Out of all the derbies in the premiership, why is it only the north London derby that gets pundits and fans talking about a power shift? Yes Spurs are a very good team and they have come a long way over the last 3-4 years and the gap between the two clubs, footballing wise, is smaller than ever.
However, we went 9-10 years without a trophy and got absolutely hammered by the press and pundits for this.. We have now won 3 trophies in the last 4 seasons whereas Spurs have won one trophy in the last 20 years (league cup) and finished above us once in that time but according to the experts there is a power shift everyone we are about to face off against them
I can't remember any of the pundits talk about the power shift in Manchester which has been in full effect for the last 5-6 years. There you have City who have passed united and comfortable the best team in Manchester and have backed this up with trophies. Don't get me wrong they have a long way to go to match united trophy cabinet but if the pundits are going to talk about a power shift, then why don't they refer to Manchester?
It seems the media are obsessed with Spurs and have this agenda against Arsenal. Even after we won yesterday, we still didnt get the justifiable recognition. All the pundits did was raise more question marks which to a certain degree is a fair assessment on Arsenal but this has to be also accommodate by praise where it's due and unfortunately, we just don't get this.
Power shifts in the premiership!
posted on 20/11/17
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posted on 20/11/17
If anyone listened to the fat bald dude on Sunday supplement and his bitter aftermath thoughts on the nl London, highlights my point nicely
posted on 20/11/17
Would I rather see my team win trophies or not? Spurs are just Arsenal of 07-11. Good team who get the odd big result but are trophy dodgers, only difference is that Arsenal still got tons of stick.
posted on 20/11/17
comment by Posh Mufc Great Hafi Not Arrogant Just Better (U6578)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
Man Utd actually won a lot more trophies than ManCity since they became rich. The gap has increased trophies wise so no power shift.
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And playing so much better football Hafi. Bear with me on a flight of fantasy here, but if you were to ever actually go to a game would you prefer to watch Jose's team parking the bus or Pep's team destroying teams with fast free flowing football? You have to imagine actually going, you know, paying money and buying a ticket and sitting in the stadium. Which would you opt for?
posted on 21/11/17
Mourinho actually is an expansive coach. Just the big games he likes to keep it tight. Maybe if he had better players he would go for it more in the big games.
posted on 21/11/17
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
Powershift nonsense is something schoolchildren talk about in the playground on a Monday morning, total and utter rubbish. Most supporters are only interested in the here and now. Try telling Spurs supporters that watching their team beat Real Madrid in front of 80,000 plus at Wembley is somehow inferior to watching Arsenal a few days later play out a drab 0-0 a few days later in the Thursday night trophy at an half empty emirates.
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Half-empty!! Arsenal got 58265, 2k off full capacity.
You got 83k in 90k stadium.
You just make it up
posted on 21/11/17
comment by CFC: FFP Champions (U20729)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
Powershift nonsense is something schoolchildren talk about in the playground on a Monday morning, total and utter rubbish. Most supporters are only interested in the here and now. Try telling Spurs supporters that watching their team beat Real Madrid in front of 80,000 plus at Wembley is somehow inferior to watching Arsenal a few days later play out a drab 0-0 a few days later in the Thursday night trophy at an half empty emirates.
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Half-empty!! Arsenal got 58265, 2k off full capacity.
You got 83k in 90k stadium.
You just make it up
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Try looking at a cats v@gina
posted on 25/11/17
FFS, i realize the now but really comparing Arsenals success over the past years to Spurs current CL run is laughable. This is typical of the Totts and i expect what they have now to be short lived.
posted on 25/11/17
Well today was a really poor performance but got the 3 points. Good job Brighton had no creativity otherwise we would have lost
posted on 25/11/17
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 5 days, 8 hours ago
In many ways Samdy is right. Ultimately football is about the here and now. What happened even last season quickly becomes irrelevant if your team falls off the pace. What you did ten or twenty years ago bears even less relevance.
Would I rather be watching Spurs beat Real Madrid at Wembley in front of 83,000 in the CL, or going on about having made the CL twenty years on the trot and having won some top flight titles under Herbert Chapman back when the ball was a pigs bladder and a pre match meal was a pint of Guiness and a roast dinner.
Referencing your clubs size or power or whatever tends to be what happens when things are slipping and another club are threatening you. Seen Liverpool fans do it a lot when Utd started threatening their records, seen Arsenal fans do it to Spurs when we became a competetive rival rather than the local midtable club, seen Utd fans do it to City when they won the lottery, seen a number of big clubs do it to Chelsea. When things are going the way you want you just focus on the here and now and say "we're better than you". When things aren't going your way, you resort to "we're bigger than you". Happens all the time.
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25k empty seats at Three Point Lane today. Arsenal would fill Wembley: no excuses