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This, so much. I don't understand the general warm feeling Chelsea seems to elicit on this forum. Is it because they've followed a similar business model to City? That doesn't seem a strong enough reason. I don't City fans should field any affinity towards Chelsea. You are a decent, respectable...

Brilliant. My respect for Alves has multiplied as a result. I didn't pay him much mind before.

I think you're on the money here. It's hard to overstate the impact early season Ramsey had. At one point I think he was Arsenal's top-scorer as well as the player with the most tackles. His contribution was almost messianic in nature, so in addition to his old nickname of 'Rambo' some fans...

Agreed. And for overseas fans if all matches kicked off at 3 pm, that would mean only ever being able to watch Manchester United on the TV, (except if you're in the states). Yes there are streams but those are mostly quite dodgy and many people don't have a fast enough internet connection. The...

Hitting form once again at the right time. If they can keep it up, hopefully we'll be able to salvage a decent end to the season.

It's the world's biggest party, of course I'm interested.

What can I say, we did our best. Sometimes things just don't go your way. *wipes a tear*

I agree that right now none of our central midfielders are providing this. However, if he were specifically given that task, I think Flamini could do it quite well, perhaps there's a lapse in management there- or more likely I'm talking out of my ass because the managers knows much more about...

We have looked more threatening with the Ox in at right-wing, particularly against Liverpool in the FA cup. He's a very promising talent but he still needs to grow, as we saw in the performance against Chelsea. True, Wenger used him in the central midfield position, which may not be the best...

I have sunk many hours into pondering why we've performed so shamefully in some of those big away games. Although player selection has been an important part of it, I think the basic problem was always mental rather than personnel-related, which is considerably more worrying since that's not a...

Re: The Tottenham Thread 13/14 (continued) This isn't true if you're an Arsenal fan. Forever in our shadow.

It was clear in the summer that the club recognized a need for a 'top top top' class striker (to use Wenger's words), hence the bids for Higuain and then Suarez, both of which fell through. Going into the last few hours of the transfer deadline day we had signed two free transfers, Flamini, who...

Ozil and Wilshere have both been inconsistent, but on their day can be instrumental. Koscielny was a big loss and while Vermaelen is a top-quality back up to have, there were some doubts about how well he could step in, considering how little he's played this season and his role in conceding a...

There was Cazorla's shot as well which Hart saved with his feet. I think three on target all told.

The rags drew 0-0 at the Emirates. Our 0-1 loss to them was at Old Trafford. I'm relieved the team pulled itself together a bit today. That spirit was heartening to see, a brave, battling draw. We were out of the title last after Chelsea last week, so this is a point towards securing 4th place...

Is Mourinho about to cry?

We're missing five key players, lost all momentum, performances have been dire, and just looked completely drained- physically and mentally. You should be much, much more than 'reasonably hopeful'. I'm puzzled by how much worrying there's been in this thread from a City perspective. Let me...

I can confirm this. We are. This happens every time we forget that we're trying to not think about Saturday.

We're a real shit-shop at the moment. I fear you'll have your way with us on the weekend.

Re: Save Our Dave Campaign: SOD Look I know how big this derby is for you guys, and there are years, maybe decades of payback that need to be dealt, but once, just this once, do you think you could hold off on them a little bit? Say with battling draw. It would go such a long way for the...