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Never fancy anybody playing a team that's just had a battering. They often redouble their efforts to avoid the same consequence in the next game. (besides which Arsenal can fuck right off)

Agree especially in their case - might be the best season they'll ever see and you really ought to experience all of it. Doesn't look good in the history books to throw the toys up and nash off in such circumstances. Much more of a new fan thing, of which most of these Brighton fans are.

Perfect weekend for Scousers (and their North-East sub-species) just need Forest for a full set

Off the top of my head that seems right. Remember inexperienced contenders falling away and the experienced one's not. Leicester being a obvious exception (and Man United's total (and brushed under the carpet) collapse in 98). Lot of title collapses (even from some that won it - Leeds and Blackburn) from newbies to a sides that had more experience. Of which we have first hand experience of course and actually finished the second season of finishing 2nd strongly. Lot to be said for it.

I feel the second half will be painful. No need from Everton and Brighton's style not conducive to necessity

Sort of crazy thing that happens in football. But when you bare that in mind on here you can get slaughtered for it.

Its not like Everton could just go and win 3-0 at Brighton or anything, everything goes according to logic in football.

Got shafted with a terrible decision, hope justice prevails.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Quite a few correctly called 'bed wet' the outcome of all that

Play Offs too. Nobody wants to be in the PL

Millwall will be lucky to draw this. They've completely shit the bed this last month or so.

The Prophet: Ah man, I hate it when events that I've selected from around 30 years ago repeat themselves with a different owner, manager and team. It's the worst.

What's wrong with people being different anyway? Some people are cautious some are optimistic generally and especially in football. It doesn't make you a top fan one way or other and the same people at different times have been on both sides The idea of fans having their doubts isn't the new thing so much as people reacting to this long established part of being a fan. It goes with the territory, part of what makes it what it is and probably preferrable to the existence of a Man City fan. People had nerves and doubts in the best season we've ever seen (95/96), that's not negativty and it didn't effect support levels, on the contrary probably as a release, and that's irrespective of how it panned out, was completely justifiable to be that close to something and not feel how you did in earlier in the season.

There's always been a response to such games, which is encouraging, we'll be at it at Leeds, not saying which way it goes, but we'll be at it.

"Let's not wet the bed after this lads" After would be a massive improvement on doing so in the first half.

Changing the way we've been playing succesfully for all the excitement of two forwards, ought to have been born in mind.

Paybacks a bitch. What this is.

because were playing a better team

Getting beat by a better team just chill out on the slagging off the players ffs. If people expected to batter them that's not on the players.

If the ref gives the right decision in the first place and VAR doesn't take forever. This isn't 0-1 right now.

So from attacking and all over them, the penalty gets turned down which irrespective of right or wrong is the best momentum killer the team on the ropes could have wished for what a load of bullshit it is

They're not impressive mind. Think that's what's most galling.

Every game is a must win game in Arsenal's position surely. Doesn't matter if its a good point per se when they could miss out on the title by a small margin, even keep up some pressure on Man City.

Pretty much identical performances and identical results that you imply is an impossibility which demonstrably is not. Nobody arguing it isn't a quirk. In fact that's exactly the point.