You attracted some criticism
over the last few seasons for joining the teams when there's a minute's silence.
The 23 - year - old has been much maligned
over the last few seasons for his supposed lack of a positive contribution to the team's performances, but has experienced...
The 23 - year - old has been much maligned
over the last few seasons for his supposed lack of a positive contribution to the team's performances, but has experienced a turnaround that now has him in the position where he is undoubtedly one of the first names on the team sheet and the decision not to play him in Liverpool's FA Cup game against Arsenal as an uncalculated risk.
Not exact matches
Hundreds of fake retail and product apps have popped up in Apple's App Store
over the
last few weeks, just in time
for the holiday
season.
I rather try a new manager with new ideas and miss CL football
for a while, than stick with Wenger and get the
last few seasons all
over again.
Our first league game of the
season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing
over the
last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready
for a tough game.
A left - handed reliever with one of the highest strikeout rates in baseball
over the
last few years, also around
for the next three
seasons.
Jesse Lingard has emerged as an important player
for United
over the
last two
seasons, and as one of the
few products of the youth academy still in the side he represents a lot
for the Old Trafford side.
Over the
last few seasons, Chelsea have taken to signing some of the brightest young talents in the world game, only to send them out on loan in order to prepare themselves
for the Premier League.
The Fiorentina striker is valued at just $ 13 million and has been very solid in Serie A
over the
last few seasons, scoring 20 goals in 79 games
for the club.
Lewandowski is currently one of the most sought after strikers in Europe after a number of impressive displays
for Dortmund
over the
last few seasons.
We once used to compete
for the title until the
last few games of the
season whilst now it is effectively game
over by mid February.
It's funny how he said we are better than Liverpool overrall forgetting that in terms of players we were still better than them
last season yet the beat us home and away.Liverpool team is not so good yet out of all the top four team they're the ones who play their hearts out.That's why Liverpool didn't lose a single game to a top four team
last season though on paper they should have.As
for Tottenham if you look at their team they just need a
few more signings and consistency so I don't know what's the big deal about them.The painful this is they could've won the league if not
for draws.It was a disgrace
for any of those two to finish
over us
last season because on paper it shouldn't be so.This should tell you that it's not all about the team you have.Some it's about luck, sometimes it's about giving your best and sometimes it's just meant to be.
Given the quality and consistency he displayed
last season to help Atalanta qualify
for the Europa League, the Italian international would be another welcome addition to the squad at the San Siro, and it's no real surprise Milan have pushed so hard
for his signing
over the past
few weeks.
I think Schneiderlin is our obvious option as we've seen him do the DM job so many times
over the
last few seasons but that would be a straight challenge
for coq.
I think Schneiderlin is our obvious option as we've seen him do the DM job so many times
over the
last few seasons but that would be a straight challenge
for coq and i do nt want his confidence to feel threatened.
Trophies have been
few and far between
for the Frenchman
over the
last decade, and despite what appeared to be real improvement in the 2013/14 and 14/15
seasons, they have seemingly digressed during the current campaign.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer
for a variety of reasons, most importantly because
over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very
few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone
for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better
last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed
last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off -
season, if he thought otherwise... as
for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played
for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of
last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as
for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the
season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad
for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
Aubameyang, 28, has been in lethal goalscoring form
for Dortmund
over the
last few seasons and seems an ideal like -
for - like replacement
for Sanchez in Arsene Wenger's attack.
But AfC's transfer businesses
over the
last few yrs (cept perhaps this
season and the one before) have shown we are not very good scouts and its only at this said Top f.c dat we often go
for meagre bargains..
Walcot has
over 100 goals
for arsenal fc, i don't think there is any English wiger currently playing top flight football that has scored more goals, the change in formation might not have done him any good, buh
for d fact that dude is our 2nd top scorer despite playing
fewer games and considering that dude was our 2nd top scorer
last season shows his importance to this club, since it's obvious he has lost d love of d fans who prefers a flamboyant buh less effective player I think he should go to where he will be more valued, i love theo, very cool headed and very hardworking, his records r there
for all to c
Fernando Torres has been ripped to shreds
for his performances
over the
last few seasons — the man who scored the Euro 2008 - winning goal has struggled with both club and country since then — and although things were bad during his final
seasons at Liverpool, they got even worse after a # 50M transfer to Chelsea, where the price tag combined with an incredible goal drought left him as the butt of jokes throughout England.
He has been a regular in the transfer rumour mill
over the past
few seasons, and bids were even claimed to have been made
last summer, and he has now revealed that this close -
season is the time
for him to move.
of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the
last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show
for it but a
few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time
for Wenger to stop gloating
over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full
season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped
for the best
I think there is certainly scope to criticise Wenger and how the results have been
over the
last few seasons but in turn you have to look at the personnel that turn out
for us.
I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late
last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it,
few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool
over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a
few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start
for Dortmund this
season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision
Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction
for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all
season, as
for Man C they were very frail at the back
last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming
season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion
for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did
last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As
for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a
few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way
for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage
over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the
last 2
seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this
season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.
