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Thank you both for the kind words, your maturity clearly shows through.
for Arsenal if Robin Van Persie comes back to touch we will start scoring as there is too much load on Adebayor he has the most starts this season than
any other top players on other clubs
It's what the rest of the media are saying.
I suppose the sky is blue, and people get wet when it rains as well.
Although I wouldn't be disappointed in Arsenal not winning a trophy this season.
I remember pre-season, the media was saying how Arsenal weren't even going to get 4th spot.
I'd say they had a pretty good go at the past season.
Although to a fan, the whole "punching above their weight" thing is starting to wear a little thin... I'd like them to actually win something.
We also have the stamina and pace over time to break them down late in the game. A draw away and a win at the Emirates is definitely doable.
Your point was mainly centered on the fact that Liverpool is well suited for the CL, but in fact when we play it will be just like an EPL game. Also, the current Arsenal side is better suited to playing the La Liga and Serie A teams than in the EPL due to their lack of height in both the midfield and defensive back four.
I am not willing to concede the CL Trophy as yet even though my fear is we will have to go through Manu to do so. In all regards, Manu creates all types of problems for us this year in match ups because of Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo.
No predictions here, but only time will tell.
In the break both managers have work to do. Rafa needs to add more quality and Wenger should be looking to do the same. Hopefully Wenger will concede that his squad just ain't good enough at this moment in time and will spend some dough. Rafa has one more season in my book....
There is however something about you that tells me you have pleasure in that outcome than mere coincidence. For me as an Arsenal man meaning that i have no any other lingering loyalty to any other team, i find pleasure in the fact that we have been there and actually challenged in spite of our thin inexperienced squad. I mean we have a manager who thinks he can tweak the team and refuses to buy when he has money and fail to see what is obvious.
What is obvious is that our defence is really not up to it any longer. Alongside that our midfield is also not that strong. Imagine over-work by Cesc and Flamini against Lampard, Ballack and Makelele with occasional help from Essien. All this linking with Drogba and Kalou with reinforcement by Anelka. If that is not a reason for a total a massive recruitment I dont know what will.
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What do you favour? Head-to-head results? Aren't the boring, Champions League "just don't concede" affairs enough to tell you how bad an idea that would be?
Its not so much your content Michael which is at fault but the manner in which you write it that makes you unpopular. Your writing style is so deliberately antagonistic that I feel dirty when I find myself agreeing with you on some points.
If you want to read my views concerning this topic in full, go to http://englishsoccertalk.blogspot.com/2007/10/t.... I have different solutions for what could happen when teams finish tied on points and yes, head-to-head results is one of the them. I just don't want to see meaningful places (Champion, Champions League, UEFA Cup, relegation) come down to something as semantical as goal differential.
Simon, I could care less if I'm popular or unpopular. I don't write articles to be liked by those who read them, I write whatever is on my mind at the time and if people don't like me for it and don't agree with what I say, fine, that's their prerogative. I certainly don't like journalists like Jay Mariotti, for example, but I'll still read his work. If you don't like the way I present what I write, again, it's your prerogative to not read the article.
http://englishsoccertalk.blogspot.com/2007/10/t...
No one likes to see their teams hopes written off. But that's why we follow the Arsenal. Someone should tell Michael about 1989.
I just can't agree that goal differential can simply be dismissed as "semantical". Sure, it sounds like an arcane accounting stat, but it's really the sum of your play throughout the year - how well you defended and how deadly you were in attack. It is NOT value neutral - it is empirically representative of better played football. In your example of Bolton making the UEFA cup - should they have been penalised for having a negative gd (assuming they finished tied with another team)? Absolutely! There are guardians of the game, and in their infinite wisdom they have chosen to reward the team that scores lots of goals. If my team defends well all season and also puts more in the net than your team, shouldn't my team be rewarded? Emphatically!
All of these teams were aware of the rules when the season began - it was no surprise to Sheffield United that they were in danger of going down for having a poor GD - and being aware of it, they tried to score more while working for clean sheets. They lost that battle as surely as if they had gone down on points.
Just look at Tottenham, who have the 2nd highest goal total- and the 4th worst defense. For all of their scoring prowess, their GD is a paltry +9.
Finally, please stop the attacks on the people who take their time to contribute something to this community- Michael doesn't get paid to do this, and while you're free to disagree with his opinions, that doesn't give you the right to attck him personally.
Besides, it's not his fault that your team sucks...