They were two quick - fire goals which sealed victory AND a Premier
League finish above Arsenal for the first time in 22 years.
Not exact matches
I predict Liverpool will struggle to
finish above the third position in the
league, because they rely so much on quick tempo and fast counterattacks.
Limassol made it to the Europa
League's group stage last term,
finishing third,
above Legia Warsaw, but behind Lazio and Trabzonspor.
It would be hard to argue that we are assured to
finish above the Blues, but should we get our form back on the up, we still have plenty of time to earn a place inside the Champions
League places.
However, a Metro report this morning claimed that our north London rivals, fresh from their latest failure to
finish above Arsenal in the Premier
League table, are planning to hijack the move with a transfer bid of their own and have agreed to meet his release clause of around # 25 million.
Arsenal are set to face arguably their biggest game of the season at the Etihad this weekend, and it is not just for us to
finish above Man City and clinch the usual Champions
League quaklification, but also to stave off Tottenham
finishing above us for the first time in Arsene Wenger's reign at the Emirates.
But surely haw confident is he of lifting the premier
league when teams that
finished above him last season, are alread buying players.
The season is far from over and the fight for the top three or four places still on, i do not believe that any of the teams occupying the positions
above us will be faultless throughout the remaining games and we should be fearful of all our competitors in the
league or we will surely
finish outside the top four.
Perhaps now that another season is over with Tottenham or Leicester likely to win the
league /
finish above us and not even the FA cup as a consolation prize, people will wake and speak up?!
2b) If a Team who
finishes in 2nd in their Division
finishes with the 2nd or 3rd Best Record in the
League they will be seeded
above the Division Winners with worse Records.
For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions
League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't
finish above them..
Whats the goal —
FINISH ABOVE SPUDS... ffs, we have been finishing above them for many seasons — who cares about them, The goal should be to win the lea
ABOVE SPUDS... ffs, we have been
finishing above them for many seasons — who cares about them, The goal should be to win the lea
above them for many seasons — who cares about them, The goal should be to win the
league..
But Spurs and their long suffering fans will probably be happy about the recent comments from Campbell on the current title race, reported by Metro, because he reckons it could be heading towards the first time since Arsene Wenger took charge that the spuds
finish above Arsenal in the Premier
League table.
Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has predicted that his former club will fail to
finish above bitter rivals City in the Premier
League table this season.
So it is the two teams that
finished above the Gunners, Chelsea and Man City, that we are looking at as the main obstacles to a Premier
League title.
They complain about not playing champions
league, but they were in the field of play to
finish fourth or
above, but they didn't do it
They will be hoping to consolidate a Champions
League place next season and
finish above Liverpool, who are only a single point behind in the table.
There is the perilous realisation that if Manuel Pellegrini's side go on to win the competition this season and
finish above us in third in the
league table, then Arsenal will not qualify — a harrowing thought indeed.
Also, don't forget that Arsene never had an English manager
finish above him in the
league.
Finishing above Chelsea really makes no difference to our poor premiere
league campaign.
All of the players involved are bound to be buzzing and with the senior sides meeting on Sunday and Arsenal needing at least a point to secure an automatic Champions
League place and a win to have any chance of
finishing above Tottenham again, I think that Wenger will consider using some of the winners of the final.
Well Spurs have already
finished above Arsenal barring some miracle that would even eclipse Leicester's
league triumph, and they have got bigger things to look forward to.
Just to give the game an extra edge, as if it needs it, Ramsey spoke about the 21 years that Arsenal have
finished above the spuds in the
league, alluding to the fact that they blew it big time last season.
Well, while Wenger has clearly decided that financial commonsense is obsolete in a
League crazed by cash, perhaps he also hopes to destroy the one team which
finished above Arsenal last season, and believes Leicester's striker can provide him with a bench - based Plan B.»
As well as the growing injury list, the main worry is that we would fall just short but
finish above Dinamo Zagreb and drop into the Europa
League and most Arsenal fans see that as a distraction that we could really do without.
New York also has
finished with a point percentage
above.500 in each of the last 12 seasons, the second - longest active streak in the
league (San Jose, 13).
This weekend's match also holds various other reasons for importance, as a home win would also spell an end to our long - run of consecutive St Totteringham's Day celebrations, the day in which we enjoy the fact that our noisy neighbours can no longer
finish above us in the
league table.
