Other Games 24th - 26th

[Daffydd]

And hang on the do. One nil halftime

[Red October]

Poor play by Sunderland there

[Red October]

Disappointing. Great strike by trossard to be fair. Hoping Sunderland might get a chance before the end.

[Red October]

Come on Sunderland. Hang on now

[justme]

we need to win tomorrow and go second

[sydenham red]

Come on Sunderland. Hang on now

And they did. Great spirit, they'll get a european place if they can keep this up. On another note, Daniel Ballard would be a good replacement for Konate on recent showings.

[Red October]

Hope this can rock arsenal's belief a bit

[sydenham red]

Hope this can rock arsenal's belief a bit

Yup, we could be down to 8th by time we play 2mrw but up to 2nd if we win!!! Do that and Arteta will think about that for 10 days , and if we can beat Forest after the break its the North London derby a day later...............

[Creator Supremes]

Hope this can rock arsenal's belief a bit

Be good if this was the start of them conceding late goals, like with us in the poor run of form.

[Red October]

Yup, we could be down to 8th by time we play 2mrw but up to 2nd if we win!!! Do that and Arteta will think about that for 10 days , and if we can beat Forest after the break its the North London derby a day later...............

At least going into tomorrow the players know that a win will take them to within 5 points which considering where we've been for the past month would be amazing.

[teesred]

At least going into tomorrow the players know that a win will take them to within 5 points which considering where we've been for the past month would be amazing.

Agree. I see it being a draw though to be honest but if we are to stay in touching distance we need the win.
I just don't see any other team being as consistent as Arsenal, as much as I hate to say it.
I really detest everything about Arsenal now.

[Kev0909]

City have the same motivation..... red october

I think whoever wins tomorrow will be the main challenger... a draw only benefits arsenal.

If i was a arsenal fan i'd want city to win because they count on Haaland too much, and he'll get injured or off form at some point, well a draw would be best for them but yeah.

Pretty sure wolves are down, don't agree with Boro's manager edwards jumping sihp to wolves, what's the point?

[Insidious]

And they did. Great spirit, they'll get a european place if they can keep this up. On another note, Daniel Ballard would be a good replacement for Konate on recent showings.

A wonderful result that.

Worst-case-scenario if we lose to Man City we are 8 points off top (which, in practical terms, really isn't all that much worse than 7-points off as both are 3-game swings) whereas if we do manage to get the win, we're somehow just 5 points away (2-game swing) after the alleged #worststartever and can try to stay within reasonable distance through November and December. Had Arsenal won, we'd face the possibility of being 10 points away and a 4-game swing is really, really difficult to reel in. A nice little ray through the clouds this.

Also, much as I typically dislike to see the Mancs picking up points, I think the Man United v Tottenham result is a decent enough one for us as well - both failing to gain any real ground.

[Kev0909]

Pretty sure we don't have to worry about utd and spurs in the long run

Mad currently the 2nd place team only has 20pts after 11 games (Yeah yeah I know plenty of games tomorrow) but still

Noone has had a good start (Well apart from arsenal and sunderland and the following to a lesser extent)- that's why spurs and utd are where they are, and the fact we was that bad we lost to utd

My guess by the 22nd game, will be a gap between Arsenal City and us, no order btw.. and the rest +6 pts, possibly chelsea won't be too far behind.

[Red October]

A wonderful result that.

Worst-case-scenario if we lose to Man City we are 8 points off top (which, in practical terms, really isn't all that much worse than 7-points off as both are 3-game swings) whereas if we do manage to get the win, we're somehow just 5 points away (2-game swing) after the alleged #worststartever and can try to stay within reasonable distance through November and December. Had Arsenal won, we'd face the possibility of being 10 points away and a 4-game swing is really, really difficult to reel in. A nice little ray through the clouds this.

Also, much as I typically dislike to see the Mancs picking up points, I think the Man United v Tottenham result is a decent enough one for us as well - both failing to gain any real ground.

It gives us a chance. If we don't take it well that's down to us.