As the press looked on and giggled, Schmeichel
placed the trophy on the desk beside Ranieri while Fuchs snuck up behind Ranieri and started spraying his manager him with champagne, dousing the Italian boss on the head with the celebratory drink.
Not exact matches
Perhaps it was because no team I had ever played
on had won a tournament, and I had never earned a first -
place ribbon or a championship
trophy.
Then
on Boxing Day Ramsey picked up a muscle problem in his thigh and was not seen for Arsenal again until almost four months later, buy which time our challenge for the EPL
trophy was gone and we ended up finishing in fourth
place.
We are fifth
on course for our fourth
place trophy and you exult.
«How Arsenal respond this summer will be crucial» Admin, please save this article because you will need it next year this time around... This kind of articles are there for long 11 seasons (summers) and the specialist is here doing what his ego tells him to do... I say no, this time ALL fans should stand together and demand more, put more pressure
on the board and the manger... This club is a top club and is not a 4th grade anymore... All those who are in UK should do something (protests, show banners, chants, boycott, whatever)... I know there are still fans who support Wenger, but you also should demand more from Wenger, I assume you are discontent with the results and the transfer policy... Doing nothing, our 4th -
place trophy is not even guaranteed...
But hold
on a minute Gooners, we have not won the FA cup yet — and even second
place without that
trophy would not be much of an improvement.
But if Arsenal get 3rd behind Spurs you could try having a mock 3rd
place trophy parade featuring lots of $ 3 signs
on images of Wenger Gazidis and Kroenke.
-- I receive a BJ from a Mexan Fox lookalike who works at the same
place as I do,
on the same night Arsenal lifts the
trophy at Wembley.
If we continue getting the favourable draws we could just reach the final.Once there anything is possible in a one - off game.I doubt our Manager has the tactical nous to get us past Atletico Madrid despite us having the players.The annoying thing is we are not considered as serious contenders because of our form and results.We SHOULD have been looking to win this
trophy AND improve
on last seasons pathetic 5th
place finish.To not win the EL and finish outside the Top 4 will surely be the end for this Manager.Surely even he will know that his time is JP and he either walks or is sacked
The former Reds manager led the side to four major
trophies between 1998 and 2003, meaning he is
placed sixth
on the list — higher than the great Sir Alex Ferguson.
but no... having fried the brain
on 4th
place smack for a decade its all praise for the yoghurt man for bringing in a new striker but keeping the deadwood around... so again without a quality wing option and a quality replacement of some kind for carzola
trophies are out of reach for the 14th year in a row..
A
trophy - driven manager will not drop Bellerin
on the bench so easily, which means both Spaniard (Bellerin and Monreal or any other left bought during the summer) should be fielded while Oxlade - Chamberlain can easily fit into that position you
placed Barkley.
But once the semifinal is over the only thing Wenger can concentrate
on is trying to claw his way back into the «Wenger
Trophy» positions where we currently lie 4 points behind our biggest rival for 4th
place, Liverpool, and one point below Tottenham.
Firstly, I have long ago written off any
trophies this season under him and also written off the clubs own self styled
trophy, ie 4th
place and KNOW he will be leaving (sacked, or whatever spin the club wish to use, by falsely calling it mutual agreement or for health reasons or any other lie the club wish to call it) and we will have a new man installed ere long, strongly rumoured today to be Ancellotti,
on a four year deal, which would be marvellous.
It will be a shame if Wenger's personal life gets affected because of his love for football, and he never gets to finally
place his hands
on a champions league
trophy when he retires
So assuming things go to form, Arsenal will not have won the title but should have improved
on last season's fourth
place and
on May 30th will run out to face a Liverpool side desperate for a
trophy to rescue a disappointing campaign.
Over the last 4 years, Arsenal have been
on average the 4th best team in England so for them to win 3
trophies in 4 years would have paid off massively if you had
placed a wager
on this, slam him all you want for Premier and Champions League failures recently, but give him equal amounts of praise for his FA Cup brilliance.
Refusing to lashout at his critics, Beckham earned back his starting position, to say nothingof his teammates» respect, and helped lead Real Madrid
on a fairy - tale run fromfourth
place to the La ¬ † Liga title, his first significant
trophy during hisfour years in Spain.
coming second we play bayern / barca, lose as usual, then can focus
on retaining 4th
place trophy
whatever the assessment of last five years (It was clear to me back then that his managerial style would not deliver top
trophies given the players he was promoting) when excuses about what happened ten years previously and the budget constraint don't apply his performance this year should be enough to see his reign come to an end... Football clubs that rely
on past glories have no
place in the modern game... ask villa fans
Arsenal have been holders of the 4th
place trophy for the better part of a decade now because our manager structured the team to depend
on Jack, Aaron, theo, and the ox (and giroud to an extent).
And when you look back at the last decade, none of those youngsters have progressed in the way that they were hyped up to and yes I'm talking about the likes of Ramsey, Walcott, Jack Wheelchair and the Ox who all had a one season wonder of some sort, during one point in their Arsenal careers, thus far and We can't keep using this excuse for not buying ready made quality, which would instantly improve our chances of winning a major
trophy or two, but No, Wenger wants to stick with a theory which clearly isn't working for us
on the pitch, but he doesn't really care, as long as it works out well for saving the penny's and the pounds, in the
place where it matters most for Arsenal fc, in the bank.
Arsenal may be a big club but we are no longer big
on ambition if that imaginary 4th
place trophy is what we are about year after year after year.
