Am I seeing a familiar pattern emerging or tilting at windmills? ..

[Peter]

Hmmm. We are a two man team (Gabriel & Saliba) imo

Well, we rely on our first choice central defensive partnership, yes. Just like any other team.

Would be quite odd to suggest that Timber, Raya, Rice, Saka, Odegaard etc were all merely side characters....

I do think we will come to view this game as significant. Not the end, not even the beginning of the end. But the end of the beginning.

Title race starts here. And we are limping.....

[John Bunnell]

We need the German lad back. It isnt the same without him

Hmmm. We are a two man team (Gabriel & Saliba) imo

[Rich]

Right. Just long enough will do.

I'm sure we do have enough money, although apparently not enough to make anyone set up the striker

Rice tried to be fair. Our ?poacher? just failed to read it.

[Peter]

Right. Just long enough will do.

I'm sure we do have enough money, although apparently not enough to make anyone set up the striker

We need the German lad back. It isnt the same without him

[redgunamo]

Don't worry. We won't be for long.

Wish we could afford some more players.....

Right. Just long enough will do.

I'm sure we do have enough money, although apparently not enough to make anyone set up the striker

[Peter]

Indeed. We actually have little right to be where we are.

Don't worry. We won't be for long.

Wish we could afford some more players.....

[redgunamo]

They say its the hope that kills you.

They're wrong.... it's injuries

Indeed. We actually have little right to be where we are.

[Peter]

I'd hoped you'd be too polite to mention that

They say its the hope that kills you.

They're wrong.... it's injuries

[redgunamo]

True. I suppose the context we need to apply to those stats is that we were ****ing useless last season.

I'd hoped you'd be too polite to mention that

[Peter]

We've earned more points, scored more goals and conceded fewer than after tihe same fixtures last term

It's on

True. I suppose the context we need to apply to those stats is that we were ****ing useless last season.

Odegaard looks like his old self again. That's the good news. Oh, and it seems Trossard was taken off as a precaution

The bad news is... well, pretty much everything else.

Bad day. Best to move on and forget it

[redgunamo]

I don't think fhe first two games have anything to do witg the recent two.

Against Liverpool and city we lacked ambition and creativity. We were ****. That has changed.

These two recent games are about us losing the heart of our defence and being a little unbalanced.

Either way, there is always an excuse

We've earned more points, scored more goals and conceded fewer than after the same fixtures last term

It's on

[redgunamo]

Against top 4 opponents

Liverpool - 1-0 defeat.
Man city - held to draw at home.
Aston Villa - defeat.
Chelsea - held by 10 men.

We're as overrated as we always were - just have a bigger squad of overpriced, permanently injured journeymen.

Arteta out!

We've actually done rather well against the better sides in recent times.

Of course, we DO have a squad of overpriced, permanently injured journeymen. But then, so do most teams.
We do not wish or aim to be Real Madrid; we merely hope to get lucky once in a while and win a league title, same as everybody else.

[Peter]

Against top 4 opponents

Liverpool - 1-0 defeat.
Man city - held to draw at home.
Aston Villa - defeat.
Chelsea - held by 10 men.

We're as overrated as we always were - just have a bigger squad of overpriced, permanently injured journeymen.

Arteta out!

I don't think fhe first two games have anything to do witg the recent two.

Against Liverpool and city we lacked ambition and creativity. We were ****. That has changed.

These two recent games are about us losing the heart of our defence and being a little unbalanced.

Either way, there is always an excuse

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Against top 4 opponents

Liverpool - 1-0 defeat.
Man city - held to draw at home.
Aston Villa - defeat.
Chelsea - held by 10 men.

We're as overrated as we always were - just have a bigger squad of overpriced, permanently injured journeymen.

Arteta out!