I knew Sunderland would beat Utd.
Ive got Villa to beat us tomorrow as well
How'd that second one work out for you
Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [12th - 16th February 2016]
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How'd that second one work out for you
I don't think so, I think they have enough in the team to just about take this. I think Leicester will fall away in the last 5 or 6 games. If they do bottle it, there can only be one answer. As I say though I don't think it will be an issue as the pressure starts to build and they have to dig deeper within the squads, then I can't see Arsenal blowing this.
Not long a go you wanted Poch and Levy out?
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Fickle fan he is. one minute he wants him gone, next minute his the best manager in the league..
Looool
I think for Leicester it's more a question of can they keep everyone fit.
Like how Leicester were going to fade away at Christmas? Then the end of January, then the beginning of Feb?
the source where i said that ( if you're referring to the quote was it pigeonkiller found ) has never been unearthed, however, i imagine it's when we were still playing mason and bentaleb as a our cm paiting
poch has had the insight to get dembele being consistent and dier as a defensive shield ( not conceded more than 2 in a game, somethings working ) and also made alli a starter
i'm allowed to change my opinion if a manager changes things for the better
Would you prefer he say he has no belief in his team? Some manager you'd be mate
No I'd prefer he just shut up and get on with trying to win the league
.Yeh just like a player who dives and should be booked for simulation but rather gets a penalty out of it
. Listen cm I'm an arsenal fan and I loathe you lot, it's really as simple as that. I could never stomach the thought of u lot winning the title and I'm hoping it all comes crashing down soon. Last night should have been a draw but luckily clattenburg gave you a penalty that never was.
As for Poch?? I happen to think he's a bloody good manager in all honesty, I don't think he's a great manager yet. I've said it before in here that he's done an immense job this yr at Spurs. Made easier with the fact that both Chelsea and Utd have been utter rubbish this season despite what u might think of the season so far.
If Arsenal bottle this, they probably will as we still have tough games against u and Utd then I hope and pray that either Leicester or City win the title. Not bothered out of those 2 but not Spurs.
I'd be happy with whoever win it. I like Wenger but if he fluffs this and they keep him you might as well give up. It would be a fairy tale for Leicester and if they don't win it smr can go back to never posting about football again
I don't care what they say when you have done this well it will hurt not to win it and get knocked out of the champions league in round 1.
But I too am leaning towards wanting Spurs to win it. If Spurs won it and Arsenal fluffed this great chance I still don't think they would have the balls to move on from Wenger. If he does win it he should retire on a high.
haha, I'll bite - to be fair I've got about 4 best friend's in a whatsapp group whom I grew up with and they all love football, best mates an Arsenal fan, another sort of Liverpool fan and then we've got two Leicester fans and myself a lifelong Leicester fan. Only one or two of them watch F1 as casual fans but nothing as avid as myself so all we talk about is football football football, hence I've never really felt like or needed any desire to talk about it here. I'm not gonna come on here and talk about a defeat to Brighton in the Championship on a rainy day away.. but I'm that happy at the moment that I just need more of an outlet to share it at and this place is decent.
As a life long fan I know all too well that this could be the only chance of a top 4 finish I'll ever see so I will lap it up!
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I don't understand this logic. How have Man Utd and Chelsea made Poch's job easier?
Man Utd have lost to Arsenal, drawn with Leicester, Man City and beat Spurs
Chelsea have beat Arsenal, drawn with Spurs and lost to Leicester and City
Leicester - 4 pts
Man City - 4 pts
Arsenal - 3 pts
Spurs - 1 pt
If anything they've made it harder?
Like how Leicester were going to fade away at Christmas? Then the end of January, then the beginning of Feb?
That's what others thought. Not what I think. Liverpool didn't choke until the end either. The pressure will mount and I think with a few to go they will really start dropping points.
What pressure? Even if they lost every single game between now and the end of the season they'll still have massively exceeded any expectations they had coming into the season.
Because usually United, Chelsea and City would be doing way better than they are this season. You would be in 5th place instead of 2nd and thats pretty much where Spurs usually are.
In the 13/14 season
Chelsea 60pts
Arsenal 59
City 57
Liverpool 56
Spurs 50
Thats after 27 games apart from city which is after 26.
So even if you win your next game you would still be in 5th place in that season and only 4 pts better off than you were then.
Spurs are doing well this season but you can't say that Chelsea and United being **** isn't doing you a favour league position wise.
good grief
That has nothing to do with the pressure that will mount when they get within touching distance of a title. You really think they won't feel it just because it wasn't expected? So a snooker player that get's to the final who wasn't expected also feels no pressure because he wasn't expected to get there and has over achieved?
What about the smaller clubs that never expected to get to a cup final and then choke at the final hurdle?
Of course they have already exceeded expectations but it's laughable to suggest that pressure won't build.
Your post made me wonder just how this season compares not just to a season or 2 ago but since the beginning of the PL.
At the rate Leicester are going, they're going to end the season with 77 points which would be the lowest winners total since 1997 (Utd with 75 points) and the 3rd lowest total in PL history (the other season being Utd in 93 when they got 84 points over 42 games which works out at 76 over 38 games). No winner has ended up with less than 80 points in 17 years.
The question is has the quality of the top sides dropped or has the overall competitiveness of the league increased?
I think it's a bit of both. The ever increasing TV money that the PL attracts has allowed even the smallest PL clubs to pick off the best of the rest players that would have ended up joining 3rd-5th place sides in Italy, Germany and Spain. Yet at the top of the table over the last 5-6 years, despite the extra money, the big PL sides are finding it harder and harder to attract or keep the best players away from Real, Barca, Bayern and PSG. I also think the standard of managers at the big PL sides has been on the decline since '09/10 - Klopp, Guardiola and possibly Simeone in the PL next season may rectify that.
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