Sentences with phrase «final game of the season arsenal»

Final game of the season Arsenal the Champions, its been a long wait but so worth it just look at the relief from the crowd never mind the crowd Jamie look at the players Iv» e seen them so pumped look what it means to them all.

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In fact Smudger, who scored the opening goal against Liverpool in the final game of the season in 1989 that gave Arsenal our most dramatic title win ever and inspired the book and film Fever Pitch, thinks that the resilience the current team showed at the Britannia Stadium proves that this squad is capable of going all the way and adding another title to our history of major honours.

With Man United's win over Norwich ensuring that Arsenal still need points from our final two games to secure a Champions League place for next season, the manager must get his team selection and tactics right and with more options than usual he has a tough job on his hands, but one of those choices for me has to be Santi Cazorla in the box to box role.

Can you definitively assure me, that an Arteta who played 34 matches in his inaugural season (where Arsenal only won one or two games without him and desperately had to field him in the final game of the season) and 31 the next season, has had his body deteriorate so far that it can't handle 5 - 10 starts and a couple of substitute appearances?

Yet again Arsenal have their final make - or - break game of the season, and there is no doubt in my mind that a defeat, or maybe even a draw, will put the final nail in our chances of reaching our Top Four Trophy this year.

In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions League.

You could say that the really big one is the final game of the season against Aston Villa at Wembley, as it gives Arsenal the chance of a trophy and also to become the most successful club ever in the history of the FA cup.

The situation is that Arsenal's last game of this season, hopefully, will be the FA cup final on May 30th.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has backed the Gunners to keep on providing Chelsea with competition for the Premier League title in the final few games of the season, the Daily Star reports.

Despite securing Champions league football, Arsenal will have been disappointed not to have mounted a stronger title challenge while Villa flirted with relegation for most of the season and only secured their status in the final few games.

Deny it all you want but since Fabregas left Arsenal our frre flowing football has really declined.It feels like am the only one who thinks we lack real penetration and ideas in the final third of opponents.Also in 14/15 sesson I lost count of our misplaced passes and poor gameplay overall.We've been very very poor in our passing game for some seasons now.For a game like this to work you need players whonhold the ball very well and are possession efficient.Look at the Arsenal starting lineup and compare it to that of years back and you'll know what I mean.We have very few possession efficient players which is causing this problem.We don't have many players who can actually hold the ball and play the ball.That's what differentiates us from the top passing teams.

If AW loves Arsenal as much as he says he does, he should guide Arsenal as far up the league table as he can and bow out at the final game of the season.

Final Thought With only 2 games into the new season, Arsenal, palpably, haven't yet gone through the gears they can, once they warmup to the rigours of the Barclays Premier League.

Arsenal are three points behind log leaders in EPL, in the quarter final of the Capital One Cup, Joint top in champions league though second on away goals» rule, never lost a game since the start of the season.

If Arsene Wenger had not given the 23 - year old that rare start in the last Premier League game of the season, not only would Arsenal fans have missed out on the goal of the season against West Brom, Wilshere may have missed out on the FA cup final and the media would surely have got on his back again for being injury prone and for not realising his potential.

Arsenal v Chelsea is one of the biggest games of the year for me, and although we have a very makeshift defence it reminds me of the FA Cup Final when Mertesacker played his first game of the season and we still beat them.

We all know that Arsene Wenger has made an agreement with David Ospina that says that the Colombian will be playing all of Arsenal's FA Cup games this season, but the fact remains that we will be facing the best team of the season in the Final, and surely we will want our best keeper on the pitch.

With the a draining Europa League campaign coming up for the Gunners next season they are going to need more depth to their squad as when you consider there are 38 league games, up to 15 games in the Europa League (should they reach the final) up to 6 games in the FA Cup and the same in the League Cup, Arsenal could end up playing in 65 games over the course of the season.

Arsenal fans will be celebrating another FA Cup final this weekend after their 2 - 1 win over Reading at Wembley, but this game left a number of unanswered questions for the Gunners to ponder for the remainder of the season, including some tricky selection choices for Arsene Wenger for the final...

Arsene Wenger gave his final pre-match Arsenal press conference yesterday, ahead of our final Premier League game at home top bottom club Aston Villa at home tomorrow, and one thing he said has left a lot of Arsenal fans shaking our heads and fearing that after all the criticism and complaints that have come the manager's way this season, nothing is going to change after all.

Arsenal play their final game of the Premier League season against West Bromwich Albion this Sunday with third place more or less wrapped up, so Arsene Wenger seems likely to shuffle his pack ahead of the far more important FA Cup final clash against Aston Villa the following week...

Still, Mourinho's men are up against some big teams in the final few games of the season, Arsenal included, so is Wenger right to say there might still be a chance for his side to cause a major upset?

But that doesn't mean that Arsenal are out of this game at all on recent form against Chelsea, as we have beaten them twice recently in the FA Cup Final at Wembley and the Community Shield in this season's opener, and actually have 3 wins out of our last four meetings.

It does not help the big Frenchman that he has not yet started a game for Arsenal this season, after his late involvement with the France national team as they suffered disappointment in losing to Portugal in the final of Euro 2016.

