All of this leaves Manchester United with a great chance to get their season back on track by exploiting
these gaps in the Arsenal lineup.
Whether that is true remains to be seen, but it is great to see that Wenger is making a concerted effort to plug the glaring
gaps in the Arsenal squad.
the injury to Danny Welbeck and the struggles of Theo Walcott opening up a massive Mkhitaryan shaped
gap in the Arsenal first team.
Every boss has their own selection of attacks and tricks that they bring to the battle that make them unique, and you have to exploit the small
gaps in their arsenal.
Despite overwhelming evidence the RCMP did nothing substantive to address
this gap in the arsenal of the rank and file.
Not exact matches
Work to find the
gaps in your communications
arsenal and then mindfully practice until each of your skills is up to par.
Chelsea started the season well and quickly built up a 10 point
gap over a misfiring
Arsenal side, but as tiredness and attacking injuries set
in towards the end, Jose Mourinho used his park - the - bus tactics to gain points from Man United and also
Arsenal.
If Carragher is right it is good news for our own title hopes but can
Arsenal stay
in touch and maybe even close the
gap and make things interesting when we face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
in a couple of weeks?
The
Arsenal squad is strong
in terms of depth and even more so
in terms of quality, we just need a bit of world - class cutting edge to close the
gap on Chelsea for next season.
One part of the
Arsenal Foundation work is to teach young adults (usually during their
Gap Year) to be able to go abroad and train youngsters abroad as well as
in London.
Vidal continues to say that Munich is the best team
in the world, and he can certainly point to
Arsenal's humiliation against Bayern
in the Champions League to emphasise the
gap in quality between the two sides, but he believes that Alexis will make the Germans into an even better side.
A 12 points
gap is certainly a stretch, but if the team shows the fighting spirit that Shearer and the fans of
Arsenal so desperately want, then at least we can finish the season
in a stronger fashion.
Certainly if Chelsea had a 60,000 capacity stadium, which
in about 4 years they will, their annual income would be significantly higher than
Arsenal's... With CL football back at Chelsea and none at
Arsenal this season, they'll pretty much close the
gap anyway.
So far, or since we beat them with ease at the Emirates stadium
in September, almost everything seems to be going right for Chelsea and we need that to change at least a bit if we are to stand any chance, but there are reasons for the
Arsenal faithful to believe as this week throws up a great chance for the Gunners to close the
gap.
Coming back to
Arsenal, we could very well have Walcott on the flank and use Giroud
in the center forward position, similarly to how Madrid use Benzema,
in full knowledge that Theo would be moving to try and outmaneuver his fullback, or find a
gap between the fullback and center back.
So with Chelsea, supposedly their main rivals,
in such disarray, there is a real chance that City could relax and take their eye off the ball and if that happens and they do lose momentum, it is a hard thing to get back and
Arsenal could be the ones to take advantage and close the
gap.
We also had a great boost last night seeing Man United (and Alexis) get beaten by Tottenham, and Chelsea's crazy 3 - 0 home defeat to Bournemouth, giving
Arsenal a chance to close the
gap in the coming weeks.
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.
do nt be surprised if we see song back on a loan would be the easiest midfield option to get at short notice just to get him on loan for a season just to fill the
gap i think wenger likes familiarity with some players knowing the
arsenal way would be an ok squad filler
in case we have injury pile up at Christmas or new year period as you would expect would be an upgrade on kim kalstrom i think anyways and being at barca cant have done his skill set any harm maybe he learn to more defensive responsibility
Moving on from it all for this season i fear for worst to come next season (just had a deja vu i say the same thing every season around this time) City already are talking spending 600 Million
in the next two to three years on new players and you can bet Man - U will follow to try and close the
gap, Liverpool can sell one player and buy an entire squad, Chelsea owner Abromovich has started to make noise's about next season so they will be spending, spuds will try to keep their existing players with one or two additions to strengthen and some salary rises to keep the elite, and
Arsenal will go head to head with the likes of Burnley Everton Leicester for average players signature, and the board will make sure even if they replace AW they will replace him with AW No2 who will do what the board decides on who and how much to spend
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes the side are closing the
gap on the leading clubs
in the Barclays Premier League and insists they can win the title
in the not too distant future, The Telegraph reports.
Ken, as much as I respect both Patrick Viera and Dennis Bergkamp (the best player I have seen
in an
Arsenal shirt IMHO) the rebuilding needed at the
Arsenal to bridge the current
gap, requires a hard nosed experienced manager.
Arsenal were so adventurous and left
gaps in - between as we were pressurizing them before their first goal....
Manchester United vs. Barcelona was very beneficial to UEFA as there were massive economic gain from the game, and a Real vs.
Arsenal clash will provide another chance for UEFA to fill
in the
gap as to what was lost
in the absence of the aforementioned top clubs this season from the UEFA Champions League Competition.
Arsenal could really do with a win
in the Premier League's first match of the weekend, though, to stretch that
gap between us and Everton, so maybe Ronald Koeman also did us a favour at the weekend by beating our next opponents West Brom and making it two defeats
in a row for Tony Pulis and the Baggies.
Although
Arsenal may have just finished another season with, what us fans would class as, an early exit from the Champions League and a
gap to the Premier League champions that was too big to reasonably claim that we were close to the title, the
Arsenal and England international with rockets
in his boots, Theo Walcott, reckons that the Gunners are getting back to the good old days.
