With Arsenal having had the same manager in charge for over two decades comes certain things like stability (or stagnation) and while other clubs like Chelsea chop and change and you never really know what to expect from them, Arsenal are often accused of having the same
old problems season after season.
Not exact matches
And it sure involves John Axford and a three - year deal to a 35 - year -
old reliever who missed three straight
seasons with arm
problems.
Problem is with Theo who is 27 years
old, makes # 140,000 per week and is very average His best
season was 2012 - 13 with 14 league goals and 21 total goals but all his other
seasons made between 2 - 9 goals.
It looks like the same
old story is happening all over again for Arsenal this
season, as the injury
problems start to mount again.
The 28 - year -
old has endured another difficult
season at Anfield having been limited to just 14 appearances in all competitions due to a combination of injury
problems and competition for places.
During the opening months of last
season, the 24 - year -
old was troubled by constant hamstring
problems and despite netting a few goals early on, he wasn't hitting the heights he had previously demonstrated.
The
problem is that we do not know if they will be back to the bad
old ways at a crucial part of next
season or whether this has been a big wake up call for all concerned.
The dynamic 25 - year
old has been fantastic for Alan Pardew's side this
season and he does play in that central midfield area that has given the Gunners so many
problems ever since the aforementioned Vieira left us in 2005.
That's the
problem, a few wins here and there seem to wipe Wenger's 13 year
old, failure - ridden slate clean
season after
season.
Due to a multitude of injury
problems, Arsenal's little Spanish maestro Santi Cazorla only played 7 League games for the Gunners this
season, and only played 15 in the previous campaign, so you imagine that the 32 year -
old is close to finishing his career at the top.
The 25 - year -
old has already endured an injury plagued
season, having missed five months with a series of
problems.
This window is especially interesting given all the drama of the
season so far, Martin O'Neill and Alan Curbishley get their hands on some real money for the first time in their managerial careers, Chelsea get to address apparent squad depth
problems, Manchester United can try to sign someone who isn't super
old, and we're guessing Harry Redknapp is going to pick up a couple more dodgy deals for Portsmouth, while Reading, Sheffield United and Watford will hopefully spring a surprise or two.
Since his brilliant 2 - year -
old season in which he lost but one of 11 starts, First Landing has been something of a
problem colt.
The 23 - year -
old's arrival will be a huge boost to all at Barca given he will solve their
problems at right - back ahead of Ernesto Valverde's first
season in charge, and it appears as though confirmation of the move will arrive before the weekend.
So their current Head Coach Mike Mularkey knew about the
problem when he took the job this past off -
season, because the Atlanta Falcons had an
old Jaguars player on their roster when they faced off against Jacksonville December 15th, 2011.
The 29 - year
old feels that the Gunners have shown in the second half of the
season that we are as strong as anyone and, just like me, he believes that all the injury
problems the boss had to cope with were a major factor in the early
season struggles.
Problem with the 2014 Yankees: Injuries,
older players breaking down Solution for this
season: Acquire Didi Gregorius, continue breaking down, continue cycling through players
Always a manager under intense scrutiny, silverware last
season hasn't spared Arsenal's Arsene Wenger from more pressure this
season, with his side again failing to show any signs of progression with the same
old problems in defence and the hunt for more silverware already looking a challenging one this term.
Most should be sold off or go I feel we gave build a great club on quick sand Over the past 10 years The
old board sold us out and took the money and ran The new board just keep taking the money
Problem is when aw does to leave or get pushed we still have people at the top who do nt seem to care for us Things and personnel are being put in place now but the damage is done I soooo fear from us as we are slipping from top 4 to top 7 I look at pool and feel a bit envious They were so far behind us a few
seasons ago and now they seem a long wsy in front for now They willingly or unwillingly got a defender they needed and we got sweet fa Up the gooners We are arsenal till we die
Giroud slow cazorla slow arteta slow monreal slow there should not be soo mich slow plauers in one team new
season same
old problems
Following just 79 appearances in six
seasons with Barcelona, which also involved his fair share of injury
problems, a move elsewhere was needed for the 25 - year -
old to get a more prominent role, improve his fitness and confidence and become the top player that many expected him to be.
But despite the examples of Yao and Ralph Sampson (7» 4», three knee surgeries) and 23 - year -
old Greg Oden (7 feet, four straight
seasons truncated by knee
problems), there remain equally glaring exceptions.
With Michael Carrick retiring at the end of the
season coupled with the fact that Marouane Fellaini's current contract at
Old Trafford expires this summer, Jose Mourinho could have a
problem in midfield heading into next
season.
The
problems for Manchester United are that one, they don't really have any alternative, and two, Rooney's performance looked less like an early -
season outlier, more like another episode of the same
old schtick.
