I've said it before will say it again, the team with best defence will win the title. At the moment that is Arsenal. Yesterday and Newcastle were good examples of us holding on to these leads. In previous seasons we would've got 2 instead of 6 points from these two games.
Per Mertersacker has been the best defender in the league this season, he's so vital to the team. I would say he's the most important player for us in the squad. Yesterday that interception header was top class, Benteke would've made it 2-2 otherwise. Btw benteke won pretty much every ball but the second balls the defenders got there first. We shut down their runners quick. Gibbs coming on also gave us aerial ability I think he was the only one to beat Benteke in the air. Don't think there's any defender who can consistently get the better of Benteke in the air.
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In my somewhat outlandish opinion, the team with the most points has a decent chance of winning the league
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This is the Aston Villa that beat City and Arsenal this season right?
You can't take any game as given. This season, the premier league is the highest quality league in the world. The top clubs in Germany (Bayern) and in Spain (Barcelona) are superior but the overall quality is extraordinary. Every team in this league can give you a game and seriously threaten you. Villa were poor for much of yesterday but the likes of Weimann and Benteke are still players to be feared.
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Our defence is dope.
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Nah, the teams at the bottom of the prem are crap. There have been a few shock results against the top teams, but overall the quality has been terrible. There's a reason there's such a disparity between the top 9 and the rest of the league.
Most of the teams in the top half of the table are beating the crap teams, a few shock results doesn't change that, and the football offered up by those teams on the whole has been woeful.
The standard of the top teams in the prem, United withstanding, however, has been very good this season.
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Best defence (tied) and 3rd best attack yet the numpty Sheriff John Brown (named after a racist!!!) still has only negatives to throw out
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'Mertesacker is absolutely fantastic. He was written off by the media when he first moved here and unfairly so imo. He's the player senderos was meant to become.'
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I've said it before will say it again, the team with best defence will win the title.
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You don't say... and how did you form such a unique opinion on things?
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