Although things are looking up for Arsenal, I thought I would have a look at what we need to do to make sure that we do not drop
out of the Champions League places for next season because of our ups and downs so far.
And the fact that the 23 - year old's current club Borussia Monchengladbach are currently
out of the Champions League places and that they finished fourth in the group behind Man City, Juventus and Sevilla this season may have played a big part in the player's decision.
While Marseille remain only five points of leaders Paris Saint - Germain, they have dropped
out of the Champions League places after Monaco leapfrogged them following their convincing victory against Caen on Friday evening.
Schalke were hammered 3 - 0 at Nuremberg to drop down to fifth in the league and
out of the Champions League places, having been dumped out of Europe's top domestic competition with a home defeat to Galatasaray on Tuesday.
A rebuild is obviously neccesary with Arsenal finishing
out of the Champions League places last season, and looking very likely to repeat that again this season, so it is obvious that Alexis is unlikely to get his wish to win a Premier League medal with the Gunners.
There was never any threat of dropping
out of Champions League places.
Arsene Wenger is clearly well aware about the protests being planned by the angry Arsenal fans for our Premier League match against struggling Norwich City at the Emirates stadium tomorrow, because the manager today issued a sort of rallying cry asking for us to support the team as he tries to avoid the complete disaster of dropping
out of the Champions League places for the first time in his long tenure in charge of the club.
As a fan, it was thrilling to watch Liverpool come good during essentially every big game this season, but the struggles against the rest of the league — 17 wins, five draws, six losses — nearly dropped
them out of the Champions League places.
They are eight points
out of the Champions League places.
Inter Milan have dropped to fifth — 18 points behind leaders Napoli — and
out of the Champions League places, but will be hoping to collect maximum points against bottom club Benevento on Saturday.
They will host the Russians on April 5 with a tough trip to the VEB Arena a week later as they bid to emulate Manchester United, who finished
out of the Champions League places last season but qualified by winning UEFA's No2 club competition.
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.
I'd like to think that I would have been one
of the enlightened
champions of Robinson's rightful
place in Major
League Baseball, that if I were a writer back then, my typewriter would have spit
out all sorts
of fiery missives in support
of him.
The defending Premier
League champions have endured a horrific run of form, which has seen them fall from title contention to the verge of missing out on the Champions League places, with Liverpool closing the gap on them in four
champions have endured a horrific run
of form, which has seen them fall from title contention to the verge
of missing
out on the
Champions League places, with Liverpool closing the gap on them in four
Champions League places, with Liverpool closing the gap on them in fourth
place.
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.
This has seen them slip to fourth in the table, and they are in genuine danger
of slipping
out of the
Champions League qualification
places.
Tottenham are currently fifth in the Premier
League, one
place above arch rivals Arsenal, and
Champions League football is certainly not
out of reach if they continue in this vein
of form.
Heading into this match OM had lost their previous four matches in a row — a disastrous spell which saw them not only drop
out of the running for the title, but also lose their grip on one
of the three
Champions League qualifying
places.
Spurs narrowly missed
out on the
Champions League places last year, finishing just one point behind north London rivals Arsenal in a race that went down to the final day
of the season.
I don't think there is much chance that the Arsenal we are used to would be willing to shell
out such a fee, but with our
place in the top four this season having come under huge threat, it wouldn't be too much
of a shock to see the board invest to secure our
place in the
Champions League spots.
The veteran Dutchman has been giving youth a chance in recent weeks, with the surrendering
champions 10th in the table and realistically out of reach of the Champions Leagu
champions 10th in the table and realistically
out of reach
of the
Champions Leagu
Champions League places.
Arsenal built the stadium in the most expensive city in the country to build in and never once fell
out of those all - important
Champions League places.
If Man City or Liverpool finish
out of the top 4, Yet either manage to win the
Champions leagues / Europa
league then they will take the
place of the team that actually finished 4th in the
league... So what happens if both are crowned kings
of Europe and both finish
out of the top 4??
I anticipate, that both Alexis and Ozil have clauses in their contracts that will allow them to transfer
out of Arsenal if we do not qualify for a
Champions League place.
Indeed, should injury or a loss
of form befall Kane — who has eight goals in 14
outings so far this season — Tottenham's push for a
Champions League place may be derailed.
Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players are under severe pressure after crashing
out of the
Champions League and slipping
out of the top four
of the Premier
League in recent weeks, although there is the cushion
of knowing that we have two games in hand on fourth
placed Liverpool and would go back above them if we win them.
After the awful recent run
of results had seen Arsenal win just three times and lose six, crashing
out of the
Champions League and slipping
out of the Premier
League's top four
places, Arsene Wenger will have been hoping for a bit
of help from elsewhere this weekend.
If United want to salvage something from this season with the FA Cup and
Champions League still possible trophies along with second
place in the Premier
League, then Mourinho and the players together will have to find a solution to get the best
out of each other.
it all evens
out in the end, the only
place we are owed abit
of luck with refs -
champions league.
