Back in the race? I hope so!
With each game that is on the horizon, especially the big games we play, I don’t know about you Gooners but more often than not I opt to stay away from watching and listening to any of the build-up.
‘Why’ you may ask, well sometimes it is nerves and sometimes it is superstitions and sometimes I just don’t want to hear them talk about anything that hasn’t happened yet!
For the Arsenal v Liverpool game it was pretty much the same.
I stayed away from as much of the build-up as I could but there were whispers I could hear of “if Arsenal lose then it will be an eight point gap and one that would be very hard to close down” but I also heard, maybe not as much but still I heard, “if Arsenal win it will cut the gap to two” but in all honestly nobody really believed we would win so it was more of the talk of WHEN not IF Arsenal lose coming out from a lot of the commentators, papers, social media, and pundits mouths.
In effect if we lost we would be classed as being out of the title race yet nobody yet is out of the title race just Arsenal!
But I don’t need to remind everyone what happened last season do I?
After leading the table for so long we had some big leads over our rivals and if I remember rightly, we had an eight point gap at one point and of course Manchester City fought back, closed the gap ,and even surpassed us to win the league. We are not stupid we know it is a long season and there are going to be lots of twists and turns but anything is possible and unless a team has a major major lead, talking 20-30 point gap in the table ahead of all the rest, the title is anyones, and as long as you stay in the hunt you have every chance to win it!
And I for one will not give up hope that we are still in this title race no matter what may come in the rest of the games and whatever will be will be!
Gooners what do you think after beating Liverpool about our chances on the league title once more?
Shenel Osman
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Of course. Well, for this week anyway.
With our fickle fanbase it will be another dose of opinionated doom with the next adverse result.
Ironic, that Arsenal Women had an unexpected reverse at the weekend and the noise has gone from “here comes the title” to sack the manager and goalkeeper in the space of 24 hours.
We are in the mix. The title RACE, starts in April. Between the teams that are in with a shout then. At the moment it is just jostling. The real stuff starts, when the heat is turned up a notch and separates the men from the boys.
I agree 100%. 👍
I don’t believe we can’t win but I believe for now Arteta hasn’t got All he needed for the job. He is getting there. The board and officials are doing things that is making me happy unlike Wenger’s suffering era. If we win it , I’ll be so glad and if not , I think we can sack unfit soldiers and fix our tittle recruit capable ones during transfer. After all we just need few replacement , then we can grab it.
The pundits are always against Arsenal.
We have a big chance. The key thing is to win a lot of matches and avoid any slip ups especially against Man City, United and Spurs
Arsenal are in the title race before and after we play Liverpool. I believe in this team. I’m Expecting trophy this season
After Sunday’s result, Arsenal are right into the title conversation. But if we had lost it, realistically we would be out. The gap at the top would have been 8 points behind Liverpool and potentially 6 behind City. Those two are not going to drop many points in the coming months.
But with the gap at 2 and potentially 3 from those two, we could be ready to pounce on any slip-up. But we must also be ready not to drop points easily.
That situation is now hypothetical but I disagree with this way of looking at these things. Of course, it would have been more difficult but the games still have to be played.
David
I think that hope is part of how we look at the weeks ahead. The win against Liverpool should also give hope to the players that they can overcome the points deficit
I understand CorporateMan’s view that being 8 points behind Liverpool would probably wreck our title chances and that is not taking into account the strength that city possess. It’s like the rocket boosters are igniting for them right now.