Defensive Clarity Will Bring About Third Place

This season will be a tough one to judge, the season context and longer-term view give rise to differing perspectives. Those judgements are for another day though; this campaign still has legs left in it. The title race opened ajar to entice Manchester City into daring to believe; the cruel fates of football though seem sure to laugh in their faces as they succumb to their neighbours in a daring display of counter-attacking. Or so the feeling goes.
For Arsenal, despite recent dropped points – and to be honest, it only feels like we dropped points against Chelsea because of the Wigan result and them being so unadventurous on Saturday – their fate is in their own hands. The outcome allowed Newcastle to dare to believe and neutrals...