When English premier league kicked off this season in August, a lot was said by football analysts especially those who work with sky sports news. Many of these pundits on their own determination even before the action began had decided to rate some teams in EPL as title contenders.
To them Manchester city, Chelsea, Manchester united, Liverpool and Spurs were the real EPL contenders. The parameters they advanced as the indicators for title contention was mere squad depth. Arsenal team which for the last 16 years had never finished outside number is this 20 teams strong league to these pundits were not contenders for EPL 2013/2014 season.
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Then came the unfortunate lose by Arsenal at home to Aston villa on match day one. These experts due to their skewed analysis based on hate for Arsenal did not only completely ruled them from title contention but also suggested that Arsenal will this current season struggle to remain in top 4.
On match day two Arsenal bounced back with a win (3 to 1) against Full-ham, a result which became their stepping stone to topping the till January 2014. What is funny though, much as Arsenal have stayed at the summit of EPL for over 4 months from September to date, these pundits keeps on shifting from one reason to another on why Arsenal are not contenders. The very teams which these experts rate as title contenders have been at the top of league shortly only before Arsenal plays and yet these so called experts ignores that in their analysis.
What wins competitions is not just squad depth defeating just the so called big teams which Arsenal is said not being able to beat but a combination of factors such as: team spirit, consistency and desire to win matches irrespective of whether they are small or big teams. For a fact on squad depth, Arsenal managed to win EPL 2003/2004 unbeaten with only 11 regular players plus 5 substitutes. These pundits must now realize that their hate for Arsenal only motivate the team to perform better in each match and to continue proving them wrong on each match day. https://www.likeplum.com/affiliate
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