Rival Watch

Table as it stands:

1. Chelsea - Pl 24 56
2. Man City - Pl 24 49
3. Southampton - Pl 24 45
4. Arsenal - Pl 25 45
5. Man Utd - Pl 24 44
6. Spurs - Pl 25 43
7. Liverpool - Pl 25 42

Starting to get really tight now.

1 City loss and race for 2 will truly be on. As will the end of the title 'race'.

The only positive we have is that we have lesser big games left. The negative is that OT away 6 pointer towards the end.

Right now, my main fear is that injuries will be our downfall. You just know we won't keep all our key players fit.

That's why I never bought into the 'our injured are returning now' crap. It only means the currently returning ones will be replaced by others.

United and City won, but Soton only drew today.

2 Manchester City 52
3 Manchester United 47
4 Southampton 46
5 Arsenal 45
6 Tottenham Hotspur 43
7 Liverpool 42
8 West Ham United 38

Palace vs Arsenal
Swansea vs Man Utd
Man City vs Newcastle
Spurs vs West Ham
Soton vs Liverpool

Next matchday is very interesting. Swansea at the Liberty will be a tough match up for United. Likewise Palace at home are a hard visit for you guys. Us at St. Mary's is gonna be the biggest one. It's a must win for us. West Ham already took points off United and Soton. Hopefully Big Sam continues with his 1950s tactics and does us all some more favors. As far City and Newcastle, I can't see City not destroying the barcodes.

A lot can happen between now and the next matchday. Let's wait a bit before we discuss those matches

Swansea are in absolute shower of shite form.

At least Siggurdson will be back from suspension...my god Gomis is awful.

Really need them to not lose next match-day.

El Gunner wrote:A lot can happen between now and the next matchday. Let's wait a bit before we discuss those matches

Updated:
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CHELSEA 1st 59pts
Home (7 ) : Everton, Burnley, Southampton, Stoke City, Manchester United, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Sunderland
Away (6)  : Leicester City, West Ham United, Hull City, Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion

=> I think it is safe to say that they have the title wrapped up. At the very least, they have one hand on the title already.
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MAN CITY 2nd 52pts
Home (7)  : Newcastle, Leicester, West Bromwich, West Ham, Aston Villa, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton
Away (6) : Stoke City, Liverpool, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City

=> No tough home games really. Second half goals ruined Stoke.
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MAN UTD 3rd 47pts
Home (6 ) : Burnley, Sunderland, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal
Away (7)  : Swansea, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton, Crystal Palace, Hull City

=> Not too easy, that. Last home game against Arsenal would be a 6 pointer in all likelihood. Smalling bracee and RVP penalty = Burnt-ly.
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SOTON 4th 46pts
Home (6) : West Ham, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Burnley, Hull, Tottenham, Aston Villa
Away (7)  : West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea, Everton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Leicester,  Manchester City

=> Koeman could well have a shot at Europe here. Fat Sam knicks a point, Soton drops 2!!
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SCUM 6th 43pts
Home (6) : West Ham, Swansea, Leicester, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Hull City
Away (7)  : Liverpool, Queens Park Rangers,  Manchester United, Burnley, Newcastle United, Southampton, Stoke City, Everton

=> Hope they get ripped apart away from home. That's not too hard otherwise. Loss at Anfield, put them in their place. Still waiting for the DVD of being above us for 3 days.
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LIVERPOOL 7th 42pts
Home (6) : Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Burnley, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace
Away (7)  : Southampton, Swansea City, Arsenal, Hull, West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea, Stoke City

=> Death run apart, that's a lot of big games. Balo killed scum.

The only way we can finish in top 4 is Rivals dropping points and that is why we have to make sure that we can afford to draw against Chelsea and ManCity among the highlighted fixture list but win the rest of the games which are 6 pointers. I am confident we will win the Anfield game against scums and Arsenal away will most likely be a draw.
Arsenal are the most healthy team in terms of position right now

Well everyone wants everyone else to drop points of course

Michael Cox on the race for CL spots

http://www.espnfc.us/barclays-premier-league/23/blog/post/2296614/arsenal-and-man-united-have-the-edge-in-champions-league-race

The favourites for a Champions League spot must be Arsenal. Arsene Wenger's side wobbled badly earlier in the campaign, but despite last weekend's setback against Tottenham, they're in good form, are clearly improving as the season continues and have the easiest remaining fixtures of these five sides.

Arsenal are accustomed to a late burst to claim a Champions League spot, and there's no reason they won't repeat the trick this season. There are still worries with Arsene Wenger's side, and consistency is never guaranteed; a nervous David Ospina performance at White Hart Lane raised fresh doubts about the goalkeeper position, and though Francis Coquelin has performed well in the holding midfield role, who knows how long his run of form will last?

Nevertheless, Wenger has his forwards firing, and Arsenal should be able to simply outscore opponents. They are the English only side still competing in the Champions League and FA Cup, though Liverpool are in the Europa League and FA Cup, while Tottenham have Europa commitments too and are in the Capital One Cup final.

Wenger has a deep enough squad to cope with this, however, and Arsenal don't have many testing away trips, with a May journey to Old Trafford the only truly daunting game. They remain consistent at the Emirates, where they've only lost once in the league this season.

Arsenal should end up on around 76 points, which would probably see them into third position.

I guess an encouraging thing for all clubs involved is that there are 2 spots up for grabs (possibly 3rd however unlikely). If it was just one spot (4th) I wouldn't be as confident.

Scum are Man utd

Abramovich wrote:Scum are Man utd

Scum = Tottenham. You're in the Arsenal section, jeez keep up!

Abramovich wrote:Scum are Man utd

well, apparently for gunners, its Spuds where as for Pool, its us.

HT Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 1 West Ham United

Just watching Spurs vs West Ham and the hammers are leading 0-2. Gotta give it to big Sam his been remarkable this season right got them players fired up.

Top 4 going to be really interesting

FRANTIC wrote:
Top 4 going to be really interesting

Even more so if Soton lose

Oh dear so clumsy so Song

Still suppose a draw was the best result for us really..

Yeah well.. You could put it that way..

Hopefully Southampton lose then that would give us a little breathing space.

Southampton 0 - 2 Liverpool. Puts Liverpool right in the thick of things.

3. Arsenal - Pl 26 48
4. Man Utd - Pl 26 47
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5. Southampton - Pl 26 46
6. Liverpool - Pl 26 45
7. Spurs - Pl 26 44

Next week's fixtures:

Arsenal vs Everton
Liverpool vs Man City
Man United vs Sunderland
West Brom vs Southampton

Spurs play in the COC final against Chelsea, so a chance to open up a seven point lead on them.