Loss against Bournemouth not good for our title aspirations but they’ll be so much twist and turns ahead.
After the weekend’s round of Premier League fixtures were played, anyone of an Arsenal affiliation would have viewed the loss on the south coast as a missed opportunity to stay close to the summit in what will be a captivating season of Premier League football ahead.
That loss would have stung the more when John Stones netted another stoppage time goal for Man City against Wolves on Sunday to seal a come from behind victory, Liverpool also made hard work of beating Chelsea but extended the gap between us later that day, ahead of our mammoth encounter at the Emirates next weekend. Man City were probably 30 seconds from dropping points at the Molineux to a Wolves side that has registered only a point this season, and that tells me that we should be upbeat after that loss, considering the many twists and turns that this campaign will serve up.
We’re only eight games into the PL season and there’ll still be so much to play for between now and May next year, this means that not only will there be opportunities given to us by our rivals to climb the table but also that we’ll have the chance of taking points off our biggest rivals in the race for the crown as well. We can only get better considering the amount of injuries and suspensions we’ll have in the coming games, but first on our list of priorities in the Premier League is a small matter of hosting Liverpool at the Emirates in our next fixture. It is imperative that we come away with something from the game.
Some gooners are already doubting our title chances this season after that loss but believe me, a lot will happen between now and the end of the season, it’s too early to write ourselves off!!!
Confidence levels on a scale of 1 to 10 gooners?
KENNETH BENJAMIN.
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We have traversed this nonsense before and let us Forget about the title. MA is not the answer. Enough is enough.
Your solution being…..
PSV or sporting CP head Coach could be
We’ve lost 1 game in 6 months and all of a sudden the coach is bad.
It’s a good thing we fans don’t get to make decisions for the club
We’ve lost one game and you write us off and the manager! FFS !
It’s up to you to believe that we are in title race. The passage of time has bought no respite only a sense of stagnation as the same issues continue to plague us season after season and this season it’s no exception at All
FP
Interested to hear your views on what you define as stagnation.
3 sendings off in a handful of games is not ideal. 2 deserved and 1 not imo.
The two previous games I believe we were on top and could off taken all 3 point. Weekend defeat was justice for a poor display. Saka out and for all the criticism he get for being over played shows just how integral he is to the team when he is not in the line up.
There’s an old saying
1 swallow doesn’t make a summer
1 defeat doesn’t write off our chances to win the league
Keep the faith
Onwards and upwards
If not the sending offs, there will always be something else just like in the previous seasons.
I have no doubt this season just like the last season, we have a team good enough to win the league.
The only thing holding us back is the Arteta’s decisions.
Hence, I’m having serious doubt in mind as to wether or not we’ll ever win the league with Arteta in charge.
I’ve seen many of these types of optimistic feel-good articles over the past few seasons and they’ve not taken us anywhere.
Exactly twig
I am half glass full person rather then half glass empty
Until he gets us over the line then there is always a doubt hanging over his head and the team
When he moves on and not if but when as that is the cycle of being a manager I live in hope we can lift the league.
20 odd years i have wished the good times back and this team imo is a close as it gets to being able to do that.
Nothing wrong in being optimistic in life
Onwards and upwards
Let’s see where we are after Christmas.
At least this article has some sensible thoughts on our loss rather than all the doom and gloom pessimism that has been written since Saturday.
Yes, but I think a lot of that was because almost everything was over-hyped before the defeat – “Invincibles MkII”, “the best defence”, etc. and numerous articles about how good Arsenal players are (best in the EPL, best in the world!).
It was getting very near in some cases to Arsenal just turning up to claim the title – with everything until May almost being taken for granted by at least some fans judging by posts on JA.
Hopefully, we’re back to reality now and along with that the realisation that a lot of very hard work is going to be needed in the coming months.
We haven’t really been playing well, looks to me like we are on handbrakes . Last season we started with a bang scoring freely 4,5,6 goals in our first 9/ 10 games. What happened to blowing teams up in the opening minutes? Why has Arteta suddenly become extremely Conservative? Yes the season isn’t doomed yet but could end up being one lose too many. I haven’t yet seen as press at all this season and that in itself is worrying.
I’m certainly not writing us off, we’re only 8 matches in and the teams above us don’t look that special. That said, we should not have lost to Bournemouth, even with 10 men and if we lose to Liverpool I might start to worry a bit
Long way to go but my gut feeling tells me that if we don’t get at least six out of the nine points in the upcoming games against Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea we could be playing serious catch up.
If we do not get the nine points out of those 3 games we will fighting for the 4th position.
Of course, one defeat isn’t the end of any club’s title ambitions – every title winner (except one – answers on one side of A4) has lost at least one game.
The problem is that despite not playing well by their high standards, City keep moving on, churning out the wins. Yes, they are narrow and/or last minute in some cases and yes, Haaland hasn’t got his scoring boots on quite as often. However, the old adage that the sign of a good team is when they still win when not playing well is true.
As for Liverpool, they are the surprise package at this early stage. Only a few months ago, it was “Arne who?” – now everyone can see what he’s doing. I recall a post here describing Liverpool as “”wobbly” after they lost to Forest. Well, they’re steadier now. Will it last? Who knows? They’ve got what should be a good test coming up shortly, so we’ll get more evidence then.
I’d be surprised if the title race is down to only a couple of teams come next May. That may, or may not, be good for Arsenal’s chances. I can’t help thinking that our best shot at the title may (stress, may) have been in either of the last two seasons when it was clearly one on one (with City). We’ll see though.
Kenneth Benjamin,
You say that City and Liverpool have not been impressive, in some games that might have been the case. But they still find a way to get the job done.
Please get any notion that Arsenal are going to win the league this season, your only setting yourself up for disappointment.
They had their chance in the last two seasons.
Like it or not, the squad is not good enough to win the league. If your pinning your hopes on the likes of Jesus, Sterling, Kiwior, and the like your sadly mistaken.
And although Havertz has done better than I thought he would, I’m afraid you need a better quality number 9, to challenge for the league.
So get real, and except that this Arsenal team will have its good periods in the season, but when push comes to shove they will falter.
Because that’s what they do under Arteta.
(Just watch the loved up Arteta loveys jump to his defense after my last line).
The old saying goes that common sense is not so common. How can anyone write Arsenal off after just 8 games where moreover we had 3 red cards? Next Sunday we are meeting Liverpool. If we beat them, as I expect, they will be just one point above us. Liverpool is yet to meet Aston Villa and Man City. Man city is yet to meet Tottenham. There are still a lot of twists and turns expected EPL. No sensible person can become despondent at this stage where we still have 30 games to play.
David Rusa,
You mention that only 8 games have been played, well that’s true. But to use the 3 red cards as mitigating circumstances for the 3 games that points were dropped in doesn’t cut it with me.
That comes down to 3 stupid on field decisions by 3 different players. While it doesn’t help, don’t use it as a get out of jail card for them.
And as for your if we beat them, and this team beat them, then were still in with a chance, dream on my friend, save yourself the disappointment and just except that the squad and this manager is just not up to winning the title.
There chance came and went it the past two seasons. (Sadly).