collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Will we win the Premier League  (Read 32564 times)

Offline algy

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6572
  • Age: 43
  • Location: Gogledd Cymru
  • GM : 26.03.2025
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #555 on: January 08, 2026, 10:09:16 PM »
Arse and Man C dropped points at home, we dropped points away. You could argue our chances improved marginally.
Won a point away against Crystal Palace. Definitely marginally improved.

Offline Monty

  • Member
  • Posts: 29925
  • Location: pastaland
  • GM : 25.05.2024
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #556 on: January 08, 2026, 10:09:41 PM »
We won't win it, but it's even more than usual a damn fuckin' shame, considering who will win it.

Offline Richard E

  • Member
  • Posts: 14445
  • Age: 55
  • Location: Telford
  • This also will pass.
  • GM : 28.02.2019
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #557 on: January 08, 2026, 10:12:07 PM »
We played Crystal Palace and didn’t lose, which to me is more of an achievement than us winning a major trophy.

Offline paul_e

  • Member
  • Posts: 38490
  • Age: 46
  • GM : July, 2013
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #558 on: January 08, 2026, 10:12:28 PM »
We can win it, and are 1 of only 3 clubs who can say that. That's enough for now.

Offline waynejames

  • Member
  • Posts: 625
  • Location: Treacle Tarn
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #559 on: January 08, 2026, 10:13:05 PM »
Something very big will depend on our last two games.
I'm not too sure what but i look fowards to it!

Offline waynejames

  • Member
  • Posts: 625
  • Location: Treacle Tarn
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #560 on: January 08, 2026, 10:14:21 PM »
We need to get that Wharton lad from Palace. I rate him over Rice etc etc

Offline Mellin

  • Member
  • Posts: 2786
  • Age: 38
  • Location: Leicestershire
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #561 on: January 08, 2026, 10:23:28 PM »
Arse and Man C dropped points at home, we dropped points away. You could argue our chances improved marginally.
Won a point away against Crystal Palace. Definitely marginally improved.

You could agree we have all our hardest fixtures out the way with Arsenal and Palace. No joke. City away is last game of the season, so we'll either be in or out by that stage. Be more than happy to go into that needing a win 🤞

We do need Arsenal to shit themselves a little, but they're pretty reliable for that.

Offline RamboandBruno

  • Member
  • Posts: 4582
  • Location: Birmingham about 4 miles from Villa Park
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #562 on: January 08, 2026, 10:29:01 PM »
Posted on the Emery thread earlier, or at least agreed with a comment by SE, Unai’s reaction with the ref at the final whistle last night, to me indicates deep down he believes we can win it. Thats more than good enough for me. Bring it on.

Offline tomd2103

  • Member
  • Posts: 15746
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #563 on: January 08, 2026, 10:36:38 PM »
I'm still not convinced that we are genuine challengers, but if we just for a moment consider that we are, then I just think last night was a big opportunity given the other results this week.  You just get certain games throughout the season that feel like cornerstones and I think last night was one if we are going to be really challenging. 

Offline Mellin

  • Member
  • Posts: 2786
  • Age: 38
  • Location: Leicestershire
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #564 on: January 08, 2026, 10:39:46 PM »
Posted on the Emery thread earlier, or at least agreed with a comment by SE, Unai’s reaction with the ref at the final whistle last night, to me indicates deep down he believes we can win it. Thats more than good enough for me. Bring it on.

Same exact thought crossed my mind.

Offline eye digress

  • Member
  • Posts: 915
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #565 on: January 09, 2026, 06:50:34 AM »
Struggling to find the exact quote, but Emery said post match something to the effect that it was a balanced game that we were closer to winning than losing, and while one point is not enough, we must accept it.

To my mind, there's only one outcome one point wouldn't be enough for.


Offline Baldy

  • Member
  • Posts: 1492
  • Location: Little Island somewhere
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #566 on: January 09, 2026, 08:55:06 AM »
Apart from a purple patch of 30 minutes against us (when our midfield was depleted) Arses have been distinctly average in the last number of weeks. Barely scraping results. Man City* have a lot of new faces, are in transition and havn't been their normal fluent selves for a while.

They are both capable of leaving the door open for someone else to step in and grab the glory.

With a bit of luck on the injury side and possibly one or two 'experienced' loan signings in January, why not us?
« Last Edit: January 09, 2026, 09:15:46 AM by Baldy »

Offline Monty

  • Member
  • Posts: 29925
  • Location: pastaland
  • GM : 25.05.2024
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #567 on: January 09, 2026, 09:27:35 AM »
Or as Jonathan Liew put it graciously in his column, 'Aston Villa, lol, give me a break'. That's nice.

Offline paul_e

  • Member
  • Posts: 38490
  • Age: 46
  • GM : July, 2013
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #568 on: January 09, 2026, 09:40:53 AM »
^ that's exactly why I don't pay any attention to the guardian football pages.

Offline caster troy

  • Member
  • Posts: 1567
Re: Will we win the Premier League
« Reply #569 on: January 09, 2026, 09:44:09 AM »
On an emotional level there can't be many bigger prizes for Unai than beating Arsenal to the league. Might explain his unusual reaction at the end of the Palace game

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal