But could
cup game appearances be what the future holds for Gabriel at Arsenal?
Not exact matches
The attacking midfielder put Egypt 1 - 0 against Congo during Sunday's qualifying
game, putting the side on course for its first World
Cup appearance since 1990.
What hasn't made the headlines, however, is the fact that Sterling's form has dipped considerably in recent
games — just two goals and two assists in his last ten
appearances, one goal of which came against Championship side Bolton in the FA
Cup.
A fun - loving midfielder who made 119
appearances for the club and later served briefly as the club's manager, winning the Champions League and the FA
Cup in a 42 -
game stint.
I love what Santi has done in the last half dozen
games in a more central role after spending an entire career (400 apps +) in a wider position but are you seriously suggesting Ozil (winner of FIFA world
cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercup, UEFA U21 Euros, WC Most Assists, Euros Most Assists, Bundesliga Most Assists, La Liga Most Assists, UEFA TOTY x2 with 350 +
appearances as CAM / No.10) is his «understudy»?
Besides the FA
Cup final held at Wembley, today could be Wenger's final
appearance as an Arsenal manager at the Emirates, and it could well be his final Premier League
game.
The Gold
Cup Final
game was Holden's first national team
appearance in two years, following a slew of injury problems — most of which related to his now re-injured knee.
Well his world
cup winners medal and 104 caps for Germany along with his 415 career
appearances and 31 goals mostly from headers.seem to suggest that some of the
games best managers in the world believe mertesacker is a world class defender.
He has made a few
appearances for the Gunners since his return from the African
Cup of Nations, but he also picked up an injury concern in Arsenal's last
game.
SZNY should start in goal, he got punished for what he did at Southampton by being dropped for the League and CL
games, I have been p» ssed off with him but let's be fair and let him keep his FA
cup appearances..
Lichsteiner has already made an
appearance in the Champions League for Juve so will be cuptied for us if we progress further in the competition, but there will be enough League and FA
Cup games for the Swiss defender to be used in rotation with whoever else happens to be fit at the time!
But even if he features against Liverpool on Saturday and in every other
game until the end of the season, including a possible two FA
cup games, the central midfielder will only have made 26
appearances this season.
Salah has actually made no starts in the league, and just one apiece in the Champions League and Capital One
Cup restricting his
game time to just seven
appearances.
We've enough depth this season for Willock and Nelson to gradually gain experience, they should get a few Europa League and League
Cup games this season and a few substitute
appearances in the Premier League.
This season he has got the 19 year - old Chuba Akpom remaining with the first team squad although he has only made one substitute
appearance in the Premier League plus a few minor
cup games.
Scored on his debut in the League
Cup against Bolton but questions were raised over his quality and fitness which led to a lack of
game time, making only six further
appearances for Arsenal before leaving... # 4million to sit on the bench, goodness me.
In addition to his
cup final
appearance, one of his two Premier League goals came against Liverpool at the Emirates to further highlight that he can handle the big
game occasions.
He only started two league
games, one Champions League fixture and six
cup matches, making a further 12 substitute
appearances, but he scored eight goals and has three assists in that short time on the pitch.
In the Champions League and EFL
Cup, the former Monaco ace has bagged two goals and four assists in six
appearances, meaning that the player directly contributes to a goal every
game he plays.
If those
appearances had been in the CL or PL instead of Europa and English
cups, Arsenal would have received roughly 7, 8 goals due to his lack of focus or silly decisions in just a good handful of
games.
There are 45,000 season ticket holders who have entry to every home
game and it would only be reasonable of them all to expect to be first in line for our FA
Cup semi-final
appearance at Wembley, and there would probably be the same amount of casual fans that would like to watch the Gunners at Wembley.
Having now played 15
games for England, including making an
appearance at the 2014 World
Cup, Smalling has the experience to be a real asset.
He made just two Premier League
appearances during his time in Manchester, with just two further
games in
cup competitions.
Towards the end of his time at Anfield, the league and FA
Cup winner spent a short spell on loan at Crystal Palace, playing six
games and scoring once before making his last Liverpool
appearance against Olympiakos in the 2000 - 01 UEFA
Cup.
