Reg » Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:29 pm wrote:That's true Yakka but we're not good enough. We're a team of squad players. Our 3 best players are our oldest, Allison, VVD and Mo.
We are not a team of galactico's Reg i'll give you that but the 3 you mentioned plus the likes of Trent, Luis Diaz, Konate etc etc are much, much better than squad players mate, we might not be the best team in england or in europe but we are certainly good enough to be in the mix - for both the title and CL.
When we won that double in 86 we werent the best team in the country, Everton were, but we were close enough to them to be able to step in if Everton weren't quite at their best which is exactly what happened. I think we are in a similar position now, i think atm there are probably 2 better sides than us in this country but as Sunday showed there's not an awful lot in it, not an awful lot in it at all, even on their own patch in a game billed as a must win for them they couldnt put us away.
Because they weren't good enough to do the business themselves Arsenal now suddenly find themselves relying on someone else to do them a favour, they desperately need someone to take points off us. They now go into every game under serious pressure, one slip and that 4 point gap quickly becomes 7, another slip and it's 10, this in a season where City are almost certain to be hit with at the very least a significant points deduction, how on earth can the premier league hit Everton and Forest with 10 point deductions for relatively minor breeches of the rules but let City off without looking corrupt. they have to throw the book at City to protect their brand, Look at what corruption did to the worldwide viewing figures of Serie A, the premier league of the 80's.
Sunday's result was a massive result for us, we didnt allow Arsenal to close that gap, i know it's still early but we are applying serious pressure to Arsenal and will continue to do so as long as we can keep that 4 point gap, the title is within our grasp mate, forget City, the race is between us and Arsenal, that gap is everything because it means pressure heaped on Arsenal's shoulders. History has shown that even the best teams struggle when the sword of damocles is above their heads, indeed its how we won the title under Jurgen, we opened up a little gap, kept on winning and City eventually cracked under the pressure of having to play de facto title deciders every week. Arsenal may well be better than us mate but they are in a bit of sh.1t now after Sunday's result. Can we keep winning to keep the pressure on, thats the key thing now.
