It may not have been pretty, but at least Arsenal got over our potential banana skin to
get to the Final again.
This really is our best chance of
getting to the final again.
Gutted to have missed out on winning on the FA Youth Cup, proud of all the boys for
getting to the final again!
He then
got them to the final again two years later with just a slightly improved 1.5 goals per game and three matches with no Liverpool goals.
Not exact matches
The decision is
final for four years and those losing voters
get to swing the bat
again.
Just because the AMC hit Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead are
getting spin - offs, don't expect
to see anyone from the Mad Men universe
again after the
final season (which kicks off on April 13) and concludes next spring.
Etienne Gilson in his influential 1971 book From Aristotle
to Descartes and Back
Again favoured claiming that the object of science is material and efficient causation while normal physical observation is much broader and
gets at formal and
final causation.
Just because the AMC hit Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead are
getting spin - offs, don't expect
to see anyone from the Mad Men universe
again after the
final season (which...
When adding the colour, you should go for a shade roughly twice as intense as you want for the
final result, because you will dilute the colour when you mix the meringue into the almond mixture — I add the colour
to the almond mixture and my rule of thumb is
to add enough
to get it
to the colour I want, then add about as much
again.
Giving it ten minutes
to get itself moving
again helps you when you need
to create its
final shape — be it in a pan or flattened.
I have a few more weeks of
finals and then I
get a May break (not sure what
to call it because I already had spring break in March and will have a summer break in August) before I go back and do it all
again.
The
final dish will serve twice as many people as the restaurant version, and you'll most likely have enough leftover sauces
to serve it
again if you want
to get more chicken.
1) Pre-heat oven
to 300 deg Fahrenheit (150 deg cel) 2) Line one large baking sheet (0r two medium baking sheets) with parchment paper 3) In a large bowl, combine the oats, chia seeds, flax seeds, raisins, almonds and other nuts, and mix well 4) In a smaller bowl, whisk together the honey, light brown sugar, melted butter and cinnamon until smooth and sugar has dissolved 5) Pour the honey mixture over the dry ingredients and stir well until you
get a homogeneous mixture 6) Pour the mixture over the baking sheets and spread evenly with a spatula, then season lightly with sea salt 7) Bake for 15 minutes, then stir the granola gently (
to make sure all sides are cooked) 8) At this point, you may need
to switch the baking sheets (if you are using 2) so the granola cooks evenly 9) Bake for another 15 minutes, then stir
again, before cooking for a
final 15 minutes or until golden brown 10) Remove granola from the oven and place on cooking racks until completely cool and crisp 11) Store granola in air - tight containers at room temperature.
Final Thought Arsenal are still finding their feet this season, and need
to get a couple of wins back -
to - back,
to put themselves in the mix once
again.
The Chile forward came back from a superb World Cup Qualifier were he scored a brace against Luis Suarez led Uruguay and was once
again at his best
to get on
to the end of Giroud's
final ball
to grab a brace in the game.
«It was important for us
to get to the
final for him, for ourselves, for the fans, and
to have a bit of positivity around the club
again.
Then we
got handed nice early Sunday kick - offs
to add
to the problem and when the new TV picks came out this week, they have done it
again for our trip
to Southampton after the
final European game which is against BATE Borisov.
Arsene Wenger has admitted that it took the Gunners way too long
to really
get on a roll and although there were a lot of injury problems as well as players coming back late from the World Cup
finals to contend with, everyone at the club knows that it is vital
to ensure it does not happen
again.
Los Merengues have
gotten the better of their rivals in this
final again, beating Atlético Madrid on penalties
to lift the European Cup.
Arsene Wenger's side have been panned by the press this morning as they look surely set
to fail once
again to get to the quarter -
finals having last done so in 2010.
This is an incredibly difficult question
to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only
to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel
to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards
to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the
final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems
to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early
to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency
to get himself in trouble when he
gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs
to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious
to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently
to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow
to ever boss the midfield and he tends
to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did
get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed
to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready
to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him
to use Francis and then he had the nerve
to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary
to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed
to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the
final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends
to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little
to no sense considering what he has
to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford
to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try
to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards
to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair
to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went
to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had
to choose one of those 3 players
to stay on it would be Ox due
to his potential as a plausible alternative
to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue
to use that formation... in Sanchez, we
get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due
to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem
to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once
again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold
to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction
to heroin without the benefits
Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have
to do is wait for any serious potential threats
to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time
to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way
to the
final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over
again next year you know when Wenger fails
to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..
We have heard over and over
again in recent years, however, that the club did not want
to get into those previous situations in which our best players are allowed
to enter the
final year of their contracts as it seriously cuts down the strength of our bargaining position and makes it more likely we will lose them
to another club.
JW should learn
to keep his big mouth shut, he acted like a yob (
again) and spoiled a great celebration of a great achievement, what the hell have Tottenham
got to do with the FA Cup
final.
But Spieth
got it back coming down the second nine
to ensure he'd stay on the solo lead and playing from that
final tee time
again for the last round.
Bellerin had a good game defensively but his
final ball was horrid
again, the lad needs
to be drilled on his
final ball, he is starting
to look more and more clueless on the ball as time goes by compared
to the lad who used his instinct
to get past players when he burst on the scene.
