A Start of a Golden Age!
By Hartwick89.
So with 11 games left the maximum points for the top three is 33. The table for the top three post Saturday’s fixtures is;
- Chelsea 61points;
- Manchester United 57points;
- Arsenal 55 points.
And the remaining fixtures are as follows;
Manchester United Chelsea Arsenal
| 1.Everton A | 1.Wolverhampton A | 1. Sunderland H |
| 2. West Ham H | 2. Manchester City H | 2. Stoke A |
| 3.Wolverham A | 3. Portsmouth A | 3. Burnley H |
| 4.Fulham H | 4. West Ham H | 4. Hull A |
| 5. Liverpool H | 5. Blackburn A | 5. West Ham H |
| 6. Bolton A | 6. Aston Villa H | 6. Birmingham A |
| 7.Chels H | 7. Man U A | 7. Wolverhampton H |
| 8. Blackburn A | 8. Bolton H | 8. Tottenham A |
| 9. Man City A | 9. Tottenham A | 9.Wigan A |
| 10. Totts H | 10. Stoke H | 10. Manchester City H |
| 11. Sunderland A | 11. Liverpool A | 11. Blackburn A |
| 12. Stoke H | 12. Wigan H | 12. Fulham H |
I suspect the War-Room at the clubs will certainly look like the above. Each management team trying to figure out where can they win, draw, and lose.
But, what is now becoming obvious is Arsenal have a distinct advantage in the remaining fixtures!
Here are my predictions week to week. First, the Fixtures. Second, team result. Third the points. (Italics is difficult fixture.)
Week Results;
Manchester United 57 Chelsea 58 Arsenal 52
| 1.Everton A (L) 57 | 1.Wolverhampton A (W) 61 | 1. Sunderland H (W) 55 |
| 2. West Ham H (W) 60 | 2. Manchester City H (D) 62 | 2. Stoke A (W) 58 |
| 3.Wolverhampton A (W) 63 | 3. Portsmouth A (W) 65 | 3. Burnley H (W) 61 |
| 4.Fulham H (W) 66 | 4. West Ham H (W) 68 | 4. Hull A (W) 64 |
| 5. Liverpool H (D) 67 | 5. Blackburn A (W) 71 | 5. West Ham H (W) 67 |
| 6. Bolton A (W) 70 | 6. Aston Villa H (D) 72 | 6. Birmingham A (W) 70 |
| 7.Chelsea H (W) 73 | 7. Man U A (L) 72 | 7. Wolverhampton H (W) 73 |
| 8. Blackburn A (W) 76 | 8. Bolton H (W) 75 | 8. Tottenham A (D) 74 |
| 9. Man City A (L) 76 | 9. Tottenham A (W) 78 | 9.Wigan A (W) 77 |
| 10. Totts H (W) 79 | 10. Stoke H (W) 81 | 10. Manchester City H (W) 80 |
| 11. Sunderland A (D) 80 | 11. Liverpool A (L) 81 | 11. Blackburn A (W) 83 |
| 12. Stoke H (W) 83 | 12. Wigan H (W) 84 | 12. Fulham H (W) 86 |
This year has shaped up to be a contentious one and here is how I see it moving forward.
Manchester United have 6 fixtures in which at the very least they have extreme difficulty with opponents. Chelsea have five fixtures with the same level of difficulty. Arsenal have three maybe four at best.
I see Arsenal winning the title by the slimmest of margins and on the last day. So that said, it seem that the Doom and Gllomers will have lost their voices and Arsene will have been completely correct in regards to many things including this team.
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UNTOLD RUMOURS
The next week will see thousands of new stories about Ashley Cole released as national newspapers empty their vaults of all the stories surrounding Mr C. The stories were put on hold after the loss of the court action to Mr Mosley of Formula 1 fame. But now the super injunctions have started to be thrown out by the courts the press think that Mr Cole is fair game. The Sun today had a picture of Mr Cole “injuring himself”.
If you type “Ashley Cole” into Google it gives you a list of the most popular searches. Top of the list in terms of hits is Ashley Cole Phone Story with 1.8 million hits.
Today on the Web site “Football Rumours”: “Arsenal will not be spending heavily like most people think in the summer!Targets are already in place in the form of Marouane Chamakh, Gregory van der Wiel and Mesut Ozil.Mamadou Sakho has also been identified but will only come in if Gallas does not sign a new contract.”
Notts County FC have made a bid to buy Portsmouth FC. “I think we understand each other,” said a director, while busking outside Charing Cross tube station this morning.
Palle Rasmuissen has agreed to buy Chester City. However at a press conference he said, “I know that the Vaughan family have put it about that I am going to buy the football club, but why would I do that?” He also reported that the local law established in 1312 that Welshmen could not be on the streets of the town after sundown would be more rigorously enforced in future, and that he was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Looks good to me as only Man.City might pose a problem that,s if Tevez is playing otherwise Arsenal should win their eleven remaining games and pip Chelsea to the Premier League title 2009/10?
