The 67 - year - old believes the Three Lions have enough emerging talent to
challenge for the trophy in France
Not exact matches
Then on Boxing Day Ramsey picked up a muscle problem
in his thigh and was not seen
for Arsenal again until almost four months later, buy which time our
challenge for the EPL
trophy was gone and we ended up finishing
in fourth place.
now wengers absurd transfer policy «is down to you people»... seriously krish n`chips... the acolytes of the delusional one are beginning to sound even more of a parody than the master himself... walcott is a very very average player with one good season
in 12 years at the club... the fact that wenger hasnt sold him is part of the sorry state of our club and the idea that this can be blamed on fans who want to see us back
challenging for top
trophies is frankly offensive
Yes we must have a cm to replace cazorla and to
challenge for top honors, no joke there is a void
in the spine of the team and it needs to be filled, the Ramsey Xhaka combo is decent but not if you wan na
challenge for the
trophy we seek, and one of them is bound to get injured while the other has a craving
for cards red or yellow!!
For me 2 things have to improve drastically for the team to challenge for trophies (in addition to more new signings)
For me 2 things have to improve drastically
for the team to challenge for trophies (in addition to more new signings)
for the team to
challenge for trophies (in addition to more new signings)
for trophies (
in addition to more new signings) 1.
One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late
for a title
challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup
trophy won
in dramatic fashion last season to defend.
The Frenchman was talking this week about why he feels that Arsenal are much more prepared
for this title
challenge compared to other recent seasons when we have been
in a good position only to see the EPL
trophy slip away
in the latter stages of the campaign.
However
in order to have credibility
in terms of being an ethically - run football club, the profits should be re-invested
for the benefit of the fans, making the team better on the pitch to seriously
challenge for all
trophies, and making watching the games as affordable as possible.
Roy Keane, who had some (
in) famous duels with Arsenal players
in his playing time — more often with his counterpart Patrick Vieira — came out with the suggestion that the current squad is «more interested
in selfies and six packs» than
challenging for trophies.
In terms of
challenging for UCL and EPL, the two
trophies that define a big club, we are miles off.
He's afraid of coming out plainly to say, «LOOK, we are buy players
in order to
challenge for the league
trophy, that's one of our major target
for the season», so that if he fails to win the league at the end of the day, no one will say, «But you said you were after the the league
trophy and you spent expensively on the class of players you considered necessary, how come you failed?»
Ambition: He said he wants to sit with the club
in the summer, i guess he wan na know the level of their ambition to decide if he will stay or not... All
in all, i think the most important thing he wants are UCL, Fa Cup, money and a chance to
challenge for major
trophies, money comes last
for him i assume...
With those transfers we could seriously
challenge for major
trophies even though we will still have to deal with the factor Wenger, because the guy is just not
in the game anymore.
Arsenal fans will finally get the chance to see the summer signing that we all hope will make the difference
in our
challenge to regain the Premier League title next season, after Petr Cech watched from the bench as the Gunners won the first match of pre-season to qualify
for the final of the Asia
Trophy against Everton today.
Can Cazorla be the key to Arsenal actually
challenging for the Premier League
trophy if his teammates can keep us
in touch until he returns after christmas?
Look at the amount of money we have at our disposal and look at the amount we have invested then ask yourself, with the we've money invested (
in comparison to others) can we realistically
challenge for PL & CL
trophies like we were told we'd be?
The sooner Wenger gets the fact that we cant
challenge for major
trophies with OG as our main attacker the better,
for now it seems as though Wenger and the club is caught
in two minds and dragging their feet on securing a striker.
Well it depends what you mean by «Worked» If you mean staying
in top 4, not
challenging for 1st or CL, making profits by low spending then YES If you mean
challenging for all
Trophies, then NO Last summer we only spent # 10 million and didn't get the striker we sorely needed.
«I could go and play
for teams
in Europe, but they were not teams that
challenge for trophies.
No team wanted these guys, anywhere
in the world, thats why they are still free and available a month after the window closed and our great manager is now looking to bring one of them
in to ARSENAL, yes ARSENAL, the team we expect to
challenge for trophies.
In the end we'll be fighting
for a top - four spot with no
challenge being made
for major
trophies.
As a Blackburn Rovers fan I can remember the good times, we were
challenging for the title 3 years
in a row and then the holy grail, 94/95 Tim Sherwood lifting that
trophy and with Everton winning the FA cup.
Lacazette has been getting sharper and settling
in ever since and is starting to get the Arsenal fans rubbing our hands about how his movement and finishing
in front of the creative brilliance of Gunners like Ozil will help us
challenge for a major
trophy or two this season.
Parlour was not too hard on our big centre forward and actually handed him some praise, but he feels that Arsenal do need a step up
in quality if we are to
challenge for the bog
trophy goals of the Premier League and Champions League, and the former Arsenal midfielder has one player
in particular
in mind.
Two
trophies in 11 years, no major
trophy in 12 years, not to mention the sporadic attempts at even
challenging for a
trophy!
After leading Arsenal to an FA cup
trophy after a long nine years with no silverware, along with a serious
challenge for the title which just faltered as the injuries piled up, Arsene Wenger appeared to have fallen back
in love with the game, as proven when he signed up to another three years at the helm of the good ship Arsenal.
Now, if we had had the required class player personnel needed
for a genuine
trophy challenge we would not have been thwarted
in said
challenge through injuries.