This may be the biggest garbage article put on here sorry for the offense i like the site but this shows the lack of heart and appreciation and sadness of arsenal fans no love we've been spoiled for so long we cant lose with honor anymore we made it to a cup final a long way to go for any group i did nt see mu there or liverpool or tottenham and we beat a tough chelsea side in semi final to make there and lost a tough match to the best epl team by far this season and our fans are such poor losers we couldnt even stay to congratulate the team for making it that far and giving us the opportunity to go how embarrassing and sad and then try to say no desire i mean lets realistically analysethe game and not listen to so called manchester united scoundrs like Neville who never once cared more about arsenal than a piece of mud and then try to disassemble the team after a tough lost what kind fans are we.

Considering how Arsenal played in the first two months of this season, it seems like a dream to see us going ten games unbeaten at this moment, and only needing five more wins to secure second place in the Premier League and a repeat success in the FA Cup Final.

The three Arsenal victories, in last season's Premier League meeting at the Emirates and FA cup final before this season's Community shield, have all seen us take the game to Chelsea and that should be the plan once again, without being too open and forgetting about being hard to beat of course.

Diaby did manage to get on the pitch for the final game of last season and has had all summer, pre-season and the under 21s games to build himself back to full fitness, so this game against the Saints is a very important one for him to see if he really is ready for action with the Arsenal first team.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players had to give it their all towards the end of last season, and to be fair to them we did win our last five Premier League games but unfortunately it was not quite enough as Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool pipped us to the final Champions League spot by a single point.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Even assuming that Arsenal win the three remaining home games against Swansea tomorrow, Sunderland next Wednesday and West Brom on the final day, it still looks like we will need some kind of result at Old Trafford next Sunday, at least we do if we are to ensure that it will be United and not us who play the two Champions League qualifying games at the start of next season.

There is no doubt that the remainnder of this season's European games are the more important for Arsenal, so the last thing we need is to be losing two of the possible starting XI for the first leg of our quarter - final with CSKA Moscow.

I have no idea how Arsene Wenger is going to get the Arsenal players up for the final few games of the Premier League season, but the Frenchman needs to find a way to inspire the Gunners and be quick about it, or the campaign could end not only in disappointment but disaster if we crash out of the Champions League for the first time in the reign of the prof.... Read the full article here

It might be a bit of a stretch to say that Theo Walcott is a secret weapon for Arsenal, as the England international flyer has already showed us some great form in pre-season to back up the brilliant way he signed off at the end of last season, with a stunning hat - trick in our final Premier League game and the FA cup final opener at Wembley against Aston Villa.

Despite playing in this summer's Copa America, helping Chile defeat Argentina in the final on July 4, Sánchez featured in Arsenal's opening game of the Premier League season against West Ham.

Arsene Wenger is desperate for his Arsenal players to keep their foot down and finish the season strongly, with two home Premier League games left before that crucial chance of another trophy with another Wembley FA cup final.

I can't see the future into the final games of the season... but it is safe (and horridly painful) to say Tottenham has been a much much better team than Arsenal.

The timing or the deal is what has surprised most, 6 days on from our final game of the season, Xhaka was at London Colney in full unreleased Arsenal kit.

But he has captained the side for most of the season and will be a big loss after being sent off for a bad tackle in Arsenal's final league game of the season.

We can win EPL only if we win all our games, which is close to impossible, chelsea will have very rough end of season, plus add champion league and cup final they will be very tired, who knows i remember 2 seasons ago, we needed 30 points we end with 27, with arsenal you never know, lets start with beating spuds next week!!!

Just as expected, Arsenal began the first half with a bit of caution just to make sure that we were not left chasing the game as we had to in the final last season.

It was much kinder to him last season though, and the Frenchman must be very glad that he was recalled from the loan spell at Charlton before they could use him in the competition, because he went on to play in all five of Arsenal's cup games including a brilliant performance from the start in the final against Aston Villa.

Liverpool are currently only three points behind Arsenal in the table, with United just one point behind the Gunners, so every game between those three teams could have a massive effect on our final placing at the end of the season.

The 24 - year - old midfielder's drive from midfield has been missed during the campaign, which has seen Arsenal go from title challengers to top four hopefuls, and Iwobi believes that his return can aid them in their final five games of the season, as they look to secure a place in the top four.

Jack Wilshere's appearance at this summer's World Cup looked to be in serious doubt back in March when the midfielder broke a bone in his foot during an England international friendly, but having spent the previous 67 days on the sidelines Wilshere returned as a second half substitute during Arsenals» final game of the season and is expected to be fine.

Wenger will end his 22 - year stint as Arsenal manager at the end of the season, with a May 6 clash against Burnley serving as his final home game.

Now if the young lads can beat Chelsea next week in the final game of the season, and if the stars align and Arsenal also lose to West Ham, then the Reds will get to lift the trophy.

Regarding the timing of the announcement, with five league games and the Europa League final stages still to come, Gazidis said: «We wanted the opportunity that the Arsenal family could come together and I think we are going to see some fantastic atmospheres from now until the end of the season.

Mark Hughes met with the press ahead of Stoke's final home game of the season against Arsenal on Saturday.