You form clubs, race in team colours, compete for pride of
place against other clubs on the leaderboards, and there's your problem.
There is no question I have less tolerance for Wenger now then before, but I also understand we must assess our ability as a
club against other clubs.
There are
fixtures against other clubs, schools and universities culminating with the Varsity match versus Cambridge in March in which the Blues, Peppers (2nd team) and a Ladies team compete.
And we are grateful for ALL THE TROPHIES Wenger has won, and victories too (in terms of games
played against other club, like #Wenger1000), which even surpasses those of coaches like Pep and the retired Ferguson.
The Hill - Wood's and Bracewell - Smith's ditched that philosophy and made Arsenal extremely conservative, which in itself has proved very
restrictive against other clubs who put football over finance.
He has scored only 15 goals in 59 games all time against the Premier League's top six teams, but has scored 77
goals against other clubs in the competition.
Hart has conceded five more goals (29 in 17 games) against Liverpool than he has
against any other club in the Premier League, so expect him to be busy again at the weekend.
Despite him looking a bit rusty, Giroud will start as his record against Newcastle is better than
against any other club.
Sunderland have recorded more Premier League wins against Newcastle than
against any other club.
In essence the stats prove that because of our positional play a «chance» against Burnley is far harder to convert than against any other club