After yesterdays results, if we beat Everton today we will go into the City game without any pressure. We must win today.
Don't think there's any games that have no pressure to be honest, especially against City. That game will be huge. Welcome to the forum btw
Cheers. Well, if City and Chelsea had won yesterday, I'd be bricking it before the City game. At the moment I'm calm aslong as we beat Everton today, I won't be nervous.
I agree with YouWenger, a win against Everton means even a loss to both City and Chelsea would keep us top of the table after having played all of the top teams once this season. That's a good release of the pressure. Oh how i wish we can string 3 wins together now and be easy favourites for the title by christmas I expect however that Chelsea or Cioty will get a result against useven if they are draws.
So a draw against Everton means that we can't really afford to drop points against City or the Chavs. I'd take a draw at the Etihad and a draw at home to the Chavs and still be happy to be honest.
Two draws will be fine. As long as we don't give any of these two extra points, then we should be on track.
Funnily enough, I fancy our chances more against City. We don't have a bad record against them, even with their recent success. I don't think we'll win, but I can envisage a draw at theirs. In many ways, the Everton game was a good test of what we might have to encounter over there. Chelsea at the Emirates is a lottery, I can't call it at all.
I think we've started slowly in all our big games this season. Not sure we'll get away with that against City, they need to be on it right from kick off
Yesterday proved that Arteta and Gibbs are luxury players that aren't anywhere near effective enough against top class teams (which Everton are now if they keep it up like yesterday... at least until all their loan players leave). Well... Arteta can be effective, but only if Flamini players next to him. He's not good enough to be our only defensive midfielder in the team unless we're playing weaker teams who don't exploit this weakness. Gibbs is brilliant at contributing to our attack but will always be less effective at defending. Against City and Chelsea I'd say: --------------------------------Chesney-------------------------------- Sagna----------------Mert-------------------Kosc---------------Monreal --------------------Flamini---------------Ramsey----------------------- Walcott--------------------------Ozil---------------------------Cazorla --------------------------------Giroud--------------------------------- Walcott for the counter-pace. Possibly Arteta in for Cazorla and put Ramsey further up and Ozil on the wing. Either way, Flamini has to play.
I don't it's because of who you've beaten/not beaten but more because of the fixtures you've got to come. When you look at the games you have left you still have City, Chelsea and Newcastle twice whilst you play Southampton, us, Everton and Liverpool away. That and because very few would expect City to continue averaging a point per game away from home. Time will tell, of course but from what I've seen pundits are saying that you won't win it rather than that you can't. Basically they're sticking to their belief that one of the favourites at the start of the season(City/Chelsea) will win it. It's not an unreasonable sentiment but whilst you're in the mix there's nothing wrong with you guys being hopeful.
