John Barnes has expressed his reservations about Arsenal’s chances of winning the Premier League this season, highlighting concerns amidst the three-horse race involving Manchester City and Liverpool.
While the Gunners have showcased impressive form this term, the consistent performance of the other two teams has raised doubts about Arsenal’s title prospects.
Despite coming close last season and narrowly missing out on the title, Arsenal faces stiff competition from Liverpool and City, who have demonstrated their ability to sustain a title charge in recent seasons. The competitiveness of the league and the formidable form of the other contenders contribute to the uncertainty surrounding Arsenal’s bid for the Premier League title.
After the Gunners defeated Burnley and City dropped points to Chelsea, Liverpool idol, Barnes, said, as quoted by Mirror Football:
“Arsenal were in a better position last year, but I’ve said since the Premier League started: March, April is when you really start to look at who the runners and riders are, because you have teams like Aston Villa and Tottenham who [looked like contenders] six weeks ago.
“When you’re coming into the end of February/March, it’s all about can you just get a result, and Man City are all-conquering, all dominant in that respect. Liverpool, for me, are the closest challengers because there are certain games where Liverpool haven’t played well but have got a result.
“Arsenal have to play well to win and if they don’t play well they may not win, and that is why as much as they’re doing well now I still think it’s between Man City and Liverpool.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We have doubters, and that is completely normal, but it is up to us to change them to believers by winning the league and showing we can make it happen.
Until we do that, people will continue to consider us pretenders in every title race.
To quote the late Mrs Thatcher
‘I (we) don’t take the advice (word( of a failure.’
What we read from JB a good footballer but a failed manager appeared in the Daily Mirror which has its title in Red on its front page,
Red Top newspapers:
Written by jokers for for jokers.
Arsenal havent even gotten up the the level they were last season.
I have seen games this season where we won with out playing well, what matters ia the 3points.
All these pundits are talking down on arsenal chances because we havent won a league title in 20yrs.
They praise liverpool now just because they won just 1 league title in decades.
I pray and hope we break this jinx so that our respect will return and i cant wait to see Thier faces then whenever they talk about Arsenal.
Let John Barnes continues to doubt Arsenal’s Epl title win charge this season as much as he wants to doubt it.
But whatever be the case in the race to win the Epl title this season. And which is increasingly looking to boil down to a three-team title win race between Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City.
But Arsenal who are surmounting every oddity pose to them in the campaign are riding high despite it. And will continue to surmount every oddity in their ways in the campaign that comes against them. And ride highest to stardom to win the league title this season.
And win it to prove John Barnes wrong. And prove him wrong in his doubting of Arsenal to win the title this season.
And which of course Arsenal will win undoubtedly. And put paid to the doubting Thomases doubting them.
Let leave the doubter,all we need to do is to focus on each game played and take each game as a challenge. I believe at the end we will be victorious
Every team in the premier league experience downward moment in the season, arsenal have experience that, and have come out of it, so anyone that underate us is doing it at his own peril
Just a teeny bit of bias by John Barnes
John Barnes, Graham Souness, Jamie Caragher all dimwitted has-beens !