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Not exact matches
With another» if only» -
season behind them, finishing as the runners up to surprise Champions Leicester City, Arsenal will of course be looking to take the leap in the 16/17
campaign and finally lift the
Premier League trophy again.
Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the
Premier League champions Leicester City last
season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this
season, while Chelsea had such a poor
campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.
Last
campaign, Kompany was only capable of making 13 appearances in all competitions as Man City finished fourth in the
Premier League in Guardiola's first
season in England.
I can understand the frustration of Arsenal fans who can see that yet another injury hit
campaign is hurting our hopes of winning the
Premier League title this
season and that the January transfer window gives Arsene Wenger the chance to boost our title hopes.
Arsenal kicked off their
Premier League
campaign with a disappointing home loss against the Hammers and it was reflected in the betting on the next manager to leave their post this
season.
The former England defender played every single minute of Chelsea's
Premier League title - winning
campaign last
season, but it remains to be seen how much longer he can perform every week at that outstanding level.
Because Arsenal have 2 DMs in place before the commencement of this
season campaigns who had and is successfully coping well in the
Premier League.
A succession of injury problems have limited him to only 79
Premier League starts in six
seasons at Arsenal — 31 of which came back in his breakthrough 2010 - 2011
campaign.
The 23 - year - old has been in fine form this
season, registering his most prolific
campaign yet with 21 goals in 28
Premier League outings.
After winning the Capital One Cup and claiming the
Premier League title for the first time in five
seasons, confidence is high at Stamford Bridge and Jose Mourinho will be expecting to add to his trophy cabinet in the 2015 - 16
campaign.
The best way to keep him at the club: 1) make proper signings to show him that the squad is getting better & more competitive 2) it is getting better for one objective only, winning major trophies (
Premier league, Champions league) 3) extend Özil & Sanchez contract to show how viable the project is Xhaka is a great signing but he alone can't fix our issues that have hampered our
campaigns specially in the last 2
seasons.
Considering that last
season the German came close to breaking the
Premier League record with 19 assists, in this
campaign he has only managed SEVEN.
The England international has been able to make only 12 starts in the
Premier League this
season, while during the 2015 - 16
campaign, he featured in 22 league matches.
The miss proved pivotal in Arsenal's
season, as the draw helped them on their way to going the entire
Premier League
campaign unbeaten, and going down in history as the Invincibles.
Although he missed the latter stages of the
season through suspension, Palacios was one of Tottenham's most important players in the 2009 - 10
campaign, which saw the North London side finish fourth in the
Premier League and book a place in the Champions League.
What's more, Daniel Sturridge — last
season's second top scorer for Liverpool with 21
Premier League strikes — has missed the majority of the
campaign with injury.
The ageing star shouldn't be as much of a loss for the Gunners this
season as he would have been in those gone by, with Rosicky only playing 19 minutes of
Premier League football so far this
campaign.
The 34 - year - old centre - back was in fine form last
season, playing every minute of the
Premier League title - winning
campaign, but clearly the club legend is in the latter stages of his career and moves to bring in a long - term replacement would appear to be sensible.
With under three weeks remaining in this
season's
Premier League
campaign, the news reel is in full flow with Arsenal transfer rumours.
The winger is yet to start a single
Premier League match so far this
season, and his five substitute outings will not have convinced him that he has a big role to play in the remainder of the
campaign.
The England hopeful, 22, has had a superb first
season in the
Premier League, even if the goals have dried up a little in the second half of the
campaign.
Arsenal have now started the short run of pre-
season games in preparation for the tough start to a crucial
Premier League
season in which the pressure on Arsene Wenger and the players to mount a serious title challenge is greater than ever after blowing what appeared to be a golden chance last time around and with the gap since our last successful
campaign now more than 12 years.
7 — David Silva has scored seven
Premier League goals this
season — only in 2014 - 15 (12) has he ever scored more in a single
campaign.
Walcott enjoyed one of his best
campaigns in an Arsenal shirt last
season, clocking up 19 goals in all competitions, but found himself predominantly benched this term with a new formation needing one less attacking players limiting him to less than 50 minutes of game time in the
Premier League since the start of the new term.
Everton face Arsenal in their final
Premier League match of the
season and apparently the Gunners have been keeping tabs on the 23 year old all throughout the
campaign, with a view of bringing him to the Emirates this summer.
The 18 - year - old is a highly rated prospect at Craven Cottage, having become a first - team regular for the club this
season in what has been a difficult
campaign for the London club, who were relegated from the
Premier League last term.
