General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

As embarrassing a performance as I can remember in a supposedly important title game.

The Jekyll and Hyde team in the EPL, have a massive say in both ends of the table. Inconsistent or what?

Arsenal's end of season form is terrible for a title chasing side. Only picked up 9 points from a possible 21.

7 games. 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

It's turned into a city procession in the end.

And funny now looking back at the point when arsenal were 8pts clear and the media were asking was the league over!

Brighton want you to try and play football. Everton do the opposite. 5-1 was mental, but the loss was always possible.

Ya, pretty shocking. Came on here to see if it was mentioned.

A come on Wenger got way longer than other managers get.

I've seen endless online posts already from Arsenal fans saying they know how Liverpool feel.

Get Pep in a room on his own and ask him if this race has been the same in any way shape or form.

That is one way to look at it, but just one.

In reality, Manchester City had games in hand and, key to the entire season, they had not yet played Arsenal, and were on a winning streak of ten-in-a-row against the Gunners in the league before this season. What that actually meant was that the Arsenal lead was going to be decimated when those two games came around, and sure enough, that was an expected 6 point swing, as the winning run goes on to a dozen games.

Something that a lot of football fans don't seem to realise, is that 3 points picked up in August count exactly the same as 3 points picked up in May. Its only the final table that counts - that's the one that tells you how your season really went.

In the entire season there was one week, just one, where Arsenal (who were 100/1 before the season started) were actually favourites in the bookies. That by itself, means this was not a bottle job. The unfortunate thing for Arsenal is that this was their chance, and they haven't been able to get over the line.

Arsenal's place in the modern football hierarchy is best explained by them having to buy Manchester City cast offs.

If you consider last year's season a bottle job because they finished 5th, then how would you explain finishing 2nd this season? To a lot of people, finishing 3 places higher in the table would be seen as a clear and obvious improvement. 2022 69 points 2023 81 points minimum. That's a big swing.

It's not a bottle job.

But the reason rivals don't mind seeing City win it is that when they win, it's the most meaningless win out of any rival title. It's not difficult to work out.

Do you think they will finish 2nd or 1st next season?

I'm guessing they will be fighting for a top 4 spot, so this really was their big chance.

Will they ever have a league with such a poor Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs in it again? I doubt it.

And their fans claimed they threw the cup and euro games to concentrate on the league.

Face it, they blew it.