Skashion
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I'm sorry, I don't know much about the Second World War.gordondaviesmoustache said:
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How many games can we realistically afford to lose?
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gordondaviesmoustache
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Then let me educate you. Look upon yesterday as our Dunkirk :-)Skashion said:I'm sorry, I don't know much about the Second World War.gordondaviesmoustache said:I'm surprised you, of all posters, has used that particular analogy.Skashion said:I don't, as GDM put it, have the stomach for battles we shouldn't be fucking fighting. This shouldn't be World War 2. This should be the US airforce bombing the shit out of Saddam's tanks in the Gulf War.
WW2 was much more fertile ground for an interesting narrative than the First Gulf War, which is why they've made so many more great films about it.
Skashion
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No, that would have been if we were beaten by the rags at home. This is more like the Germans in the Ardennes in 1944.gordondaviesmoustache said:Then let me educate you. Look upon yesterday as our Dunkirk :-)
gordondaviesmoustache
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You seemed to have acquired a great deal of knowledge on the subject of WW2 in the last twelve minutes. Wikipedia's a wonderful thing ;-)Skashion said:No, that would have been if we were beaten by the rags at home. This is more like the Germans in the Ardennes in 1944.gordondaviesmoustache said:Then let me educate you. Look upon yesterday as our Dunkirk :-)
vintiz
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2 or 3 more. Hopefully we don't get to draw a lot more games
tolmie's hairdoo
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I was angry yesterday, although frustration is the key for me.
This title race would and should be over already if we had got the maximum haul against Cardiff, Stoke and now Villa.
United would be out of the equation and that type of momentum would require a major blow up.
In saying all that, I don't think Arsenal can sustain the pressure of a full-tilt title assault.
It's still ours for the taking and I expect us to do so.
This title race would and should be over already if we had got the maximum haul against Cardiff, Stoke and now Villa.
United would be out of the equation and that type of momentum would require a major blow up.
In saying all that, I don't think Arsenal can sustain the pressure of a full-tilt title assault.
It's still ours for the taking and I expect us to do so.
BobKowalski
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tolmie's hairdoo said:I was angry yesterday, although frustration is the key for me.
This title race would and should be over already if we had got the maximum haul against Cardiff, Stoke and now Villa.
United would be out of the equation and that type of momentum would require a major blow up.
In saying all that, I don't think Arsenal can sustain the pressure of a full-tilt title assault.
It's still ours for the taking and I expect us to do so.
Even 7 points would have seen us 10 points ahead of ManU and 6 clear of Chelsea. With 6 games gone. We really blew the kind run of fixtures that kicked off the season. Arsenal are starting to worry me a little but like Chelsea they are short on firepower so I'm inclined to agree they won't keep it up. Squad and team wise its still difficult to see past us as title winners. The problem is the faultline that runs through the team when pressure is applied.
The PL has been won by points totals ranging from 75 to 95. The teams winning it with relatively low points don't seem to be that much inferior to those winning it by large totals.
It could well be the case that this year a relatively low points total could be enough.
Usually its not so much a case of how many games you can afford to lose, more about avoiding draws.
It could well be the case that this year a relatively low points total could be enough.
Usually its not so much a case of how many games you can afford to lose, more about avoiding draws.
mancityfc4life
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Realistically 5 or 6 losses and we should be crowned champions, i think the tops teams will all take points off each other possibly giving a little more wiggle room.