Off topic: but If we sings Benedikt Howedes, Cheick Tiote and Marco Rues (or any decent striker who can score 20 + season) then we can hope
for Epl or Fa Cup both (maybe Capital one cup too).
So let's keep positive shall we and have faith that Arsenal will hit top form very soon and challenge
for that EPL trophy.
Obviously, we'll try
for the EPL but that won't happen — Utd, Spurs and City way too strong («organised» more than anything) to compete for title.
To compete
for EPL and CL, we need much better depth.
We have some highly talented players in our squad, I think we do have the quality to challenge
for EPL right now!
How can an experienced manager build such a team
for the EPL??
If Theo and Ox are out or next 2 weeks, this will test our credentials
for EPL.
My question to you is, Do you think that our team is good enough to have a go
for the Epl or Cl?
It will surely be vital that Arsenal make a quick start to the new campaign if they are to challenge
for the EPL title, and signing a player, such as the Portuguese international, who will be out for several months, would potentially hamstring their start to the campaign.
Like everyone else, I think the board is showing it's frustration that we're just two players away from launching a serious bid
for the EPL, yet Wenger isn't budging.
Less in fact as we all know that Mourinho and Arsene Wenger do not get on and his new club Manchester United are direct rivals with Arsenal
for the EPL trophy.
Despite being quite pleased with the summer transfer window just gone from an Arsenal point of view, even though we are yet to see how the two late signings Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi do in the English Premier League, I was disappointed earlier in the summer when the Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic who was available on a free transfer ended up signing
for our EPL rivals Manchester United rather than the Gunners.
Anyway, i said this to say that our expectations as fans for the preseason tour have not match up to the expectations of manager, his idea of preseason is to blood the new young players and not at the moment challenge
for the EPL.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenals-shkodran-mustafi-is-the-finishing-touch-in-arsene-wenger-s-plan-says-rio-ferdinand-a3384151.he further stated that mertesacker is not good enough for Arsenal and not suitable
for the Epl....
do u think we will compete
for the epl?
If tukhil is the new manager we can challenge
for the epl in the next season ✌
Why still some fans are so blind????? We will sign two or three quality players and challenge
for EPL and hell why not just win the bpl next year.
Why not we want to win trophies and fight
for the EPL??
The table below shows the preseason title odds via Ladbrokes
for the EPL winners dating back to the 2009 - 10 season:
However, not sure if all our youngsters are ready
for EPL heat.
I just read an article saying all the players who were in the Euro were given a three weeks holidays instead of a month and should be back in time
for the EPL match against Liverpool.
Man U will push
for the EPL no problems but we can't take this away the amount of points shy of winning the EPL it was bad.
Should we trust WENGER doing the same???, MAN U needed and wanted immediate results, WENGER in his fantasy world is signing players not ready
for the EPL for at least the next 3 years....
Premier League — We've added Total Season Point Over / Under's
for each EPL team along with their odds to win the title.
Carvalho is all the rage and really strong no doubt, but he may not be fast enough
for the EPL IMO.
I honestly believe we are currently only 2 top players away from competing
for the EPL... Oh and a new manager To win the UCL I think we are about 4 top players away, along with a new manager.
-- go
for the EPL, if we also win the FA well that's just a nice bonus — going for EPL, FA and CL well feels like «a bridge to far».
Below are my goal predictions of our players
for epl only.
Arsenal can not go to the top of the Premier League with a home win over Man City this evening, because of that pesky Leicester City side of Claudio Ranieri, but we can open up a four point lead over the club that is likely to be our main rivals
for the EPL title.
Only other option is an unknown who is cost effective, can bind his time until he takes over Mertisacter in the summer but has all the credentials
for EPL.
That cup is not easy to win but I would give that up
for the EPL.
We should at least be able to compete
for the EPL most years.
I think its rather unfortunate that most of our fans are really eager to see us truly compete
for the EPL title and yet keep making the same mistake of thinking that we can truly compete by making do with what we already have rather than adding quality in depth.
But on this anniversary week the forward could well find himself on the bench
for the EPL match against Chelsea on Sunday.
Sadly Arsenal will continue to field an unbalanced starting 11 that as King Henry has steadfastly pointed out is deficient in three critical areas to seriously challenge
for the EPL and cause problems in Europe.
2 more would be perfect but even if we don't add anymore I think the quality of the squad is good enough to challenge
for the EPL.
If Arsenal win it will be like «We beat the Champions, we are back on track» Cue Wenger's 100 year extension Players will say «yes it was great to win a trophy for the fans but we want to compete seriously
for the EPL and CL».
off topic = Liverpool to offer to buy Lamar 70M, if Lamar singes
for another EPL team then shame on Arsen, Arsenal and the board, if that happens then we need to burn our kits our season tickets stop watching live coverage of Arsenal games until we get new owners and manager
If it's the case sell him abroad with catch in tbe contract stating he can't play
for an EPL team.
And you never know, he might even think it's worth getting a few players in January to make us a credible contender
for EPL glory as a fitting swansong to AW's career... maybe not eh?
What we must remember is the squad limitations
for the EPL, but at least for next season we won't have to worry about the UCL squad limitations.
No serious club that wants to be at top would keep Diaby flamini arteta podolski Ryo and sonogo... These are no brainers... No club wanting to compete
for EPL and cl would keep mertesacker and Walcott as we need top quality in both spots all the time....
By the way, I really hate all those articles in here with titles like «Now we can compete
for the EPL», «Wow, we are apparently not that bad» etc, etc...
Seaman clearly feels that the boss needs to get this sorted and if that means paying over the odds or breaking the club's wage structure he has to do it or face the prospect of losing our ability to challenge
for the EPL crown.
If we are to seriously challenge
for EPL and CL, we need to have quality strength in each position, to allow AW to rotate and to cover for inevitable injuries caused by number of games.
While a look at the Arsenal result in the Premier League today, 5 - 1 away to West Ham who under Slaven Bilic took four points off us last season, looks great and is certainly a big boost to our chances of challenging
for the EPL title, the scoreline was given a huge coat of gloss with a late flurry of goals.
But if we want to compete especially
for EPL and CL, then we need to improve.
Move Welbeck to the left wing to play as a sub for Sanchez and bring in Benzema, Cavani or Lacazette, its as simple as that and we are set to make a sustained challenge
for the EPL.
If we want to compete
for EPL next season, convince Paris SG to sell Ibrahimovic.