City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of
the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up till now.
What we didn't know was that throughout the rest of September, and the first half of October we would play seven league games without winning a single one (although we did draw five of them), and also get dumped out of
the League Cup by Coventry after a replay.
Well, we could have already been knocked out of
the League Cup by Norwich, had Eddie's late heroics not salvaged a cup run for us.
Connor Randall grabbed a stoppage - time winner as Liverpool U23s concluded the group stage of the Premier
League Cup by beating West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 on Tuesday evening.
Elsewhere that season, the Gunners finished fourth in the Premier League; were knocked out of the FA Cup semi-final by Bolton, and
League Cup by Wigan.
It must make it worse for the Ox that the side he left has gone from strength to strength (go with me on this guys) since his transfer while his new club have yet to win a game since and were just knocked out of
the League cup by a second string Leicester City.
Have you forgotten how the second string got smashed in
the league cup by a team in the lower division.
United ended the year with a four - game winless streak in all competitions, which included getting knocked out of
the League Cup by Bristol City and draws with Leicester City, Burnley and Southampton.
Thankfully it has not worked out that way for the Gunners, although we were dumped out of
the league cup by the Saints.
And so far achieved in the Europa
League Cup by knocking out CSK Moscow to reach the semis.
And also extend their knockout run in the Europa
League Cup by knocking out CSK Moscow to reach the semis.
Not exact matches
But we didn't challenge for the
league again, got knowked out the carling
cup at home, came 2nd in an easier group AND eliminated
by a far easier team.
That would seem to indicate that he is not intending to take the Europa
League too seriously, and judging
by the amount of changes to the starting line - up he intends to make tonight it will look like one of his
League Cup sides, but Wenger is still pretending that he wants to win it but admits his disappointment at not being in the major event.
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.
I quite agree sell all the deadwoods but which player in his right mind would want to come to arsenal at the moment, remember people man u was in the same situation under moyes but we're able to attract better player's even when not playing champions
league, the selling point from arsenal point of view is to tell players which they are trying to get what the plan is of getting back to top flight football
by going for the Europa
league over the FA
cup and finishing in the top six otherwise if they go for wishy - washy arsene wenger stupid attitude of we've got quality all the squad we are competing for everything then I'm afraid We will end up with nothing
we need a younger, vibrant manager who can take us through the transition stages of transforming Arsenal from an old dog with no new tricks into a POWERHOUSE that can show true class
by adapting tactics according to the opposition and utilize our entire squad instead of 14 or 15 players trying to carry us through the BPL, CL, FA
CUP, League cup....
CUP,
League cup....
cup.......
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.
i wouldnt judge klopp
by his performances in the
league cup alone.
A couple of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked out of the Capital One
Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier
League table, and have won 1 of their 2 Champions
League fixtures.
It's a dire start for the reigning champions, and Mourinho has found himself under immense pressure — particularly following consecutive
league defeats to West Ham United and Liverpool, as well as the midweek defeat
by Stoke City in the Capital One
Cup.
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
u want sanchez an ozil to get injured
by some have a go hero in a
league cup third round vs shrewsbury town?
if super means scoring winners in two fa
cups then ok but far as a
league campaign goes we cant continue to be deluded
by medeocrity within the team.
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.
Can we all stop being negative for a while and congratulate Sir Arsene Wenger for breaking Sir Alex's record of 810 games, it was a great day for us only to be ruined
by Mike Dean, Wishing AW and the team all the best for 2018 for the treble, FA
cup, League Cup and UEFA
cup,
League Cup and UEFA
Cup and UEFA
cupcup
In the space of a week, the Blues were eliminated from the FA
Cup by Everton, and were also dumped out of the Champions
League at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain, falling 2 - 1 in both legs for a 4 - 2 aggregate deficit.
I mean what if we get knocked out of champions
league in the group stage and the
league cup against Wednesday and thenthe fa
cup by January 3rd, are we saying only give ospina 1 match December to may?
