Results against big sides is very minor factor in the overall course of a season.
Not exact matches
Arsene playing a balanced team will give you positive
results, especially playing
against a
big team, over the past years we have continued to use players not suited for certain positions, we actually had a player who used left foot on the left
side of the field who got in attacking position, Kolasinac to me was the most important player going forward and defending.
Also Arsenal cup
results against full strength
big sides is totally ignored in most those stats because it makes Arsenal look a lot lot better.
Laudrup's
side have begun the season in impressive fashion, thumping QPR, the summer's most active recruiters in the transfer market, 5 - 0 in the opening game and they followed up that
result with another
big win, 3 - 0,
against West Ham before the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland.
However, with respect to the game
against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the
biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's
side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the
big game as a
result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.
While a point from any away game
against a
big EPL rival is a decent
result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal
side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.
this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players
against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left
against man city to shore up that
side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his
biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left
against city to protect the left back
against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the
result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all
We might end up in the semis if we go past a tricky Watford
side, who've done very well coming from the championship, but they've really failed to get
results against the
big teams, and I put it down to the fact they're still learning, because they were close to getting points off the
big boys on a few occasions.
Rumors of a Southampton demise seem greatly over stated but can they pull a
result out
against one of the
big sides?
Recent
results in their World Cup 2014 qualifications have triggered optimism from France head coach Didier Deschamps that his
side can compete
against all the
big nations, especially in picking up positive
result on their upcoming clash
against Spain this Tuesday.
You can't really take anything from that
result and it's a
big ask of them to be the first
side this season to avoid defeat
against Manchester City.
By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a»
Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home
results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one
against an Arsenal
side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.
Nottingham Forest on the other hand have started the new season with 4 wins and 4 losses so far in the Championship and they do have a team capable enough to pull off a surprise
result against the
big boys however defending Premier League champions Chelsea at is a bridge too far for this
side.
Ian Holloway now has a
big job on his hands keeping his players grounded following their Wigan romp, as it's understandable that the player's confidence levels are rightly sky - high, while fans will now be expecting the Tangerines to push on following that emphatic win, although their very next fixture is one
against the most technical
sides in the country, arguably Europe in Arsenal so they'll have their work cut out keeping the scoring down to a minimum let alone obtaining a positive
result.