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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
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I guess it’s because of the games in hand and messed up schedule? I know that they had an eight point lead at one point and things were looking grim.
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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
Yeah, I wouldn’t call it a collapse either at this point. The team hit a difficult patch a month ago where it could have gone horribly. It began to look like Manchester United could catch them, but they dealt with it well and have won five in a row since.
City are accomplished at firing up the jets in the run in and Arsenal have a very hard schedule with dates at City and Anfield and home to a starting to look resurgent Chelsea. I think the five point lead and the strength of City make this a coin toss.
Losing a coin toss isn’t a collapse.
Also, if you told me at the start of the season, Arsenal would be in this position and providing so much entertainment, I’d never have believed you.
The life of a sports fan is a funny one. Arsenal are exactly what I thought the Flames would be and the Flames are closer to what I thought Arsenal would be this season.
In my life it was only 1989 when I could have it all. And it all came in the space of two days.
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Sports can be weird for sure, and sometimes the margins between what seems like a catastrophe and winning it all are so small. Hockey in particular seems like a few bounces or things like that make an enormous impact at times.
All that said, it’s a collapse. You have a five point lead and control your destiny. If Spurs had to hear about “third in a two horse race” in a season in which they never lead (in fact, Arsenal did and they bottled it!), a five point lead is a collapse.
I don’t think it’s a coin toss though. It’s a pretty clear advantage because you need to drop points and City has to win. The league has a lot of parity and winning isn’t a foregone conclusion.