The time to hesitate is through, sang Jim Morrison of The Doors, and if Arsenal are to break
on through to the other side and actually win a Premier League title rather than the Wenger
trophy of finishing in the top four Champions League
places, I think the same is true for the Gunners.
1) Ten years without a significant
trophy yet the Manager is never questioned 2) Selling off key «World beater» Players season after season and replacing them with mediocre at best replacements 3) Keeping a 33 % shareholder who is one of the world's richest men AND a true football fan as far away from the board as possible 4) Charging possibly the highest prices in Europe but NOT reinvesting within the team in any really significant way 5) Classing 4th
place in the EPL as a
trophy 6) Boasting of a # 100 million war chest for transfers then quibbling over a few hundred thousand
on deals.
The fight for the Lombardi
Trophy will take
place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas,
on Sunday, Feb. 5.
While they have already won the EFL Cup, the Red Devils will be desperate to add the Europa League
trophy to their collection too when they face Ajax in the final in Stockholm
on May 24, with a
place in the Champions League of course up for grabs.
It will take a massive hell of a breakdown if he is to be sacked But if over 50000 fans keep showing at the emirates and keeps
on achieving his 4th
place / round of 16
trophy It is gonna be difficult.
The protests are aimed at BOTH Kronke and Wenger.They are both to blame for our demise.How Wenger was given a TWO YEAR CONTRACT last year was the final straw for the majority of fans who were demanding change.It was obvious Wenger was not only unable to maintain the 4th
Place Trophy he had for years stayed was a
Trophy in all but name, but would also fail to prevent us becoming nothing other than also rans within the chasing pack.And where are we now?SIXTH
PLACE.That is down
on last years pathetic effort and we show no signs of being able to improve with Wenger still in charge.
Having fallen short in the Premier League title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign
on a high note with a
trophy and a second -
place finish in the league.
Come
on Arsenal... Nick that 2nd
place trophy... Boy!
On the accusation that Arsenal
place commercial gain over
trophies, Wenger once said: «We make a profit because we don't spend — simple as that.
Don't make any noise about actual success and winning
trophies now, or the «true» Arsenal fans will come after you... Keep sucking
on the leaking «4th
Place» feeding bottle.
The youngsters are never living to their standards and you could see how when they leave Arsenal they go win
trophies, that can't be done at Arsenal coz they take it is a
place to grow, mature, then move
on to go win
trophies somewhere else.
Personally, I think it's worth waiting before
placing a wager
on the Heisman
Trophy winner.
We laid our hands
on our fourth
place trophy
The second -
place trophy for her first competition almost brings back the giggles Beth had suppressed in scoring four, five and six
on the three holes.
«I'm in a good
place mentally at the minute, I want to continue that and improving
on my form, affecting the team, having a positive impact
on the team and helping the team try and get into the top four and challenge for
trophies.»
Rubbish, I know Wenger very well, he knows Europa is one of the
trophies that Can take him to UCL next season, I knew very well he is waiting for The last group stage Match of UCL for him to know the third
place teams that will join Europa now he Have seen it I know very well he Will play our first team players now
on, look at Manchester United last season They just focus only
on eroupa and they made it, so As for Wenger with His way of decisions I think he will start playing our first team playerS if he really want to have power over arsenal Baord Next season because they have lost a huge amount of money this Season because of no champions league
place, I think if he fails next season he will see the door off from his inheritance sit.
I think its fans like you with no hunger for the club to succeed, content with 4th
place and profits without caring about the pride instilled in fans that come from winning
trophies and enjoying sitting
on mediocrity who are disgusting.
Come May, there will be at least eight defeats total, Wenger
trophy will be there and we can move
on to the next season, where manure and chelski come back strong and city stays
on top of their game, Klopp's Liverpool gels in better and Wenger continues to disregard flaws of his squad and stays happy with the 3rd, 4th
place.
A few games ago, the south coast club had a much better chance of holding
on to the Frenchman as they had a realistic chance of a
trophy and
place in the EPL table high enough to see them in Europe next season.
Wenger knows he needs a
trophy and at least 3rd
place to improve
on last season.
We have already won 2
trophies, hopefully a third
on the way and 2nd
place this season!
But please make a list of the top managers in Europe by virtue of Champions League
trophies they've won and also league titles, and see where you would
place Wenger
on that list.
2nd
place, 2
trophies last season and 1
on the way hopefully, and
on top of that we have been spending top dollar
on top players recently and there is definitely more to come.
But Wenger's case isn't helped by the fact that in his late period, he's
placed so much emphasis
on regular Champions League qualification as an achievement — a
trophy!
But when Arsene Wenger refers to fourth -
place as a
trophy, he's not just attempting to put a sunny slant
on Arsenal's self - trimmed ambitions, though he definitely is doing that.
At least the book
on wenger as a 4th
place failure can be closed... He is that and until he leaves arsenal will never win top
trophies... Only the sad people
on this site fail to realize this... Even a draws is irrelevant now
I ve just read last article
on Bale, and some of fans think he isnt worth money, LOL if we had Bale this season i am sure we would be first, not Chelsea, and if you think other big teams wont spend then start preapering 4th
place trophy for next year, we are 3rd team, so we need to spend more than city or chelsea to even balance our squad with theirs, now imagine if any of them gets Bale, Aguerro and Bale, or Hazard and Bale, means bye bye EPL for many years!!!