Folski Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Arsenal are playing next Tuesday and three weeks after that in the CL. They do however have 2 games between now and when we play them, whilst we have 2 weeks to prepare. Wouldn't mind Theo and Santi picking up a few knocks between now and then and being replaced with Gervinho & Arshavin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Arshavin always has a blinder against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2013 Does he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just realised we no longer have the worst defence in the league. Positivity is increasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Does he? Seem to remember 2 or 3 games where he battered us at VP. Could just be 1 game where he had an absolute stormer tho. Can defo remember him scoring a couple at VP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just realised we no longer have the worst defence in the league. Positivity is increasing Still the worst goal difference, though, which is what really counts, so you're only allowed a teensy hintette of positivity. Wigan are doing their best to catch up, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Are you some sort of Guardian Angel or are you upset that I didn't give you any shit previously? If you think I am giving trekka the third degree then god knows what definition you would give to a post that actually was meant as something other than light banter (did you not notice the smiley in my first post?). I have plenty of better things to do with my life including not jumping on posts that were nothing to do with me in the first place. I thought in this instance you came across as condescending and a bully. In fact, you're doing the same above. Regardless you're right. It's only yourself you're succeeding in making look a knob. All the best with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongotastic Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What are people more worried about: the concept of actually playing in the Championship, or the abuse you'll get off friends who support other teams? For me, it's the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2013 Since we beat Liverpool (i.o.w. from the 8-0 loss 'til now) TEAM P W D L F A Pts GD PPG LP 1 Manchester United 9 7 2 0 19 7 23 +12 2.56 1 2 Chelsea 9 6 1 2 25 9 19 +16 2.11 3 3 Tottenham Hotspur 9 5 4 0 14 5 19 +9 2.11 4 4 Arsenal 9 5 2 2 19 11 17 +8 1.89 5 5 Manchester City 9 5 2 2 15 9 17 +6 1.89 2 6 Everton 9 4 3 2 12 11 15 +1 1.67 6 7 Liverpool 9 4 2 3 21 11 14 +10 1.56 9 8 Swansea City 9 3 5 1 12 7 14 +5 1.56 7 9 Reading 9 4 2 3 12 12 14 0 1.56 18 10 Sunderland 9 4 1 4 10 10 13 0 1.44 13 11 Southampton 9 2 5 2 12 11 11 +1 1.22 15 12 West Bromwich Albion 9 3 1 5 12 14 10 -2 1.11 8 13 Newcastle United 9 3 1 5 15 20 10 -5 1.11 16 14 Fulham 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 -5 1 12 15 Stoke City 9 2 3 4 11 18 9 -7 1 10 16 Queens Park Rangers 9 1 4 4 4 11 7 -7 0.78 20 17 West Ham United 9 2 1 6 8 18 7 -10 0.78 11 18 Wigan Athletic 9 1 3 5 12 19 6 -7 0.67 19 19 Aston Villa 9 1 3 5 10 26 6 -16 0.67 17 20 Norwich City 9 0 4 5 6 15 4 -9 0.44 14 Yes, West Ham was our first win. Look at Reading. Oh and don't 'quote' it. It won't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Since we beat Liverpool (i.o.w. from the 8-0 loss 'til now) TEAM P W D L F A Pts GD PPG LP 1 Manchester United 9 7 2 0 19 7 23 +12 2.56 1 2 Chelsea 9 6 1 2 25 9 19 +16 2.11 3 3 Tottenham Hotspur 9 5 4 0 14 5 19 +9 2.11 4 4 Arsenal 9 5 2 2 19 11 17 +8 1.89 5 5 Manchester City 9 5 2 2 15 9 17 +6 1.89 2 6 Everton 9 4 3 2 12 11 15 +1 1.67 6 7 Liverpool 9 4 2 3 21 11 14 +10 1.56 9 8 Swansea City 9 3 5 1 12 7 14 +5 1.56 7 9 Reading 9 4 2 3 12 12 14 0 1.56 18 10 Sunderland 9 4 1 4 10 10 13 0 1.44 13 11 Southampton 9 2 5 2 12 11 11 +1 1.22 15 12 West Bromwich Albion 9 3 1 5 12 14 10 -2 1.11 8 13 Newcastle United 9 3 1 5 15 20 10 -5 1.11 16 14 Fulham YOUR 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 -5 1 12 15 Stoke City SOUL 9 2 3 4 11 18 9 -7 1 10 16 Queens Park Rangers NOW 9 1 4 4 4 11 7 -7 0.78 20 17 West Ham United BELONGS 9 2 1 6 8 18 7 -10 0.78 11 18 Wigan Athletic TO 9 1 3 5 12 19 6 -7 0.67 19 19 Aston Villa THE 9 1 3 5 10 26 6 -16 0.67 17 20 Norwich City DEVIL 9 0 4 5 6 15 4 -9 0.44 14 Yes, West Ham was our first win. Look at Reading. Oh and don't 'quote' it. It won't end well. Seemed to quote ok for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2013 8pints pushes the big red button. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The most surprising thing about that table is Chelsea 2nd. I thought they were on a slightly bad run.......obviously not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2013 Chelsea's bad run is very recent. As in their last 3 games are WLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) So by my reckoning we've scored 10 and conceded 11 in our last 6 league games? That's a lot more palatable than it has been. Edited February 12, 2013 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The most surprising thing about that table is Chelsea 2nd. I thought they were on a slightly bad run.......obviously not. This surprised me too looking at that table. Seems like they have dropped points against all our rivals of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Norwich bottom...! For those people wishing very hard for another club to get sucked into the relegation battle, there is your obvious candidate. Crikey, if Villa and Norwich went down there would be irony dripping from every corner flag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 We play Norwich for our 3rd last game, that could prove important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The nice thing about Reading is that their form never lasts, just like WBA would never stay 3rd the entire season. A team, as bad as it might be, will always hit some form over the course of 5 games, let's just hope we can get a momentum where we win 3 out of 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yeah I don`t believe reading has what it takes, I just don`t see it. Norwich can easily get dragged into it. QPR for me is still a wild card, I expect them to suddenly change form but that is looking more and more unlikely. But you never know what to expect really, Norwich is also one of the teams that beat united this season. If we were to pick up any points against arsenal I would be so happy but a loss there seems quite logical. Same goes for city, unless we have the best match this season. We need however to beat reading and qpr, those are going to be vital matches and very important to how the league table will look. If we don`t do that our chances look slim. But I am looking at it more positively than I used too, we have showed some impressive feats the last couple of matches and if we play like that against the bottom teams then we will get a win. We need to keep this up. To get relegated will not simply mean we get relegated and we go again. It might create a big shit storm than may put this team way down, just look at wolves right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 We've given ourselves a chance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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