If Arsenal signed Suarez (and not Ozil): It would have been a three-way battle between Chelsea, City and Arsenal. Liverpool would still probably take 4th though (assuming they brought in a capable replacement)
If Chelsea did the Rooney-Mata swap: They'd probably have a comfortable lead in the league. United would be 6th, but Moyes would know his best XI.
Who knows since if we did sign Suarez I doubt we would have also signed Ozil. Suarez was banned for the first few games while Ozil was good. Cazorla who would have been in Ozil's position has been very average this season.
Who knows since if we did sign Suarez I doubt we would have also signed Ozil. Suarez was banned for the first few games while Ozil was good. Cazorla who would have been in Ozil's position has been very average this season.
Arsenal had been quite strong in the second half of last season without Ozil. Although Ozil played well in the first few months I'm not sure he was massively decisive to Arsenal's good form, over the full season Suarez has been worth considerably more points than Ozil has.
So I think Arsenal would have been right up there.
However a couple of years ago they had RVP who was pretty similar in quality to Suarez this season, and dominated the league, and they weren't really in the hunt. I do think Arsenal have slightly improved since then.
Tbh the better scenario would be what if Rambo and Theo didn't get injured in the Christmas period. If they'd been fit still we'd still be in the title race.
Tbh the better scenario would be what if Rambo and Theo didn't get injured in the Christmas period. If they'd been fit still we'd still be in the title race.
Why do so many Arsenal fans play this card every single year, making it sound like no other team in the league has injured players? I'm sure if Liverpool and City didn't have all their key players injured (or banned) they'd have a few more points on the board too. Even we'd probably have done better without half our squad injured.
Why do so many Arsenal fans play this card every single year, making it sound like no other team in the league has injured players? I'm sure if Liverpool and City didn't have all their key players injured (or banned) they'd have a few more points on the board too. Even we'd probably have done better without half our squad injured.
Tbh the club should be looking at why their players get injured so often.
Why do so many Arsenal fans play this card every single year, making it sound like no other team in the league has injured players? I'm sure if Liverpool and City didn't have all their key players injured (or banned) they'd have a few more points on the board too. Even we'd probably have done better without half our squad injured.
Mate, our injuries have been above and beyond anything any other team has experiences this season.
Evidently something is wrong with our preparation so it's self inflicted, but to say that AFC havent suffered from injuries more than anyone else is strange. I dont think we'd have won the league anyway, but it cost us alot of points.