Premier League 2022/23: Race For The Title

[Goonerist]

Lets just take it step by step. Still a lot of games to be played. There’s going to ups and downs, twists and turns like the Everton game.

But it’s in our hands and up to us we are 5 points ahead and a game in hand.

 

[SA Gunner]

Enjoyed this man's analysis.

 

[Mickey Rooney]

We have to win games to win the league. It’s completely in our hands. What United do is irrelevant.

 

[yorch44]

Enjoy the best football animations.

 

[Riou]

Our legends are the main reason we need to win the Prem again...



...they are just better than those of other clubs!

 

[SA Gunner]

The juicy bits are finally here.

 

[Riou]

The Liverpool fan saying "You won't need 90+ points to win the league this season" bitterness at it's best 😅

All the Liverpool fans saying "Liverpool ain't as good, that's why Arsenal are challenging for the title" ...forgetting that when City and Liverpool were fighting it out 2018-2022, Arsenal (United and Chelsea too) were crap really and there was no Saudi Newcastle either.

Teams decline and others improve, that's how the league has always worked ffs.

 

[MikelHadADream]

The Liverpool fan saying "You won't need 90+ points to win the league this season" bitterness at it's best 😅

All the Liverpool fans saying "Liverpool ain't as good, that's why Arsenal are challenging for the title" ...forgetting that when City and Liverpool were fighting it out 2018-2022, Arsenal (United and Chelsea too) were crap really and there was no Saudi Newcastle either.

Teams decline and others improve, that's how the league has always worked ffs.

The season they won it City got 81 points and lost 9 games as well. They conveniently leave that part out.

 

[SA Gunner]

Yes, that Liverpool fan and Gary Neville in particular are both bitter as ****. Neville saying that he believes Arsenal will now win the league because of City's tinkering and situation, winning the league on the last day and it being a "Blackburn like" situation is just bitterness.

You dont hear Neville or that Liverpool fan speak about how City fell apart when Liverpool won the league, and how the rest of the league fell apart when United finished second with 74 points.

Its why I want us to hit 90+ this season, around 95 points would be perfect. I had initially wanted us to break 100 points, but I think that would be too far now.

Hitting 90+ point levels, will send a clear message that this is not just about teams in transition. This is about Arsenal performing as an elite team, based on their own ability.

 

[Riou]

Convinced Neville is saying stuff like..."City's tinkering is why Arsenal will win the league" ...just to purposely troll us a little.

Arsenal fans should just ignore him, tbh...I hated the little **** growing up, definitely don't need his approval for us to win the league.

 

[Riou]

These are the types of ex footballers we should be listening to anyway...



...the ones who can actually pass a ball well and know what they are talking about 👍

 

[jones]

Enjoy the best football animations.

Good grief that's awful

 

[14Henry]

Convinced Neville is saying stuff like..."City's tinkering is why Arsenal will win the league" ...just to purposely troll us a little.

Arsenal fans should just ignore him, tbh...I hated the little **** growing up, definitely don't need his approval for us to win the league.

Hes just a wind up merchant who says things just to get a reaction.

Nevilles biggest hatred and rivalry in his career was against Arsenal. It wasn't Liverpool. It wasn't City. So it's obvious why he would have that chip on his shoulder about us.

Some rivalries are just rivalries because of location. His rivalry with Arsenal was much more than that. It was emotional. And that will always mean more than a stupid club 20 mins up the road.

Hes a dickhead and, just like Keegan said, I hope we win the title and celebrate in front of him Keown v Ruud style.

I know for sure I will probably lose a few friends if we manage to win the league as they will be getting daily reminders for the 365 days we are champions 🤞🤞

 

[TheGreatWright8]

These are the types of ex footballers we should be listening to anyway...



...the ones who can actually pass a ball well and know what they are talking about 👍

The legendary Jay Jay Okocha

 

[Riou]

The legendary Jay Jay Okocha

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

Few months back I posted how we are prone to occasional bad scoring spells but then we usually go back to our best again. Historically end of January and beginning of February are our toughest time of the season. I missed this before which have cost me 95 minutes of watching us suffer on Saturday and few hundred quid I should have won after betting on us losing points. Let's take a look:

22/23

04.02.2023	ENG PR	Everton	1-0	Arsenal
27.01.2023	ENG Cup	Manchester City	1-0	Arsenal

21/22

23.01.2022	ENG PR	Arsenal	0-0	Burnley
20.01.2022	ENG LC	Arsenal	0-2	Liverpool

(after that next game was 10th of February)

20/21

06.02.2021	ENG PR	Aston Villa	1-0	Arsenal
02.02.2021	ENG PR	Wolverhampton	2-1	Arsenal
30.01.2021	ENG PR	Arsenal	0-0	Manchester United

19/20

02.02.2020	ENG PR	Burnley	0-0	Arsenal
27.01.2020	ENG Cup	Bournemouth	1-2	Arsenal
21.01.2020	ENG PR	Chelsea	2-2	Arsenal
18.01.2020	ENG PR	Arsenal	1-1	Sheffield United
11.01.2020	ENG PR	Crystal Palace	1-1	Arsenal

18/19

03.02.2019	ENG PR	Manchester City	3-1	Arsenal
29.01.2019	ENG PR	Arsenal	2-1	Cardiff City
25.01.2019	ENG Cup	Arsenal	1-3	Manchester United

In last 5 seasons on first weekend of February we lost points in 4 out of 4. Ironically our last win was 5-1 against Everton but we still sandwiched this win between losses to Swansea and Tottenham.

Since 2013 we lost at least one game in first two gameweeks in February 9 times out of 10 (only in 2016 we drew against Southampton at home). But we also ALWAYS won in at least one of those two gameweeks and it's been like that since 2000.

So it's 3 points in the bag this weekend.

 

[Riou]

Also the Sp**s fans in that debate is hilarious, keeps bringing up Arsenal choking last season.

Yeah, as them getting 4th last season really made the difference this season 🤣

 

[SA Gunner]

Also the Sp**s fans in that debate is hilarious, keeps bringing up Arsenal choking last season.

Yeah, as them getting 4th last season really made the difference this season 🤣

Its interesting how they complain about injuries being the reason for their form. But us, who suffered injuries last season at the crucial time... choked.

It comes back to the same thing over and over, football fans are biased to the point where they cant even see it anymore.

 

[Riou]

Its interesting how they complain about injuries being the reason for their form. But us, who suffered injuries last season at the crucial time... choked.

It comes back to the same thing over and over, football fans are biased to the point where they cant even see it anymore.

Neville... "Jamie said Fulham were gonna get relegated"

Carragher... "Gary said Zinchenko wasn't a leader"

Like two five year olds, ffs 😅

 

[SA Gunner]

@Riou

To be fair to Gary, he did praise us, calling our football electric and not a clone of City's ball. Thought that was a nice and fair from him. You can listen to that bit around 37:30 onwards.