Arsenal have responded to a disappointing spell with victory over Tottenham, yet there remains far more at stake this season.
After back-to-back draws, it appeared that Mikel Arteta’s side might struggle to carry the title race over the line. Questions were raised about their ability to cope with mounting pressure at the decisive stage of the campaign. However, the win against Spurs has restored belief among supporters and shifted the narrative once again. This fluctuation in confidence reflects the rollercoaster nature of their season, one that is likely to continue until the final whistle of the campaign.
A Two-Horse Title Battle
Arsenal and Manchester City have established a clear gap over the rest of the field, turning the contest into a two-horse race. Despite Arsenal dropping valuable points in recent weeks, they remain firmly in contention. City possesses greater experience in navigating run-ins of this magnitude, and it is understandable why many consider them favourites to lift the trophy. Nevertheless, Arsenal cannot be discounted.
With ten league matches remaining, the Gunners aim to replace Liverpool as champions of England. Manchester City, however, are equally determined to prevent that outcome. The margin for error is minimal, and each fixture carries heightened significance.
Key Fixtures Will Define Campaign
Although Arsenal still face high-profile encounters against Chelsea and Manchester City, their most delicate assignments may come against Brighton and Bournemouth. Recent results against Brentford and Wolves exposed a vulnerability against sides many would expect them to defeat. Addressing that inconsistency will be crucial.
If Arsenal can demonstrate renewed authority in those fixtures, it will signal genuine progress. Maintaining composure and delivering consistent performances against teams across the table will ultimately determine whether they have learned from earlier setbacks. The coming weeks promise drama, and Arsenal’s response will reveal whether they possess the resilience required to secure the Premier League crown.
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I guess you could say its showtime now
March 1st Chelsea (H)
March 4th Brighton (A)
March 7th Mansfield (A)
March 10/11th Dortmund/Leverkusen (A)
March 15th Everton (H)
March 17/18th Dormund/Leverkusen (H)
March 22th Man City (Carabao Final)
We have chance of getting dumped out all competitions so no room for complacency. Every match is a cup final.
Agreed. We have to try to win every Prem match now. If we don’t, and then lose to Man City away, they are able to overtake us if they don’t drop points themselves.
We could lose or draw at e.g. Dortmund and recover. But after that it’s a must win every game.
Most crucial game will be carabao cup final the winners will gain so much momentum, whoever wins that will win the league
Is it a 2 horse race? Ever since Carrick took charge of Man Utd, he has won every game except for the draw with West Ham.
I remember us overtaking Man Utd when they had a bigger lead and vice versa in the early Wenger days.
Also, the most important game is the next one.
Chelsea have a strong midfield and good forwards. We have to beat them at the Emirates. Otherwise the effect of the 3 points at the NLD is just nullified out against rivals who are likely to capitalise.
I mentioned this also when Carrick took over, expected them to make a late charge under his leadership. I expect them to overtake Villa for third. But it IS a two horse race – Arsenal and Man City would both need to lose 3-4 games each in the run-in for United to even be in contention.
*3-4 games and draw a few as well
The remaining 10 EPL games are highly significant.
Apart from Burnley, we have not been able to take 6 points from the remaining 9 teams we are yet to play.
Hopefully we can improve our performance and win most of the games left and hope City drop some points too.
Chelsea Draw A – H ?
Brighton Win H – A ?
Everton Win A – H ?
Bournemouth W A – H ?
Man City Draw H – A ?
Newcastle Win A – H ?
Fulham Win A – H ?
West Ham Win H – A ?
Burnley Win A – H ?
Crystal Palace Win H – A ?
Id say Chelsea and BHA away and Man City matches are the most crucial. No matter where we are at the table when we face City, we cant lose it.
Man City away is a proper 6 pointer!
They are all significant
City will win most of their 11 matches
Gyokeres.
Trossard. Eze. Saka.
Rice. Zubimendi.
Hincapie. Gabriel. Saliba. Timber.
Raya.
CHELSEA –
Pedro.
Neto. Enzo. Palmer.
Caicedo. James.
Hato. Chalobah. Tosin. Gusto.
Sanchez.
March is when the business end of the season starts, where you see who will rise to the challenge or crumble under pressure. 7 matches in 22 days in 4 competitions to come.
Best case scenario: Win most of them and we could enter April :
1st in the league with 7 games remaining
QF of Fa Cup
QF of C.League
Champions of EFL cup,
with massive momentum behind us or it could worst case scenario and out of all cup
Whatever game we win or draw, we must not lose to city. It is very important Arteta tells his team of the significance of this game, I hope Gabriel , odegaard , Saka , rice , timber and Gyokeres are fit to play that game.
For me it comes down to attitude. Arsenal need to have the same focus and attitude no matter who the opponent.
If they get that right, more often than not the results will follow. 👍
its funny to see that some fans who thought the title was wrapped up in Nov, Dec are now crumbling under stress and saying we are not good enough to go all the way now.
most true fans said whilst we are leading the race in those months we haven’t won anything yet but we can lose it.
most true fans said we need to be in and around it when March comes. here we are and we are in it
this time of the season it is abouts points on the board and not games in hand. we have points and it is for city to chase us and not for us to chase them
onwards on upwards
alanball08,
Very good post. 👍
Most true fans ?
I’m confused Alan ,which fans are those ,and when did they say that ?
So any fan that didn’t say that ,are not true fans ?
Very confusing post there mate .
Dan Kit,
I think he’s referring to the over the top fans that vote with their heart instead of with their head.
Literally not what he was referring to ….
😂
How do you define “true” in true fan? People that are more emotionally inclined or reactive in nature are not true fans?
