Has the Spuds ship sailed?

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Will we catch the Scum?

Yes
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17%
No
44
83%
 
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Herd
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STOP IT YOUR EMBARRASSING US

Post by Herd »

Quit droning on and on about them,they've won nothing, so take fuck all for granted.
They have a long and distinguished history of doing fuck all .

I never watch them or care about them and they don't show up on my radar and they shouldn't yours either.
Stop whining and develop some backbone you bunch of cyber geeks

Oh yea Happy New year all !

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Post by SteveO 35 »

I think most sane people called this weeks ago. We aren't going to catch them. Here's another one - we aren't going to catch Chelsea either once they've made the 2 or 3 signings they need to steady the ship.

And to anyone still daft enough to think Spurs will just collapse, here's five reasons why they won't:

Bale-Parker-Modric-Van Der Vaart-Lennon

If not the best midfield in the League then certainly only 2nd to City's first choice selection.

Compare that to our line-up (admittedly without Wilshere but that's the reality)

Adebayor gets injured - not a problem put in Defoe or Pavlyuchenko - two international class strikers. RvP gets injured once TH12 has returned to NY and we have the Camel and Super Quality.

Contrary to the belief that they've been lucky with injuries, for most of the season they have had Dawson, Gallas and King all unavailable to CB and have been getting by with Kaboul and Bassong. They have 3 reasonable keepers too. We have 1 good one and 3 utter *word censored*

This isn't the Spurs of old. Arsenal have become the Spurs of old; reliant on one or two star numbers and when they're out, reduced to Europa League contenders with the odd cup run.

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SteveO 35 wrote:I think most sane people called this weeks ago. We aren't going to catch them. Here's another one - we aren't going to catch Chelsea either once they've made the 2 or 3 signings they need to steady the ship.

And to anyone still daft enough to think Spurs will just collapse, here's five reasons why they won't:

Bale-Parker-Modric-Van Der Vaart-Lennon

If not the best midfield in the League then certainly only 2nd to City's first choice selection.

Compare that to our line-up (admittedly without Wilshere but that's the reality)

Adebayor gets injured - not a problem put in Defoe or Pavlyuchenko - two international class strikers. RvP gets injured once TH12 has returned to NY and we have the Camel and Super Quality.

Contrary to the belief that they've been lucky with injuries, for most of the season they have had Dawson, Gallas and King all unavailable to CB and have been getting by with Kaboul and Bassong. They have 3 reasonable keepers too. We have 1 good one and 3 utter c**ts

This isn't the Spurs of old. Arsenal have become the Spurs of old; reliant on one or two star numbers and when they're out, reduced to Europa League contenders with the odd cup run.
Spot on SteveO

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Post by Percy Dalton »

Really not concerned if we catch them or not. Our own position is more relevant!

Yep they will chuck some shit our way but let's face it we have more than enough to come back with.

8)

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We should concentrate on our matches not think about what they are up to.

being worried about Spurs is having the same mindest that their supporters have had for the past 25 years.

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Post by TeeCee »

It doesn't matter what Spuds do from now on, Arsenal are NOT good enough to close that gap from now till the end of the season, we will lose at least another 4 games yet, that will be at least 10 for the season which will definitely mean finishing outside the top 4. So it doesn't really matter what Spuds do to be honest......except that there IS a chance they could win the title. :roll:

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Post by donaldo »

Maybe when we dont finish above them this season the Wenger loyalists will finally realise what some of us on here have been saying for the last few years that Wenger is no longer a manager to take us any further than a 4th place finish every season(and even that is doubtful this season).

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donaldo wrote:Maybe when we dont finish above them this season the Wenger loyalists will finally realise what some of us on here have been saying for the last few years that Wenger is no longer a manager to take us any further than a 4th place finish every season(and even that is doubtful this season).
Even 4th place isnt good enough anymore

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Post by rigsby »

Why are people so obsessed with the Scum? Fucking hell who gives a shit.

We've done them 15 years, its bound to happen at some stage. I'm sure many of us have been alive during periods where they were above us. We'll see what they've got with the run of games they have coming up soon.

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Post by brazilianGOONER »

i actually don't think their squad is that good - injuries to the likes of bale, modric, van der fart and lennon and they're fucked in my opinion.

FOYS :barscarf:

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brazilianGOONER wrote:i actually don't think their squad is that good - injuries to the likes of bale, modric, van der fart and lennon and they're fucked in my opinion.

FOYS :barscarf:
Injuries to any clubs 4 best players will fuck them over, of course!!!

They might have a marginally better squad than us this season but even if they dont they are playing as a team which in the past has been our forte. More often than not a team that might have inferior players but work well to a set style and work their bollocks off for eachother and a manager they respect can out do better teams see Copenhagen 1994 and even the 1988-1989 season Liverpool had a great team that season Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge, Rush up front McMahon, a good keeper, good defence but we did them and im genuinely woried about them winning the league this season.

No disrespect to you bG over in your favella :wink: but you dont know what scum fans are like they are the biggest *word censored* ive ever known and my life here at work will be hell if they win the league :suicide:

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Post by SteveO 35 »

rigsby wrote:Why are people so obsessed with the Scum? Fucking hell who gives a shit.

We've done them 15 years, its bound to happen at some stage. I'm sure many of us have been alive during periods where they were above us. We'll see what they've got with the run of games they have coming up soon.
People are concerned rather than obessed and does it really need to be pointed out why.......yeah? OK then, how about this:

Up until recently there were 2 teams who consistently finished above us - United and Chelsea, and it was left to us and Liverpool to worry about 3rd and 4th. Then City came alone with their mega millions and so it seemed there would logically be 3 teams above us i.e. there is one spot left up for grabs for us, the Spuds and the Mickeys to fight over

So just like any other 'rival' club for a CL spot we should be looking at what they are doing. The fact they are now 9 points clear in January which will open to 12 come 4pm Sunday, is slightly fucking concerning don't you think. Even more so when our gormless manager thinks the sole answer is signing a 34 year old on loan for two months and is unwilling ever to play more than one striker in a match

Spuds and the Mickeys are the two teams we should be "obsessed with" regardless of whether they are local rivals or not. By rights we should be unable to compete with Chelsea and City on a resources basis, and whilst United are run properly they are a richer club.

The Spuds and the Mickeys have smaller grounds and less resources - they should be the teams we finish above and secure a bare minimum of 4th. So to see us 9 points behind one of them is slightly concerning don't you think ?

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Post by Red Member »

to be honest even IF we do finish below Spurs this season I think Wenger deserves some credit for being in charge of a team which has been able to finish above Spurs for 15 seasons in a row. That is quite an achievement.

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Red Member wrote:to be honest even IF we do finish below Spurs this season I think Wenger deserves some credit for being in charge of a team which has been able to finish above Spurs for 15 seasons in a row. That is quite an achievement.
:fishing:

WUM *word censored* :roll: Half of those years sp*rs have been hovering around the relegation places you idiot. Its not like we have been in a 2 horse race for the championship and have beaten them everytime :roll: moron

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flash gunner wrote:
Red Member wrote:to be honest even IF we do finish below Spurs this season I think Wenger deserves some credit for being in charge of a team which has been able to finish above Spurs for 15 seasons in a row. That is quite an achievement.
:fishing:

WUM c**t :roll: Half of those years sp*rs have been hovering around the relegation places you idiot. Its not like we have been in a 2 horse race for the championship and have beaten them everytime :roll: moron
what has that got to do with anything? we still beat them

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