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Weekend of unpredictable results brings perspective to Arsenal fans

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Stoke City 2 – 0 Manchester City
Manchester United 0-0 West Ham
West Brom 1-1 Tottenham
Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth
Newcastle 2 – 0 Liverpool

What a set of results. Anyone who says the have predicted that 5 of England’s premier sides would fail to win their game would be a liar. Even more unbelievable when 4 of the 5 opponents started Saturday in the bottom half of the table.

The Premier League this year is so unpredictable. From day one with West Ham beating Arsenal at away (and also going on to beat Liverpool, Man City & Chelsea), it has been a gamblers nightmare.

What this weekends results should do for Arsenal fans is bring in a little bit of perspective.

Two awful results against Norwich and WBA looked to have derailed our season. Yet we sit here, in December, 2 points off top behind Leicester. Who themselves are showing how unpredictable the league is. Favourites to be relegated, now in the title race.

So Arsenal failed to beat Norwich and WBA, taking just 1 point from the two away games, despite taking the lead. It was not good enough. Made even worse by the injuries we sustained – Arsenal suffering an injury crisis perhaps the only thing predictable this season.

The reaction by many to these results was way over the top. And this weekends results show just why.

“A game they should win”. To an extent, this statement is often true. Norwich and WBA away are games Arsenal should win. But as they say, football is not won on paper (or more recently, on computer screens). And whilst there are games certain teams really should win, that does not mean that they will win it.

In recent weeks, Manchester City have lost to Stoke and drawn with Aston Villa. Games that they really should win. They did not.

Spurs whilst on their longest unbeaten run in their history (14 games) have failed to beat Leicester, Swansea and the aforementioned WBA. Games they really should win.

And Manchester United have only won 2 of their last 6 games. Dropping points against the likes of Leicester, West Ham and Crystal Palace. Games they really should win.

And do not even get me started on Chelsea…As much as Leicester rise was unpredictable, Chelsea demise is equally so.

It seems every time Arsenal fail to win, the whif of crisis comes across the club. It is on Twitter. In the media. In the crowd. And it is a massive overreaction.

The fact is, the mid table teams, the likes of West Ham, Crystal Palace, Swansea, Leicester and Stoke have massively closed the gap between themselves and the top sides.

The likes of Shaqiri, Payet, Mahrez, Cabaye and Ayew. Who would have thought a few years ago that these talents would be playing for Premier League sides, who would settle for mid table mediocrity?

Of course, this is all to do with the money floating about in the game right now. These clubs can offer salaries that the likes of Sevilla, Wolfsburg & Marseille can only dream of.

These players coming into the Premier League has created the unpredictability of results we now see.

Even as I write this, Georginio Wijnaldum has just scored Newcastle’s second as they take apart Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Newcastle able to sign the captain of PSV, who at one stage was one of the brightest young players in Holland. Newcastle scored 2 with just 1 shot on target. Where has we heard that before recently?

Football games are not won on paper. If you want predictability, go and support PSG in Ligue 1. Currently 15 points clear. Or Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Who only just lost their first league game this season. And have scored 48 league goals already. 14 points ahead of 3rd.

Whilst you are right to want Arsenal to win every game. It is incorrect to expect us to win every game.

Arsenal will drop more points this season. They will fail to win more games that they really should win. But so will other teams.

So let’s use this weekends run of results as a bit of perspective. Calling for Gary Monk every time Arsenal fail to get 3 points. OK. Tweeting things like “Klopp wouldn’t have lost that game”. These will only make you look an idiot in the long wrong.

Mourinho, Pellegrini, Pochettino, van Gaal & Klopp all failed to win this weekend. Do they not tactics?

Teams will win games they should not win. Lose games they should not lose.

Get over it.

Keenos

Premier League football is back – 9 weekend predictions

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None of the Arsenal players due to return from injury after the international break to actually return from injury. An update will come out ruling most out until the New Year.UntitledAlexis Sanchez to play and get injured. Arsene Wenger blames Chile for their mismanagement of him, questioning why he had to play in a key qualifier.Untitled

Unemployed fitness coach Raymond Verheijen will tweet about yet another Arsenal muscle injury. He will criticise Wenger, praising Manchester City (despite Delph being injured, again) and praise Manchester United (despite them having more injuries then us). He has a new book to sell.cid164630_VerheijdenVI02_1180Olivier Giroud will score. He will run over to the bench, hug Laurent Koscileny, and hold up the Tricolore.Untitled

Arsene Wenger will be wearing his coat. He still won’t be able to do up his zip.

