Mourinho's habit of trying to park the bus against top teams in away games is certain to come into play, and so the injury to Alexandre Lacazette last night is
a big blow to Arsenal's chances of breaking down the United defence.
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Although a first defeat in 13 games for
Arsenal will have been a
big blow to the happiness and belief of the
Arsenal fans, it has only seemingly caused a small scratch
to the veneer of confidence that the players have got from our excellent 2015 so far.
Had opportunities been taken, then
Arsenal would be starting the new season with the trophy in cabinet as this season has seen the teams that normally dominate the EPL losing out
big time, leaving
Arsenal with the best possible chance
to capture the elusive trophy, but
Arsenal too
blew off steam and never recovered in time.
With
Arsenal facing our third match in a week and desperately needing all three points from today's away match at Hull City, Arsene Wenger would have wanted as many first team players available as possible, so it will have been a
big blow to his plans
to lose Olivier Giroud.
The
Arsenal senior squad may have
blown the Premier League title this season, but there is still a league title that could be coming
to the club this year and if it does it could have
big ramifications in the future for the Gunners.
This will come as a
big blow for
Arsenal, who have made Monreal first choice at left - back this season after a string of fine performances
to make that position his own against Kieran Gibbs.
Wenger signs a two year extension, Sanchez leaves (massive
blow because
Arsenal are a one man team), and Ozil stays on a ridiculous wage, and continues
to go missing in
big games, but never gets dropped!
Arsenal ends up 13 points behind Chelsea and bec one keeper we did nt need (even though i am
big fan of cech) we think that we can go
to blow to blow with the
big guys.
Let
Arsenal players» mentality drop and let
Arsenal go down until relegation zone if necessary, because they need a
big blow to change.
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.
coz afterall we're
arsenal we're
bigger then Him, besides I managed
to survive the Cesc double
blow (leaving us for barca, coming back
to the epl
to play for our rivals)..
But there have been a number of
Arsenal transfer rumours linking the Frenchman with a move
to some of the
biggest clubs around Europe and that would be a massive
blow to Arsenal.
Shkodran Mustafi is the latest
big blow for
Arsenal at the back, Wenger confirming he looks like being out for four
to six weeks.
Arsenal spent more time than any of our EPL rivals on top of the table and had it not been for unlucky injury
blows to big players at key periods of the campaign I reckon we would have done it.
Losing him will not be a
big blow, because
Arsenal have got too many players that like
to hog the ball in the center, such as Xhaka, Ozil, Ramsey, Elneny, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Willock, etc..
Nobody disputes that the removal of David Dein was as
big a
blow for Wenger as it was for the supporters.They both worked together
to the absolute benefit of
Arsenal Football Club.What did Wenger do when left on his own?Did he insist on a Director of Football
to handle all the issues Dein dealt with?Did he not illustrate
to his Board that they have just removed the conduit that made the partnership work
to the benefit of
Arsenal Football Club?No.What did Wenger do?He took on everything himself including a massive pay hike on his next contract.Ken - do not be blinkered by the fact Wenger has been paid a kings Ransom for his time at the club.The results and performances are not justified by the continued decline that you openly admit
to.Wenger would have us all believe he is the only one capable of getting us out of the quagmire we are in while seemingly failing
to acknowledge it was him that got us there.
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If Batshuayi and Llorente were
to end up swapping places that would surely be the
biggest blow for
Arsenal as Dortmund may be unable
to find a replacement for Aubameyang.
It would not be the first time in recent years that
Arsenal have been disappointing after a great result and failure
to win at Burnley would be a
big blow that would all but end our title hopes.
Listening
to the radio and I ear that
Arsenal title challenge suffer a
big blow, my heart start
to beat very fast, tinking ozil was out for a season, then the say Ox is out for 2 months I just jump of joy
It seems the worst setback is Kolasinac, who is expected
to be out for two weeks according
to the report, and that will be a
big blow for
Arsenal and Wenger who will likely go with Ainsley Maitland - Niles as a makeshift left back again.
We all know what happened in the last round when Ostersunds came
to the Emirates, and it was a
big blow to our confidence
to be mastered in our own backyard, but surely
Arsenal won't make the same mistake twice?
Arsenal already have abundant players that like
to hog the ball in the center (like Ramsey, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, etc), so losing Wilshere would not be a
big blow
the fact anyone can still defend a man with 3 league titles in 2o something odd years for a «
big team» like
arsenal is truly mind
blowing but I guess we are entitled
to our own opinions.
Last season was all about
Arsenal and Wenger flunking in those
big games that dealt a serious
blow to the North Londoners» title ambitions.
While this was a
big blow for the
Arsenal fans, it must have been devastating
to the player, especially after the talk in the football media was all about him being injury prone and whether he would ever have a decent season of games.
It could be a real
blow to Arsenal if we lose any
big players like Giroud, Koscielny, Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey, Gabriel or Alexis Sanchez so clearly the
biggest hope for
Arsenal fans is
to avoid this.
There is no doubt that Aguero would definitely be an upgrade on any of
Arsenal's out - and - out centre - forwards so would surely be guaranteed
to start when fit, and it could certainly soften the
blow of losing Alexis
to one of our
biggest rivals, but would it be enough
to persuade Gooners that we could make a serious attempt on the Premier League next season?
So the news reported by the Daily Mail that Cazorla has suffered yet another setback on his road
to recovery and will not feature for
Arsenal again this season is a pretty
big blow.
Also
arsenals Preseason is less hectic than everyone else, Yet they always have injuries every year you would expect them
to be fitter fresher than most people yet when they play the
big guns they get
blown away.
The Premier League champions Chelsea are ready
to announce their two
big signings of this summer transfer window, which will be seen as a huge
blow to rivals Manchester United, Liverpool and
Arsenal, according
to the Daily Star.
The manager wanted
to talk about the
Arsenal captaincy following the departure of Mikel Arteta and, having been confined
to his bed at the start of five long months of rehabilitation, Mertesacker was fully prepared for another
big blow.
This is, however, a far
bigger blow for the player than it is
to Arsenal.