The 29 - year -
old is hoping that the injury
problems are behind him and he would have a better
season this year.
Despite his discipline
problems, the 28 year -
old has still scored 21 goals in 23 games in this campaign, and we are only halfway through the
season.
The telling goes «time will tell», and it's been telling us something for years and sadly it will say it again comes the start of the
season when the same
old problems with the same
old manager will emerge once again.
The 33 - year -
old has been sidelined with
problems since October 2016, and with his current contract at Arsenal set to expire at the end of the
season, it raises doubts over whether his future lies at the Emirates in particular.
The 20 - year -
old is one of the biggest prospects at the Emirates Stadium, but struggled for playing time last
season due to some injury
problems and increased competition for places up front.
Although he is currently out for seven weeks with a hamstring
problem, the youngster has been having another successful
season with the
Old Lady of Italian football.
We have seen two good games from Arsenal this
season and in the one against Basel their
old problem of failing to turn superior play and plenty of chances into goals showed up again.
Nevertheless, it is on the pitch where his real
problems lie as he has failed to have the desired effect at
Old Trafford in his first
season in England this year.
The way that our
season's tend to go down the same route maybe makes it easy for pundits and critics to roll out the same
old lines and it can be hard to deny when you are sick of seeing your team suffer the same
old problems year after year.
The only
problem is that the 36 - year -
old Dye, who in the past five
seasons with the White Sox averaged 33 home runs and 92 RBIs, has no desire to be retired.
Saha was plagued by injury
problems during his time at
Old Trafford, where in five attempts he only once managed to play more than 20 league games in a
season.
The 25 - year -
old is preparing for his fifth
season at the Nou Camp, and despite displaying how devastating he can be alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, coupled with the countless trophies and accolades that they've collected together, the same reported
problems persist.
Arsenal has been the same for the past decade and probably this
season gonna be same all same
old stories — to make my story short, right now we are way behind teams say Real Madrid they way they dominated Bercelona on those three games i do nt know about Arsenal if we can stand a chance and biggest
problem facing Arsenal has been recruitment of quality players — when we need atleast 5 new players we always brings in 1 or 2 and starting convincing ourselves we gonna win championship if we loose those two of our new players is the same
old Arsenal i just do nt know what to say any more
The 28 - year
old is in his 10th
season at the club and the fact that he has only managed 180 appearances in all competitions despite being one of the most talented players to emerge in that position tells you all you need to know about his injury
problems.
Unfortunately I could see Wenger staying for another 2 years after the end of his current contract, in which case we'll have another 3 - and - a-half
seasons of the same
old problems.
The
problem is there is no change of any kind and getting ecited about CL football for next
season gets a little
old after 12 years.
Whether the same
old problems begin to crop up and cause
problems over the course of the
season or not, only time will tell.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport h / t Le 10 Sport, the 18 - year -
old marksman is said to want the centre - forward role at Parc des Princes, and this presents a
problem with Edinson Cavani having come through a storming
season under Unai Emery.
I no it sounds like am always critical of arsenal and am sorry but i cant take it anymore wenger is the
problem because he buys the players i hate people who promised to do something and breaks the promise every time why should cecs stay were not going to win anything he wants to win things not finish 4th or 3rd every
season with a team that improves by one inch every year why are we fooling ourselves here wenger promised experience players this
season where are they this is basically the same team if you do the same thing every time you get same results what that
old saying (if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice or thrice shame on me) and lets face it wenger has been fooling us now for five
seasons..........
Despite his
problems, he has still managed to bag 13 goals this
season and interest remains high in the 28 - year -
old.
The most likely scenario is that Vincent Janssen will come in as a second choice starter, but looking at his ability and goals scored last
season for AZ Alkmaar, the 22 - year -
old looks to be a natural finisher, and if he manages to bring that form to White Hart Lane, he should have no
problem settling in and pushing Harry Kane for a starting spot.
The 24 - year -
old made just three appearances last
season as he battled with a back
problem, but has returned to fitness and is attracting big - name suitors across Europe.
Last
season Fyodor Chalov was seen as CSKA's bright young hope alongside Golovin, this
season, the 19 - year -
old striker has yet to score, a common
problem amongst CSKA's strikeforce as a whole given the club have only scored 15 goals in 15 games.
The 29 - year -
old spent last
season with Aston Villa but suffered a series of injury
problems and returned to London after rupturing his Achilles last December.
Although his knee
problems appear to be sorted, the Manchester United medical staff were careful with him for the remainder of the 12/13
season, carefully selecting games in which the 31 year
old could take part.
The 31 - year -
old suffered injury
problems during his final two
seasons with the German outfit at the Allianz Arena, but has already racked up 19 appearances for United.