Argentina has lost three finals (2 Copa America and World Cup 2014 final) in which Lionel Messi has played so he will go into the comptition under massive expectations even though coming on the back of probably his greatest
season on club level.
Not exact matches
I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player
on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest
levels, this
club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the
season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable
Okaka had a spell
on loan at Fulham last
season and scored two goals in eleven appearances, and a lower
level Premier League
club may look to him for a cut - price deal.
Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by
season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more
on display than in North London, but the
club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this
club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack
on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next
level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
On the
club level, Miazga helped lead the New York Red Bulls to the best scoring defence in the MLS Eastern Conference this past
season, winning the 2015 Supporters» Shield for the best record and a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League.
It has been yet another
season of frustration and disappointment at both
club and international
level for the Arsenal and England star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and there has even been a lot of debate among Arsenal fans about whether he will ever fully deliver
on the early potential he showed at Southampton and in flashes as a Gunner.
Well written, but I think it will fall
on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a
season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what
level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their
clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out
why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the
season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this
club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last
season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame
on you Arsene and shame
on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next
level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this
club,
on the outside looking in
Its simple really, Wenger is a very poor manager and has been poor very almost 10 years now, he makes insanely stupid decisions and moves than not even a non league manager would make e.g Kim Kallstrom, 40mil + 1 for Suarez, not siging an out field player last
season, playing Ozil
on the left wing for some time, Flamini siging, being snubbed by Vardy etc, the list goes
on and
on and
on, Chelsea go in for Kante in within 4 days deal is done, But noooo Wenger goes in for crack head Vardy and gets snubbed, I'm sorry but if we had to choose over 2 new world class sigings or a new coach I'd opt for the new coach, Wenger is a poor poor manager, he ia lower than the
level of our
club, anyway thanks in advance for the thumbs down.....
Last
season also saw our manager Arsene Wenger go
level with the Aston Villa manager from the late 19th and early 20th century, George Ramsay, by leading a
club to six FA cup trophy wins, so the Frenchman could go out
on his own if Arsenal win it again this year.
Experienced and a proven winner at
club level, Arsenal could certainly do worse than taking a fairly safe bet
on former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, who is 9/4 for the job, and who won the double in his first
season the last time he took up a job in England.
Wenger has been attempting to, at his own pace, adapt his extensive knowledge into practice
on the football pitch and while he is ahead of the majority of the league, as is evident that we finish above 16 - 17
clubs every
season, he is not yet at the
level to compete with the other managers who are able to draw
on new ideas from their coaching staff, or their travelling experiences through coaching for other
clubs in other leagues.
It's fair to say Ferdinand looked a little rusty in his last
season as a United player in 2013/14 before he left the
club to try carrying
on at the top
level with a move to QPR.
Have been calling for wengers departure now for 5 years
on grounds he could not take the
club to the next
level... Personally I feel the record in that time proves me right but ok some can throw in references to debt overhang or cup wins or a couple of genuine world class additions to the squad etc... However I hope this window stands as a real testament to the mans failings and all genuine supporters of the
club get behind a call to remove him at the
seasons end... Qed
QD - That is the problem.There are still 50000
on the waiting list for
Season Tickets so why are the club concerned?I can't believe there are too many that won't renew so Stans Coffers will still be filled.But there must be concern.Sponsors will not be happy with the empty seats, The Corporate Boxes are never full.Club Level is never full even though they are adding another two levels on the close s
Season Tickets so why are the
club concerned?I can't believe there are too many that won't renew so Stans Coffers will still be filled.But there must be concern.Sponsors will not be happy with the empty seats, The Corporate Boxes are never full.
Club Level is never full even though they are adding another two
levels on the close
seasonseason.
yeah me too, but only for the national team,
club-wise i have to say last
season he was reaaaaaally bad as a starting striker in the time when giroud was injured, but now he seems improved but lets wait before we overestimate him, but yeah rooney hasn't been great for about 5 years already, but i really like sturridge in the
club if it werent for his injuries he and kane would be the contenders for the golden boot every
season... well as long as agüero has injury problems himself the same like sturridge
on a higher
level..
On today's game - even the side we put out today should have been more than enough to take care of a side with relegation written all over them.Mustafi is looking a liability in every game and Xhaka will never be a dominant midfielder.As for Wilshere he looks like a player who probably found his true
level at Bournemouth last
season.Koliasnac is not the player he looked earlier in the
season probably down to the «Coaching» he now gets at the
club.
