Arsenals chances of a top 4 finish this season

I made a bit of money by backing the Gooners to finish top 4 when they were struggling last year (in fact I needed them to come 3rd) - at the moment they are still odds on for a top4 finish but will monitor the odds to see if a similar slide occurs
 
I made a bit of money by backing the Gooners to finish top 4 when they were struggling last year (in fact I needed them to come 3rd) - at the moment they are still odds on for a top4 finish but will monitor the odds to see if a similar slide occurs
I've made money on that every year since 2006 (pays for the bet on winning the league if it doesn't get laid off first).
 
I've made money on that every year since 2006 (pays for the bet on winning the league if it doesn't get laid off first).

Shame you had to ruin it with the pointless bet on winning the league ;)

Interesting to see your fans making some of the same demands as ours on the ticketing side - get rid of the AutoCupScheme, move Away fans etc
 
Financially it makes sense that qualifying for the CL is more important than winning the FA Cup.

But why can't Arsenal win the last two trophies? It seems they are only capable of doing one.
 
Wenger: "A new player doesn't want to know if you've won League Cup."

In today's game that is a fair point. Playing in the CL is all-important.
 
Yep, that's the reason I come onto this board.

Apparently we were going to bottle it in 2010 when we had Arsenal, Chelsea, Man utd and Man City to qualify for 4th. Apparently we were going to bottle it when we got into the CL. Its such a stupid term and means almost nothing. We apparently bottled it last season. We barely even spent that long in the top 4 places and spent most of the season competing with a club that had spent more on a leftback (now reserve) than we have ever spent on a player.

I'm not celebrating anything. In the 5-1 game against Arsenal, I nearly had a heart attack when they scored their goal because even at 4-1, I thought here we go again.

But for most of the past few decades, we haven't 'bottled it'. We've just been shit. One of the most overused and meaningless phrases on this board.


Lol again.

How many times has this thread been bumped now?

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The state of Spurs' bad habit of conceding late goals is summed up in a table from our friends at Infostrada Sports which shows what the table would look like if games ended on 80 minutes.

Andre Villas-Boas's side would be top on 34 points, ahead of Manchester United and Manchester City.
 
Spurs concede late goals.. we score late goals..
what the feck went wrong at OT then?
 
4 points between 4th & 10th.
 
It will be close between Arsenal and Spurs I think.

If it wasn't for the Monreal signing I would have said Spurs would edge it, but Arsenal have better firepower and are probably just about steady enough at the back.
 
The North London Derby is in three weekends time, after our cup game v Blackburn and a home game v Villa whilst Spurs travel to West Ham. I would hope we could narrow the gap down to maybe 2 points and then the derby would be massive.
 
Spurs seem to lose their head in the derby, I don't think it will be the decisive game for 4th spot. I think Spurs might lose that game but still go on to clinch the CL spot.
 
We need Spurs just to draw once and then it's in our hands. They've still got Man City at home, Chelsea away, Stoke away, all of this. I think they've still got to go to Wigan at the peak point of their revival.
 
Everton won't stay the pace, but it's not just between Spurs and Arsenal.

A top 4 finish for Chelsea is far from secure. And City must be very demoralised right now, so if they were to have another couple of blips then they too could easily be drawn into the dogfight.
 
We need Spurs just to draw once and then it's in our hands. They've still got Man City at home, Chelsea away, Stoke away, all of this. I think they've still got to go to Wigan at the peak point of their revival.

Yeah playing Wigan during the last 6-7 games of the season is like playing Barça at times! :lol:
 
Everton won't stay the pace, but it's not just between Spurs and Arsenal.

A top 4 finish for Chelsea is far from secure. And City must be very demoralised right now, so if they were to have another couple of blips then they too could easily be drawn into the dogfight.

I think it's pretty unlikely that both Spurs and Arsenal will make it, and also pretty unlikely that either scouse club will be in the mix.
 
I don't see Arsenal finishing in Top 4 this season. Last season they had van Persie. This year, they seem to be struggling for goals.
 
I don't see Arsenal finishing in Top 4 this season. Last season they had van Persie. This year, they seem to be struggling for goals.

Don't really think that is true.
They've scored a decent amount this season.
But Chelsea are stronger and Spurs are up there too.. It wont be easy.