Arsenal will win the league this season

There really is no point getting into an argument with such a deluded individual.

I'm surprised people talk about Arsenal 'bottling it' in previous seasons. IMO bottling it means you have the best team and you freeze when it gets to the critical point.

United, City or Chelsea fans taunted Arsenal about being bottlers but if you asked them if they thought Arsenal had a better team than them they would have said LOL no way do you think the likes of Giroud, Diaby, Arteta would get in our first team??

Arsenal have usually been about the 4th strongest squad in the PL and finished about 4th so they have got what they deserved. But they have been slowly getting better since the financial constraints started to ease up. They won two FA Cups and if you look at the calendar year 2013 they were over 38 games the best team in the league.

I think they are getting closer but still there are a couple of gaps that people will bring up if they don't win the league this year:
- central defence, do they have a title winning defence? Is there good cover there?
- central midfield, for years people have said they have never replaced Vieira, have they replaced him yet?
- strikers - every year people say Arsenal need a striker, is Walcott/Giroud good enough?

I think as Chelsea and Man United have gone backwards/treading water, Arsenal have moved from the 4th best to the 2nd best squad but I think City have the best squad still and Arsenal second so Arsenal will be relying on City bottling it, to an extent.

West Ham over Liverpool

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It's hard to make such a claim because it isn't uncharacteristic for Arsenal to make lightning starts like this.
The problem they have comes when they implode hilariously in February.

Personally with each week gone, I see that happening less and less though. They aren't even playing amazing in most games; just destroying the opposition for 10-20 minutes and winning the game right there.

So efficient.
So annoying.

I'm surprised people talk about Arsenal 'bottling it' in previous seasons. IMO bottling it means you have the best team and you freeze when it gets to the critical point.

United, City or Chelsea fans taunted Arsenal about being bottlers but if you asked them if they thought Arsenal had a better team than them they would have said LOL no way do you think the likes of Giroud, Diaby, Arteta would get in our first team??

Arsenal have usually been about the 4th strongest squad in the PL and finished about 4th so they have got what they deserved. But they have been slowly getting better since the financial constraints started to ease up. They won two FA Cups and if you look at the calendar year 2013 they were over 38 games the best team in the league.

I think they are getting closer but still there are a couple of gaps that people will bring up if they don't win the league this year:
- central defence, do they have a title winning defence? Is there good cover there?
- central midfield, for years people have said they have never replaced Vieira, have they replaced him yet?
- strikers - every year people say Arsenal need a striker, is Walcott/Giroud good enough?

I think as Chelsea and Man United have gone backwards/treading water, Arsenal have moved from the 4th best to the 2nd best squad but I think City have the best squad still and Arsenal second so Arsenal will be relying on City bottling it, to an extent.

Chelsea won't get top 4: City Arsenal United Liverpool (spurs to challenge but bottle), Leicester and west ham to fall off but battle for 6th and 7th

Nah they will. Arsenal were in a similar position last year but still made it. Chelsea can and will imo.

Nah they will. Arsenal were in a similar position last year but still made it. Chelsea can and will imo.

Nah they will. Arsenal were in a similar position last year but still made it. Chelsea can and will imo.

Mourinho has totally lost his head. Chelsea could make top 4 if they bounce back immediately, starting now. But they don't look like doing that at all. Mourinho's actions and behaviour are making things worse every week, not better.

I'm sure they'll turn it around eventually, but it'll be too late. Especially given the large number of clubs doing well enough to easily take and keep hold of 4th place from their current 9-10 point advantage.

Imagine thinking Leicester will get top 4. What big club have they faced this season (bar arsenal who tore them apart)?

Swansea United Liverpool Chelsea Everton City in their next 8 games. If they get more than 10 points from those fixtures I'll be amazed

Exactly what I've been saying, good post.
I made a similar argument this not get in the Chelsea thread. They may well pull it back but they have to start now because as it stands, the gap will just keep increasing.

Liverpool/Spurs are gonna be their biggest rivals for 4th place and they're already 6/7 points behind them respectively. When you have the former introducing a top manager and improving every week, and the latter being a team who is always around 5th place waiting for an opportunity like this, Chelsea need to get their act together before Xmas or they'll have a mountain to climb.

How am I deluded?

They're 9 points behind spurs now! And spurs are second in the form league too, only behind Arsenal.

None of them are big clubs? (Or strong teams is what I should say)

I could see them getting 9 points out of them. Quite me.