Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
<strong>Newcastle were more than 7 pts ahead and we pulled them back.
The Arsenal team at the moment and the Newcastle team of 95/96 are actually quite similar. And before gillespie et al start screaming and shouting read and think about it.
Both play very attractive football going forward and have the capacity to score 3 or 4 every game. The players to get goals from nothing. Asprilla/Ginola - Pires/Bergkamp. A striker who will score 30 a season Ferdinand scored 29, Henry will be close to 30. Strong tackling midfielder Batty - Vieria.
Both have a weakness in defence. Both defences are/were short of pace especially in the middle. Albert - Cygan/Keown.
Both are prone to laspes in confidence. Newcastle in March/April. Arsenal looked seriously short of confidence in October/November.
7 pts may be a gap but it can be overturned in a week or so.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Me scream and shout ??...now come on !However,let's deal with your comparison.I'm not sure it's valid.For 2 reasons primarily.....Newcastle weren't Champions...we are.Secondly,your team then was,in my view,considerably better than the one you have now.But time will tell