After a scintillating first
campaign at the Theatre of Dreams, in which the former Arsenal captain sent Sir Alex Ferguson off into retirement in fairytale style, with United's 20th
Premier League title, the Netherlands international failed to replicated his form in the following two
seasons.
Abraham has already registered two
Premier League goals for Swansea in this
season's
campaign and is proving his worth in top flight football after a year on loan in the Championship with Bristol City.
The Gunners made the switch to the 3 -4-2-1 formation which helped Chelsea to steal a march on all rivals as they comfortably secured the
Premier League title last
season, and we opted to play our own system including the same system toward the end of the
campaign also.
The D - League's
premier writer, Scott Schroeder of Ridiculous Upside, wrote this in early February while
campaigning for Green to be called up to play his first NBA game since the» 09 -»10
season, and Schroeder was spot on:
The fact is that we have not been so well set for the start of a
Premier League
campaign in years and until we have almost a full team of players in the treatment room as we have in the last few
seasons, I for one am happy to assume that the Gunners have fixed the underlying problems and will have a strong enough squad to cope with the unlucky but inevitable knocks that come our way.
The 28 - year - old fell out of favour with Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino last
season and he made just three
Premier League starts for the North London outfit before spending the second half of the
campaign on - loan at rivals Everton.
He seems to have been invigorated by the 3 - month layoff he endured while nursing the ligament injury, and has had a positive impact on Arsenal's Barclays
Premier League
campaign and progression into the last four of this
season's FA Cup, where they will be facing Reading in April.
And all things being equal, Chelsea will drop all three points to Liverpool at Anfield on this same Saturday night to start a cave in journey in their
Premier League
campaign this
season that will see Arsenal overthrow them eventually form the top of the table to begin to sit on it sooner than later.
The 19 year old had a bright
campaign last term but has started just one
Premier League fixture this
season and could perhaps be keen to secure regular first team elsewhere.
Kouyate was a virtual ever - present last
season, making 30
Premier League starts, and has continued his good run of form this term, netting in West Ham's surprise win at Arsenal on the opening weekend of the
campaign.
Liverpool may not have done enough this
season to win the
Premier League title, but by any metric, the Reds have had an excellent
campaign, both domestically and in Europe.
With the new
Premier League
campaign set to get underway this weekend, it adds another thrilling sub-plot to the
season, with Mourinho showing no sign that he's ready to back down from any of his rivals after suggesting that they aren't big enough to make the kind of signings United have.
With another
Premier League
season almost at an end, it is a chance to reflect on the highs and lows of an intriguing
campaign.
Meanwhile, given Chelsea's struggles so far this
season which see them sit in 14th place in the
Premier League having lost eight of their first 15 games of the
campaign, Mourinho may well be tempted to look towards the future and see which individuals can help the club bounce back next
season.
The Belgian is currently on loan at St Mary's from La Liga champions Atlético Madrid and has helped the Saints to an impressive
season in the Barclays
Premier League, as they look to clinch a place in Europe, but it appears the 26 - year - old is not interested at the possibility of remaining on the south coast beyond the end of the current
campaign.
Sinclair scored seven league goals last
season and was a key player as Swansea impressed in their debut
Premier League
campaign.
So an almost constantly injured central midfielder who did not score a single
Premier League goal for his loan club Bournemouth last
season and managed just five and five assists with Arsenal in the two previous
campaigns is the reason we are not even going to try to sign a player who banged in 17 and provided 11 assists from a wide forward position in one
season with Leicester.
I perceive all the Gunners who will actively take part in Euro 2016 games maybe given an extended break to rest to enable them recharge their batteries for the opening of next
season's Barclays
Premier League
campaign after Euro 2016 tournament has ended on 10th June.
Arsenal have only won two
Premier League away games this
season — their joint - fewest tally after nine away games of a
campaign in the
Premier League era
Perhaps the disappointing
Premier League
campaign of last
season has sharpened up our manager and according to The Mirror he is set to put in a bid for the powerful 25 - year old Portugal international.
His first
season in the
Premier League saw the Blues win their fifth league title with an astonishing 93 points, a
campaign that included his side winning a ridiculously impressive 13 games in a row.
The Copa America ought to be a fine hunting ground for
Premier League managers and scouts looking to secure the right man for next
season's
campaign.
The bad news is that he won't be coming to the Emirates until after the Euros to prepare for next
season, but with his size (6ft 2in) and strength he will give Wenger an extra dimension going forward in the next
campaign, specially if he can replicate his goal - scoring prowess in the
Premier League.