Wishful thinking
by Vuyo Mataka
Fans optimism is not justified
The hot hand fallacy talks about how having a few successes in a row leads to believing you’ll continue to win. Arsenal are starting to warm up. Arsenal picking up wins after losing to Newcastle has renewed the team’s confidence and has the fans feeling as if Arsenal are unbeatable. It was an impressive win against Lens, however, we should not put high expectations so early. This team has the ability to go far in the Champions League and to win the premier league but can be lost in the blink of an eye.
Arsenal have a good core of young players. They are proving themselves to be a real force, but we are reliant on a handful of players. If the likes of Saka, Odegaard and Rice suffer long term injuries will our good fortune continue? Fixtures are congested during the festive season. Some of the fixtures look favourable but when Brighton and Liverpool come around, it could affect our standings in a major way.
The season is long and we have seen Arsenal lead at this point in time last season. The season was lost at the business end of the season. The league is going well but arsenal have to keep it going and find that next gear when Easter comes around. There is room for Arsenal to improve, we need to find the right signings so that our level does not change, no matter who gets injured. Game changers are needed, especially in the midfield.
The march is on for the title, Arsenal are in the lead but they cannot afford to misstep. It’s easy to imagine the Gunners winning the league after a good run of games, but wishful thinking will be the death of us. We need to accept reality, Arsenal have not won the league in 20 years. The title is not ours until the last game of the season. Keep the energy, keep the level and make history one step at a time.
Vuyo Mataka
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If we lose any EPL game before going to Anfield, we might as well forget EPL and focus on UCL instead
Arsenal failed to win against Spuds/ Chelsea/ Newcastle and our biggest EPL rival is very consistent at scoring goals
Love how the narrative is Arsenal is struggling offensively and Liverpool is firing when Liverpool literally has 1 more goal in the league. Funny old game.
Another great example would be Spurs and Angeball being the epitome of great attacking, 2 goals less than Arsenal. Funny.
Our biggest EPL rival is currently Man City
The fact that we have not won the PL in 20 years is no more of an indicator of whether we will do so this season than the demolition of Lens is for our likelihood of winning the league this season.
we last won the European Inter Cities cup in 1070, that is 53 years ago, so there is no guarantied chance that we will win it this year.
Typo error 1970
We did win the 1994 European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1994 under George Graham. Overall we have underachieved in Europe.
Can a chance be “guaranteed”?
I rather think a “chance” and a “guarantee” are contradictions, dont you?
Sorry no need for repetition of 1994!!!
Bravo Vuyo, for bringing a welcome touch of realism to this site.
One of my personal bugbears is when I read way over the top enthusiasm and then , usually later in the article, , daft ands fantasy predictions s for our team.
As a fan who always chooses realisim over blind hope, over typical football fan bias and OTT articles, I find this article realistic, balanced and therefore a wise and most welcome one!
we need another addition to competed with city, but Arteta is doing good job.