From final of champions league to round of sixteen,
now out of champions league, perharps he will only consider quitting when we are faced with relegation battle.
The Brazil international may have thought he was making a step up in swapping Anfield for the Nou Camp in the middle of this season, but his Barcelona side are
now out of the Champions League while his old club made it through to the semi-finals after beating Manchester City.
Well that is one Arsenal win down and eight to go for the Gunners if we are to somehow rescue this season from disaster and with the Gunners
now out of the champions League and the FA cup, the only thing that will do is for us to chase down Leicester City and Tottenham and for Arsenal to win the Premier League title.
Now out of the Champions League, City sit third in the Premier League, level on points with Tottenham only behind on goal difference.
Not exact matches
The draw effectively ruled
out CSKA's hopes
of booking a place in the next round and the face that Igor Akinfeev conceded rubbed further salt in the wounds as the goalkeeper has
now failed to keep a clean sheet in his last 42
Champions League games.
Costa, who was named in Antonio Conte's 25 - man squad for this season's Premier
League season but was left
out of their squad for the
Champions League, is
now thought to be consulting his lawyers ahead
of a potential lawsuit from the Blues, as reported by the Express.
The Sun is reporting that Arsenal are
now in pole position to sign the talented young German and with his current club apparently set to leave him
out of their
Champions League squad for next season he certainly seems to be available and for not all that much money either.
We have all but ruled ourselves
out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear
of us, and we (for
now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves
of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance
of them when push comes to shove.
We have been seeing how we have been penny pinching for the last 5 yrs, because
of which we have not won the
league and
now we are
out of champions league as well.
A collision with Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano during Tuesday night's
Champions League clash has apparently garnered both knee and ankle damage and he is
now expected to sit
out of England's friendlies with Germany and the Netherlands next month.
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 letter.
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 Arsenal legend Robert Pires has already accepted that that is
now out of our reach and that it is time for the Gunners to just go all
out to take the Europa
League trophy as the only way we can save our season and get to next years
Champions League.
Arsenal have had one crack at a
Champions League final,
of course, and the Frenchman has a great record
of getting us into and
out of the group stage, but we need to do better than that
now.
Further, they crashed
out in the semi-finals
of the
League Cup last week, while they
now hold hope
of lifting either the FA Cup or the
Champions League to claim some silverware this season, which is far easier said than done.
Arsene Wenger is having another difficult season at the Emirates Stadium and may finally have run
out of chances to turn things around, especially if his side can not qualify for the
Champions League between
now and May.
Quite frankly I am glad we
now know we are pretty much
out of Champions league....
Arsenal will have a slightly different team to put
out in the
Champions league, given the squad depth we can currently boast about, although the likes
of Ramsey, Giroud and
now Coquelin are all missing.
OT — For all those still scared
of change, or just ignorantly not wanting it — Man Utd changed their manager last summer, and Mourinho has
now qualified for the
Champions League, and has won three trophies
out of a possible five in just nine months.
The reality
of the situation is that we are no longer in competition for any major piece
of silverware... Yes we're
out of Champions league, the game at the Nou camp is merely a formality, putting 3 goals passed Messi and co,
now that's delusional!!
Now, after last night's display by N'Zonzi as Sevilla knocked Man United
out of the
Champions League, Arsenal fans are once again calling for the Gunners to renew their interest this summer and pay whatever it takes to bring the French international to the Emirates.
I started supporting arsenal during the arsene era, sometime 1998 or 1999, enjoyed beautiful football great goals, we had the best
of young talent so was always proud
of my team, but
now Wenger has to leave, losing a lc final to Birmingham, always ending as fourth just to get kicked
out of champions league second round has to stop.
Arsenal's 10 - 2
Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich is used as the impetus for the rapid rise in protestations, and our side has since dropped right
out of the title race, and are
now in danger
of missing
out on the top four also.
But it
now looks like Arsenal could be
out of the race for Alexandre Lacazette unless we can still pull off a miracle and somehow get back into the Top Four to reach the
Champions League for the 21st season in a row.
They are looking good for a top four finish in my opinion and
now that Liverpool seem to be over their slump, could Arsenal be one
of the current top six teams that will miss
out on a
Champions League spot for next season?
The Gunners endured their worst
league campaign of Arsene Wenger's reign, and will now be forced to miss out on Champions League football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup t
league campaign
of Arsene Wenger's reign, and will
now be forced to miss
out on
Champions League football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup t
League football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup trophy.
Now with the end
of the season approaching quickly and Arsenal looking very unlikely to be in next season's
Champions League, perhaps Bellerin has reiterated that he wants
out and he has been linked with many other big clubs other than Barcelona including Juventus and Man City, where he would be guaranteed to be in the major competition.
