SimplyThePest We've been saying that since November though and they haven't. I think they are just a really good side riding a tremendous season from their best player and also getting almost every 50/50 decision and injury luck to go their way. They can both be very good and really lucky unfortunately- they aren't mutually exclusive this season. The xG difference table is quite stunning right now. I think they are almost double the second place team, which I believe is us. That doesn't happen just by luck.

      • naz

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      samthegooner I didn't say they're not a good side - they are. Even so, you still need things to go your way, e.g. major competitor A being ravaged by injuries and questionable refereeing decisions and major competitor B having a spell off the PEDs (lol).

      That said, if they canter to the title with 90+ points, there isn't much to be said other than fair play.

          samthegooner We've been saying that since November though and they haven't.

          There's still time. I know it doesn't seem likely now, but as Simply says, it happened to us two seasons ago. It happened to Liverpool (and quite brutally) last season, which is something everyone seems to have forgotten in rushing to crown them champions in February - although I do also think the fact it happened to them last season may prevent a recurrence this time around.

          But yeah... If they get to 92 points, there's not much we can say about that.

            SimplyThePest I think part of the frustration for me is Arteta and Arsenal need to get a 90 point season that's what we've needed to target on at least a couple of occasions because if you deliver that you would be incredibly unlucky even in the City era not to pick up a trophy. As good as we've been we haven't been able to achieve that yet

                Wow. Really thought I'd see at least a tenuous deadline day link posted here over the last couple of hours.

                awooga83 I hear ya, man. Look, our points per game is trending up. We were tracking for low-mid 70s not long ago. We're tracking for about 80 now. We've just got to keep the pressure on.

                  TambourineMan Personally I could not care less about the Carabao Cup. But since we don't have a match for a week and a half after it, hopefully we go for it just for the impact that overcoming a 0-2 first leg would have on top of this weekend's win. I care more about continuing momentum than I do about winning a second rate trophy but that may just be me.

                    Do away goals count in carabao cup?

                    • MistaT

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                    Manchester United refused to pay the £5m (€6m) loan fee Bayern demanded for Mathys Tel

                    May also have been why we didn't bite. That's a hefty fee for a player who might not even break into our starting XI. Boys will get some good rest after Wednesday and can come back fresh.

                    • Tam

                    • Post #1333

                    Fulham are looking to re-sign Willian.

                    I first read that on the Sky Sports transfer programme, there it was badged as Willian returning to one of his old clubs. Nearly had a heart attack.

                    pay the aaking price for isak in the summe. job done