THE ERIK LAMELA SHOW: As mentioned previously, I predict Lamela to be a mainstay of
the Europa League team.
This is a team who pried away Obafemi Martins from
a Europa League team in the middle of the year, lured away Nico Lodeiro from the biggest team in the Western Hemisphere and managed to land Dempsey when the idea seemed entirely preposterous.
If he can take Arsenal to that next level, and win us the PL, as well as take us far in the CL, he has more chance of getting into that Spain team than if he does going to
a Europa league team where he will barely get a look at by Del Bosque.
Hopefully Besiktas will take Debuchy off our hands very soon, and perhaps Gibbs could be joining him in Turkey with Galatasaray, although I wouldn't mind him staying for
our Europa League team, a stance I also think could be good for Calum Chambers....
I hope you're right and whoever it is i hope it's a ST, Giroud should be playing for
a Europa league team, sanogo is nowhere ready yet and wenger doesn't rate campbell for some reason
Make him the fulcrum of
the Europa League team and see how it goes, if he gets back to his best and we are in the Champions League next season, build the Champions League team around him, just keep him far away from EPL defenders until he's had a couple of injury free seasons.
The Europa League team will be able to focus on the Carabao Cup and Fa Cup for a couple of months.
Expect Arsenal to be
a Europa league team for a few or more seasons.
Jack Wilshere and Alexandre Lacazette are expected to make the bench, and I would expect Wenger to give the latter a short run - out in hope it will help him to make the team for Thursday night's
Europa League team.
3 points I'm delighted with and although we have a number of key players still out we are currently a mid table /
Europa league team.
also that
Europa league team has absolutely no chance of winning the competition so Wenger need to start taking it seriously in the next round with the possibility of teams like atletico Madrid Napoli juve maybe etc but knowing Wenger he'll stick with the same team just to defy logic.
Wenger saying now were
an europa league team, two seasons ago he said top 4 was our trophy... and now many arsenal fans are going with this even cool and happy..
Having a seperate
Europa league team with Jack Wilshere as captain will make loads of sense.
That team yesterday
the Europa league team is nowhere near being good enough to win anything and the first team isn't much better!
Arsenal are playing on Thursday tonight as a trial run for when we are
a Europa League team because that's where we are headed with Wenger still our manager!
Who will come to a rusting
Europa League team, with take over bids, fan discontent (boarding on hatred) and a manager so delusional and up his own arse that he dismisses lifelong fans to talk about his competency and his quality as a coach.
With our roster, our back - ups should be able to beat most
Europa league teams.
Former Inter, and current coach of Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, put his input on
some Europa League teams which he feel should...
As we now enter December, around 1000 players have been added in total, meaning there are now something like 1,200 different players from Europe's «big 5» leagues, and Champions League and
Europa league teams, you can buy shares in (top 200 + 1000 squad players).
Not exact matches
As Arsenal fans, of course we want the
team to do as well as possible, but I do think that Hamaan has a point, although it would be much better if Wenger and the club got the hunger back without us having to drop into the
Europa League to do it.
He has faced Premier
League teams too including two games against Chelsea in the
Europa League semi-finals the year the Blues won the competition, and holding Liverpool to a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield, but it another European game that he remembers the most.
The Gunners are currently sitting in 6th in the Premier
League table, but our reserves are through to the next round of the
Europa League, and are in the quarter - finals of the
League cup, but what is the minimum you would expect the
team to achieve for the season to be considered a success with our current players and manager?
Arsene Wenger has been handed a few selection problems ahead of this game, but he did the right thing by resting most of the regular first
team stars in the
Europa League win at BATE Borisov, so there should be no excuses about tired legs today.
Now the
team is in the
Europa league it is the end of an era.
His
teams» record following
Europa League fixtures has been dire this season and it is something Spurs have struggled with in the past too.
As long as we are in the
Europa League, Wenger will continue to be immortal, and if we win it by a miracle, because; let's be real, this isn't Milan's greatest team, then Arsene is 100 % here next season and this won't take us forward, even though it will give us Champions l
League, Wenger will continue to be immortal, and if we win it by a miracle, because; let's be real, this isn't Milan's greatest
team, then Arsene is 100 % here next season and this won't take us forward, even though it will give us Champions
leagueleague.
If the
team wins the
Europa league ideally Wenger would leave on a high and then step down opening the way for a new era to begin.
I don't think he'll get into the
team unless it's in the
league cup or
europa.
We need to finish higher than 2 of these
teams United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Spurs Reality 2: Winning
Europa will be tough as hell but as we are the top ranked
team our chances are better than finishing Top 4 in premier
league.
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Despite failing to seal a victory in the second leg, as Wolfsburg came from 2 - 0 behind to level the score on the night, Napoli have proved why they are the
team that Fiorentina, Sevilla, and Dnipro will want to avoid in the semi-final draw of the
Europa League.
I would be happy for the lad to get 15 - 20 first
team starts mainly in cup games including the
Europa league.
What has he done in the competition for» low budget
teams» the
Europa league?
The
Europa League... I'm not happy we're playing there, but I want us to win this competition and I feel that with a bit of luck from the
teams that will come from the CL we an do it.
Europa League is not Minor We should play strong
team in that If Mourinho had that attitude, he would not have won it.
I say Lets focus on the young gun Reiss Nelson... scored a cracker for under - 23's tonight... get him in the 1st
team squad and let him run riot in last 15 minutes if we are already winning plus
europa league and League cu
league and
League cu
League cup.....
For me, CL is a major trophy and
Europa league is a consolation price for the many
teams not good enough to make it into the CL.
teams for
europa league..
Ainsley has been an ever - present in our
Europa League and Carabao Cup sides, and has now started twice for the first
team, although for some reason Wenger keeps playing him in different positions for him to learn his trade.
You do know if Utd finish outside of the top four and end up winning the
Europa league, they will enter the champions, replacing the
team that finishes 4th, right?
OT: Arsenal in
Europa League only
teams like Dortmund and Atletico Madrid will enter round of 32.
There's a reason why Klopp got Brendan Bodgers»
team to the
Europa League final after 6 months in charge.
In your opinions, Wenger might not deserve the
Europa league title but the fans do and that's why we need to support the
team to win, not for the manager but for us; the fans.
Arsenal players haven been overly played this season because of the
Europa league where we have been playing mainly our B
team and Ozil and MK haven't had too many games before Christmas so i think our first 16 players are not heavily over worked and will have less to do in the coming weeks, we should be more worried about match fitness then fatigue,
Just to throw this in for debate, I have to tell you that in the Premier
League Arsenal's first
team have won three away games out of 13, but in the
Europa League our reserves have won three out of four!
Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a
team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the
Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions
League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.
Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for
Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the
teams we play at home, if we don't win the
Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next season.
Last year was Jose Mourinho's first season at Man United and he started by winning the
League Cup, but when he saw the Top Four
teams pulling away from the Red Devils in the
League he put all his energy and resources into winning the
Europa League as well to get a wild card entry into the Champions
League.
«The
Europa League has helped him more than any other player, giving him time to build his match fitness and the chance to break into Arsenal's first
team.
Teams do not suffer in their respective
leagues because of the
Europa League.