93 + 86 + 99 + 98 + 100 / 5 = 95.2
And not claiming anything is certain. Just that I think people forget how hard it is to regularly score 90+ points is, and that until someone other than Klopp or Pep does it I'm going to assume they can't.
There's an element of "prove me wrong here". If Arteta does it then good for him.
If Arsenal want to win the league then I'd recommend they aim for the points total that the winners of the league have hit in the past five years not 1 point more than second place!That is the average points scored by the league winners, not the average points needed to win the league - two different things.
93 + 86 + 99 + 98 + 100 / 5 = 95.2
And not claiming anything is certain. Just that I think people forget how hard it is to regularly score 90+ points is, and that until someone other than Klopp or Pep does it I'm going to assume they can't.
There's an element of "prove me wrong here". If Arteta does it then good for him.
Right I see. I think it's a nice way of thinking about points total when you're City or Liverpool (once) and you're reflecting on how much you won the league by, but from the perspective of Arsenal 85 points would never have won you the league.Ah, it is a wording thing. You said average points needed to win it, not points the winner eventually had. Which I took as the second placed points plus 1. That averages at 86, and is really skewed up by the 98 point season.
It was only close 2 seasons, the rest there was a fairly bug gap and 85ish points would have been enough.
Right I see. I think it's a nice way of thinking about points total when you're City or Liverpool (once) and you're reflecting on how much you won the league by, but from the perspective of Arsenal 85 points would never have won you the league.
I still think we get over 90, I'm half tempted to say an unbeaten league campaign, I just feel like with Haaland on the pitch we can chase any deficit.
I don't think any other team gets over 90 points, Liverpool are the only current team that knows how to do it and they're miles off of the pace.
I originally said 85-89 but I’m starting to think this may be a one-off old school type season where mid 80s might possibly be comfortably enough.
The World Cup means comparisons with recent seasons aren’t that relevant. The amount of games that need cramming into far fewer weeks than usual is a big factor for all the teams with European football to deal with plus nobody knows the impact the WC itself is going to have - some teams will be a lot luckier than others in terms of how deep into the tournament their players progress and end up missing games over Christmas.
I could of course be totally wrong and over 90 might be needed again but if there’s going to be a season when that doesn’t apply, I think this is the one.
No chance we go unbeaten in a very congested season.I still think we get over 90, I'm half tempted to say an unbeaten league campaign, I just feel like with Haaland on the pitch we can chase any deficit.
I don't think any other team gets over 90 points, Liverpool are the only current team that knows how to do it and they're miles off of the pace.