Premier League - Poll: Arsenal to scrape fourth

Eurosport - Mon, 05 Jan 14:38:00 2009

Eurosport-Yahoo! readers think that Arsenal will overcome injuries and a dip in form to scrape into the Champions League next season.

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We asked you where the Gunners would finish at the end of the campaign after a difficult start was compounded by the loss of Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky through injury.

It seems that most of you are realistic enough, with a whopping 68 per cent of almost 5,000 voters reckoning fourth or fifth is about right.

Eight per cent more thought fourth was more likely than fifth, perhaps hinting at a lack of confidence in Aston Villa, who currently occupy the final Champions League position with three points more than Arsenal.

The die-hard Gooners amongst you appear to have gone full-gun with the positive prediction, with almost three times as many going for champions than runners-up.

That is unlikely to happen, although 11 per cent thought that they might overcome one of Manchester United, Chelsea or current leaders Liverpool to nab third.

Final poll: Where will Arsenal finish this season?

Champions: 8%

Second: 3%

Third: 11%

Fourth: 38%

Fifth: 30%

Sixth or lower: 10%

(48241 votes since Monday December 29)

Reda Maher / Eurosport

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  1. SRBPWN I AGREEE TOTALY. I DID A THUMBS UP FOR THAT M8.­ :)

    From Nath, on Tue 6 Jan 7:18AM

  2. who voted champions in the poll? go live on the moon if­ u did.

    From Nath, on Tue 6 Jan 7:17AM

  3. I'm confidence Arsenal will be in the top four with­ or without new signings. The second half of the season­ where endurance and experience matters is the key to­ who are the champion and who are the pretenders. So you­ Liverpool dude don't get too cocky cause you guys­ are not there yet and never have been on the the good­ ship.........the SS PREMIERSHIP.

    From hisham n, on Tue 6 Jan 7:01AM

  4. it would be nice if arsenal fans thought more­ realistically. there is basically no chance of them­ winning the title. *cough* stoke and hull *cough*. as a­ liverpool fan i hope liverpool can win but it remains­ to be seen if they can keep it up. the top 6 will­ probably finish like this.

    man u
    lpool
    chelsea
    aston­ villa
    arsenal
    everton

    sorry arsenal but your not going­ to finish in the top 4
    arsenal

    From srbwpn, on Tue 6 Jan 6:20AM

  5. Clearly 32% of those that voted are clueless.
    Its good­ to see Villa doing well, who have homegrown tallent and­ encourage our own youth into football unlike Arsenal­ who basically are a foriegn team. Whats that website­ Tallhub might be bettaer than this forum

    From scollinsengineering, on Tue 6 Jan 5:15AM

  6. The fight for the championship is getting a little bit­ boring now. It has become almost predictable. It's­ the fight for the final EC place which is now getting­ interesting. Hope more clubs would be pushing for the­ spot.

    From cokrowinoto, on Tue 6 Jan 1:37AM

  7. 4th and thats all u be thats if villa don't @#$%­ things up which i hope not because that would be­ pleaseing;p c'on liverpool this is our year!!!

    From Chris C, on Mon 5 Jan 11:01PM

  8. ARSENAL 4 LIFE.
    ARSENAL WILL BE CHAMPIONS AT THE END OF­ THE SEASON

    From amibag95, on Mon 5 Jan 9:40PM

  9. it has to said the gunners have the best youth team in­ the league, but that is all at the moment. its going to­ take balls and grit to stay in the top four this season­ which villa have in abundance. both teams need­ strenthening this month but i think this is going to be­ a great run in to the end of the season. it would be­ nice to see someone upset the elite, and why not the­ villa?

    From ja_robo, on Mon 5 Jan 9:14PM

  10. it has to said the gunners have the best youth team in­ the league, but that is all at the moment. its going to­ take balls and grit to stay in the top four this season­ which villa have in abundance. both teams need­ strenthening this month but i think this is going to be­ a great run in to the end of the season. it would be­ nice to see someone upset the elite, and why not the­ villa?

    From ja_robo, on Mon 5 Jan 9:14PM

  11. Gabbi Agbonlahor and Ashley Young are class players,­ Villa deserve to be in the top four at the minute. If­ Arsenal splash the cash in January, I got see there­ being a good battle for the last champions league spot.­ I can't wait to see Gabbi and Ashley in the English­ Set-up, especially with the world cup next season. With­ players like these, with stars like Rooney, Gerrard and­ Joe Cole, we hav a decent chance of doping well in­ 2010. Still need a goalkeeper, but Joe Hart could be­ looking like the man

    From karen.j.cook, on Mon 5 Jan 9:12PM

  12. Arse-nal will do well to get 5th this season. If I was­ Arse-ne, I would be more worried about Everton catching­ Arse than Arse catching Villa. Thats not going to be­ the only capitulation either. Just watch Slitherpool­ plummet in the new year. They have actually got their­ fans believing Pancho's impression of SAF, "We­ are always stronger in the second half of the­ season"! Remind me! What have Slitherpool done for­ the past 15 seasons? Started off in the top 4, then­ struggled to stay there! What price Wigan or Hull­ catching Slime and Arse and getting into europe. Happy­ Dayz!

    From stephenjones272, on Mon 5 Jan 8:43PM

  13. arsenal will finishit third becouse wallcot he is­ fit..................comon arsenal tiger­ wallcottttttttttt

    From wercia1986, on Mon 5 Jan 8:24PM

  14. Nice to read some rather toned down comments tonight­ after the nastiness of the last couple of days. I have­ no views on first four but find it exciting as nothing­ is certain this time. Good luck to the fans who follow­ matters daily at their clubs.

    From taff, on Mon 5 Jan 7:55PM

  15. Arsenal will finish 4th or 3rd because it is clear we­ have dished the worst luck out of anyone this season,­ January you will see a strenghen in the arsenal sqaud !­ MARK MY GUNNERS SHIRT!

    From nikkmartnedita, on Mon 5 Jan 7:45PM

  16. I cant beleive what im hearing... how can you replace­ arsene wenger you fool ... just who would replace him??­ NO ONE .

    From nikkmartnedita, on Mon 5 Jan 7:44PM

  17. Aston Villa reminds me of Villa Mimosa/RJ.
    But they­ can do well. Arsenal is gonna be the Runner-up to the­ Blues this season with
    the Debils in third and Tools­ ranked fourth.
    Otherwise keep watching the Premier­ League!

    From ogoyeg, on Mon 5 Jan 7:38PM

  18. Arsenal are not the team they once were, Wengers­ refusal to buy, and his continued faith in the youth­ team, means they re being caught by other teams.

    From Had Enough, on Mon 5 Jan 7:35PM

  19. arsenal play way better than villa and play the best­ football in england but wenger needs 2 spend the money­ he is given 2 buy players like arshavin and shay given.

    From n, on Mon 5 Jan 7:17PM

  20. Villa are doing great at moment but it gets tough­ now.Can see utd making a solid run have Liverpool got­ the bottle and luck needed to win?time will tell.As for­ Chelski third at the most not sure whats happening­ there.If Arsenal do have money hope they spend it,the­ injuries they have could see them falling further from­ the chase and thats not acceptable the fans deserve­ more.

    From Sophie Poore, on Mon 5 Jan 6:36PM
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