Sentences with phrase «of challenging for the league title»

With a couple more additions we really could have a very strong squad capable of challenging for the league title, especially now as Arsene has confirmed Alexis is staying & Ozil has basically said he is staying put himself.

In my view, Wenger had pre-season targets of challenging for the league title up until the Manchester City and Chelsea revolutions, and has since been ordered to keep inside the top four, which have all been met.

In truth, Barca also look a better bet than United right now in terms of challenging for league titles and the Champions League, so there seems plenty of reason for Gooners to be optimistic he won't end up at their rivals.

We are expected to see at least one more top class arrival before the window shuts, and it looks like Arsene Wenger is keeping his promise of retaining Alexis and Ozil, so we should have a very good chance of challenging for the League title.

So losing one game, just as many other teams have done already his campaign is not the end of our challenge for the League title, but it is yet another difficult match disposed of....

Yes, the loss at Chelsea was ugly, certainly so in the second half, but the last result before then was a victory over Tottenham Hotspur, who the bookmakers currently see as the best bet to give Manchester City any kind of challenge for the league title.

Not exact matches

The fact is that since the Gunners lost at Anfield back in March, Liverpool have lost just one of the subsequent 14 League games and are aiming to mount a serious challenge for the title this season.

Liverpool's attack has been superb for so much of this season so tightening up at the back with a new top class «keeper could be just what's needed to ensure Jurgen Klopp's side can mount a stronger challenge for the Premier League title next season.

A club of our stature challenging for the PL title, the toughest league in the world, we should make a statement at this level, wether we win or lose the game in the end.

One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late for a title challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup trophy won in dramatic fashion last season to defend.

A striker that can make up for the loss of Alexis will be needed if we are to challenge for the Champions League places or even the Premier League title, and speculation is already rife linking us with a whole host of attackers.

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.

That is why I think it is worth listening to anything positive the West Brom boss has to say about Wenger and it was interesting to read on Sky Sports ahead of Thursday's game what Pulis thought of the failure of Arsenal's challenge for the Premier League title this season.

The Red Devils are ready to add two more players to their squad following the arrivals of Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin and Sergio Romero earlier in the summer as manager Louis van Gaal looks to assemble a squad capable of challenging for the Premier League title this season.

What made it so much worse though, was that the only signing of the summer and the player that was responsible for so much of our confidence in a Premier League title challenge was directly responsible.

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla thinks that the Gunners will challenge for the Premier League title next season, especially with the help of some new additions like striker Gonzalo Higuain, the Daily Star reports.

We always lose the league during the transfer window: we are now in a good position to challenge for the league title next season if we make 3 quality additions; but strangely wenger and the board always find a way of stalling our progress by dithering during the window

Indeed De Rossi has collected five Serie A title runners - up medals and of late has seen the club even secure Champions League football, last term's seventh place finish cost Luis Enrique his job, and arguably this could be the right time for the tough tackling midfielder to consider a new challenge.

Eriksen has helped Ajax to three successive Eredivisie titles and feels he has achieved as much as he can at the Amsterdam club, and whilst the Danish international can indeed enjoy Champions League football he is looking for a fresh challenge and Rodgers will hope to convince the 21 year old of the long term merits of joining a Liverpool side that are responsibly building for the future.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

The North Londoners are in need of a top - class striker as they look to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title next season.

The loss represents a considerable blow to United's hopes of challenging for the Premier League title this season, while it also jeopardises Shaw's chances of representing England at next summer's European Championships in France.

With the amount of long term injuries we have right now (and don't even try to persuade me that Danny Welbeck or Jack Wilshere or whoever will be back in the next few weeks), and how close we are to actually challenging for the Premier League title, I was imagining a big money arrival to give the players and fans a boost ahead of crucial month ahead.

I can understand that Arsene Wenger feels that Arsenal and our challenge for the Premier League title has received a huge boost with the return from injury of Alexis Sanchez.

Arsenal fans will finally get the chance to see the summer signing that we all hope will make the difference in our challenge to regain the Premier League title next season, after Petr Cech watched from the bench as the Gunners won the first match of pre-season to qualify for the final of the Asia Trophy against Everton today.

One of the biggest concerns for everyone connected with Arsenal right now is the possibility that our injury problems will have the same effect on our Premier League title challenge as they did when we were last in this position.