I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention
to the matter, it failed
to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially
to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was
to follow... but I
get it, few wanted
to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you
to keep your thoughts
to yourself... who are you
to tell these fat cats how
to steal your money... they have worked long and hard
to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as
to pay enormous sums of cash
to your once beloved professor
to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy
to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened
to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs
to be changed and that starts at the top... in order
to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need
to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we
get back
to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the
final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have
to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed
to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying
to make big moves, they once
again lost the plot due
to their all too familiar tunnel vision
Meanwhile, Wenger signed a two - year contract last summer but has once
again struggled
to get Arsenal competing as they should be as, despite reaching the Carabao Cup
final, they look in danger of missing out on the top four
again and are already out of the FA Cup.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position
to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers...
to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried
to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he
got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want
to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem
to have a pretty good history when it comes
to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should
get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should
get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers
to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things
to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz
to the starting lineup due
to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition
to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB
to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need
to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need
to target a CDM then do whatever it takes
to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us
to become dominant
again we need
to be strong up the middle
again from Goalkeeper
to CB
to DM
to ACM
to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil
to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed
to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the
final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed
to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time
to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just
to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye
to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need
to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had
to wait so many years
to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once
again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes
to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes
to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk
to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't
get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went
to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest
to strikers who were clearly not going
to press their current teams
to let them go
to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants
to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due
to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately
to raise awareness for several years when cracks began
to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued
to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
Harris would gladly take the same scenario over
again: The team counting on him
to get two yards
to clinch a
finals berth — or perhaps, even the program's first section title of the modern era.
It's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't
get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top club ever let their best player leave for free at the end of a season... Wenger needs
to go
to PSG and
get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs
to publicly apologize for the way in which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez
to go for free there is no way this club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin
to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will be a lame - duck manager once
again in the
final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the next manager can take this club
to the next level... WHAT?!?... he then went on
to speak about leaving them in the perfect position
to be successful, which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last season based on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor
to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things
to the next level if everything is as great as you say?
Into the
final quarter and we set our shooters the task of
getting to 60 goals and the defence keeping Edge Hill
to under 25 goals, turning over Edge Hills centre and the defence of Nancy and Bekah yet
again getting ball after ball against a frustrated Edge Hill attack we went on
to dominate the remainder of the game running out comfortable 61 - 23 winners so both «goals» attained.
Final Team
to get their wrap - up this week (
again, alphabetical order) is Team Theta Chi SO.
They are just one game away from making the
final again this summer, but they have the formidable obstacle of the current World champions Germany
to get past first, so the news that the Arsenal centre forward Olivier Giroud could miss the match with a knee injury is a huge blow
to their hopes of lifting the trophy in Paris on Sunday.
Team Maione once
again got the lead up 2 and Team Shlofrock would
get a
final chance
to tie it up or win it..
The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison
to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need
to replace many players or are being frced
to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need
to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able
to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance
to stop us taking that
final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now,
get the striker,
get the DM and we wont need
to look at transfers in a big way
again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.
And for those who are constantly bashing him about his lack of impact in games, maybe you should watch the Newcastle game
again and see how much impact a player like Ozil would have had, a player who can keep possession, drag opposition players out of position and requires constant attention from the opposition
to stop him from delivering that one killer pass even if he seems
to be having a bad game [I recall Ronaldinho had a relatively quiet game in the 2006 champions league
final game, he did just one thing all game, he delivered that pass
to Eto'o that
got Lehmann sent off, he wasn't huffing and puffing for 90 minutes].
^ Ramsey could of been a bit better in the
final 3rd but I was impressed with his desire
to get back and defend
again, I think he had lost that and that was a big reason in his drop in performances this season.
I am a Arsenal fan have been for some time longer than Wenger has been Manager, do not
get me wrong but I want Arsenal
to lose the
final, reasons being that hopefully Will be the only time Wenger would wałk Wenger has
to go enough is enough if Arsenal win Wenger and the board will say that there is no problem with the setup here at Arsénal nothing needs
to change Wengers
got it all in hand for next season Blah Blah Blah ect groundhog day all over
again.
This year, the two Northern California girls basketball titans are on track
to meet once
again, but not until the NorCal
finals in mid-March — assuming that both manage
to get that far.
«Normally, one could hope maybe an injury could slow them down, but they have kids that just might do more damage when they
get their opportunity,» said Miramonte - Orinda coach Kelly Sopak, whose team lost
to St. Mary's in last year's NorCal Open Division
final and could be the Rams» top competition in the North once
again.
With the FA Cup
final on May 30 - which could feature Arsenal
again should they
get past Reading next weekend - swiftly followed by another round of internationals, the actual down time for most players this summer will be minimal before they are called back
to their club for the start of pre-season training.
Even if we
got through this round, we would probably have had
to face Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Dortmund, PSG, Chelsea or City in the next, then one of them
again in the semis, and then
again in the
finals, and my gut tells me we would have slipped up somewhere.
He led Liverpool
to the UEFA Champions League
final again in 2007, where Milan
got their revenge.
Given it was a bit of a fluke they made it through the semis anyway, we
get the feeling we're not going
to see this incarnation of Dortmund reach the Champions League
Final again anytime soon.
Casillas must not use the hand for a while and will be tested
again in a week, but he is now hoping that he will be fit
to play in the Champions league semi-
final, provided that his team mates
get past Manchester United in the quarter -
final first.
I'm just pleased that once
again we
get to experience a cup
final and given Wenger's comments about teams being praised for not
getting to finals, which has irritated Pochettino, it feels like another reason
to be pleased that we are who we are.
The mis - firing Mario Gomez has failed
to make an impact this season and the loss
again of part time professional patient Guiseppe Rossi has left them longing for goals at front, for the team that some had tipped
to be challenging for the
final Champions League spot, they have been failing
to get the crucial goals in games they should win — 0 - 0 draws of Sassuolo and Genoa should have been won and a 1 - 1 draw with Torino is not good enough.
Listen, Martinez beat Man City in the Cup
Final at Wembley, Year later Wigan Beat em
Again at their place to get to Wembley yet a
Again at their place
to get to Wembley yet
againagain.
«So that was not a serious approach
to government, and
again the proof was in the pudding — the
final plan as everyone saw with their own eyes
got done in a manner of days.»