Jack Wilshere's
appearance at this summer's World
Cup looked to be in serious doubt back in March when the midfielder broke a bone in his foot during an England international friendly, but having spent the previous 67 days on the sidelines Wilshere returned as a second half substitute during Arsenals» final
game of the season and is expected to be fine.
In 1920 he was a member for the first ever Spanish international squad and helped his country win silver at the 1920 Olympic
games and went on to become Spain's most capped footballer, making 46
appearances in total that including the 1934 World
Cup Finals.
George Marks only played twice for Arsenal, thanks in part to the Second World War, but his second
appearance against Brentford proved to a memorable one as the
game was recorded and used the film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, a murder whodunnit from 1939 involving a fictitious amateur side called The Trojans who draw Arsenal in the FA
Cup.
The former Exeter City youngster has enjoyed some
game time this season in the EFL
Cup but his
appearance against Huddersfield was the first time he played in the Premier League, and it goes to show the trust Chelsea have in him at a tender age.
18 year old Awaziem have so far made just one
appearance for Porto main team which was in the League
cup game against CD Feirense but coach Jose Peseiro named the Nigerian in his squad for the
game against Arouca.
He's also the youngest Uruguayan to make his debut at a World
Cup — starting his first
game against England in the group stage of Brazil 2014 — and has made 37
appearances for the national team since.
Prior to the League
Cup game, Giroud had scored four times in four
appearances, and hopefully he finds the net tonight as well, although Sanchez tends to be our main outlet when Giroud plays.
While Luiz has featured 28 times in the league for his new club, Cahill's
appearances have been limited mostly to
cup games.
But he'll definitely get some time in the Capital One
Cup, and he might get an
appearance or two as a substitute in less crucial
games.
Moreover, the Belgian has scored 11 goals in his last 10 FA
Cup appearances — the only match he failed to score in of those 10
games was against coincidentally against United for Everton in the semi-final in April 2016.
As a third choice striker he need only make sub
appearances and fill in when we have injuries or
cup games.
Matter of fact: Thomas Muller has 10 scored goals in 13 World
Cup finals
games, but still has zero goals in seven
appearances at Euro finals.
Players of yester - year, on the other hand, managed quite a few goals in League
Cup games, with six reaching double figures, Cross and Goddard (12), Stewart (14), Byrne (15), Cottee (18), and Geoff Hurst the most prolific, notching 43 goals in just 47 League
Cup appearances.
Pugh is better regarded for his spells at Leeds, Stoke and Preston, but only made seven first - team
appearances for United, six of which were
cup games.
Mourinho has tended to rest Valencia for the Champions League
games this term, and Meunier could prove the perfect fit for the latter stages of the elite competition, provided he does not get
Cup - tied by making an
appearance in the coming group stage
games.
Under 18's got beat 4 — 1 by our neighbors in the
Cup semi final, and the under 23's lost a top of the table clash at Leicester 3 — 1, although that result is tempered by the fact that our best players from that team were absent due to their anticipated
appearance in the Europa league
game on Thursday night.
The absence of Bentaleb could see Capoue make an
appearance in a
cup game perhaps.
Arsene Wenger and his men have battened down the hatches at the back and developed a ruthless streak that has seen them win 11 of their last 13 Premier League
games and book another Wembley
appearance in the FA
Cup final.
The 25 - year - old midfielder has yet to appear in the league this season but has completed the full 90 minutes of two
cup games — one in the Europa League, one in the League Cup — as well as a further substitute appearance in Euro
cup games — one in the Europa League, one in the League
Cup — as well as a further substitute appearance in Euro
Cup — as well as a further substitute
appearance in Europe.
In the Premier League, he got nearly double the goals Rashford did, and this extends to all competitions where his
games in the domestic
cups gives him a very impressive total of 14 goals in 35
appearances, while Rashford has eight strikes in 18.
A number of the older players, like Walcott and Milner, who will have been hoping for an
appearance at the World
Cup this summer know they'll have to up their
games if the young shots can impress versus the world's best as they have against Brazil and Germany.
This season he has scored 10 goals in 29
games and internationally he has 11 goals in 56
appearances, the highlight been his two well taken goals against Argentina at the 2014 World
cup.
He has the right body type and is clearly strong (potential there) but he seems to have a few bad errant passed every
game, including last seasons league
cup appearances and youth
games.