I am not trying to absolve Arsene Wenger of all the blame for what looks like being a most frustrating Premier League title challenge for Arsenal this season, as the unfancied Leicester seem to be the ones that will make the most of the poor performances of the usual suspects Man City, Chelsea and Man United, but you have to admit that the Frenchman has had some pretty rotten luck with injury problems once again, while Claudio Ranieri has been able to name his strongest 11 players in almost every match.

So will today be an important day for the Premier League title challenge as well as our defence of the FA cup trophy?

However, when people on the board bomb out statements that you have 200 mills in the bank and you are a player or two away from a real title challenge, it's not serious to risk the best chance we've had for years to win the league, and an excuse of «there wasn't enough quality» would just seem silly.

In my opinion Arsenal arguably may not have the best team in the league, but we have a squad full of talent and a squad that should undoubtedly be challenging for the league title this season.

The Red of Manchester on the other hand have struggled so far under new manager Jose Mourinho, much like they have under Louis Van Gaal and David Moyes in recent seasons, and may well be deemed less likely to challenge for the Premier League title this year.

So with Arsenal in a good position to challenge for the Premier League title and having been given a useful looking home draw with Hull City in the next round of the FA cup, we are definitely in a position to go for the treble.

It is shocking that the Blues have allowed such a great player to move to one of their direct rivals, especially with the Gunners looking set to challenge them for the Premier League title.

Arsene Wenger is reknowned for bringing talented youngsters through the Arsenal Academy and making them into a team capable of challenging for the Premier League title, Is the first sentence of this article but im struggling to remember when Arsene did this if ever???

A week later however and the long overdue signings of Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi have put a smile on the faces of Arsenal fans as we can hope that they can help us stride towards a more challenging position for the league title this season.

Despite securing Champions league football, Arsenal will have been disappointed not to have mounted a stronger title challenge while Villa flirted with relegation for most of the season and only secured their status in the final few games.

Arsene Wenger is reknowned for bringing talented youngsters through the Arsenal Academy and making them into a team capable of challenging for the Premier League title, but although there have been a few near misses over the years they have not quite managed to reach the pinnacle.

of course the games against stoke, leicester etc would have gone a long way to seeing us challenge for the title last season but for a long time now we've been labelled flat track bullies i.e we are generally very good at beating opponents outside the top six but our record against man utd and chelsea maybe even city quite recently has not reflected a team on the same level as those going for the premier league title.

So instead of our team going forwards as we expected it to do after the club's financial burden was lifted and Arsene Wenger was given a decent transfer budget once more, we seem to be going backwards in terms of challenging for the Premier League title and if you don't believe me then maybe you should believe the boss because he suggested the same after the latest defeat.

Hartson then moves on to question the players, claiming they are not worthy of challenging for the Premier League title.

He is challenging them not only to finish the season well but to prepare next season to have a winning one that challenges for titles from start to finish, one that doesn't get spanked 10 - 2 on aggregate as if it out of there league.

Supporters have grown frustrated with the lack of impetus in challenging for the Premier League title, and fans remain divided on his ability to lead the club going forwards.

With Yaya Toure, Fernando, and Fernandinho all looking either out of form or past their best, manager Manuel Pellegrini could need some significant investment if they are going to challenge for the league title again.

I do feel that Arsene Wenger and Arsenal have got some of the worst luck going on the injury front and although we can also point to other problems and things that keep stopping the Gunners from challenging for the Premier League title, it is hard to ignore the fact that Arsenal have to do without a number of big players for significant parts of every season.

His words do seem as though he is of the belief that his side have a strong chance of challenging for the Premier League title next term, and also sounds an awful lot like he will be sticking around for the new campaign...

After consistent failure to win the league, put up a sustainable challenge in the race for the title, get past the round of 16 in the champions league and disappoint in big games, Arsenal fans are realising that this feat isn't surprising.

According to physioroom.com there is currently no date set for his return and not long ago the club was talking about the end of March, by which time Arsenal could be out of the Champions League and the FA cup and our title challenge could be done and dusted.

If arsenal really been serious about challenging for the title, we will have to put down a marker at Chelsea to tell the rest of the league we mean business, so it is even a more important than Bournemouth in regards to our title aspirations.

Andre has 11 goals and three assists in 30 appearances this season, helping manager Marcelo Bielsa to challenge for the league title until the latter stages of the season in his debut campaign in charge of Marseille.

While Wrighty understands and shares the frustration of fans about yet another faltering Premier League title challenge, he reckons we should have much more respect for the famous old piece of silverware.