Arsenal Thread - 2022/23

[aguero93:20]

I think Arsenal are gonna mount a serious challenge.

They could hit 85-90 points easily. It'll be on us to be better than them!

Recently we've been pretty crappy on the road and have trouble scoring away from home especially without Haaland. (okay so it counts the disallowed Rodri and Foden goals) but we didn't get much else in the net did we?

They always go through a shit patch of 6-10 games, it'll be up to us to take advantage of that and win the head to head.

 

[Jack Hackett]

They always go through a shit patch of 6-10 games, it'll be up to us to take advantage of that and win the head to head.

You do realise the past is no indicator of the future?

 

[aguero93:20]

You do realise the past is no indicator of the future?

Absolutely, but Arsenal are still a very young and inexperienced side and I believe they'll have a similar patch this season.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Absolutely, but Arsenal are still a very young and inexperienced side and I believe they'll have a similar patch this season.

Fair enough - time makes fools of us all

 

[warringtonblue]

Absolutely, but Arsenal are still a very young and inexperienced side and I believe they'll have a similar patch this season.

I remember waiting for Leicester to have a similar bad patch

 

[aguero93:20]

I remember waiting for Leicester to have a similar bad patch

They did, we just weren't good enough to take advantage.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Beginning to wonder if they could do "a Leicester"

Peps City weren’t knocking around when Leicester won the title. So it’ll have to be “do a Leicester on steroids”.

 

[warringtonblue]

They did, we just weren't good enough to take advantage.

They beat us at home

 

[aguero93:20]

They beat us at home

As I said. Not good enough to take advantage.

 

[warringtonblue]

As I said. Not good enough to take advantage.

I don’t remember their bad patch, I only remember spurs being typical spurs when it got tight

 

[aguero93:20]

I don’t remember their bad patch, I only remember spurs being typical spurs when it got tight

At one stage they'd something like 2 wins and 8 losses in 10 games, think it started with Spurs hammering them 6-2.

 

[bennyboy]

At one stage they'd something like 2 wins and 8 losses in 10 games, think it started with Spurs hammering them 6-2.

Not saying you are wrong but my memory is it was one of the easiest league wins ever even though the points total of 81 was nothing special.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Hopefully Chelsea beat them this weekend

 

[aguero93:20]

Not saying you are wrong but my memory is it was one of the easiest league wins ever even though the points total of 81 was nothing special.

Because everyone else was shit.

 

[paulchapo]

They beat us at home

That was the game where we could have clawed back some ground but they beat us and went clear and never looked back.

I've been impressed by Arsenal. There was signs Arteta was getting it right last season and they look a lot better this one. Whether they can retain their form remains to be seen but they could do.

 

[GunnerGer]

They always go through a shit patch of 6-10 games, it'll be up to us to take advantage of that and win the head to head.

I'm still looking to see what Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Utds score is before City's.

Think you will be right mate, there's no way we'll go through the same form of 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. We have 2 big games before the World Cup with Chelsea away and Wolves away.

Then when we come back we have a run of West Ham, Brighton, Newcastle, Spurs and Utd. If we somehow come out of those games relatively unscathed then maybe I'd put City's results higher up the priority list, but we've a lot still to prove until then.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Peps City weren’t knocking around when Leicester won the title. So it’ll have to be “do a Leicester on steroids”.

How dare you belittle the tactical genius of late era Manuel Pellegrini.

 

[MadchesterCity]

I'm still looking to see what Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Utds score is before City's.

Think you will be right mate, there's no way we'll go through the same form of 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. We have 2 big games before the World Cup with Chelsea away and Wolves away.

Then when we come back we have a run of West Ham, Brighton, Newcastle, Spurs and Utd. If we somehow come out of those games relatively unscathed then maybe I'd put City's results higher up the priority list, but we've a lot still to prove until then.

From the 4th February you have (on paper) 8 very winnable games.

There is not much panic on here but if you go through the next two fixtures with maximum points I will be very concerned and most will have to believe Arsenal are the real deal this season.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Hopefully Chelsea beat them this weekend

Boooooo!!

 

[Jack Hackett]

How dare you belittle the tactical genius of late era Manuel Pellegrini.

A much underrated manager and a gentleman