2015/2016 Premier League
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<p>Surely they must have been top of the league post christmas without winning the league in 54 years?</p>
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<p>It's my Spurs we're talking about Hooroo, we have been a study of mediocrity in the league for the greater part of that 55 years!! I think there was one year back in the 80s when we were 2nd or 3rd only to lose out. Apart from a couple of good years with Redknapp we have been varying degrees of poo</p> -
I lived in London for most of the 80's and Spurs were good value for the whole decade. Certainly the top London side (if you discount Fulham) until Arsenal's resurgence at the end of that period.<br><br>Won FA Cup twice in a row (Ossies going to Wembley his knees have gone all trembly, C'mon you Spurs, C'mon you Spurs)I Think in the first of those two campaigns they were top of Div 1 at Easter.<br><br>Pretty sure they were top at Xmas the season Everton won it too. All in all I reckon they would have had 5-6 top 4 finshes in that time - plus winning the Cup Winners Cup.<br><br>Been lean times since though
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="dogmeat" data-cid="561913" data-time="1456895246">
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<p>I lived in London for most of the 80's and Spurs were good value for the whole decade. Certainly the top London side (if you discount Fulham) until Arsenal's resurgence at the end of that period.<br><br>
Won FA Cup twice in a row (Ossies going to Wembley his knees have gone all trembly, C'mon you Spurs, C'mon you Spurs)I Think in the first of those two campaigns they were top of Div 1 at Easter.<br><br>
Pretty sure they were top at Xmas the season Everton won it too. All in all I reckon they would have had 5-6 top 4 finshes in that time - plus winning the Cup Winners Cup.<br><br>
Been lean times since though</p>
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<p>They had some great players back then, Clemence in goal, Ardilles, Crooks and Archibald, Hoddle of course, Lineker, Gazza, Clive Allen, Ginola. They won the cup in 1991(?) when Gaz broke his leg. Since I started supporting them in the early 80s they have been in the shadow of some great teams, the top Liverpool sides, ManU of course, and lately Chelski and Citeh. Hopefully this is our time with a team of young players too, this could be our class of '92 ;)</p> -
<p>Liverpool won? jesus. That's a couple of beatings we have given City this year. And yet in the only trophy final we'll see, we lose. Hopeless.</p>
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<p>Fucking Man U, despite being awful for most of the year, aren't out of this yet. </p>
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<p>Arsenal are a joke. That may sound funny from a Liverpool supporter, but seriously, they have the same season on repeat. Same squad. At some point they will be title favourites before almost immediately going on a losing run where they show all the backbone of a jellyfish, they get knocked out of the Champs league, and key guys get injured. 4th it is again then? Wenger's done amazing things at Arsenal, but at what point to you move on? A club of that standing, with that sort of money should be showing a bit more ambition. </p> -
<p>Wenger has "done" operative word a good job in the past. He had some starch in his midfield back when they have Viera. Now they have a bunch of yorkies with pretty haircuts running around who can play keep away with the best of them but have no starch or directness. Time for him to move on.</p>
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When Emirates Stadium was built the Arsenal Board said that their priority was to retire debt. That there would not be money available for big money signings.<br><br>In light of that Wenger has done incredibly well to consistently qualify for CL - which was the limit of Arsenal's ambition.<br><br>The issue now is he seems to have adopted a bloody-minded we don't need to recruit approach.<br><br>If not this year - then when? Seriously?? The Leicester dream falters but the other contenders all stand back and say after you - no after you, I insist. No after you....
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<p>When Emirates Stadium was built the Arsenal Board said that their priority was to retire debt. That there would not be money available for big money signings.<br><br>
In light of that Wenger has done incredibly well to consistently qualify for CL - which was the limit of Arsenal's ambition.<br><br>
The issue now is he seems to have adopted a bloody-minded we don't need to recruit approach.<br><br>
If not this year - then when? Seriously?? The Leicester dream falters but the other contenders all stand back and say after you - no after you, I insist. No after you....</p>
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<p>Absolutely this. His legacy, even more than the trophies, or the unbeaten year, will be his ability to get into the CL every year while being financially prudent enough to pay for that stadium. It was a hell of a job, especially when you see the financial muscle he was up against. </p>
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<p>But how many years will supporters hear "so and so coming back from injury is like a new signing" or "there isn't value in the market" or "cohesion is what is most important" when the same flaws in the squad have existed for years, and not been fixed? I know he hates the January transfer, but the title was there for the taking by just buying a really good striker (and probably a centre back as well to be honest, that big German is a liability).</p>
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<p>I really don't think Wenger will win another title with Arsenal, so at what point to the Board decide that is what matters most?</p> -
<p>I'm pleased for Bournemouth that they look, at the moment (eight points ahead of relegation zone), a good chance to survive their first season in the Premier Division after having come up from League Two so swiftly.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="562091" data-time="1456971725">
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<p>Has there even been a team so well supported to win the league?</p>
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<p>No - even traditional Leicester haters (Derby, Forest) seem to be backing them against the glamour clubs.</p>
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<p>It helps that Ranieri is such a nice chap as well and they are a team of "journeymen" who battle</p> -
<p>So 9 games to go, surely only Leicester or Spurs can win it? 8 points to Arsenal in 3rd, and i think 10 to City in 4th (who have a game in hand). </p>
