Personally I have conceded early...the 3 seasons we won in a row was by picking points against mid table and relegation teams...I hope we do well in the gamble that is the CL, and by doing well I literally mean winning the damn thing.

EPL maybe next season - as much as 5 points gap is only a loss and a draw for them with 2 wins for Man Utd to be at par,I am certain we'll drop points again and again and again, as we have consistently shown so far, and am also certain Chelsea will not undergo a breakdown of epic proportions a la The Kop so far.

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@smano - Maybe you should just become an Arsenal supporter. With that kind of attitude, you'd find yourself at home with other Arsenal supporters. Did you notice the first person to support you? An Arsenal supporter since 1942!

@Conos and @Winston..........I beg to differ. 3Points against small teams and 3points against your title rival are not the same.

Assume that with one match to go before the end of the season Chelsea is 2points ahead of The Mighty Man-U. Then the very last game of the season pits Man-U against Chelsea. If Man-U wins that match, they will take the title by one point. Get it?

Consider a different scenario. Assume both teams have same number of points but chelsea have a better goal difference of plus one. In the final match, if say Man-U beat Chelsea by 2 clear goals, Man U takes the title.

I have given these two scenarios and assumed the final match of the season to make my point clearer. Otherwise the effects of the matches at whatever stage of the season is the same in as far as the eventual title winner is concerned.

To win the league, you gain a lot of advantage when you hit your rival. Of coz morale boosting and bragging rights also come into the scene.

Food for thought!

@TAZ..........Agreed. However, my point is that a victory against a fellow title contender is definitely more important than a victory against any other team. The scenarios I have given above are meant to drive that point home.

This reminds me of another scenario. Suppose am on a salary of 200K per month and you are on 10K. Then both of us get a sack so we end up with ZERO salaries thereafter. Are these two zeroes the same? Definitely not!

TOP FIVE RICHEST CLUB OWNERS - UK
1. Sheikh Mansour ( Man City) - £20 bn
2. Lakshmi Mittal (QPR) - £17 bn
3. Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) - £8 bn
4. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) - £7.4 bn
5. Liebherr family (Southampton) - £3 bn

TOP FIVE RICHEST PLAYERS - UK
1. David Beckham - £100 million
2. Michael Owen - £40 million
3. Rio Ferdinand - £34 million
4. Sol Campbell - £31 million
5. Ryan Giggs - £27 million

TOP FIVE RICHEST MANAGERS - UK
1. Fabio Capello - £36 million
2. Roy Keanne - £28 million
3. Alex Ferguson - £22 million
4. Carlo Ancelotti - £21 million
5. Arsene Wenger - £17 million

Winston....the most surprising is Sol Campbell

@taz...seems sol knows what he is doing -hopping from one club to another and keeping the pounds flowing.

@mcreggae - Agreed. But for all his success he should negotiate better pay from the glazer family. Anyway...wealth is a function of many factors. Pay being only one. And even if Man-u dont win the EPL this season... SAF can rest happy being ahead of Ancellotti, Wenger and the entire EPL coaches on the wealth front!

i agree. this is the lowest we have sank since in the 60's. i didnt believed it when we lost the marseyside derby that way.

I am not a fan of Fools but watching their match against Everton,i can say with certainty that they will rise.....I want to believe that you cannot under-estimate any team at the moment after watching the smallest team (Financial-wise) against "Petrodollars".Really,BP outplayed MC in all departments.They played the most basic football full of exciting touches,skills and clever moves.If this is what the big ones are upto,then there are many more points to be dropped.

Mwenza....Whats up with your team? Rooney and SAF are no longer in speaking terms, Van Der Sar is the new Fabianski, Evra seems to have lost his form and Giggs is again out injured.