Sentences with phrase «arsenal moves up the table»

It was good that Gibbs got a run out with the national team, but for him to secure that position he needs to stay injure free and ensure that arsenal moves up the table, even the number one spot.

Not exact matches

Although we've gradually moved up the table over the last three seasons, the progression has been minimal (if there has been any), from what I've been seeing watching Arsenal.

Arsenal also just earned its 6th FA Cup title under Wenger, had a fantastic 2nd half of the season, and moved up the table to finish 3rd.

And who knows, some of their title rivals may yet drop points again in the next weekends for Arsenal to seize the initiatives to move further up in the table.

Arsenal travel to the Stadium of Light on Sunday hoping to overcome Sunderland in their bid to move back up to third spot in the Premier League table.

Barring the outcome of the late game between Man City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad, Arsenal have a chance of moving up to the 3rd positio in the table after beating Burnley tomorrow.

So Arsenal move up to fourth in the table, just three points behind the leaders Chelsea, who could easily drop points away at Man City today.

Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.

Despite Arsenal giving an out - of - the - world performance against Tottenham this weekend, there is still little belief that we can build on that and start moving up the table again.

I suppose that it did not matter in the end, as Arsenal were able to soak up the pressure from West Ham and record a vital away win that keeps the little run of results going and moves the Gunners above the Hammers in the Premier League table.

The problem all these players have is that they are aiming to come back to an Arsenal side that is in a perfect run at the moment, and with the club moving up to second in the table, will be aiming to carry on their winning streak right until the end of the season.

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...

Southampton must be amazed that Liverpool didn't even bother to barter when they quoted # 75m for their defender Virgil van Dijk as Klopp is determined to stop leaking silly goals (like Arsenal do as well) and were prepared to pay whatever the Saints demanded, so the South Coast side can now look for a few bargains to help them move back up the table, and local - boy Walcott could be high on the list of bargain buys.

In fact with a vision-less and passion-less board as ours, Wenger as arrogant and as past it as he might is the only semblance of sanity, I don't support Wenger I believe he is currently doing a marvelous job, I support him because I can see a couple of moves ahead already, if Wenger leaves and the board stays the same, we are massively effed, Newcastle will be child's play, Kroenke's other teams are mid table contenders, he will simply look at another money making model for Arsenal, even Usamanov believes Arsene needs backing, if Usmanov came in today, he will not fire Wenger, he will seek to work with him, give him a clear mandate, back him up without pointing at the balance sheeets and if he still does not deliver, looks like a guy who would fire Wenger mid s - season, legacy or not.

The importance of this fixture to both sides can not be over-estimated with this being one of the oldest rivalries in English football, but this season, with the Lilywhites already 4 points ahead of Arsenal in the League table, the Gunners can't afford to let their rivals open up a bigger gap, while Arsene Wenger's side will be desperate to move back into contention for a Top Four finish by taking all 3 points.

My guess is all Arsenal fans have enjoyed this and we can only hope that it continues for as long as we keep moving up the table.

earlier in the season i felt Sanchez was trying to operate where he was told to operate, but lately i get the impression that he follows instruction for couple minutes then switches to where he feels more comfortable, this will have its drawbacks an benefits, but i will feel happy as long as it moves arsenal up the table

If the players come back and put that poor performance behind them and Arsenal improve and start moving back up the table then perhaps we will soon forget the Anfield disaster.

But add him in and Arsenal might move up the table.

Arsenal produced a professional second - half display to dispatch ten - man Manchester City 3 - 0 and move up to second place in the Premier League table.

Swansea moved up to fifth in the table following the win, while Arsenal dropped down to sixth to sit 12 points off leaders Chelsea and Wenger added: «We have different worries than that (the gap to the top), we lost a game we really shouldn't have lost.

Moving up the table, before the Tottenham game on Saturday, Arsenal had only lost 1 of their last 11 games.

Arsenal will beat Chelsea today to collect all the 3 points at stake by divine intervention of God, and move up to 2nd position in the table.

Arsenal outclassed Reading in a convincing 5 - 2 win to move up to fifth in the table.

Thankfully Arsenal held on though, in the process moving up to 6th in the table.