The teams that
finished above us and just below us in the
league have all signed 4 or more players.
if Tottenham win nothing, we
finish above them in the
league and wenger leaves AFC it will turn out to be a great season.
However, we don't and haven't and the opportunity that has arisen in the premier
league this season which will likely never come again has slipped through our fingers yet again with the very real risk of Spurs
finishing above us for the first time and also perhaps winning the PL.
If Arsenal
finish above Liverpool in the
league and makes the ECL last 16 its job done.
I'm basically predicting that Leicester won't win the
league (Probably
finish 3rd) And that Man city will
finish above them and that Arsenal still have a chance of winning the premier
league «IF» we can better City's results!
When the old guard led by David Dein sold us the vision, we trusted them to make it happen, we voted with our wallets, Kroenke came in and stole, and is still stealing that dream from us with Wenger as a convenient scape goat while our commonwealth is being raided, the sad part is that the situation has seen the spuds steal the template of that dream, and so far so good for them, a bigger club would have implemented it faster though but still, they are on course and at this rate, while we watch after our coffers, a small pub team like the spuds will overtake us, for the first time in the Premier
League era, they
finished above us, a situation not conceivable previously, shows how much the institution Arsenal has deteriorated in recent times.
What is more vital than second place, however, is
finishing above Man United and avoiding the Champions
League play off games.
From what I have seen, I doubt that Leicester will win the
league, they will buckle within the last 5 games of the season and they will probably end up
finishing 3rd, Which basically means that we still have a chance to claim the title but only if we can win our remaining games or at least better Man City's results, as I believe that they will
finish above Leicester!
With just one game remaining in the Premier
League season, Arsenal are on the back foot of
finishing above Spurs.
Qualification for champions
league and fourth place in the premiership where the club would set to gain money set against the additional outlay on top class players to
finish a few places
above fourth and pocket slightly more money — its a no brainer from a business perspective.
An incredible end to an incredible Premier
League season saw Arsenal make it 21 years in a row that we have finished above our north London rivals Tottenham in the league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future a
League season saw Arsenal make it 21 years in a row that we have
finished above our north London rivals Tottenham in the
league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future a
league table and it has sparked wild celebrations and widespread gloating from the Gunners faithful, but when the dust settles will the latest St. Totteringham's day really have any impact on Arsenal and our future at all?
We 6 point behind 5 th place and
above the rest of
league who have their won
league to not be releguated or
finish as much higher they can under us considering the gap in between us.
to me Spurs are the
league's second best regardless
finishing below us, we are lucky to
finish above them..
Wenger has been attempting to, at his own pace, adapt his extensive knowledge into practice on the football pitch and while he is ahead of the majority of the
league, as is evident that we
finish above 16 - 17 clubs every season, he is not yet at the level to compete with the other managers who are able to draw on new ideas from their coaching staff, or their travelling experiences through coaching for other clubs in other
leagues.
the so call weak team in the
league if they have our keepers defender an elneny coquelin xhaka sanchez any of you arsenal fan think we would
finish above them my point is ozil lw rw center forward is arsenal problem
Arsenal have got a lot more to do than simply catch and overtake our north London rivals Tottenham if this season is to be seen as anything but a disappointing one, and with 11 points to make up on the current Premier
League leaders you would have to say that Leicester City are big favourites to
finish above the Gunners and complete an amazing campaign by being crowned champions of England.
we have a task to show spuds that we can't only
finish above them bt also win the
league and AW should be ready to play the squad based on performance not any other influence watsoever.
History tells you the teams that spend the most win the
league our spending has been no where close and we've not been too far off
finishing above a lot of teams with higher spends consistently every season.
i do nt know about others but nowadays being arsenal fan is a real shame the teams that
finished above us have spent more then 200 million each and we have nothing compared to them look at barcelona even they are spending to compete and you think holding mert iowbi welbeck is going to win you
league we are not a team we just gift our players to other teams
From our point this is the perfect season for Spurs to
finish above us because they thought they were gonna win the
league so they can't appreciate it properly whilst we laugh at them and at the same time 2nd and 3rd achieve exactly the same thing with CL qualification.
That being said i do think we should still
finish above them hopefully in 3rd and i can see them getting the 4th CL spot as long as europa
league obligations don't interfere with the prem for them.
Perhaps some on this site are aware that even Alex Ferguson failed to beat Mourinho but still managed to
finish above him and win the
league leading to Mourinho's sacking!
Its still early days but any club that
finishes above city will win the
league they have world class players in every position.