Let me unconfuse you MR DK
True fans don’t one minute think the manager is the best thing since slice bread and then when it gets a bit tough condemn and want the manager sacked, payers sold off and express a contempt with the whole set.
Haven’t got a Problem with constructive criticism and even ha e that my self at times but it’s very boring and non productive when it is sheer rants and no grounds or foundation.
Certain fellow posters on here and you know who they are just help there selves.
They post under one name when it’s going ok and post under another and post negativity
Fans who have been around the block in the past 20 plus years and beyond know how it has been. The feeling of losing weekends
Not even being in with a shout of one cup let alone being talked about haveing a. CHance of 4 but knowing everything can come crashing in a week
True fans are embracing the moment rather then doing a dooms day.
Even b4 Sundays win, some had us down to lose. Come on, even in our darkest days we would never say the spuds would win against us
True fans are living the dream right now, embracing the moment and thing each game one at a time
It would be nice to think it will be straight forward but we know there will be a few more twists and turns to the end
I ask this question to you and everyone doubting
Do you want to be in our position or the spuds position because o am more then happy to be where we are compared to them
Hope that helps
Ps
I have noticed your recent positivity and I know you don’t want MA but the bigger picture is the team and not the manager so we’ll done
Onwards and upwards
What !
I still won’t forgive the last 3 draws that we had against Forest, Brentford and Wolves.
They brought City back into the title race with those 3 draws.
It’s even worse when you think of the favourable chances Martinelli missed in 2 of those games.
Was it too much for one to ask for quite an easy ride to the title?
Now we have 10 EPL games that we can’t afford to drop points in any of them.
Fingers crossed, and City get to drop points too and we win most of the games and end up winning the EPL title.
How about when Martinelli helped us get a draw against Man city? It is not good to pick out a single player for criticism when elsewhere that player has contributed positively. Take the recent case of the game against Spurs where Rice lost the ball and Spurs scored! If we had failed to win the game would you always blame Rice for that? Error is human and we should avoid personalising issues
Instead of using not forgive, it would be better to use regret because the team did not set out to get draws. They were forced into those draws.
Who even decides what a “true fan” is? Is there some sort of criteria for supporting a football club? Do you have to buy loads of merchandise, have a season ticket, travel the length and breadth of the country to away games, hate every other club in the league, and leave only positive comments on Just Arsenal?
“true fan” What.A.Joke.
jax
No one is claiming there’s an official checklist handed out at the Emirates that qualifies someone as a “true fan.” That’s not the point.
Supporting a club isn’t about merchandise receipts, season tickets, or pretending everything is perfect. It’s about consistency. It’s about not swinging from “best thing ever” to “burn it all down” the moment we hit a rough patch.
Constructive criticism? Absolutely. That’s part of football. But there’s a difference between analysis and constant doom-mongering. When every setback turns into calls to sack the manager, sell half the squad, and declare the season over — that’s not high standards, that’s emotional overreaction.
No one is gatekeeping support. But let’s not pretend that backing the team through the ups and downs is the same as reacting to every result like it’s the end of the world.
We’ve lived through real barren years. Mid-table mediocrity. No Champions League. Seasons where March meant nothing but pride. Compared to that, being in the title conversation, competing, improving year on year — that’s something to embrace, not constantly undermine.
You don’t have to love the manager. You don’t have to agree with every decision. But constantly predicting failure, especially against Spurs of all teams, says more about mindset than standards.
Being a fan isn’t about blind positivity.
But it’s also not about permanent negativity.
There’s a balance. That’s all that was being said.
If anything’s a joke, it’s pretending that extreme overreactions equal passion.
hope that answers your question of being a joke
Onwards and upwards.
Allanball08, Of course, and I know how passionately you feel about Arsenal, but I find it a weaponizing term, and best avoided.
You could be right on that
I Should of just used fan rather then true fans
👍. Perhaps triggering might have been more appropriate than weaponizing
I think the issue of Man city being experienced finishers is overplayed. Does anyone remember that 2023/24 if Spurs had beaten City we would have won EPL? That season went to the wire and I have a feeling that Spurs went out to lose that game so as to deny Arsenal the trophy! As the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.” That time Spurs was being malicious and ridiculous but since then they have been surviving relegation by a narrow margin! So, to me, Man city are not better finishers by a big margin. Some external factors also worked in their favour. Besides, the Arsenal team of today is much better than the previous teams.
I don’t read too much into crucial and non-crucial matches. All matches carry the same points. So, how are some games more crucial than others? To the contrary, I might say it is better to lose to a bigger team than a smaller one because it would be no surprise. If Arsenal wins 7 of the remaining 10 games and draw two others, they will be crowned champions. So, the team need to brace themselves for this tough time.
Maybe. I don’t think you can look at history as any real guide here, despite the superstitions/ideas that Arsenal are inherent bottlers and Man City have some magical gift for finishing well.
Man City were struggling in defense and looked unlikely to be able to mount a convincing challenge to us, until they bought Guehi in January, and added Semenyo who has integrated well.
Now they look plenty strong enough to win it all, if they stay free of significant injuries.
getting over the line 6 in the last 7 seasons compared to our 0 is quite a big margain?
The most crucial match is the next one. No point speculating about how we might do in certain games, so many factors can affect the result on the day. Boring I know but just concentrate on the next game.
Marty,
I agree with you on this. 👍
In recent weeks refs who officiated Arsenal games are next appointed to ref City’s games. Bankes today at Leeds and England on Wednesday v Forest. Not cool.
Ambachew,
What’s wrong with that.
no Halland peeps
🙏
It might be one of those small margins….
🙏
Oh, Semenyo. 😠