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Spurs will win, proving their title credentials. The win will take them from their current position of 5th to 5th.715b31a4-ce83-43ac-aacc-773ae3c96f83-medium

Dele Alli to score a wonder goal, which justifies the presses recent praise of him. In 3 years time people will still be going on about THAT performance for England, even if he falls out of favour at Spurs after an argument with the physio._86502105_andros_townsend_rex

Diego Costa will cheat. Or stamp on someone. Everyone will agree, he is that type of player. Even his team mates.4221396001_4499029144001_cheat

Kieron Dyer will pull a hamstring muscle in the jungle. Raymond Verheijen will blame Arsene Wenger.Kieron-Dyer-MainKeenos

Spurs getting a bit excited – Again

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That lot down the road love doing it to themselves don’t they.

Rather than understand their standing in football, as a small side who sit 15th on the list of League titles won, alongside the likes of Burnley and Portsmouth, they just keep getting excited.

“This is our year”

“We are title contenders”

“Arsenal mind the gap”

They have not won the league in nearly 55 years. Not won the FA Cup in nearly 25 years. And not finished above The Arsenal in over 20 years.

And this year we have it again. There fans are getting all gooey and excited as they are they are on the longest unbeaten run in the Premier League. 10 games.

So great is the run that they are on, they are only 1 game behind matching their all time Premier League record. Although they are some way behind the Premier League record of 49 set by The Arsenal.

So they are getting excited. 10 Games unbeaten. Do they get a trophy for that?

On the Premier League website, however, they are not even top of the form guide table. Guess who that go’s too? Yep. You guessed it. The Arsenal.Untitled

Even during one of the greatest periods of Spurs Premier League history, they are still below The Arsenal.

And in the league proper, despite them being in such great form, they sit 5th. 5 points off top. 5 points off The Arsenal.

It does not matter which way you look at it. Spurs are still in Arsenal’s shadow.

And in this great run, who have they actually played? There two most recent victories were against Bournemouth & Aston Villa. 2 of the worst teams in the league. In fact, 4 of their 5 wins this season (great form they are in, won 5 in 11) have been against Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Sunderland & Crystal Palace. My Thursday night 5 a side team at Chingford Goals could beat them.

Spurs are frankly not a very good team.

The press crow over them (or mainly ex Spurs manager Harry Redknapp in the Evening Standard & Spurs season ticket Mihir Bose in the Evening Standard). The way they go on about Spurs young Englishmen is embarrassing.

I saw an article the other weeks saying that the England squad for next years Euro’s could contain 7 Spurs ‘stars’. Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Andros Townsend, Ryan Mason & Harry Kane.

If that is the best that England have to offer, I might as well cancel my annual leave for June 2016 now. There really is no point going.

I always find it laughable the way any half decent Spurs player is the future of English football. Andros Townsend scores 1 cracking goal, against Montenegro, 2 years ago, and it still considered as one of England’s brightest young talents. He is 24.

Tom Carroll is another. Been bigged up in a massive way by the press. Spurs fans saying he has the potential to be better than Jack Wilshere. He is only 4 months younger than Wilshere!

And Alex Pritchard. Spurs fans have been talking about him for a while now. He spent last year on loan at Brentford. Has 2 Premier League appearances to his name. And is older than Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

It is a bit of a joke really!

Spurs really are the joke of English football. The gift that keeps on giving. They brighten up most of our Saturday evenings. And who doesn’t love seeing a kid cry knowing that due to his father’s decision’s, it will not be the only time he cries over football. And his kids too. And there kids as well.

A generation of Spurs fans not knowing what it is like to finish above The Arsenal. Generations of Spurs fans not knowing what is like to win they league.

For a small club on the Middlesex/London borders, they do get a little too excited.

Spurs, the Newcastle of London.

Keenos