United have won their last six straight in the league, and have a chance to open up a five points lead at the top of the table after Man City
dropped further points on Saturday.
Not exact matches
The Dow utility average plunged another 12
points, the Transports
dropped by nearly 100, the Industrials failed their recent basing pattern, the number of stocks hitting new lows jumped above new highs on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq, decliners led advancers by more than 2 - to - 1, and the U.S. dollar weakened
further, among other ugliness.
It's still not great, of course, and as
far as traditional equities markets go, a cost 50 % decline is a disaster, but in the cryptocurrency markets, and especially against the backdrop of the bloodbath we have seen across other
points over the last few weeks, it's a
drop in the ocean.
Among the evidence that would shift our expectations in this regard would be: material equity market deterioration,
further weakness in regional Fed and purchasing managers indices, a slowing in real personal income, a spike in new claims for unemployment toward the 340,000 level, an abrupt
drop in consumer confidence about 10 - 20
points below its 12 - month average, and at least some amount of slowing in employment growth and aggregate hours worked.
The most frustrating but also the best thing is so
far we
drop points because of bad official decision (Everton, Hull,...) or individual mistakes (Swansea, Man Utd, Hull,...) rather than our opposition push us (only happen at Dortmund away)-- that means we have our fates in our hands, and we still have time to turn things around — especially when we have our 1st team player back from injury.
So
far that is Wenger's biggest mistake and it will haunt him (and us) all season — either he
drops his captain (and then what is the
point of having a captain if you don't play him) or he perseveres with him when we clearly need someone better in that position and get hammered by the Chelseas of this world again this coming season.
Spuds and Leicester will surely
drop points and they are now not that
far ahead.
O'Day and Walet, forced to gamble for first,
dropped far back and when they finally worked up to fourth and third respectively, they were both a quarter
point behind Dowrie in second.
The last time Arsenal won a game was when they narrowly beat Crystal Palace away on the 28th December, since then the Gunners have failed to win again during which Arsene Wenger has called the «most disturbing transfer window ever» and we have
dropped to an incredible 8
points behind the Top Four, and are in real danger of
dropping away
further if we don't start putting a run of wins together.
We can only hope that the teams leading the way so
far in the Premier League
drop points before our match, but with Man City going to bottom club Crystal Palace who have yet to pick up a
point or even score a goal, while their local rivals United play Southampton the chances are not good for us.
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How
far could he
drop at that
point?
In 16 matches so
far we have
dropped 14
points already.
We may have games in hand over the teams above us right now, but with a gap of five
points between us and Liverpool in fourth we will have a desperate need to beat West Brom in the early game next Saturday or find ourselves
dropping further away in the title race.
2
points dropped, 2
further players lost to injury, Arsenal are definitely on a low when it comes to there performance.
We've played three so
far: L'pool, Stoke, and Chel, and we've already
dropped a whopping 8
points from those games, and we haven't even scored a goal!
To be within the touching distance is better than to be
far gaped and start hoping the leaders above us will
drop points for us to catch them.
based on what Iv seen of the team so
far and our co-contenders ability and potential i.e ManCity playing very well, yet to
drop a
point even with Kompany and Aguero returning an added advantage..
Their record went from 7 - 2 to 5 - 4, and Douglass
dropped from 69.6
points to 54.5 in the regional standings,
far out of playoff contention.
If they
drop more
points, it will put them in
further trouble for the winning the title.
And who knows, some of their title rivals may yet
drop points again in the next weekends for Arsenal to seize the initiatives to move
further up in the table.
This is on what these two are truly arguing; Wenger uses the cup as an example against Neville but Neville isn't really belittling our ability to win games, but rather, that in the long run of a whole season it is more likely for us to
drop points due to relying purely on skill which is
far more linked to form then something like physicality.
United and City both showed they're
far from perfect and Chelsea finally
dropped some
points as well.
Spurs have found the net 24 times in 14 Premier League outings so
far this term, and while they have often impressed in offensive areas, they have
dropped points against the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United after missing big chances.
Completely agree, each of the top teams have
dropped points thus
far.
They have been just about managing to win recently but it has been
far from comprehensive and as the pressure increases from week to week I can see them
dropping points.
