Sentences with phrase «challenge for trophies in»

The 67 - year - old believes the Three Lions have enough emerging talent to challenge for the trophy in France

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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 happeIn 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 happein 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.