Another dinosaur, living
in the past and content with minor honours and no
challenge for a serious
trophy since 2006
in CL and 2007 - 8, when we blew a five point lead over United
in MARCH.
No major
trophy for 13 years and counting Last time we even saw a QF
in the CL was a whopping 7 years ago We almost never
challenge for a major
trophy Wenger couldn't even get close to winning the league even when all rivals finish below him Wenger keeps picking a weak starting XI, especially
for really tough games Wenger loves keeping rubbish players at Arsenal
for as long as possible
Intelligent answer
for Wenger out would be: No league / European
trophy for 14 years and counting, barely
challenged for a league / European
trophy in that time, 9 year period without a
trophy, and all of our best players keep jumping ship, including the legend Henry.
I am fairly sure that a large percentage of Arsenal fans are finding it hard to get enthused about the defence of the FA cup
trophy, because two points from the last three Premier League games has left the Gunners down
in third place and our
challenge for the Premier League title looking a lot less assured than it was a couple of weeks ago.
In order to be competitive and really challenge for major trophies we need to spend between # 70 and # 100 millions in those last 2 weeks and change the fitness and medical staff... No way it will happe
In order to be competitive and really
challenge for major
trophies we need to spend between # 70 and # 100 millions
in those last 2 weeks and change the fitness and medical staff... No way it will happe
in those last 2 weeks and change the fitness and medical staff... No way it will happen!
«I'm
in a good place mentally at the minute, I want to continue that and improving on my form, affecting the team, having a positive impact on the team and helping the team try and get into the top four and
challenge for trophies.»
Many of us Arsenal fans have been here before over the last 10 years, only
for something like all the injury problems and our heavy losses
in some big away games of two years ago to come along and leave the latest
challenge for the Premier League
trophy in tatters.
League cup is a
trophy challenged for by every one
in England so yeah, some of us care about it!
Several of the first eleven don't currently cut it based upon what we expect as Arsenal fans, especially if the board and management wants to argue that we should be
challenging for trophies, both domestically and
in Europe each and every season.
It sounds ridiculous but hear me out, he always plays attacking football, or as our manager likes to say «approaches the game with a positive attitude», he knows how to be consistent with his goals (kept Wigan
in PL despite everyone saying they would be relegated), also brought his team to a cup final on an extremely low budget, was also responsible
for the passing philosophy
in Swansea, and most importantly, he can nurture YOUNG talent (Lukaku already has 50 goals
in England, Delofeu is starting to bloom, Stones is already flourishing,...) Imo someone like Matinez would be the perfect candidate
for the job, but he has to prove he can win
trophies as well and
challenge in Europe as well.
We all know that Arsenal can be brilliant and give any other team on the planet a run
for their money, but we are also too well aware that
in recent years we have not done it on a consistent enough basis to mount a strong enough
challenge for the Premier League
trophy.
Do World Class players want to stay
in a team that doesn't even
challenge for the main League
trophy let alone CL?
as wih just about every season
for last 10 years we have a team that is a couple of real quality players short of
challenging on three fronts
for top honours... so if wenger is willing to get rid of mert flamini arteta diaby and walcott (and possibly gibbs who is begining to really disappoint but perhaps worth another season) and bring
in three quality players cb dm and attacker i will change my mind and give him a chance till end of contract... if its another round of bargain basement players with potential and talk of getting
in to cl as like a
trophy... then yes he needs to go
Top teams seriously
challenge for top
trophies; we have not done so since 2007 - 8 when we blew a five point lead over united
in early March.
We are
in a sorry state at the moment and until we clear out the coaching staff we should forget
challenging for major
trophies (WC players or not Wenger wouldn't know what to do with them.
Funny how Arsenal were gonna
challenge for the title after winning our second
trophy in weeks and Giroud were underrated then a draw against Besiktas later we hold no hope, Wenger is clueless, Giroud is the worst striker ever, Arsenal had 6 strikers (Giroud, Alexis, Sanogo, Walcott, Podolski, Campbell) and overnight 4 of them disappeared and Giroud and Sanogo were our only strikers.
Anyway,
In order to
challenge for major
trophies, we need Wenger to change is way of seeing football the way he sees it right now.
It is time, surely, to be pragmatic and realise that if we want to
challenge for serious
trophies we need to be (well, Wenger needs to be) more cut throat
in his decisions...!!
Spurs just enjoyed their best ever campaign
in the Premier League era, and still finished with less
trophies than our club, but some will claim that they have the better chance to
challenge for the title next season.
If we can not as a team beat lesser teams
in the league
in the absence of Alexis then we may as well admit we are not good enough to be
challenging for trophies because the Premier League is long and arduous, and if you are not prepared you will find yourself dropping sure points like these.
positives (+) + though bellerin had a bad game he held his own
for such a high profile game to make a debut start + wenger sub'd early taking off ozil and arteta early enough and the bleeding stopped + with the way we played it could have been a LOT worse than 2 - 0 + szczesny is still pretty good
in goals though the defense left him exposed a lot + a much needed rude awakening to the squad as the season begins to take shape + nothing is decided still everything to play
for and 4
trophies to
challenge for, same as before kick - off
Benatia added that he feels Bayern are one of the top four clubs
in the world, and is delighted to be with a team who
challenge for major
trophies every season.
It has become a fact of life
in the Premiership nowadays that if you want to
challenge for every
trophy every season you need quality
in depth
in every position, to allow
for injuries, suspensions and squad rotation.