Could things get any worse?

[Kaip]

Chelsea - won drew
Arsenal - won drew
Spurs - won drew
Birmingham (say Watford) won drew

Or did you only choose those 6 games for a reason?

[Craig_H]

The way all you doom-merchants are talking, you'd have thought we were going to be.

Would you really have thought we were going to be relegated?

That's not very intelligent though, is it?

And furthermore, is our objective suddenly to not be relegated?

[Craig_H]

Well, who said everything was perfect? This ridiculous exaggeration of other people's arguments is happening on all sides, it's dull.

Nobody said everything was perfect, you're right.

Plenty of people are acting as if nothing's wrong though, which is clearly not true.

[red g]

Would you really have thought we were going to be relegated?

That's not very intelligent though, is it?

And furthermore, is our objective suddenly to not be relegated?

lets get to 40 pts then we can talk

[Craig_H]

lets get to 40 pts then we can talk

In all honesty, it's incredible to think we're only 6 points off the pace, given that we've failed to win more games than we've won.

It's a shame we dont have a game in hand on Arsenal mind, as there arent many teams who are gonna beat them. We'll have to be incredibly consistent to stay close to them by the time they've dropped 6 points.

[donpisci]

Would you really have thought we were going to be relegated?

That's not very intelligent though, is it?

And furthermore, is our objective suddenly to not be relegated?

I think it's also fair to say that it's not very intelligent to be too literal about that aspect of the post, whilst completely ignoring the rest of it (the main, factual part).

Added to that, you're being pedantic about my post which shows that you're either not intelligent enough to come up with a decent argument or you know that what I'm saying is true and a bit of perspective is required.

[Craig_H]

I think it's also fair to say that it's not very intelligent to be too literal about that aspect of the post, whilst completely ignoring the rest of it (the main, factual part).

Added to that, you're being pedantic about my post which shows that you're either not intelligent enough to come up with a decent argument or you know that what I'm saying is true and a bit of perspective is required.

Ok, so exaggerations and pedantics aside, we all agree that winning twice in seven games is extremely poor, and with all the perspective in the world, such a run is unacceptable, if we genuinely want to be title challengers.

[Guest]

Ok, so exaggerations and pedantics aside, we all agree that winning twice in seven games is extremely poor, and with all the perspective in the world, such a run is unacceptable, if we genuinely want to be title challengers.

... but we'll improve and the season has barely started.

YNWA etc

[donpisci]

Ok, so exaggerations and pedantics aside, we all agree that winning twice in seven games is extremely poor, and with all the perspective in the world, such a run is unacceptable, if we genuinely want to be title challengers.

No it's not good enough, but you have to agree that there are signs of improvement (however slight!) and being only 6 points off the top at this stage of the season is a reason for hope, before even taking into account that we are due to hit a 'purple patch'.

Form is temporary, after all.

[The Erectile Banana]

... but we'll improve and the season has barely started.

YNWA etc

Barely started?

We've played 11 out of 38 league games.

That's 28.947368421052631578947368421053% of the season.

A good chunk I think you'll agree.

[Craig_H]

... but we'll improve and the season has barely started.

YNWA etc

We dont KNOW that for a fact though fredo, this is the point you're missing.

Simply taking for granted that it'll all be ok is a bit misguided.

We all thought we'd batter birmingham too. And Spurs.

It needs to actually start to happen. Sure it's early days (i suspect we'll be saying that in 15 more games time too, mind) but with every dropped point, we're adding to what's already a big mountain to climb. Surely you dont fail to see that?

[Guest]

Barely started?

We've played 11 out of 38 league games.

That's 28.947368421052631578947368421053% of the season.

A good chunk I think you'll agree.

70% still to play for.

[Craig_H]

Barely started?

We've played 11 out of 38 league games.

That's 28.947368421052631578947368421053% of the season.

A good chunk I think you'll agree.

This is what i mean, i cant help but think we'll be saying the same with 20 odd games played...

[Craig_H]

70% still to play for.

Yeah but the others have 70% left too...they wont just take a break while we catch up!

[Guest]

We dont KNOW that for a fact though fredo, this is the point you're missing.

Simply taking for granted that it'll all be ok is a bit misguided.

We all thought we'd batter birmingham too. And Spurs.

It needs to actually start to happen. Sure it's early days (i suspect we'll be saying that in 15 more games time too, mind) but with every dropped point, we're adding to what's already a big mountain to climb. Surely you dont fail to see that?

I won't lose any sleep if we fail to win the league this season and I'll still be cheering if Rafa is in charge next season. That's the difference between me and you.

Shanks one liner about football being 'more important than life and death' was made tongue in cheek mate. Don't believe in that.