Arsenal's group contains 3 sides stupendously out of form, though.
Even Arsenal can't bollocks it up, although they've given it a good go.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 9:47, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Arsenal deserve a lot of credit for the form they're in
They've elevated themselves above the brickbats they've taken and are playing superb football, without having spunked stupid amounts of money on any one player. Shame that won't be enough; CL football next year is the best they can hope for.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 9:49, Reply)

After the start of the season
making it into the CL next year will be good enough for me.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 9:52, Reply)

or, alternatively
Arsenal have stood still for 5 years whilst all around them, most notably spurs, have progressed? Yes, Redknapps has flung money at it like Gareth Bale flinging shit at a wall, waiting for some to stick, but it's arguably just as bad that Arsenal have the money and haven't bothered. It's all very well Wenger waiting and hoping for the financial climate in football to collapse just so he can go "aha! I was right" but he still won't have fucking won anything for years and strangely, that, rather than some kind of moral high ground, is that mark of success in football.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Agreed, but again, he deserves a lot of credit for building a sustainable model
Chelsea and City are both one dissatisfied owner away from doing a Leeds. It is a shame that good football and moral rectitude are being ignored due to a lack of silverware but you're right that he should have done more in the transfer market.

Also, click for "Gareth Bale flinging shit at a wall"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 10:03, Reply)

have you been at this since yesterday afternoon?
i'm sure this exact same conversation was going on at 5pm.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Yes, Rachel
Badger and I have been at it all night
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 10:10, Reply)

She's so turned on by the thought of gay men
that she's just made a puddle on the floor.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 10:11, Reply)

I think you just called Swipey the Wicked Witch of the West
That's going too far
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 10:13, Reply)