And now that the season is more than half over, and we're at the traditional
halfway point of the season, it's time to hand out some fake awards.
With the BUCS divisions around the
midway point of the season, the majority of our teams, W1, M1, W3, and M3, are poised in mid-table.
There's a race for those 10 Playoff Spots... Team Saltzman got their first
points of the Season on Monday Night and we'll leave it at that.
We got there having drawn our previous away game at Manchester United, a first away
point of the season in our fourth game.
Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace picked up their first away
point of the season with a goalless draw at bitter rivals Brighton.
In our previous game we'd just picked up our second
away point of the season in a 1 - 1 draw at Hull and that had given us confidence ahead of this trip to Swansea although they had won three of their previous five games.
Take last season as a prime example, because just at the halfway
point of the season when the big Frenchman was on fire and was well on the way to proving all the doubters wrong once and for all, it all turned around and Giroud then endured his worst period since joining the Gunners.
Arsenal are world famous for having long lists of injured players at
crucial points of the season, and we have had quite a few since the beginning of this campaign.
With a home draw to London rivals Tottenham the
high point of their season last time around, a lack of European football means that Chelsea will be expected to throw everything at a charge for the title.
After United dropped their first
league points of the season with a 1 - 1 draw away at Stoke last week, a game which Sir Alex's side could have so easily lost, a shock 3 - 3 draw at Old Trafford in the UEFA Champions League versus FC Basel was to follow − and, again, that game could have just as easily gone the other way, especially as heading into stoppage time United trailed 3 - 2.
The recent victory for Arsenal over our old rivals Manchester United was a
key point of the season for a number of reasons.
They picked up their first away
points of the season against Sunderland, and will be hoping to rescue their campaign during the second half of the season.
Actually considering where arsenal were at the mid
point of the season last year i think arsenal work far better when under pressure
Their conversion rate is very much poor this season and with many of their first team players being unavailable for this match it would be considered as a miracle if Crystal Palace go home collecting their first
point of the season from Old Trafford.
Team Pulfer came oh so close to getting their first
points of the Season Monday Night — mark my words — next Sunday (or Monday) will be the day.
Also, in the final hour of the Night, Team Fat Sal's got their first
points of the season by earning 2nd in their VBall Group.
Team Isaacson pulled in their first 7.5
points of the Season after tying Team Silberstein at 6 (in 10 innings) in the first - ever All Sports Series kickball game..
Totally fair point but for me personally the real underlying conundrum is why the team struggles at virtually the
same point of every season, why the team is full of players that never seem to achieve their potential and how tactically naive we always seem to be against certain teams including our main competitors.
I often talk about trends here at The Brunette Nomad because I think it's interesting to see what becomes the
focal point of each season and what trends become wardrobe staples — it does happen.
Arsenal was never far off the pace but they suffered their lowest
point of the season during October and November taking only three points from four games.
They looked a more positive side against Leicester in their 1 - 0 loss against the Foxes recently, much more so than at any
other point of the season.
Of course they could have big problems keeping it up, especially if they lose one of their two main men Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, but we are nearly at the halfway
point of the season now and they keep winning.
Check out the
finer points of the Season Pass in the newest trailer for Activision and Infinity Ward's latest Call of Duty title - Ghosts.
Maybe the
whole point of seasons, in life and in weather, is that sometimes they march on without our consent, without our permission, and that other times, they linger longer than we would like.
One of favourite stats from last season was that Giroud played more games than Liverpool, but weall know that hewas in need of a rest at
many points of the season.
Should both Manchester clubs or just one of them win today it will put them on 16 points and that is a massive nine points more than Arsenal currently have, so how will this big gap at such an
early point of the season affect us?
Anze Kopitar recorded his
90th point of the season on Friday with an assist, becoming the first King to have 90 or more points in a season since Wayne Gretzky had 130 in 1993 - 94.
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