An example of this could be seen
in the League Cup game against Bournemouth, when the German manager was constantly giving directions to the inexperienced Joao Teixeira, even when the ball was nowhere near him.
Last time they played host to Hull they won 4 - 1
in a League Cup game in 2015 and they rolled off a 3 - 0 win at the KCom against the Tigers in the Premier League this season.
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.
They haven't been perfect, mind, and a few teams have provided the blueprint for getting the beating of them, blueprints that Arsenal would have done well to follow
in our league cup game.
Daniel Sturridge — who shone against the Saints
in a League Cup game earlier in the campaign — added a second five minutes later.
When you try to recruit the best youngsters year - in, year - out and all the other academies are sprouting the same diatribe... when you roll out youngsters
in a League Cup game or an FA Cup game... they buy the story....
We may see
him in the league cup games at the most but I wouldn't bet on that!
Many young players from the academy that I and many other Arsenal fans were expecting to stay at the club and possibly feature
in the League Cup games and Champions League squad have gone out on loan.
I reckon he'll be a regular starter
in the League Cup games, where he'll prove to be another Lucas Perez type of signing (even though Lucas was mistreated imo).
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.
Not exact matches
How many of them are going to go out of their way to bring their kids to another
League Cup game in the future if not even Wenger is interested
in winning it?
Since sensationally beating the
League leaders Leicester, Arsenal have drawn with Hull
in the first FA
Cup game, lost to Barcelona
in the Champions
League and succumbed to both Man United and Swansea before yesterday's fight - back to draw at Tottenham.
It isn't enough to simply get Under 21
games and a few
cup matches with the first team, because those fixtures don't necessarily offer players the true physicality, feel and experience of playing
in the Premier
League.
He only started 16 Serie A
games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists
in a tight Serie A. He's a big
game player - scored
in the Champions
League final against Barcelona
in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian
Cup final this season with his first touch.
Form guide: United have built up some momentum
in the last two
games, beating Shrewsbury Town
in the Emirates FA
Cup before reaching the Europa
League last 16 by defeating Midtjylland
in resounding fashion on Thursday.
Just as the Gunners are getting over our own injury crisis and are looking to build a decent run of results together, following on from a 2 - 0 win over Hull City
in the FA
cup and a 3 - 0 defeat of Stoke City yesterday, our next Premier
League game throws up an away
game with the reigning EPL champions.
In those same 14 games I mentioned the only clean sheets were against Reading in the EFL cup and our last league game against West Bro
In those same 14
games I mentioned the only clean sheets were against Reading
in the EFL cup and our last league game against West Bro
in the EFL
cup and our last
league game against West Brom.
aurier was
in team of the year
in ligue 1 an good
in world
cup m» vila have standout
games for france first team and was also
in team of the year for rennes
in ligue 1 berahino has proven himself this year
in the prmeier
league,
Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA
Cup match at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona
in midweek, and then a massive
game away at Everton
in the
League next weekend.
Arsenal are well aware that your position
in the
League definitely does not affect your performance
in an FA
Cup game, especially one as important as a semi-final.
The Argentine faces the task of managing his squad for six
games in 17 days, competing
in the Premier
League, the Capital One
Cup final and the Europa
League.
one thing is for sure, Chelsea will not win
league or icl, and I wish they get City
in the 4th round of FA and loose too, and
in another
cup I wan na crystal palace beating them, and Dean to be fined for today's calls, and costa getting red next
game, missing 5
games, getting red again, released, picked up by Bastia and retired on Corsica
So we are good to go, 38 PL
games plus long runs
in league cup, FA Cup and Champions L
league cup, FA Cup and Champions Leag
cup, FA
Cup and Champions Leag
Cup and Champions
LeagueLeague.
I would be happy for the lad to get 15 - 20 first team starts mainly
in cup games including the Europa
league.
Is he just teasing us or is Wenger really thinking of risking our key player
in a
cup game against lower
league opposition after all the injury problems we have already been hit with?
He can have easily at least 20
games in EL, FA
Cup and
League Cup and the occasional cameo
in EPL.
