If you just
looked at last season, it's hard to find any signs that promotion will be on the cards next year.
Look
at last season for example were we spent only # 10million on Cech, which means that we had loads of reserve to spend this season.
As we all know the players mentioned (i.e. Gabriel, Chambers, Gabriel, Gnabry, Walcott and Wilshere) hardly
played at all last season, and with those added to the full team that played most of the campaign, you can see why Wenger doesn't think we really need any more additions?
When you look
back at last season, we finished second — okay, we were quite lucky to finish second if I'm honest — but this season we're playing better, we've got a better squad, we've got a better team.
Hannover was the 10th
team at last season, and they have a flying start as well with 3 victories in 5 matches but in the whole season they have just 15 losses with 1o drawn and just have 7 wins for their 16th place.
Look
at last season when all the big teams were failing for various reasons, it was Leicester who stepped up and capitalized and was Wenger who found a way to give the PL title away.
There was a
point at last season where we played 5/6 games in a row in London away London derbies as well as home games, we still played poorly in those despite minimal to no travel, so the travel doesn't mean anything.
Does Schneiderlin need to up his game and start
performing at last season's level, or do you blame our tactics for the drop - off in some of his stats?
Even if the Oilers didn't shave a single goal off of their goals against totals, just having a healthy McDavid for a full season scoring at the rate he
scored at last season (and there is reason to believe he could actually improve that rate) could cut their goal differential from the minus - 42 it was this past season to nearly single digits.
He has admitted there are things to be corrected, even expressing his frustration at conceding from set pieces, where we were
strong at last season.
@Hafiz, to be honest same
time at last season, I wanted Giroud to be injured so Wenger has to forcefully buy someone.
He isn't
at last seasons crazy level but he has 3 goals and 2 assists in 7 starts this season with two injury periods halting his progression.
Having not watched much college
football at all last season, I had no idea which was the better team, nor which had the better secondary, so I just flipped a coin and it came up for Ball State.
Toe, fitness issue or Wenger preferring a faster game (which he
hinted at last season in an interview where he said the game was evolving to ever faster strikers and faster central defenders).
Reason being not only because for obvious reasons like earlier integration into the team for a new player / players but looking back
now at last season we were 12 pts off the champions in the end.
Many tend to forget Gibbs and Debuchy have only started two games this season and
none at all last season, they were injured for half the year and need time to get back on form.
The Chilean's preference for London is, perhaps, more responsible for the current
malaise at last season's second - placed side than anything that Mario Balotelli might or might not have done.
If we look
at last season then Coquelin is one of the few players who deserves a starting plays besides Cazorla, Koscielny and Sanchez, but Schneiderlin we must get!!
Gaitan is reported to have a # 36m release clause in his contract in Portugal and, for a long time, that has been an asking price that Benfica have been unwilling to budge on — but that looks set to change as Jorge Jesus» side look to secure some extra funding to avert a potential cash
crisis at last season's Europa League finalists.
If we look
at last seasons tv earnings Arsenal got # 96 million just from tv rights and for finishing 3rd (not including merchandise or ticket sales) Man Utd made more than Arsenal despite finishing 4th (# 97 million).
Of course, Rolen would be doing all this for the Blue Jays if not for Cincinnati general manager Walt Jocketty, who grabbed
Rolen at last season's trade deadline in part because Rolen had told Toronto that he wanted to play closer to his Indianapolis home.
The defender was rushed back into action for the match
away at last season's Premier League champions, after Rob Holding and Calum Chambers were unable to stop rivals Liverpool from putting four past them the weekend before.
Though Chelsea won the
title at last season under Jose Morinho, but City was remain unbeaten to Chelsea.
4 - 1
wins at the last season 2013 - 14 in the last match in Premier League against Fulham in become the biggest win for the Sunderland.
A cursory
glance at last season's squad tells you that United may be somewhat lighter in the forwards» department for 2015/16 — indeed, there were few squads in the world that could've boasted strikers with records as prolific as those of Robin Van Persie and Radamel Falcao.
Fourth at last season's World Championships and putting off knee surgery to compete in Olympic year, Morgan missed out on the crucial top eight by a place.
It was an isolated
incident at last season's corresponding fixture in May, but an individual who made Nazi - style salutes during the game was reported by a supporter who was able to remain anonymous.
It's interesting that with a point at Stamford
Bridge at the last season opener Swansea City against Man Utd at Old Trafford snatched a win, making for the future the Swans a team which many would want to avoid at the opening games.
They have gone on the second place at 2012 after losing their place to Real Madrid and now they are in the 3rd after rising of Barcelona's terrific
performance at last season.
Hamburg's recent previous wins was come at 2012 - 13 season over Schalke, and Schalke had got their 35th
success at last season.
-- The 11 schools that failed to win more than 3
games ATS last season (30 - 100 combined ATS) are now 66 - 53 ATS this season.
However, I look
at last season when we spent # 100m + and sold no one, thus making a transfer window Loss (as most fans seem to prefer) and ask if that made it a successful window.