The title is far from over yet after the weekend results.

Originally Posted by: Gooner 

Just a massive pity Arsenal couldn't take full advantage

Originally Posted by: wallaw 

or even Man U

Originally Posted by: Gooner 

I agree, out of the 2 manager SAF must be kicking himself , they knew a win would put big big daylight between Man U and the chasing pack, that said they are still very much in control

Originally Posted by: llamedos 

I'm not so sure Gooner, I think that THIS Man U could easily 2 or 3 games without a win, especially when Europe starts again. The one thing they have in their favour is that Chelsea may well be out of the title race but still in Europe by the time the 2 teams meet in the league (does anyone know when the postponed game is due to be played?)

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

I am , what you have to consider is that Arsenal are likely to get knocked out against Barca which will give them a less congested fixture list than Man U , you also have to consider even if Chelsea are out of the title race they wont want Man U winning the title, 2 wins against the Blues wont be a given.

Originally Posted by: SEMerc 

Squeeky bum time...no point in second guessing what will or will not happen. Whoever scoops the major titles will deserve to do so !!

I would say Arsenal have a harder game than ManU

Remember Wolves have beaten

Chelsea

Man City

Liverpool ( Away )

AND Man U

No push overs

Yep John , I have my speech ready

No game is a gimme as we know, but being honest ( did I say that ) I expect the gap to be a point after the matches on Saturday

I cant remember such an odd but exciting season so far with no team (apart from chelski early season) looking likely to pull away from the wannabes. It has been quite an indifferent season in respect to quality, Chelsea hit top form early in the season, Man U have underperformed in many games and have looked quite poor at times, Arsenal always look likely but they too suffer from poor results. IMO the quality of the top prem teams have deterioated somewhat over the last cple of seasons possibly making it more of an even premiership as the weaker teams can now compete with the big boys.

I think the same can be said of the Italian league in respect more teams are competing for the title.

In Spain however its a different story with Barca (easily best team in Europe) comprehensively already pulling away from the other contenders including Real Madrid despite Madrids heavily funded team !!

I think that if you paired up each team in each position of the 3 leagues you would see that the prem and Italian leagues are just as strong in depth as the Spanish league. The difference is in just one team, to my mind I think Barcelona at the moment could well be THE best club side of all time. Real Madrid in almost any other period would be top of that league, they have been brilliant themselves and the gulf between them and the rest of the Spanish league is huge and yet they still lie second.

There's still talk about Qatar Holdings buying Man U. According to the BBC Gossip column, the Express is today claiming it's a done deal for £1.6bn.

Seems to have kept below the radar in the main, this story. If true, however, it'd give Man U the spending power that they've lacked in the past few years - and how annoying/scary would that be?

Looks like Spurs and Liverpool are set to battle it out for the services of Taiwo, given he will be a free agent at the end of the season. But Liverpool already have Glen Johnson.

Roy Hodgson named manager of WBA.

Back to a level he is comfortable with IMO and will probably keep them up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/9391291.stm

I'm not sure. The way he sets his teams up to play doesn't look to be that conducive to how WBA have been playing these past few years so it depends on whether he can get the players to adapt to a new style of play quickly and effectively.

West Ham get the Olympic Stadium.

Glad that Spurs didn't win it - seems bananas to just knock a spanking £500m facility down just to build a new football stadium.

Poor West Ham, they get a souless modern bowl stadium with a running track around it just to make it that little bit more atmospheric. 

Can't stand new bowl stadiums, the emirates and wembley for example are horrible.

I agree, they are the most horrible stadiums for football. Although the Emirates doesn't quite have the same atmosphere as Highbury, it is not all that bad and it is not as bad as what West Ham fans have got to look forward to.

Great goal from Rooney - Manure 2-1 up against Shiteh in the non-Manchester derby.

Excellent goal from Shrek, City lose another. Can see them winning the title

I dont think any of the Italian sides would finish in the Top 4 of the English Prem, I think Barca would find the Prem very tough, would they win it?? not too sure. R Madrid would find it a struggle to also finish in the top 4

Game of the day at WBA, Baggies 3 up at HT the Hammers get back to 3-3 a couple of minutes to go.

Liverpool 1-1 with Wigan...............last few minutes

Arsenal 2 up against Wolves..............closing moments

EDIT

5 minutes of injury time at The Hawthorns

Good result against Sunderland, given we had no Bale, Huddlestone, VDV or Modric. Sandro man of the match IMO. He really is going to turn into a special player - again IMO.

And a comic in goal who looks for an oscar each time he plays. And how many pairs of boots does Gallas need???

But yes an excellent away win

Well deserved win to be honest, I'm getting a little concerned that the rest of the season is over for us now. We will finish 7th or 8th and will pick up a few more points but being dumped out of the cup early has effectively finished our season. I'm also concerned that we seem to have let the Stoke game get to us, we defended set pieces ok before it, but have not done so since

That seems to be the overwhelming issue for posters on Ready-to-Go.

shame Fulham missed that penalty but at least Chelsea didnt win and another poor game for Torres who was substituted again. He must be glad he's now at a "big club"

A shame indeed as we would have been even further ahead of the chavs.

Think Chelsea are now out of the equation likewise man City. Two teams are now in the premeirship race and i am sure there will be a few twists and turns before the crowning in May. Man U have to play Chelsea twice so the blues could have a big say where the title ends. Likewise the teams who are scrapping for every point to keep their prem status.

FA cup and Champs league could also play a part in where the Prem title ends up.  I am sure both managers will be wanting their opposites to progress in the Champs league as the fixtures pile up, if Arsenal were to dispose of the Barca it certainly would open up the Champs league.

Van Persie is very much a player Arsenal need to keep fit along with their skipper Cesc both very influential and top top drawer. Man U will look to Vidic who has been a solid performer along with all their strikers to get the goals required, unfortunatley Man Us midfield has been very poor this season and needs to be sorted, very risky when having to play a team like Chelsea twice during the run in.

IMO Man U are slight faves as they have their noses just in front and have the bottle, the temprament and SAF to guide them. Would i put money on it..? Not a chance and if another team were to win the prem then Arsenal would be well worthy.