We blew it!

[thfcsteff]

I don't remember any penalty calls that went against us this season but i sure as hell remember penalty calls that the opposition should have got against us. We should have got 3 today though.

Ah well, what can we say, another 'agree to disagree'...in all fairness we've done well here not to get chippy with each other, so all good, onwards and upwards, let's hope the summer gives us both what we want for our team and COYS. Best, Steff...

 

[Kingdawson]

We were the only club not awarded one all season I think.

so? if we don't deserve any penalties then you generally don't get awarded it. I remember 5 penalties that should have certainly been awarded against us this season but wasn't but i only remember 3 we should have got (all today).

 

[Mumorn]

Funnily enough the only other one I think we should have got was Sunderland away when Bale was blatantly fouled by Gardner in the box.

 

[Kingdawson]

and i don't think Bale was ever booked for diving inside the box bar today's game.

 

[Robspur12]

I am just annoyed with threads popping up like Let's Laugh at Arsenal. What's there to laugh about. Make us look like a bunch of mugs! They still manage to finish above us.

Let's NOT laugh at Arsenal

 

[Mumorn]

and i don't think Bale was ever booked for diving inside the box bar today's game.

Sunderland away..

 

[Jurgen the German]

It is strange to get no penalites in a season, but I honestly can't think of many games where I walked away and thought you know what? We were robbed there. Most of Bale's bookings for diving were deserved.

 

[markysimmo]

Wow some strange opinions and statements on this thread...

I think ill come back in a couple of days when the lunatics have gone back to the asylum

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

8 points above Arsenal, yeah let's laugh at them now.

2 defeats in our last 23 games? We didn't blow it.

The teams around us just spent more money, that's all. Some of them spent money they didn't have didn't earn and won't pay back on players they couldn't afford.

Oh, and as for being 7 points clear, it means little when both sides hadn't played the same teams.

When it came down to it, ONE goal in 76 games made the difference. That's how fine the margin was.

I, for one, am proud.

 

[Mumorn]

Arsenal pay £1,000,000 more in wages, that's something like £52,000,000 for a point

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

it's those 2 Liverpool away games that are killing me, they were both won

Those were the ones. Hang on to either or even a couple of draws... Oh well.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

Arsenal pay £1,000,000 more in wages, that's something like £52,000,000 for a point

£1m more a WEEK?!

Jeez. That really does put it in context.

So we have that, Chelsea's £100m midfield and £78m strike force and the City Oilers to contend with. No wonder the going is tough.

 

[Kingdawson]

Arsenal pay £1,000,000 more in wages, that's something like £52,000,000 for a point

So tiresome and boring.

Arsenal also have a 9m net spend in something like 10 years.

 

[markysimmo]

£1m more a WEEK?!

Jeez. That really does put it in context.

So we have that, Chelsea's £100m midfield and £78m strike force and the City Oilers to contend with. No wonder the going is tough.

Shows how much we really are over-achieving !!!!

 

[Baleforce]

there's an assumption being made that the extra arsenal spend on wages is delivering value

 

[NaijaSpurs]

8 points above Arsenal, yeah let's laugh at them now.

What complete and utter rubbish. We had an excellent points return of 72. AVB did an amazing job to get us there considering the resources we had. If the club had bought a top striker we would have made the top 4, but it did not so Considering all things I would say we did very well

 

[Mumorn]

So tiresome and boring.

Arsenal also have a 9m net spend in something like 10 years.

and also had the likes of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and numerous other world class players. They got to where they were because Wengers ability to scout the French market and no one else had a clue about. He built his side, won his trophies, league unbeaten etc, since then they've been down hill because he DOESN'T spend big. Less than 10 years ago they were finishing the league on 90 odd points, they're now round about the 70 mark.

It again goes in that category of, we're finishing round about the same level with clubs spending much more than us in terms of wages or transfers but we're COMPETING with them. I'm like you though, I want our chairman to show intent in getting us to the NEXT level. Imagine what we could achieve if we did spend at those levels.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

What is really sickening is 'fans' with no sense of context.

This

 

[Kingdawson]

and also had the likes of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and numerous other world class players. They got to where they were because Wengers ability to scout the French market and no one else had a clue about. He built his side, won his trophies, league unbeaten etc, since then they've been down hill because he DOESN'T spend big. Less than 10 years ago they were finishing the league on 90 odd points, they're now round about the 70 mark.

It again goes in that category of, we're finishing round about the same level with clubs spending much more than us in terms of wages or transfers but we're COMPETING with them. I'm like you though, I want our chairman to show intent in getting us to the NEXT level. Imagine what we could achieve if we did spend at those levels.

How much more did Chelsea spend on wages last season than we did btw?

 

[Baleforce]

and how much more have Liverpool spent over the last 5 years