Who will win the Premiership 2007/8?

Royal Rother · by **Royal Rother** » 29 Dec 2007 19:27

Katie Marsden wrote:Arsenal have done well, however.... I'd be amazed if they were top on January 1st.

Prepare to be amazed!

(I was going to dig this out whether right or wrong - promise!)

Arch · by **Arch** » 29 Dec 2007 21:49

Royal Rother wrote:
Katie Marsden wrote:Arsenal have done well, however.... I'd be amazed if they were top on January 1st.
Prepare to be amazed!

(I was going to dig this out whether right or wrong - promise!)

It is quite amazing, given Man U had to lose today to make it happen.

AthleticoSpizz · by **AthleticoSpizz** » 29 Dec 2007 21:56

Arch wrote:
Royal Rother wrote:
Katie Marsden wrote:Arsenal have done well, however.... I'd be amazed if they were top on January 1st.
Prepare to be amazed!

(I was going to dig this out whether right or wrong - promise!)
It is quite amazing, given Man U had to lose today to make it happen.

where is the Tottenham option?

cmonurz · by **cmonurz** » 29 Dec 2007 23:33

When alad pops his head up he will assure us that today's defeat at Upton Park was 'affordable'.

United go to Upton Park, where West Ham have been struggling, and lose, whilst Arsenal go back to the top, sticking 4 past Everton at Goodison Park; Everton had won their last 4 at home.

readingbedding · by **readingbedding** » 30 Dec 2007 07:11

It couldn't have helped that the Manager had a touchline ban, might have taught Ferguson a lesson.

cmonurz · by **cmonurz** » 30 Dec 2007 18:54

Arsenal end the weekend LOLing at United and Liverpool.

Katie Marsden · by **Katie Marsden** » 31 Dec 2007 00:17

Why would Arsenal be laughing at a side so far behind them in Liverpool's case?

Arsenal did drop points during their tricky run. They dropped 7 points in December. United did the hard work and went ahead but then threw away that good work by losing at West Ham.

Still, the gap was 6 points at the start of December, it's now 2 and with key players like Scholes and Neville to return they'll still have too much for Arsenal over 38 games IMO.

Liverpool now look dead and buried, United don't lose many but when they you have to take advantage. Liverpool failed badly today and Torres went missing when he was needed.

soggy biscuit · by **soggy biscuit** » 31 Dec 2007 10:50

I voted Chelsea at the start of the season but at the moment it is hard to look beyond Man Utd though it will be concerning to their fans to see Ronaldo bottling the game at West Ham so badly. All is well and good when you are beating those around you but when your team goes missing against the likes of West Ham and bottom of the table Bolton you couldn't help but be a bit worried.

Huntley & Palmer · by **Huntley & Palmer** » 31 Dec 2007 11:19

I think Arsenal's game against Everton proved that they can adapt well enough to cope with a bit of rough and tumble. I still think they have enough in the tank to win the title as I can foresee Utd dropping more points at opposition like us

Royal Rother · by **Royal Rother** » 10 Feb 2008 19:42

How's it looking now chaps?

RG30 · by **RG30** » 10 Feb 2008 23:50

Ferguson mentioned United couldn't afford to drop any more points, but since they were pushed mighty close by Spurs and on today's performance looked very average against City.

Schards#2 · by **Schards#2** » 11 Feb 2008 09:21

A double for City over United.

Oooooh, that's gotta hurt.

LUX · by **LUX** » 11 Feb 2008 19:34

only for those that live in Manchester.

As any Henley-based Man U fan knows, their real rivals are Liverpool.

Victor Meldrew · by **Victor Meldrew** » 11 Feb 2008 19:50

Katie Marsden wrote:
cmonurz wrote:Arsenal have lost one game all season. This isn't by any stretch of the imagination, 'bottling it'. And they only go away 'up north' twice more before March. As you rightly say on another thread - the league is about 38 games, not individual defeats, so stop shifting the goalposts to suit your arguments. I am sure if United do lose at Anfield next week, the defeat will be 'affordable'.
I'd call dropping 5 points in 2 games you'd expect to win choking especially after they did the hard work and won at Villa. They had a decent lead over United but have thrown that away now and they still have 4 very hard games to come in the next few weeks.

So after dropping 5 points in 2 games you'd expect win do you think Man Utd have choked?

cmonurz · by **cmonurz** » 11 Feb 2008 20:22

I'm just waiting to see who is top on January 1st. I mean February 11th.

Platypuss · by **Platypuss** » 12 Feb 2008 00:17

cmonurz wrote:I'm just waiting to see who is top on January 1st. I mean February 11th.

In fact Arsenal can't lose top spot until March now...

Compo's Hat · by **Compo's Hat** » 12 Feb 2008 02:16

Arsenal can now play Man U and Chelsea in the knowledge that both teams have to win against them.

Still sticking with Man U as i don't like to change what i predict at the start of the season.

T.R.O.L.I. · by **T.R.O.L.I.** » 12 Feb 2008 07:24

Where is aLOLad?

cmonurz · by **cmonurz** » 12 Feb 2008 08:47

T.R.O.L.I. wrote:Where is aLOLad?

Looking for his coat.

shadesrwrf · by **shadesrwrf** » 12 Feb 2008 13:41

Royalee wrote:Arsenal have no chance in hell though - maybe in a year or two the young guns (ha) will have improved further and gelled, but they're light years behind the other three (United and Chelsea in particular) as a team and it wouldn't surprise me if Newcastle and Spurs ran them very close for the Champions League this season.

Perhaps a little early, but this has got to be worth revisiting. Puts this poster's contributions on the team board into a little perspective (if they needed any).