Rival watch

Would now be a bad time to suggest that getting rid of the deadwood may be a tad.....well, let's be kind and say, "tricky".

Nobody's going to want to pay Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Elneny, Kolasinac, Mustafi anything like what you're paying them. I remember telling another Gooner that losing the CL place meant going down the rabbit hole. There's a few more years of this ahead....Time to find out who really supports the club.

 

Stats say wolves had 29% possession and 3 shots on target

 

Now hopefully United will get something from the Chavs game......

 

You forgot Xhahaha, Brian

 

Utd have scored two goals in their last 5 matches and only won one in six. The end for Ole already perhaps.

 

They're all **** to some degree...even the ones with talent don't have the cojones. I was trying to be kind....

 

At least there's a silver lining....
And I don't mean Spurs looking nailed on for top four after tonight.
If Utd beat Chelsea and then Hudd (a) and Cardiff (h), it would force Chelsea and/or Arsenal to win all their remaining games to get top four.
Utd v Chelsea looks like a 0-0 though. What are the odds? Worth a tenner.

 

I'd rather we play the youth team and let them express themselves. Can they really do any worse?

 

Despite our loss to City on Saturday, it’s been a great few days of results for us.

 

I hope so!

 

I'va always said that possession is a useless statistic.

 

The one silver lining we have is there are lots of players whose contracts run out this Summer.

Elneny is on a low wage, so shouldn't be an issue getting rid of him. Agree on the others though, it will be tricky because of their obscene wages.

Jenkinson's contract is up, Lichtsteiner's is, as is Monreal's, Welbeck's and Ospina's, Cech is retiring, Ramsey is off, Denis Suarez will most likely be back at Barcelona (pointless loan signing). That's 8 players right off the bat without selling a single one of them.

As much as I want to see us win the Europa now, I just think to myself, though the additional income will be welcome, we will still get embarrassed by any half-decent side we face.

It's a long road ahead. I said before that Wenger and Gazidis set the club back by at least 5 years with their series of shocking decisions. I hope I'm wrong, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

 

I wouldn't waste your sympathy buddy

 

Did Wenger and Mourinho leave or was it a hoax?

 

They just had a little cosmetic work done.

 

I think it's safe to say both Arsenal and Man United are absolutely miles apart from where they want to be. Can't see that changing for a good few years, either.

 

Maximum points available
Spurs - 79
Chelsea - 76
Arsenal - 75
Man Utd - 73

The right combination of results this weekend could see us crawl across the threshold for CL football, which would be convenient for our semi final preparations

 

Name 5 Arsenal players who would be good enough to give Klopp or Pep a serious selection headache. That's the benchmark I've always referred to in gauging the average quality of a team. If you're scrabbling for even a handful of players good enough to play for the teams you aspire to overtake, chances are you won't be overtaking them for the foreseeable future. At Spurs, we have Kane, Son, Eriksen, Alli, Toby, Vertonghen and (based on recent upturn in form) Rose. The remainder of our first team players wouldn't get within a country mile of the Pool or City teams but I am ok with that as 6 or 7 out of 11 means we aren't a million miles away, especially if the remaining 4 or 5 put in a shift the likes of Sissoko and Winks show every week, all we need are 2 or 3 quality additions in key areas and we'd be challenging right at the top.

To my mind, and no I haven't seen enough of you this season to pass proper judgement, but beyond Lacazette, Aubameyang (both maybes if I'm honest) and Bellerin (who is permanently crocked anyway), who else is there? To have 7 or 8 of your first team needing an upgrade to compete with the very best requires either loads of cash or loads of patience and in all likelihood ultimately loads of both. Kronke has both but rarely uses the former and relies too heavily on the latter.

 

Last night felt significant. It's even more so now. 3 more points and United can't overtake us.

One more win would leave Arsenal having to win all of their remaining games or overturn a 7 goal deficit in winning 2 and drawing one.

You rolled the dice in trying to rescue the CL spot last season. Keeping Sanchez when Citeh were willing to spend £60m+ was a mistake. Swapping him for Mkhitaryan compounded it.

Add in making an obscene deal with Ozil, buying Aubamayang and losing Ramsay on a free has completed the set. It's a long way back from that lot. A long way...

 

Ole’s at the wheel lads