Williams won his first Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP by producing nine goals and 16 assists
in L.A.'s 26 postseason
games, including a
league - leading seven points
in their five -
game Cup final vs. the New York Rangers.
There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two
games in the Champions
League, especially the second
game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal
cup games.
The Gunners are going through a difficult period currently, losing back - to - back
games against Manchester City
in the
League Cup final and Premier
League to lead to a fresh wave of scrutiny and criticism for Wenger and his players.
Nelson is an exciting player and would not mind seeing him
in the community shield and the Europa
league and other minor
cup game.
I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest
games,
cup finals, EPL
games against the top half of the
league and
games in the champions
league against the best 2 sides.
He has only played
in one
League Cup game this season, and with the wealth of attacking talent at Arsenal right now he has no chance of getting a look
in.
Brett Hull's controversial foot -
in - the - crease OT goal won the
Cup for Dallas
in Game 6 of the final against Buffalo, but Nieuwendyk got the Stars there by scoring a
league - leading 11 goals, and 21 points,
in 23 postseason
games against Oilers, Blues, Avalanche and Sabres.
But confidence will be high
in the Chelsea camp as well after 10
league games without defeat, and last weekend's 5 - 1 FA
Cup rout of Manchester City.
The London club are without a win
in six Premier
League games while they also made a tame exit from the FA
Cup at the hands of Sheffield United last month.
Looking forward
in seeing him start some
games esp Capital one
cup, FaCup and some
league games.
Arsenal on the other hand have won their last two matches, but were previously on a run of five
games without a win, but are believed to be full of confidence after their win over Premier
League champions Chelsea
in the
League Cup, which booked themselves a spot
in the Carabao
Cup final.
«
In every game we try to make a strong team, whether you play in the league, the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup,» he said on the official Chelsea websit
In every
game we try to make a strong team, whether you play
in the league, the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup,» he said on the official Chelsea websit
in the
league, the FA
Cup or the Carabao
Cup,» he said on the official Chelsea website.
Our season
in league is over, FA
cup was disaster not to mention mickey mouse and for god sake another city
game they trashed us and humiliated.
As we enter the crucial run
in to the end of the season, which is the time that we traditionally up our
game to reach the Champions
League positions, we also have another big advantage
in that all of the five teams above us are still
in the Champions
League and Man United, City, Tottenham and Chelsea are also still
in the FA
Cup, and are set to face some very tough
games in the coming weeks, or maybe months if they do well.
Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed
in the
League Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one
League game all season.
Arsenal have very few
Cup games left to rotate
in except the Europa
League, and our tie against Ostersunds will probably see the end of that run, so it would appear that Arsenal has little need of most of our second team for the rest of this season.
Arsenal have a massive Europa
League game against CSKA Moscow at the Emirates on Thursday but with Aubameyang
cup - tied and Lacazette injured we have had to use Danny Welbeck as our sole centre - forward
in the two legs against AC Milan.
Arsenal have come through the gruelling Christmas schedule with flying colours and have moved to the top of the Premier
League, but it is also important that we now concentrate on our next
game which is the first
in our defence of our FA
Cup trophy.
After a gruelling run of Premier
League games, Arsene Wenger can at last give some Arsenal first team players a much - needed rest as we travel to the City ground to take on Nottingham Forest
in the Third Round of the FA
Cup.
So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for
in five
Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents
in the Champions
League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and
League Cups.
We played Cambridge 2s
in a BUCS
league match
in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them
in the second round of the BUCS
cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the
game before conceding two late goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.
Because you talk nonsense anything can happen
in cup games as for our defence it's one of if not best
in league and we were never
in this position last year of being 5 points clear and playing so well
A treble
in his first season at Barcelona and another Champions
League in just his first three seasons
in management was a remarkable achievement, no question, and if anything his struggles at Bayern show that one can not simply inherit a good set of players and let them do the rest, but while he revolutionised the
game in 2009, he is now being found out and it is something of a surprise that he has no other European
Cup to his name since 2011 given the quality of teams he's had at his disposal since then.
The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City winning and as the Saints are involved
in two midweek
games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL
cup final at Wembley and after their Europa
League involvement then we can hope for an FA
cup upset.