Chavs at home

[Theoperator]

Mourinho has dropped cashley after he was at our club Xmas party this week.

Is that called tapping up

Cole is coming

[SteveO 35]

Mourinho has dropped cashley after he was at our club Xmas party this week.

That's disappointing, inviting the opposition -they should taken him out back and given him a fucking good kicking lol

Once he gets completely past it i.e. Silvestre stage of his career, Lord Wenger will welcome him back as a free transfer claiming that he was 'always an Arsenal boy' and we'll see the return of

[Perryashburtongroves]

2-0 to us.

[BournemouthRED]

gutted i can't go to this

think we will win, theo to score

[1989]

Cashley has been dropped for weeks now

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Please please please can we beat these bearded clams

[p206ab]

Now with Scousers and Citeh win we are already third. If bad things happen tomorrow we are at our glorious forth.

But I'm pretty confident that we will win. Chavs are not in form, if we keep Hazard under control they will not be dangerous. I think Podolski return is a boost, even if he will play only last 20 min, the time when Mourinho will order to make a wall in the back and Poldi is the one who knows how to score from outside the box. This and his connection with Özil from national squad matches.

[g88ner]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

[northbank123]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

And that is a massive problem for us - modern Arsenal don't do minor blips, our fuck-ups tend to be catastrophic. If we fail to win tomorrow we will have squandered that brilliant position we were in (as well as managing to all-but guarantee ourselves another last 16 CL exit along the way). So it amazes me when I see people talking as though our 7-point lead over United is in some way unassailable, we are more than capable of blowing that sort of lead in one dreadful month alone.

[g88ner]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

And that is a massive problem for us - modern Arsenal don't do minor blips, our fuck-ups tend to be catastrophic. If we fail to win tomorrow we will have squandered that brilliant position we were in (as well as managing to all-but guarantee ourselves another last 16 CL exit along the way). So it amazes me when I see people talking as though our 7-point lead over United is in some way unassailable, we are more than capable of blowing that sort of lead in one dreadful month alone.

In fairness, 2 games (1 draw, 1 defeat) isn't the end of the world... it just shows how tight the league is at the moment.

Not saying it won't turn into a catastrophe by the start of January mind! - and yes, United aren't that find behind us. I still fancy them to catch us by May.

[SteveO 35]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

The only madness is the level of surprise people are showing over something that was so predictable weeks ago. 7 points clear being a quirk of the fixture list? Never

Apparently I was being stubborn and ridiculously conservative when I said we'd still be scrapping for 4th but I fully expect Everton to beat Swansea.....so if Lord Wenger continues his mightily impressive winless run against Moaninho we'll be 4th at Christmas, one point above 5th place

Stunning progress

[g88ner]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

The only madness is the level of surprise people are showing over something that was so predictable weeks ago. 7 points clear being a quirk of the fixture list? Never

Apparently I was being stubborn and ridiculously conservative when I said we'd still be scrapping for 4th but I fully expect Everton to beat Swansea.....so if Lord Wenger continues his mightily impressive winless run against Moaninho we'll be 4th at Christmas, one point above 5th place

Stunning progress

What surprise? - we drew with Everton and lost at Citeh. People are disappointed but it's hardly a shock to anyone.

I also don't think many people think (or ever did think) that finishing 4th is anything other than realistic, so I wouldn't paint yourself as some sort of radical thinker when it's basically what 90% of others have said.

The main difference is that, for many, there has been progress in 2013. I stand by that.... 2011 and 2012 were awful. Who know's what 2014 will bring, but 2013 has been far less shit that the years that proceeded it. That's always been my argument... and, in truth, I'm not sure many people have tipped us for the title, so I think that view is something of a myth and used only to belittle those of us who show a little optimism.

[SteveO 35]

It's crazy to think we were 10 minutes away from a 7 point lead against Everton.... now 100 minutes or so of Arsenal's league season later and we're in danger of dropping to 4th!

Madness.

The only madness is the level of surprise people are showing over something that was so predictable weeks ago. 7 points clear being a quirk of the fixture list? Never

Apparently I was being stubborn and ridiculously conservative when I said we'd still be scrapping for 4th but I fully expect Everton to beat Swansea.....so if Lord Wenger continues his mightily impressive winless run against Moaninho we'll be 4th at Christmas, one point above 5th place

Stunning progress

What surprise? - we drew with Everton and lost at Citeh. People are disappointed but it's hardly a shock to anyone.

I also don't think many people think (or ever did think) that finishing 4th is anything other than realistic, so I wouldn't paint yourself as some sort of radical thinker when it's basically what 90% of others have said.

The main difference is that, for many, there has been progress in 2013. I stand by that.... 2011 and 2012 were awful. Who know's what 2014 will bring, but 2013 has been far less shit that the years that proceeded it. That's always been my argument... and, in truth, I'm not sure many people have tipped us for the title, so I think that view is something of a myth and used only to belittle those of us who show a little optimism.

No tangible progress my friend. Come on now and allow yourself to look back over the past few months. The Ozil signing has generally lifted (falsely in my view) a lot of the previous doomers into thinking this is the start of some big spending revolution and that we were genuine title contenders. Maybe not you, but nor do I accept that a few weeks ago 90% of fans thought we'd be finishing 4th.....far far from it.

If we are 4th at Christmas, one point above Everton, out of the League Cup (like last year) and 2nd in the CL Group with the prospect of another Munich stuffing (like last year).......I'm sorry that all speaks for itself. We spent £42m on one player in a position we didn't need......some players have progressed e.g. Ramsey, some have regressed e.g. Wilshere.

We generally defend better against the average teams and have been more consistent picking up results against them. We still can't beat United, Chelsea or City and we still look wide open in the big games

Fail to see how much has changed other than that, and my view is consistent with what it was when we were on the verge of taking a 7 point lead

If the footballing calendar was January - November and excluded the hardest games we'd be champions

[Henry Norris 1913]

when those chavvy *word censored* in the away end start singing about their european cup we should respond with: have you ever gone unbeaten in the league (there were ten tottenham points in the gap) instead of just singing shit club no history as usual. gets on my nerves we don't bother singing about that

[Dan_85]

4th place beckons...