The Gunners next play Brighton in the FA Cup fourth round, and will be hoping for a victory so that they can continue their effort to defend the trophy they won last season.
Not exact matches
The
Gunners have the likes of Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs in this position and neither player is expected to
play regularly
next season.
As reported by the Daily Star, the transfer of the talented young Palermo forward to Juve has been confirmed by the Palermo chief Beppe Iachini, ending any hope that the player dubbed the new Sergio Aguero would be
playing for the
Gunners next season.
As Metro have reported, the 22 - year old has confirmed that he will be coming back to
play for the
Gunners next season after loan spells at five different Spanish clubs.
The
Gunners legend Thierry Henry thinks that Wenger should have been a bit more proactive, especially as we don't have to
play another match until
next weekend.
The
Gunners may have to face the reality that Alexis, Ozil and a number of other players may seek an exit if they can not
play in Europe's most prestigious cup
next season.
I am not going to roll out words like snubbed though, because I firmly believe that if Arsene Wenger had wanted to sign this Colombian international this summer, he would be
playing for the
Gunners next season.
What d
Gunners team need are 3 new internally or externally drafters of top quality: left back, a dm and a right winger to complement Jack Wilshere who I presumed should be Arsenal's right winger
next season instead of Ramsey who prefers to
play centrally.
I think what we should be agitating for, is to plead with the Boss to please
play those 3 in rotation as the
Gunners's 3 main strikers
next season.
Cech may be happy that he will now be in the same team as his mate Thomas Rosicky, but our Little Mozart would be much happier if he too could be guaranteed a starting spot for the
Gunners or the freedom to move to a club that will
play him every week, so that he too can be guaranteed a place in France
next summer.
Besides, with the
Gunners likely to
play around 50 - 60 games
next season, he will get his fair share of opportunities as well.
In fact he is not going to be able to
play against the spuds in the north London derby
next weekend either, so hopefully his team mates like Ozil and Walcott can step up and ensure that the
Gunners do not miss the Ox too badly.
Why should he go on loan to another premier team, if he's good enough to
play in premier
next season he's good enough to be in
Gunners squad.
If Le Prof is serious about winning the title
next season, then the Europa League must
play second - fiddle to the
Gunners» Premier League ambitions.
With their 11 PL games to
play, Arsenal can still make the top four to qualify for the UCL
next season and still finish above Spurs if the
Gunners can have an 11 games winning run during which they will have to beat Man City H, Everton H, Stoke A, Tottenham A, Southampton A and Man Utd H. Six difficult PL games which if the
Gunners won all, will go a long way to cement another 4th place table finish for Arsenal this season.
With the current league leaders Manchester United heading to the Emirates
next weekend, this game has come in the nick of time and if Arsenal continue to
play at the high level we saw today, we might even see the
Gunners on top of the table.
Once England and Spain
play next Sunday though, the boss will hope to have a full squad of fit and fresh
Gunners ready for the Community Shield at the start of August.
It will be interesting to see how this
Gunners formation will
play out successful against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium
next week Sunday.
The one benefit he does have on his side in relation for making his professional debut with Arsenal
next season, is that the
Gunners are desperately crying out for more naturally born wingers who know how to
play with the ball at their feet, beat a man and be able to provide a good ball in the box for their main man up front.
As has been proved in the first four games, which have netted the
Gunners 10 points from a possible 12 and already secured us a place in the
next round, Wenger had a strong enough squad to do it without too many problems and you could say that the experience and
playing time on the pitch has been very useful for the young
Gunners and the fringe players who would otherwise not have featured much.
But the
Gunners midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes that our two previous victories against Bayern Munich in the Champions League show that we can match them when we
play to our best, but the fact is that those two victories came when the Germans were already confident of going through to the
next round.
With Arsenal being the only one of the four FA cup semi-finalists not currently occupying a place in the top four of the Premier League, and of course the fact that the
Gunners are currently
playing like a bunch of drunken old women, the chances are that the team who lifts the FA cup trophy
next month will not be claiming their place in the Europa League
next season.
Arsene Wenger has been trumpeting the mantra that he wants to keep this excellent Arsenal squad together for
next season, and he has already been in contract talks with many
Gunners who are nearing the last year of their current deal, including Theo Walcott, Chuba Akpom and Mikel Arteta who have hardly
played at all for the first team this season.
The Frenchman claims that it is a backward step that could be harmful to the young players» careers, but as reported by ESPN, at least one of the young
Gunners involved, the Ox, clearly disagrees and has declared that he would be happy to
play in the tournament
next summer.
The Spaniard has improved after a slow start for the
Gunners and we need him to come back in top form, with our German
play maker Mesut Ozil ruled out with injury until the start of
next year.
What I really would like is for the Chilean superstar to decide that the
Gunners were the team he wants to spend the
next four or five years
playing for and put pen to paper on a new contract.