We are shearing the same points of views after the analysis of the remaining fixtures:Arsenal is in good position to win the title race this season!The teams we are having look to cause less dangers comparing to our rivals.
If Arsenal do win the EPL this year, it will be a miracle, given injuries, referees, recent performances-in my view it is not likely-and requires more than blind faith in Arsene Wenger for it to become a possibility.
The crucial, and hugely overlooked, stat by many comments above is that big capital ‘A’ next to six of the teams.
That stands for ‘AWAY’.
That means ‘AWAY’ from the comfort of the big red-seated library with the prawn sandwiches fifteen minutes before half-time.
The bottom line is that this Arsenal team doesn’t fancy it much up north and 4 of those games are very much ‘up north’.
Ironically, the one I think Arsenal have most chance of winning is the one at lily-livered (something you can’t accuse Stoke of being!) Tottenham which you’ve put down as a draw.
A) It’s virtually a home game and B) Tottenham will be out of contention for the hallowed 4th place (4th!!!! what a rubbish league!) when it’s played.
Oh my God Sean, I was thinking that all those teams had changed their name in Stoke Athletics and Sunderland Hotspur or so.
Thanks for bringing the light to this site.
I think we are all down on the floor right now and trying to get ourselves together…the end of the world is near…
I’m going to try to give another vote to the biggest prat in football, this will do me good…
We have no threat up front at the moment and if we are going to win the league we need a striker to come good a.s.a.p.
Hmmmm. Easier said than done. I hope my lovely gunner win the league.
I believe that most people underestimated our performance upNorth.
It is that dastardly November Blip, horrendous injury list (from october to Feb)and fatigue creeping itno key players (Henry, Fabregas) during the busiest period of the month of March and April where the team is competing concurrently in FA Cup (qtr and semi-final) adnw ith matches coming in thick and fast within a period of 3/4 days.
The key element that is missing this season when we play those 4 UpNorth teams are – arctic conditions, hard foren pitch or muddy pitch resulting in a trench warfare with physical battles.
This weekend away to Stoke City is a good benchmark on our team in battling for a win in wintry conditions.
Win this game and we know this team has turned the corner and can mix it up with any team in physical battle.
And this team is geared towards playing on a dry and firm pitch during spring/summer/authum with the fluid and quick passing style.
Sunderland?
When we lose that game, it was raining, a slippery pitch, and we can’t play our quick passing game on a slippery and quick pitch. And of course, Lady Luck deserted us as well.
If we want to crown as champion, then we must play like champion for the next match and therafter, winning ugly when playing badly, grinding out results and a ruthless killer instinct to finish off weak opponent at Emirates with a cricket score – no more showboating please when 2-0 or 3-0 up.
I will observe Fabregas closely again, and see how he knit up the team into a cohesive unit. he is the key to our title challenge.
Man u drawing to sunderland in the second to last game contestin first place, im an arsenal fan and as much as i want that to happen…… it wont
Walter,
Check the comments above.
There are many on this site, and at AFC itself, that believe Stoke, Hull and Burnley AWAY to be easier fixtures than placid Man. City (check their recent cup performance away at Stoke and the league game at Spurs) at home.
Not true.
And that, along with 12 points lost to Man. U. and Chelsea means that, like Liverpool last season, Arsenal almost certainly miss a chance to win this tiresomely pedictable league.
Hartwick89, you were wrong on the Chelsea-City result. Great to be wrong on that.
Walter…Blasted! It is great to be wrong on that…..Watching Birms & Wigs…ZZZZZZZZ but I am doing a scouting report for Arsenal. All in a days work…Do you see me? (Front row behind Aspen Cool).
Is Carr on HGH? He looks like Tevez w/o hair….
Yes, I really hope that Arsenal can win the champion unless the 2 biggest obstacles Man City and Tottenham are cleared!
In addition, Liverpool will play a very very important role in helping Arsenal clinching the title. If Liverpool helps Arsenal to beat Chelsea and Man U in the coming matches, couple with Man U beats Chelsea, Arsenal will win the title eventually.
Seems that it’s still possible for Arsenal to win the title.
But the most important thing is consistency.
The Champion must have a consistency in all matches.
Keep build up your faith and never give up till the end..
I see Arsenal winning the title not by the slimmest of margins and on the last day but with a margin of 7 or 9 points with a game to spare.
arsernal in pole position to win the league. i pray God helps (us) arsernal to win the league this time around. arsernal needs prayers, and support from every one. i also pray there are no more injuries. arserna for life. may God bless Arsernal.
Badnews..
Since MU is keep on winning track and arsenal failed to win against Birmingham, now the chances is on MU or Chelsea (depends on this week matchday).
Just hope that the score will go to draw or Chelsea’s way.
And Arsenal, you must keep winning all matches.
Keep fighting.