thats why i say one at a time, we concentrate on beating Swansea, Arsenal have a massive match at OT against Utd who really need a performance to get their bid for EL football back on track.

If the dynamic changes after that game and we find ourselves ahead of them by 2 or 3 points who knows what the pressure will do to them, they have been weak mentally before. Their manager is a specialist in failure dont forget!
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What I dont agree with is the analysis of the mental state of Arsenal. They will feel very confident going into the runup. The only motivation they need is seeing Spurs ahead of them and knowing they have overhauled us before on more than one occasion.
 
7percent said:
May have been posted before but found this telegraph article quite interesting so I'm posting it;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...Royale-for-the-title-so-who-has-the-edge.html

It has all the stats and an infographic and everything!
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"Firepower
It is rare for Arsenal to be outscored by anyone, let alone Tottenham, but Pochettino has created a side which threatens from all areas. In addition to having the most prolific striker - courtesy of Harry Kane's 17 goals - Tottenham can boast 13 different goalscorers in Premier League games this season, nine of whom have two goals or more; Arsenal, by way of contrast, have only 11 different scorers, four of whom have just a single strike to their names."​

And then after all that they say "dead heat".
 
BREAKING NEWS: Wayne Rooney out for up to two months with knee ligament damage. More to come...

Anything that weakens teams around us is good news as far as i am concerned.
 
Vega said:
BREAKING NEWS: Wayne Rooney out for up to two months with knee ligament damage. More to come...

Anything that weakens teams around us is good news as far as i am concerned.
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Hardly weakens them. He's had brick all season bar the odd 20 minutes here and there.
 
Modric THFC said:
Hardly weakens them. He's had brick all season bar the odd 20 minutes here and there.
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So Utd without Rooney arent weaker as a team? Given he is their Captain and one of their leading goal scorers, probably one of the leading voice in their dressing room etc?

That must be why they are so brick these days.
 
Vega said:
BREAKING NEWS: Wayne Rooney out for up to two months with knee ligament damage. More to come...

Anything that weakens teams around us is good news as far as i am concerned.
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Still nailed on for the England squad.
 
Vega said:
So Utd without Rooney arent weaker as a team? Given he is their Captain and one of their leading goal scorers, probably one of the leading voice in their dressing room etc?

That must be why they are so brick these days.
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This even includes seasons he was decent.
 
Vega said:
They best sell him then if he is that bad.
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That would have been the smart thing to do when he was acting up a few years ago. Instead they gave him a wage increase. They money he's getting could pay for two or three other players.
 
Jordinho said:
That would have been the smart thing to do when he was acting up a few years ago. Instead they gave him a wage increase. They money he's getting could pay for two or three other players.
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Oh i agree with you there, and indeed you have to think if they still had Fergie he would be gone by now, he was ruthless at getting rid of players at their peak.

Still id rather he wasnt in their side for the game at WHL and they have Will Keane up front than he plays against us.
 
Jordinho said:
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This even includes seasons he was decent.
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am I reading that wrong, surely those stats suggest they are better with him than without him, which is the converse of the narrative?

also, I bet adding 2004-2009 stats would only make things look better
 
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