Since then the young Frenchman has been
playing for the academy in the under 21 league and has established himself as one of the group of young
Gunners, along with the likes of Iwobi and Willock, that are seen as the most likely to be the
next to break into the first team.
Sadly that didn't go as planned for City and now they are in a straight fight with Arsenal for automatic qualification to
next seasons Champions League, and if they beat the
Gunners this weekend they will leapfrog Arsenal into third on goal difference with just one game to
play, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to get at least a point to keep us in the driving seat.
Apparently the
Gunners were the
next choice for Mbappe because of Wenger's reputation for developing strikers and because he would certainly
play a lot, so have Real Madrid just set this huge summer transfer ball rolling?
Arsenal fans will be hoping that the striker now has a good rest before coming back to
play for the
Gunners but most people in the football press seem to think it will be another club's fans cheering on the Chilean
next season.
@NY -
gunner He wants to come to manage in the EPL
next season he said so why not us we are a big club and have some great players and some need help to reach greatness, Man - City are after him, we have the finances in place we
play tiki taka footbal which is almost his invention from Barca days, he can bring big players, we are not miles away from being a great team just needs to be balanced and tuned a bit and new stadium in London which manager won't like to come to us with the best salary.
The
Gunners defence has now been strengthened with the arrival of Gabriel Paulista, although we may need one more backup
next season if Mert leaves or if Koscielny's Achilles problems continue to hamper his
playing time.
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.
Exactly and this season he was
playing really bad... stop bitching and look forward for the
next game... bitchy
Gunners fans
The
Gunners play their
next match against Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup.
Next up for the
Gunners, however, is Bayern Munich, in the first of our two games to be
played in China.
I am not saying that Arsene Wenger should
play a load of Arsenal's academy kids when the
Gunners travel to Monaco for the return leg of the Champions League knockout phase
next week.
However, The Express claims that the
Gunners would not stand in his way again if Ramsey wanted to move to the Camp Nou to
play alongside the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar
next season.
Still, there is something far more exciting about the way Alexis Sanchez is
playing at the moment that suggests he could lift the
Gunners to new heights in the
next few years.
Koeman at Southampton has already shown that he wants to
play football in the right way and the way he has got a cobbled together bunch of players to gel and succeed must surely make him a strong candidate to be the
next boss of the
Gunners.
It is not a completely dead rubber after all as the
Gunners do need to make sure that we don't have to
play two nervy and unwanted games at the start of
next season in order to secure a place in the Champions League group phase, and unlikely it may be there is still an outside chance of finishing above Tottenham in the Premier League table, which Arsene Wenger admits is only of value to us fans as bragging rights but still a worthwhile goal at that.
The fact that the
next game up for Arsenal is against AFC Bournemouth, one of just four clubs currently below the
Gunners in the Premier League table, and will be
played in front of our own crowd at the Emirates stadium should make it easy to predict the shape of the game.
Apart of Lucas Perez who looks to want to leave this window, the on the fringe
Gunners such as: Gibbs, Wilshere, Jenkinson, Debuchy who are looking to be the crust of the surplus to requirements at Arsenal this summer are all
playing hardball with Arsenal preferring to see out the last year of their deals at Arsenal which for Debuchy, expired
next season, so that theyll continue to earn the big salaries they are earning currently at Arsenal which they are not ready to lower to transfer to any club that want to sign any of them this summer.
Obviously Wenger will have to
play Laca as the
Gunners usual start after paying 50 million for the 26 year - old, Giroud will not be happy over his lack of
playing time with the World Cup looming
next summer.
Now although it is unlikely that he will see a lot of game - time for the
Gunners» first team, perhaps he can rebuild his confidence
playing for the Under - 21's for the rest of the campaign and then going out on loan to a more suitable club
next season.
The Arsenal winger Henrik Mhkitaryan is definitely out of action for the
next few weeks, and his absence will give Arsene Wenger a headache on who to
play in his place for the
Gunners League games, but who could replace him out n the wing?
The bonus of the
Gunners finishing second is that our games will be
played at home but after blowing such a great chance and with this sort of thing seeming to hang over the club like a dark cloud, will Steve Gatting be able to inspire his young charges to bounce back and win a place in the top division for
next season?
That means the
Gunners will be looking at the Wenger trophy again, although I think we should at least move up a place and avoid the horrible Champions League
play - offs
next season.
Anyone who has been keeping up with the recent Arsenal transfer news and rumours will not be surprised to hear that the Bosnia and Herzogovia international star Sead Kolasinac is going to be
playing for the
Gunners next season, but we always need to wait for the official confirmation before being completely sure.
I know that the likelihood is that the
Gunners will be
playing Europa League football
next season unless Liverpool or Man City slip up, but the fact is that if Arsenal win their last two relatively easy games this season we will end up with 75 points, which is actually four MORE than last season when we came second!