JD

If Arsenal continue on the current trajectory, a 90-point plus season shouldn’t be far off. Arsenal have only attained a 90-point season once since the Premier League commenced in 1992/93 and since the 38-game cycle began. We don’t need glossy wins. We need wins. I’ll liken it to Man Utd of some years ago. Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United scored 68 goals in 2008/09 and had 90 points. That’s less than two goals per game. That point tally was the highest they had in that dominant era between 2007 and 2009. And their highest points return led to their lowest goals tally. They recorded 10 1-0 wins that season and didn’t score more than two goals in 30 of their 38 league games. Their top scorer was Cristiano Ronaldo and he had 18 league goals. For comparison, Man United scored 18 goals and conceded 5 in their opening 10 games that season. They kept 6 clean sheets. Arsenal have scored 15 goals now in 10 games, and have conceded 5. We've kept seven clean sheets. That was a Manchester United that had Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez in attack. They were also losing finalists in the UCL that season. They were not just the best team in the Prem, they were one of the best two in Europe. Whatever you see now has happened before. Back your team.