Claude Puel's side head into the weekend in 8th
position in the table with the opportunity to move above Burnley, who are in action against Manchester United.
Birmingham City beat Crewe Alexandra Under - 23s 2 - 0 last Monday evening, seeing the Club sat in
sixth position in the table going into this fixture.
I think we were confident and the team in the second half... it's true that we were pushing a lot and we dominated the game completely and in the end we are so happy because the victory puts us in a very
good position in the table, fighting to finish in a good position at the end of the season.»
Newly appointed coach Peter Stöger has moved Dortmund up to
third position in the table following their 2 - 1 win at home against TSG Hoffenheim.
English football's «big six» are jockeying
for position in the table as expected, but below them lie Burnley, Watford, Brighton and Huddersfield, clubs punching above their weight while drawing strength from having a definite plan.
So Wenger expected another penalty to be given against us, and he also thinks that Arsenal would not be down in
6th position in the table if our club hadn't been mistreated by the refereeing decisions, and that is why we are so far from the top.
I know that no matter what I or anyone says there will be some Arsenal fans who are unable to draw any sort of positive from the fact that we finished second in the Premier League last season, even though it was our highest placing since the invincibles won it in 2004 and that is made it three years in a row that Arsenal had improved our
final position in the table.
His strengths are undoubtedly his physical attributes as he is 6» 3 ″, fast and aggressive and his protection of the backline this season has helped propel Gladbach to a very respectable
8th position in the table.
Bare minimum 2 stars will leave... Potentially back to back F.A. Cups, an
improved position in the table with us being hot favourites for second place.
An average coach -LCB- Wenger -RCB- an average team -LCB- Arsenal -RCB- with a wrong selection of players for the game for the starters... an
average position in the table they are not going nowhere this year Wenger out!!!
Up until this season, however, there has been very little in the way of confidence from the football media, no matter how well the Gunners had been playing or
what position in the table we were occupying.
Can Wenger really not see that the manner of our performance as well as this being his worst ever season in terms of results and
position in the table mean that he is not really getting the best out of the Arsenal squad?
Out of 14 away games in the League this season Arsenal have won just 3 of them, against Everton, Burnley and Crystal Palace, and this has contributed massively to our
lowly position in the table.
We would not be in this situation if Arsenal allowed their
promising position in the table slip through their fingers; nobody could envisage that Leicester would achieve what they have this season, and even the most ardent of Gooners out there will back them to win the league ahead of Tottenham, but for Arsenal to be so far behind can only be viewed with disappointment and regret.
Thomas Christiansen will have stressed not taking this match for granted, as despite their
poor position in the table, Hull has enough talent to be able to create a little havoc in the table, and they would love nothing more than to give their traveling fans an early Christmas present with a victory at Elland Road.
Sitting in a top
half position in the table he now has time and a further opportunity to show what he can do without any undue pressure; a target of 8th place should not be an unreasonable or unattainable one looking at the other clubs around us.
That result left more questions over Jose Mourinho's future, with the team languishing in
15th position in the table, just four points above the relegation zone.
«It would be better to lose two or three matches, but win three or four more and then we would have six or eight more points, and then be in a
different position in the table.
Leeds United have launched a somewhat surprise bid to claim promotion into the Premier League this season and with the Whites currently in
3rd position in the table, there is every possibility that they will be able to earn an automatic promotion place.
The Blades find themselves in a healthy
sixth position in the table, two points ahead of their rivals today but were brought down to earth last week with a home defeat to Norwich.
Neck - and - neck with Manchester City this season, Arsenal have a great chance to take the No. 1
position in the table with a win over West Bromwich Albion this weekend.
With just twelve games to go till the end of the season, Arsenal find themselves in a
good position in the table and are in touching distance of the summit.
When you win third place is reachable and a few months ago nobody was thinking about that apart from me, the
third position in the table is good because you are certainly qualified for the Champions League and it would be better than our pre-season goals.»
However, despite the club's
current position in the table and a less than stellar start to the season, it is not all doom and gloom at the Emirates as I write this.