Ok, I do not see any
of the players who have just won a championship in england leaving their club, where they are worshiped, have a
place in
Champions league and are guaranteed starters, i think that decision will be made after next season, so Mahrez is
out of it.
The surprises fall further down the
league and one in particular stands out, Arsenal finishing outside of the Champions League p
league and one in particular stands
out, Arsenal finishing outside
of the
Champions League p
League places.
As for Arsenal, defeat in the north London derby against Tottenham last time
out — their fifth in six
league away games — means they are six points adrift of the Champions League places with a game in
league away games — means they are six points adrift
of the
Champions League places with a game in
League places with a game in hand.
- Wenger may not have won the
league in a long time, but we have never embarrassingly
placed out of the
champions league unlike all
of our rivals
The Gunners finished in fifth
place last season, missing
out on the
Champions League and ending 18 points adrift of champions
Champions League and ending 18 points adrift
of championschampions Chelsea.
I think its comical that the selling
of Jack and Theo could make Arsenal an infinitely better squad by adding a Reus and Higuain with the proceeds but hey keeping that English core does guarantee us that coveted 4th
place trophy and a
CHAMPIONS league knock
out round exit every year.
Still, even with Sevilla set to play in the
Champions League after their triumph in Europe, Bacca could be tempted by a move to a bigger club, though Liverpool's chances
of signing him are described as slim after they missed
out on a top four
place in the Premier
League.
Arsenal is in sixth
place and destined for another year
out of the
Champions League, unless it can win the Europa
League to earn a direct passage to Europe's top competition.
Zenit St Petersburg could be set for a major January clear
out after crashing
out at the group stage
of the
Champions League this week, with the likes
of Hulk, Axel Witsel, Ezequiel Garay and Javi Garcia all
placed on the chopping block, according to the Daily Express.
Whilst the addition
of a
Champions League place is yet to pick the reputation
of the competition
out of the dustbin, this is a situation that is likely to change as the season develops and some
of Europe's biggest clubs find themselves
out of the running in their domestic
leagues.
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.
Of course Arsenal wanted to be in the draw for the Champions League this season, even if it was the draw for the final qualifying stage that happened yesterday, with Liverpool who beat us to fourth place in the league by just one point pulling the German side Hoffenheim out of the ha
Of course Arsenal wanted to be in the draw for the
Champions League this season, even if it was the draw for the final qualifying stage that happened yesterday, with Liverpool who beat us to fourth place in the league by just one point pulling the German side Hoffenheim out of th
League this season, even if it was the draw for the final qualifying stage that happened yesterday, with Liverpool who beat us to fourth
place in the
league by just one point pulling the German side Hoffenheim out of th
league by just one point pulling the German side Hoffenheim
out of the ha
of the hat.
The Gunners are destined to be, once again,
out of the
Champions League at the same stage as usual and mired in a battle for a Top Four
place, just as we were last season, the season before, and so on and son.....
However, he has struggled to cement his
place in Zinedine Zidane's starting line - up, as evidenced by the fact that he has been left
out of the XI for recent crunch
Champions League games.
don't you know that the
champions league defeat was a deliberate ploy by our esteemed coach to get
out of the worthless competition so that we can concentrate on our fourth
place trophy and the mighty fa cup.....
After a run
of 5 defeats in 8 games, and dropping
out of the Top Four, Arsenal have stuck to Wenger's formula and suddenly decided to pick up the pace again when our
place in next season's
Champions League became in jeopardy.
With Sterling apparently stalling on a new deal under Brendan Rodgers and with Liverpool looking like they will miss
out on the
Champions League places, Arsenal could have a good chance
of getting Sterling himself.
It may even save Chelsea from dropping
out of the
Champions League if they took away our Fourth
Place Trophy in the future.
Arsenal's devastating defeat to Tottenham yesterday may have made the cancellation
of St Totteringham's Day official, but the two draws by the Manchester sides mean that we are far from
out of the race for the
Champions League places.
Glenn Roeder at Newcastle in 2006 - 07 who had a score
of 30.41 per cent at the start
of his tenure which had come down to 8.14 per cent before he was sacked; Chris Coleman
of Fulham in 2006 - 07 who was at 38.43 per cent at the start
of the sample period and 15.21 per cent when he was fired; Martin Jol at Tottenham Hotspur in 2007 - 08 who had 17.68 per cent at start
of his tenure, finished at a highly impressive 0.01 % (just missing
out on a
Champions League place when he was dismissed); Avram Grant at Chelsea in 2007 - 08 who came down from 20.21 per cent to an excellent 2.25 per cent before being sacked (having lost the
Champions League final on penalties) and Sven - Göran Eriksson
of Manchester City in 2007 - 08 who brought his score down from 21.55 per cent to 5.30 per cent before getting fired by the then owner, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Both sides go into the game locked on 51 points, just four points above fifth
placed RB Leipzig and a defeat for either side will leave them in huge danger
of missing
out on
Champions League football next season.