Now a lot
of us are expecting the same old story, with some purple patches
of play along with some inconsistency ending in a top four finish and getting
out of our
Champions League group but failing to go any further and another year without a trophy.
City were knocked
out of the
Champions League by Barcelona on Wednesday, and
now only have the Premier
League to play for, but after last weekend's shock defeat to Burnley, that too seems beyond them.
As Arsenal lost their first two
Champions League Group games to the outsiders, it is
now imperative that the Gunners get something
out of their two games against Bayern Munich or they will have little chance
of progressing to the knockout stages.
The majority
of fans that go to the Emirates
now never went to Highbury (at a guess, I'd say five to eight thousand) and only know reasonable success, ie, FA Cup wins and continuous
Champions League qualification and only read about the «Invincibles», you can tell by the fact they never chant «come on you reds» which was a regular, extremely loud chant in the Highbury days and as ThirdMan pointed
out are the prawn sandwich brigade mixed with the tourist support and there you have the empty seats.
Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid
out for players no net were 5th but i agree our
champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier
league is more demanding then the other
leagues in strwnght
of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher
now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave
of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline
As well as the kudos
of being in the
Champions League and the attraction it holds for current players or transfer targets, the money the Gunners earned every season was a big help in getting us
out of debt quicker and allowing Wenger to
now spend big money on players like Alexis and Ozil.
As usual people getting wrong priority the European is for me s priority we have to win it and get back in the
champions league that makes it easier to attract top class players, the epl is in my opinion
out of our reach and I hope I'm Wrong because I'm a gooners, two things europa
league and Fa cup
now that would be a successful season because I don't think the top four last season will achieve any double
be safe expect the worst ie do nt raise your expectations
now n then start yapping at September that we need a striker, dm etc... The side effect
of that is always becoming a WOB for a huge portion
of the season up until march when the team work their asses
out, grabs seven wins in a row, finishes strongly, everyone's praising it as the best team from the turn
of the year, Mr Wenger buys (mostly comes free or cheap) a mediocre player, everyone is nuts over him n by October, we r fighting for the
champions league spot and the cycle continues like FOREVER......................
Arsenal need new direction
Now not next year because if Arsenal fall
out of the Top four which I think will happen if they don't sign a Top Class Striker it will be very hard to brake back into a
Champions League Place.
So it looks like we have
now come to a crossroads in the Alexis Sanchez saga, and the Chilean appears to have decided that he wants to throw his toys
out of the pram and play
Champions League football next season.
It hasn't quite worked
out that way, however, with PSG exiting the
Champions League at the last - 16 stage again and
now facing losing one
of their best players.
With the Europa
League now their primary objective to get back into the
Champions League next season, Ozil will be hoping to send
out plenty more positive and jovial tweets in the coming weeks and continue to lift the spirits
of the fans in what has been another difficult campaign.
After his astonishing success during his one season at Chelsea, just one kick away from lifting the
Champions League, he was rather cruelly booted
out but
now he is back and whilst he has one hell
of a battle on to keep Pompey above the drop I have a sneaking suspicion he will manage to do so.
United haven't really looked in the running for the Premier
League title for some months
now, and were also surprisingly dumped
out of the
Champions League by Sevilla at the last 16 stage.
Now the
Champions League is
out of the way, Arsenal only have one or two FA cup games to worry about as well as the Premier
League and so we should be fresher and more able to finish teams off or control games when we are leading.
Madrid showed their quality as they ruthlessly dispatched Liverpool in the
Champions League on Wednesday, and
now sit top
of their European group with three wins
out of three.
Maybe a
champions league or EPL win will soften my feelings but as for
now come 2017, and without any
of those trophies he better be
out for the good
of Arsenal.
Look the way things are we need a change arsene is
out of touch and teams
now KNOW how to beat arsenal... look at what the Zagreb coach said about Arsenes Arsenal team, 99 was last time they won a
champions league game and Arsene
now has the worst record for a manager in europe when it comes to losses.
The performance level, the fact they are
out of the
Champions League and the fact they
now go into the Europa
League, which is going to do nothing but harm them in the Premier
League.
As it stands
now, as «Ceched»
out as we are in goal, we will not win the EPL and have been eliminated from the
champions league at the round
of 16.
Barcelona have
now gone
out of the
Champions League at the quarter - final stage for the third consecutive season and for a club
of their standing, and for the money they have spent, it's just not good enough.
Alexander Isak is
now eligible to play for Borussia Dortmund after FIFA approved his transfer from AIK Solna, although he has been left
out of the club's
Champions League squad.
Tottenham have started the season fairly well, especially when you consider their much improved performance in the
Champions League this season, with it
now looking extremely likely that the club will get
out of a very tough group.