Yeah losing a cup final is always horrible of course. But most seemed to think they'd be destroyed yesterday, I actually predicted a Chelsea win because they seem to always win trophies in crisis, but they put in a good spirited performance that suggested the players were still playing for the manager.
True but Chelsea were 11 points ahead of Man. United just before xmas so they've blown a huge lead and have lost all the momentum in last two months. I think they'll draw v Spurs on Weds and lose at Old Trafford and Anfield (maybe a point there if Liverpool don't get their front 3 going again) so going to be tough for them and they also drop points in very winnable games (0-0 at home to Southampton and losing home to Leicester not so long ago).
Why are you still pretending you're being unfairly criticisedI know, but apparently, I'm having a mental breakdown, so all those games could actually be just made up!
Previous results are irrelevant. If yesterday's game was the last day of the season and we needed a win to clinch 4th a draw wouldn't be a good result just because Chelsea and Arsenal did the same.
It's the mid table teams you want to be playing at this stage of the season as they have nothing to play for. I dont image any of the sides being particularly arsed about being the best of the rest. The sides you dont want to play are those fighting relegation or those going for the title/top 4
Why are they? Honest question by the way. I see injuries being a concern but our starting 11 will still be miles ahead of them.
Bookies currently give us around a 30% chance of winning both games (Palace and Southampton). We might do it but it's not going to be easy. Our starting XI isn't 'miles' ahead of Palace with the likes of McTominay and Pereira likely to start.
No, i argued their light home fixtures isnt a big factor because it evens out with having a grueling away fixture list. You would want that the other way around since that means you have already played the majority of your toughest league games and have the easier home reversals to come.
Arsenal are Arsenal at the end of the day. Nothing is a given with them. You know fine well, they will f*** up somewhere down the line. Plus they are also still in the Europa League.
You are changing the balance of the fixtures there to suit your argument. 5 home 5 away is completely different to 9 home, 6 away as Spurs had it at the time. That they lost away to Burnley (who we couldn't beat at home) only strengthens my point.
Im not changing anything, I made an extreme example since the premise could not understood each time i explained it.
I'm completely lost now.
I see that.
A reminder of where this started (January 20th) which you didn't see as any sort of advantage for Spurs.
Nope. You claimed Spurs had a huge advantage because Arsenal was their last "Hard' home game while we had to play Liverpool, Chelsea and City etc at home.
We'll have to agree to disagree. At the time they had 9 home games left and 6 away. Your words were "Its really not a positive in any way", and now "away games is harder then home ties". So you are now basically agreeing with my original point but saying i'm talking nonsense.
No buddy. Home games were being quoted as an advantage because they were easier than their rivals which makes no sense. I'm not agreeing with a word of it. You want your harder games to be at home if you have choice. Going away to Anfield, Etihad and The Bridge will never be an advantage in any capacity.
And still you're ignoring the main point - 9 home games vs 6 away.
They were always in contention,people were more focused on catching Chelsea when they were fourth and we hadnt even passed out Arsenal at that stage.
I had written them off myself. Our game at the Emirates could be decisive.
Has he ever played that well against us?
I wouldnt write Chelsea off just yet either if they get their sh!t together.There's 4 teams fighting it out for 2 CL spots,it could go to the last game.
Thats not an advanatge! Would you swap the two groups of fixtures around? Its an obvious yes and why its nonsense.
Personally I would rather have 3 extra home games every time, particularly if they are against the weaker sides who barely take points away from home.
They dont drop points v bottom sides home or away (Burnley aaccepted)
EDITED POST: I re-read my original post and saw that it would do nothing to draw a line under things so have edited it in the hope that this matter can be finally dropped.Why are you still pretending you're being unfairly criticised
You said Arsenal aren't even in the race for top 4. That's a ludicrous statement. If you said you don't think Arsenal would finish in the top 4, then fair enough. I'd even agree with you, as I reckon United are favourites for 4th with Arsenal least likely.
You have either chosen to disregard this, or you saw one comment out of context of the whole thing and jumped on it. Therefore in an effort to stop this mind-numbing playground spat, I'll just bring you up to date:
Agree have scrapped by in a few, massive week for Spurs also with the games they have.
Yeah, lot can change just in a week for them. They play Arsenal and Chelsea this week. Decent chance they might end up with 1 or 2 points from 2 games.
Just about got enough points on the board already for me to be o.k. I've got them getting a point at Chelsea and beating Arsenal as they tend to do at home nowadays so short lived slump again.
