Gunner89 wrote:Liverpool look pretty decent atm
I have my doubts as to whether that will last. I don't agree with him often but like Mourinho says they are on holiday, played 13 or so less games than us and their next game is in 2 weeks time.
Their strikers are superb and get them out of jail, probably not enough to win them the title though. They still have some tough games to play this season.
Jed wrote:
Jazz,
I'll have you know that I've been in the Wenger Out camp since he dropped Arshavin in the FA Cup semi all those years ago. Have been a bit more on the fence this season after we signed Özil hoping that he may have finally changed so I was more open-minded regarding my stance until that whole Kallstrom debacle took place which sent me back to my default position (in addition to failing to sign a striker). It was a confirmation that nothing really has changed, the old fella has reverted to type and the results have followed very quickly since. Özil was an anamoly.
January is a hard window to do business in, we tried to get Diego Costa but he didn't want to move and most other options were very limited. Chelsea also need a striker but didn't make a move for one.
Kallstrom thing was a joke though, shouldn't of bothered with anyone because we weren't going to get anyone half decent. We fucked up big time in the summer, I think the Ozil thing at the end for me meant I overlooked at it at the time but quite clearly that was a big mistake. Saying that injuries two Theo & Ramsay have been huge blows to the team.
kamikaze wrote:lol so now the people SUPPORTING the team are the kneejerkers?? i dont get it, should people rigidly stick to opinions in spite of contrary evidence? can hardly complain when people are willing to reconsider their opinions.
i think it's a point of pride that most of us got behind the team instead of going on and on about wenger/gazidis. we've had 9 yrs of that and we're all sick of talking about it.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say here? So I'm not supporting the team by not wanting Wenger out?
9 years and no trophies, football fans and demanding their team wins trophies..........It isn't any fans right to win a trophy and it isn't like the club has been actively trying to lose out on trophies has it? Sometimes I wonder if our fans realise whether anything has changed in the past 9 years. Oh yes we've built a £450m stadium that means we won't need to go begging to no billionaires when we are broke. It also let us sign players like Ozil for £42m and will enable us to make further big money signings in the future. I think Jeremy Wilson summed it up best when he said that stadium will help keep us competitive for a generation. I've always looked more long term, 10 years without a trophy I can live with. I'd find it a lot harder if were in the position of say Liverpool/Spurs but without a billionaire backer and FFP about to come in.
Everyone has their criteria of what they want, I wanted us to close the gap to the league leaders and be in a position where we can really go for the title next season. We've closed the gap and had Theo & Ramsay not got injured we wouldn't be 4 points behind right now.
qs! wrote:We look set to go from scraping 4th to just about holding onto 4th. Thats hardly progress.
We're 4 points off top place and 6 points ahead of the team in 5th place, you can twist this to however it suits your views but we are in a far better position than last season when I believe we were 15-20 points off top at this stage of the season. If that isn't progress then I'm not quite sure you know what the meaning of the word is.
qs! wrote:Of course people are going to be happy if we win. Thats the whole point. He'll have to change to win something though.
So you'll happily go from being adamant he should leave now to being happy with him in a couple months time? Why not wait until the season is over before coming to your conclusions, a lot can happen in 10 games. This time last season we hit rock bottom around this point and finished strongly. He had to make big changes then and you're right he'll have to make some big calls now.
