Re: Could we see the most competitive title challenge in the PL yet?

by free_cat Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:03 pm

Lex wrote:So you have no idea what it means. Gotcha.

I keep using that word, and I think it means what I think it means.

Will you deny that Arsene Wenger's Arsenal bottles it a lot, starting the seasons well and then bottling it midway many times? There even was a graph about it.

by ExtremistEnigma Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:27 pm

Not at all. Chelsea will run away with it again.

by Lex Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:55 pm

free_cat wrote:
Lex wrote:So you have no idea what it means. Gotcha.

I keep using that word, and I think it means what I think it means.

Will you deny that Arsene Wenger's Arsenal bottles it a lot, starting the seasons well and then bottling it midway many times? There even was a graph about it.

Bottling means you come close, oh so close, but ultimately lose and go home with nothing, not even a stack of lousy Encyclopedias. That hasn't been the case for Arsene in the last two seasons

by Lex Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:56 pm

Please don't try and tell me what a cheeky Nandos is next

by Curtinho Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:34 pm

I do think it'll be close between Arsenal, City and Chelsea at the top.

Then I also think that it will be close between United and Liverpool for 4th.

Should be a good season. Mid and lower table teams have become stronger also with some nice signings. The league as a whole will be tougher this year.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:42 pm

Curtinho wrote:
Mid and lower table teams have become stronger also with some nice signings. The league as a whole will be tougher this year.

Highly debatable.

by DeletedUser#1 Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:43 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
Curtinho wrote:
Mid and lower table teams have become stronger also with some nice signings. The league as a whole will be tougher this year.

Highly debatable.

Indeed. I mean, look at Westham. All these signings and money spent and they nearly went out to Malta's 3rd team and will be eliminated against a Romanian side who has NO single home win this season so far.

The only proper teams outside the top 6 IMO are Swansea and Southampton. The rest are utter wank.

by RealGunner Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:46 pm

Top 10 are quite strong. After that it's a bit dodgy.

But I still expect teams to be better than last year

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:48 pm

Not even sure they are not good tbh, they just get highly rated because they play aesthetically pleasing football.

I don't see anything special about either team, i don't think Spurs are particularly good either. Luckily for them the rest of the league are not good enough so they don't have to improve.

by Doc Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:34 pm

I would like to know what a Cheeky Nando is but I am also afraid I would neither like nor understand the answer.

Only thing I could honestly see it being competitive in is in the amount of ridiculous officiating all sides would receive. The table would probably look similar to last season. And no, Tottenham is gonna have the same season as always.

by RealGunner Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:33 pm

Doc wrote:I would like to know what a Cheeky Nando is but I am also afraid I would neither like nor understand the answer.

http://www.goallegacy.net/t37702-cheeky-nandos?highlight=cheeky+nandos

by free_cat Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:47 am

Lex wrote:
free_cat wrote:
Lex wrote:So you have no idea what it means. Gotcha.

I keep using that word, and I think it means what I think it means.

Will you deny that Arsene Wenger's Arsenal bottles it a lot, starting the seasons well and then bottling it midway many times? There even was a graph about it.

Bottling means you come close, oh so close, but ultimately lose and go home with nothing, not even a stack of lousy Encyclopedias. That hasn't been the case for Arsene in the last two seasons

Ok, then, change bottlers for losers, it's fine to me.

by Sri Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:50 am

Bottling and fighting with one arm tied behind your back are vastly different things.

Either of them could result in losing.

by Hapless_Hans Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:11 am

I can show you posts from March 2013 where people call Bayern eternal bottlers, sri.
Apparently some people's brains can only render reality as tautology, 'who has won is a winner, and that's why they have won'...

by Doc Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:34 pm

I personally called them choke artists for blowing a UCL in their own back yard against a team (vastly) inferior to them. To be fair, other than Hans who is pretty neat, I don't like Bayern all that much so I am quite bias, probably unfairly too.

Anyway, I put some thought on it and maybe, just maybe Arsenal can be a serious title threat later on in the season but history tells me I'm just wasting words on this. Tottenham to finish 7th btw, calling it now.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:36 pm

Out of interest who do you have finishing 6th Doc hmm

by Doc Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:43 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Out of interest who do you have finishing 6th Doc

No idea honestly and believe me Mole, my prediction isn't some sophisticated Redo-esque analysis of transfers and potential form. Just feel they won't do as "well" as last season. Maybe 7th was ridiculous, 6th is probably better.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:44 pm

I think it's possible tbf, the difference between them and the likes of Southampton isn't that large tbh.

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