The two non-
league sides were due to take each other on in their domestic
league competition this weekend, only for it to be postponed
by the pair reaching the unlikely heights of the FA
Cup fifth round, and should an unlikely giant killing occur on Monday, they will earn the chance to take each other on for a place at Wembley.
Kenny Dalglish's team have already won their first trophy in six years,
by beating Championship side Cardiff on penalties in the
League Cup final.
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.
Then they have the
league cup game against Hull City on the Tuesday after and Hull could do us a huge favour
by taking that to extra time as it has to be decided on the night.They then have to get ready for the always tiring trip to Stoke and the TV folk have done us a favour here
by giving their weary legs an early Saturday start before their final UCL game the next Tuesday.
By the way Pal - for # 9m a year salary I would expect my manager to win the odd
Cup now and then even though he has proved he has no ability to turn us into genuine Title or Champions
League contenders.
After winning three premier
league trophies and four FA
cups was it his responsibility to put his reputation on the line
by spearheading the building of a modern stadium for Arsenal?
As previously reported
by SI.com, the Premier
League's big six, all four Champions
League semifinalists, two Europa
League semifinalists and a slew of other European powers are involved in the tournament, which takes place during the preseasons for all participating clubs and will kick off less than a week after the conclusion of the 2018 World
Cup.
Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA
Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this lett
Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa
League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions
League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic
Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this lett
Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA
cup win of last season to enter into this lett
cup win of last season to enter into this letter.
The Gunners lost Sunday's Carabao
Cup final to the Citizens, before enduring a dismal
league defeat last night
by the same scoreline, and despite some trying to find positives from our displays, our star striker is refusing to seek any.
It will be painful to get knocked out of the
cup by our local rivals, but in the long run, do we not have to focus on the Premier
League?
Last year was Jose Mourinho's first season at Man United and he started
by winning the
League Cup, but when he saw the Top Four teams pulling away from the Red Devils in the
League he put all his energy and resources into winning the Europa
League as well to get a wild card entry into the Champions
League.
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.
Though he never had many doubters, Connor McDavid proved that he was the real deal this season
by leading the
league in points with 100 and turning the Oilers into a Stanley
Cup contender.
I think arsenal should take Cech up on his offer, let him respect the Europa
league by being our Europa
league, fa
cup and EFL keeper, whilst Pickford or if we can't get him szczesney plays as our epl keeper.
A «Legacy» crumbling around his ears when the correct decision would have been to walk away with his head held high following the FA
Cup win against Chelsea.Instead he chose to sign on for two more years
by going straight to Kronke (circumnavigating the Board) and promising to do what he has long since been unable to do... Change his outlook and challenge for the
League....
Did we not win fa
cups what do you mean
by not a winning side would of won epl to if other big teams would of showed up against Leicester we were the only ones to beat them twice and up until last year qualified for champions
league how is that not winning?
Anyway position is not what people are moaning about, you say we can't compete with City financially but we're not trying, we we're the only team in the top five
leagues in Europe last year to make a profit in the transfer window, he's tactical decision can not be understood
by anyone, some of the teams and systems he picks are laughable, square pegs in round holes no success in 12 years apart from FA
cups, a competition that carries no weight anymore.
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They should of played the
league cup final on the big screen at the Emirates same result same effort same embarrassment and same post match interview
by the deluded Frenchman!
Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed
by his Netherlands side at the World
Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier
League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.
Chelsea have also recently been dumped out of the Carabao
Cup by Arsenal after a semi-final defeat, and will be big underdogs against La Liga leaders Barcelona when they meet in the Champions
League next week.
This explains why Wenger is so highly regarded
by the club, A. he works within the financial constraints imposed
by the board B. has delivered, in the boards eyes, success with recent FA
Cup wins and champions
league football every year C. has maintained the support of fans as measured
by financial returns on ticket sales and merchandise.
The teams go into Monday's game in third and fourth in the Premier
League, separated
by just one point; as
cup match - ups go, it literally couldn't be closer, Clive.