I tink d team dat needs LUCKY on d patch is BVB dey really need it cus dey play well
far better dan us bt stil dey
drop points lik water.
The school then decided to suspend him for the entire game,
further dropping the line to -10 at Pinnacle, and the Over / Under fell a total of 5.5
points since the opener.
«I think they should have more
points than they have so
far, because they had games where they lost in the last minute and
dropped a lot of
points in the last five minutes of games,» Cech said.
I hate Chelsea more than any other team and would love nothing more than to see them
further drop in
points / table.
Realistically speaking, I think we should beat Watford at home tonight, and although Liverpool have had an horrific week, they have performed well in the big games this season, so Chelsea
dropping points at Anfield isn't too
far fetched.
While our away form so
far this season has not been great, the Emirates Stadium is feeling something like a fortress and the last time we even
dropped points there was back at the beginning of April when Man City came to town.
After looking at the way our team and manager have reacted so
far this season in regards to other teams
dropping points it does not seem like they have the hunger, mentality or tactical awareness to pick up the two wins that will see them back in the mix.
Chelsea
dropped another two
points at home to West Ham today, as the Blues suffered a
further setback in their pursuit of securing Champions League football for next season.
I don't see Chelsea
dropping 10
points, we might beat them and United have a chance, but they will beat Liverpool, Sunderland and Palace... I mean they have only lost 2 games so
far this whole season... I really don't see them folding now.
It is worth
pointing out that Santi Cazorla has
dropped deep to good effect this season and may be Wenger's long - term answer in that position, meaning there may be room for Vidal
further forward.
The mentality of bouncing back is nonsense; the more
points you
drop the
farther away you move from winning the title.
This
points to Kos trying to push up at the last minute rather than
drop further to allow Per to make a tackle without risking a red card for preventing a goal scoring opportunity.
Zach Levine (not to be confused with the Chicago Bulls Zach LaVine) also stepped up in this one and had his best performance so
far this season
dropping 15
points to help his guys earn the lopsided victory.
Le Coq is a great players in the making but he's way
far from being in the same league as some of the other choices that Dechamps has available and this is indicative of the Arsenal problem, half our Squad are not good enough to make thier national sides despite what Le Fraud says about them, lets not forget Cabaye was in our sites ubntil we offered a lower sum than what the magpies wanted and now he's at Palace Le Coq himself was farmed out to Charlton with a view to being
dropped by Wenger, circumstances dictated that he had to come back to us and yes he has made an impact but he's NOT as good as is available currently and thats my
point.
A whopping 14
points have been
dropped by Arsenal so
far in the Premier League, as a result of some sloppy errors made by the defense.
Despite their miraculous campaign so
far, I still feel like City and sadly — Spurs look like the biggest title threat so
far, and I'm hopeful that the Mahrez - Vardy party will continue for two more rounds, because our own inconsistency means we must hope that others will also
drop points against the lesser sides.
21 — West Bromwich Albion have
dropped a league - high 21
points from winning positions so
far this season.
Rooney's natural tendency to
drop off and come deep to find the ball served him fine when playing with a striker partner, but as the team's main focal
point up top needs to remain
furthest forward in order to get on the end of chances.
One eye will surely be on Tuesday's Champions League qualifier with Club Brugge, but with City and Chelsea set to meet on Sunday, there will be even
further points dropped by some of our main title rivals this weekend, with the prospect of three
points at Villa Park all the sweeter.
2nd in the league now and a game against Chelsea not too
far off in the future,
dropped points yesterday would have been the worst possible outcome.
15 — Arsenal have
dropped 15
points from winning positions so
far this season in the Premier League — only Watford have
dropped more in the competition (16).
The Italian saw his side throttled 3 - 0 by Paris Saint - Germain on Tuesday night, the latest result in a slow start (by their standards) to a season that has so
far seen them
drop points to Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg.
Further congratulations to the mighty Tottenham Hotspur and their jaw -
dropping success and life achievement of moving one whole
point ahead of rivals Arsenal.
Swansea's change of manager has seem the pull a couple of
points clear of the
drop zone and this is a huge chance for them to make
further headway up to safety.