Arsenal game play would suit this type of player, He would also act a a target man
for us and feed the ball to our players, He as done very well with villa
over last few seasons and villa have struggled as we all know, With a much better class of players around him he really could be a real star, Also he is a Arsenal fan!!!!!!
And it's happening
for a specific reason: The uptick in three - point shooting we've seen
over the
last few seasons.
Time
for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next
season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of
for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a
few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if
last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions
over the past 5
seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous
for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order
for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as
for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal
for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money
for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul...
for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid
for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain
over the line when he was being offered up
for half the price he eventually went to Juve
for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the
last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness
for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
Stoke have had many comings and goings
over the summer, and they were maybe a little rusty
last week when they got beaten by a Wayne Rooney winner at Goodison Park and with this being their first home game the price of 10/3
for them to win is maybe a bit high considering their improvement
over the
last few seasons.
The gap (if there is one) between City and Arsenal has closed significantly
over the past
few season during which we have beaten them in the league on numerous occasions, and would have won the match at the Etihad
last season except
for 2 off side goals.
It's nowhere near strong enough to compete
for major trophies and that's all thanks to Wenger's lame & penny pinching transfer business
over the
last few seasons, but who's to say that he will change in that department too, if he is still here next
season?
To be fair, she does owe Arsenal a
few favours after another
season of awful injury blows and poor decisions from the officials and they do say that luck is supposed to even itself out
over the course of a campaign, so maybe those penalties we should have had but were denied against West Ham and the latest minor knocks that have ruled out Koscielny and Ospina will be the
last bits of bad luck the Gunners get,
for a while at least.
His refusal to buy quality players
over his
last few seasons has been a recognition that 4th place was good enough
for Arsenal.
Monreal clearly feels that there is a great team spirit and sense of togetherness in the Arsenal dressing room, with no little cliques of certain players, and he believes that this has been very beneficial and even essential to the way the Gunners have performed
over the
last few seasons, ending the long wait
for a trophy and now getting into a great position to challenge
for the big prize of the Premier League title.
Arsenal fans may finally get to see the Germany international star Julian Draxler playing
for the Gunners, after being the subject of more Arsenal transfer rumours
over the
last few years than just about any other player, and it could happen before the end of the current
season.
Arsene Wenger has strengthened the squad immensely
over the
last few years, but the Gunners are still not able to sustain the challenge
for the whole of the
season.
The Regular
Season is
over, the
last few in
for the Eastern Conference were Columbus, New Jersey and Philadelphia (with Florida being the
last team ousted).
This hasn't traditionally been our big problem area
over the
last few seasons, so is not the right place to look to
for our consistent failings.
Wilfried Bony has also made a return to the club, but with so little football played
over the
last few seasons, it'll be difficult
for him to have the same impact as he did when
last at the club.
With the trade of Meram to Orlando City SC prior to the 2018
season, both primary wingers
for the Crew
over the
last few seasons were gone.
This
season, in a hard - going campaign in which no player has scored
over five league goals, he continued to stand out
for his electric running with the ball if not his goals and assists in a side that has fallen down the table and has often looked utterly dysfunctional at times
over the
last few months.
As we have discussed before, the Frenchman's performances have improved
over the
last few months, but we have little evidence that the midfielder will be able to show this kind of form on a consistent basis or
for the whole Premier League
season.
The tough tackling centre midfielder has been an important player
for the Club
over the
last few seasons.
I spent some time on Youtube watching his goals
over the
last few season and many (if not most) resulted from wide players pulling out defenders, and then someone putting a cross in
for Bobby to bury.
The news comes as QPR continue negotiations with Mark Hughes about succeeding Neil Warnock as manager, with the hope that a new boss can reignite the fortunes of Taarabt, who has been on the fringes this term, having fired the R's to promotion from the Championship the
season before.A deal with French money bags Paris Saint - Germain looked like going through in the summer, but Taarabt later blamed political differences
for the transfer ultimately collapsing, leaving him frustrated at having to stay in England.The mercurial Moroccan has interest from a host of top European clubs, but his conduct in the
last few months, including walking out of QPR's 1 - 0 win
over Chelsea at half - time and consistently admitting he wants to leave, have left many questioning his attitude and professionalism.However, Qatari side Al - Sadd have not been put off, and made their move
for Taarabt
last week, only to pull out of a deal after being told it would take a whopping # 15 million to convince them to sell.That sort of figure also rules out Newcastle and Aston Villa as potential destinations, with the thought now that QPR will hang on to Taarabt until at least the summer, where they hope Taarabt could spark a bidding war, after being rejuvenated under a new manager and firing the club to Premier League safety.
Over the
last few weeks, we have become the Sheffield Wednesday from 4 weeks ago: we all felt they had faulted and were destined
for another
season within the Championship.
Over the
last few days, the French side have been trying to renew the contract of Rabiot in order to loan him out to Ajax
for the
season.
Casillas had been Spain's undisputed number one goalkeeper
for years, even when he had been dropped at Real Madrid, but a series of subpar performances
over the past couple of years, combined with the magnificent
last few seasons David de Gea has had, meant that Del Bosque could not ignore the fact that 35 year old was no longer the best goalkeeper in the squad.