Perhaps due to the recession period (yes we had one) we could not easily replace the players that were lost and tried bringing through youngsters to fill the
gap, which also brought
in a new style of TIKKI TAKKA football and players that were not of the
arsenal mole, lacking pace, lacking commitment and lacking loyalty, so there
in it got more difficult to win anything.
Arsenal will NEVER catch Spurs if Spurs open a 6 point
gap.4 THE END OF WENGER AT
ARSENAL!Wenger has spoken
in the past about how he might have stepped down had
Arsenal not beaten Hull
in the FA Cup final
in 2014 to end a nine - year trophydraught.Well the same must surely apply this season if he allows Spurs to win and for Spurs / Leicester to overtake his team and win the title.
Arsenal went to a back 3 caus
in the premier league other teams had worked out that we leave large
gaps when attacking.
The
gap between
Arsenal and the winners was 7 points, probably the smallest
gap between champions and fourth placed team
in years.
When Xhaka or Coquelin plays
Arsenal always seems to lose control and shape
in games, the opposition tends to find lots of
gaps and space all over the pitch and hence gains lots of possession.
If
Arsenal fans thought that our club was going to have a tough time winning the Premier League title because the current table toppers Chelsea have beeenjoying a relentless run of results and were looking very unlikely to slip up and give the Gunners a chance to close the
gap, imagine how the clubs chasing Real Madrid
in La Liga have been feeling.
To be fair to him, his comments reported by Metro do not specifically mention
Arsenal but it does not take a genius to fill
in the
gaps when our club has been labeled as lacking real title ambition
in recent years and a top four spot has been dubbed the «Wenger trophy».
In terms of avoiding the eternal 4th place «trophy» Utd win works for us — 5 point
gap back to City now and a Man U /
Arsenal battle for 2nd / 3rd brewing up.
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But whereas 0 - 0 represented a great result for Sunderland, who increasingly came to understand that prettiness and penetration were not one and the same thing, it was not
in Arsenal's plans — not when they had a three - point
gap and a goal difference deficit to make up on Manchester City
in the final two games of the campaign.
Former
Arsenal captain Fabregas can also help fill
gap left by Villa at Barcelona, with Thiago, Alexis Sanchez and new starlets Isaac Cuenca and Gerard Deulofeu waiting
in the wings things can't be bad.
In 2003/2004 Arsenal only bought lehmans in the summer with Antonio Reyes being added in the January transfer window yet the team went the whole season unbeaten, winning the league with a 11 points ga
In 2003/2004
Arsenal only bought lehmans
in the summer with Antonio Reyes being added in the January transfer window yet the team went the whole season unbeaten, winning the league with a 11 points ga
in the summer with Antonio Reyes being added
in the January transfer window yet the team went the whole season unbeaten, winning the league with a 11 points ga
in the January transfer window yet the team went the whole season unbeaten, winning the league with a 11 points
gap.
With the defeat it means
Arsenal missed out on the chance to close the
gap on Chelsea
in the title race and our local rivals now host Sunderland today as clear leaders.
One of the most worrying aspects of the current dynamic at the club is that there are worrying noises coming from the dressing room, this has been happening for some time, it is no secret that Wenger and RVP came to a head over Wenger's lack of transfers to reinforce
gaps in the team and make
Arsenal competitive with the top teams.
If they played fifty percent of their league games so far like they played those 70 minutes, there would be a
gap on the table similar to the one
in Ligue 1, with
Arsenal on top, of course.
The problem is though even when we do fill
in the
gaps... how many players are out there with the spirit and mentality of the
Arsenal greats.
The
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is very happy that
Arsenal are top of the League, but he thinks that the Gunners should have opened up a bigger
gap in the first half of the season as the second half is full of tough away fixtures.
The Red Devils face Sheffield United
in the FA Cup this weekend, before returning to Premier League action against Newcastle United on January 12 as they look to try and close the nine - point
gap that exists between them and leaders
Arsenal.
With news of another Jack Wilshere injury, here's a look at five midfielders
Arsenal MUST try to sign before the end of the summer to plug that
gap in the middle of the park...
Wenger blamed the 12 day
gap between games as the reason for
Arsenal's poor start against Liverpool a few weeks ago, then he claimed a lack of confidence for the start against Lincoln last week, but as most of our first team played last weekend and scored many goals
in the second half then neither of those should apply this time around.
and then a german international
in d defense.overall, wenger has plugged d
gaps well.and at 27 of course Perez is at his prime while msutafi already knows something abt epl... as for ppl who complain, i believe they are wrong.what makes
arsenal «
arsenal» is that they spent decent money (not extravagant) on good players and make them superstars.i f
arsenal spent like other top clubs, then
arsenal are just a club like others and lose their identity....
A match
in which
Arsenal struggled but managed to score a late winner via Montreal's last
gap effort.
That pompous Mo also said last season that he will win the PL with 2 more signings (Costa, Fabregas) and look whats happening exactly what hes said he did nt have to build chelsea he just got 2nd last season talking about little horses and big horses, but he was right Chelsea wher2 players away once he gets them he will win the PL he knows wenger is building an Enterprise rather than just a stop
gap team Wenger is cementing
Arsenals future for the next 10 years so he does nt have to reitre and watch His legacy Rot
in hell.
After losing the opening game of the Premier league season at home,
Arsenal fans can expect Arsene Wenger to make some changes to the starting line - up and probably not just to fill the
gaps left by Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi picking up injury problems
in the loss to Liverpool.