But you've also had good results against Villa, Southampton and Reading. When Kaboul comes back you'll tighten up defensively. In fairness to Arsenal they've had as many if not more injuries to key players as Spurs have.
You haven't been paying attention have you, Parker is out, Ade and Dembele have only just come back, at one point we had 5 'first team' out, once again having pointed out you nor anyone else has seen our 1st 11, you've avoided answering that with this rather unnecessary tangent. How can you possibly come out with that when you've seen no evidence of half your argument. Don't start DL!
with no disrespect to either of those 3 sides you mention, a club challenging for a top 4 finish has to beat those teams, home and away. can you please name all these players, DL? I've come up with Szczesny, Sagna and Wilshere so far. - however, I'm sure there's more if you say so. But regarding two of these in particular, JW has been out for ages and that was known before the season started that he wouldn't be fit. Same goes for Sagna. - they could have got reinforcements, knowing this could be an issue. We have had Kaboul, Benny, Parker and Ade out for most of the season of which Benny, Kaboul and Ade were injured after the season began, which completely ****ed us in the arse. We then Lost Dembele for about 6-7 weeks, who was a replacement for someone who'd left. I'm interested to see the arsenal players you mention. I had no idea their's was as bad as ours.
For what it's worth, I still think we will finish above you guys as well, and I've been spot on so far with my predictions on the timing of RDM's sacking and your defensive performance... Chelsea for years had the most solid defense in the league, and one of the most clinical attacks and they've lost both overnight, just to gain a slightly more fluid midfield. The early points flattered you considering the performances, and I wouldn't be surprised if you fail to make top 4 again this season.
They also normally do poorly in one half of the season. They also played United on the first day of the season when not team are at their best so that's a bit misleading So as I say, this run of fixtures will be a test of whether they can keep in the thick of things or if they start to drop to the periphery of any top 4 battle. If they drop points at home to us and Arsenal and fail to pick up wins in some other tough games that are around them to make up for it they will quickly find that they will need to finish the season very strongly to get back up there. Unless, as I said, us and Arsenal don't improve much.
Chesney, Rosicky, Diaby, Sagna, Gibbs, Wilshere all with lengthy lay offs. I'm not AVB but Parker wouldn't get in the side ahead of Dembele nor Sandro if I was manager. No need to bite my head off, both sides have had a number of injuries but Arsenal have been hampered just as much with the loss of Diaby as Spurs have with Dembele. The loss of Chesney practically cost Arsenal the game against Chelsea. All I was saying is if I had to pick an XI of Spurs, Arsenal and Everton players more Everton players would make my XI than Spurs or Arsenal, but as I've highlighted Spurs and Arsenal have far more strength in depth.
I can't see it. At the end of the day we've played Arsenal, Spurs, United, City, Liverpool & WBA and are only 5 points off 1st. It's clear our attack isn't as good due to fatigue. There's just no way this current Arsenal side has the quality to put the kind of run together Chelsea did from August-October. Benitez or Benitez I fully expect us to beat Fulham tomorrow and Arsenal to drop points leaving the gap at 7/8 points with us playing no side in the top half until 30th December. I'm fairly confident we will finish above Arsenal and Spurs. Once we get out of December, the fixture list is a lot kinder to us and we always do better post-Christmas whilst Arsenal traditionally do worse It's still tight either way. I genuinely think they'll only be about 6 points from 4th-8th this year.
I'm sure you do believe that but you do make a lot of predictions. You thought West Ham could beat us on Sunday, for example
http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/181625-My-take-on-tonight More praise for Rose on the Sunderland board which is pretty close to meltdown and understandbly so.
How long has Diaby been out now? He's a key player for them who they can't properly replace. I think they'll by another DM in Jan.
I'd like to see Danny back here,I think he could make the L/B position his own, over Benny who suffers lacks in concentration
We have also played all those sides, except for Liverpool, who we could swap with Newcastle (who we have played) as a similar replacement. Again, we've played United, City, Arsenal and Newcastle away out of that lot. Some of the players in your team are players we could never afford, yet we're still only 5 points behind you with a new manager in place and a hell of a lot of injuries. For me, that's positive and just shows how difficult anything is to hard to call right now. We also have quite a decent set of fixtures throughout Dec and Jan on paper. With the exception of Everton away and United at home which will be tough, the rest are all winnable games, which include Villa, Sunderland, Reading and QPR. To also say that Arsenal can't put a run together is a massive statement. Their team is full of quality players. For all we know right now, arsenal might have had their bad patch already and could be on the start of a good run since beating us. On the other hand, you guys aren't on the best of form, have sacked yet another manager, have brought in a new manager that the fans are already booing and could easily see things turn sour. - it's just too early to call.
He was talking to DL I'd love to see that 11? For me; Lloris Sagna (Walker would get in on last season's form) Vermaelen Vertonghen Baines Fellaini Wilshere Dembele Mirales Giroud Bale 3 Everton 4 Spurs 4 Arsenal