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
Although he could not lead his
club to a major title this
season, Ronaldo was successful
on a personal
level and won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the second consecutive year.
The Tottenham Hotspur striker has come in for criticism at the start of the new
season because of his lack of goals at
club level, but did score his second senior international goal with a brilliant effort against San Marino
on Saturday evening as the Three Lions sealed their qualification for Euro 2016.
The France international has scored 30 goals for
club and country this
season, dragging Atletico to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and
level on points with Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table.
It's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top
club ever let their best player leave for free at the end of a
season... Wenger needs to go to PSG and get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs to publicly apologize for the way in which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez to go for free there is no way this
club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will be a lame - duck manager once again in the final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the next manager can take this
club to the next
level... WHAT?!?... he then went
on to speak about leaving them in the perfect position to be successful, which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last
season based
on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left
on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things to the next
level if everything is as great as you say?
Whether this is the real
level that Paulinho can operate at and his early -
season form was merely just a honeymoon period, or if it's just a case of having to rediscover his best form, it seems the pressure is building
on him both outside the
club and within the dressing room, as per this report.
Bayern Munich have a similar model and they don't charge the earth or anywhere near what we charge for
season tickets Southampton have collected an excellent set of players who are now being sought by all of the top
clubs, it boils down to this really there is an ingrained reluctance to spend
on proven players and im not suggesting we go silly and spend everything we have and therefor bankrupt the
club but we have no ambition to compete with the major
clubs at any
level, and we ccould if we were more decisive and less financially cautious.
But now comes the crunch time, once we've secured their services for multiple
seasons, had them produce at the highest
level on the pitch, won the hearts of our entire fanbase and performed at a world - class
level both for us and internationally... What are we going to be willing to do to keep them at the
club??
Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out
on is a bit preposterous and very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is very different from playing for a
club which demands trophies and high achievements every
season (yea, I know we have been found wanting
on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small
clubs with limited expectations and very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big
clubs and flopped only to go down a few
levels and find their form again....
Your right there trevor we ALL «want» to believe as we all do every
season, yet every
season threres something that stands in our way, now the majority of us
on this site and arsenal fans in general are NOT skilled in the ways of managing and running a modern top class football
club, but, the majority of us have a degree of common sense and the ability to problem solve
on a reasonable
level, and this is where over the years many many fans have become so disillusioned with AW.
On the other hand, though, Chile being out of the World Cup might just benefit Arsenal if it meant that Alexis was more determined than ever to win a trophy at
club level this
season.
After the Arsenal forward Theo Walcott missed out
on the England squad for the disappointing Euro 2016 tournament in the summer, which was a result of his poor form at
club level in the second half of last
season, he seems to have got his act together and has been producing some great performances for the Gunners.
Now is the time Wenger MUST change things round ready for next
season.Auba and Lacazette up front as TWO STRIKERS.Mikki
on the right.Ozil in the CENTRE FFS.He is not
on the ball enough out wide.He is our best player so play to his strengths.He will get the best out of everyone else.Get Zhaka out and put AMN in as a CDM NOW.How much longer must we put up with below
level performances?Just admit it was a mistake buying him, ship him out and move
on.Try to get through the
season with the defenders we have got.Wenger has proved he is incapable of moulding a consistent performance from what we have got (ALL PLAYERS HE HAS BROUGHT TO THE
CLUB) and let the new guy in next
season either sort them out and / or get rid of them.
Rudy had one more
season with Sedan at the higher
level (they consolidated in 12th out of 18
clubs), and was soon
on the move to Belgium's First Division A where he's spent the last 2
seasons with Waasland - Beveren, a
club I once watched defeat Ballymena United of the Irish League, 3 - 0, in the UEFA Cup.
While some have accused Benteke of not putting in the same
level of effort this
season as he did last year due to his desire to leave the
club in the summer, Sherwood will need to make the striker realise that it really is in everyone's interest for him to rediscover his scoring boots and start going
on a bit of a run of form in front of goal.
The midfielder appeared in every single one of the north - east outfit's Premier League games last
season, scoring
on eleven occasions, and Rafa Benitez will be keen to keep him at the
club, but playing at a higher
level will be a key factor in the 25 - year - old's decision.
In terms of Premier League status, the Geordies are a
club on a similar
level to ourselves, being one of the top ten
clubs in terms of
seasons spent in the top league.
Lauded for its attacking game last
season, Bordeaux has gone through a miserable run that has left the
club only one point above the relegation zone,
level on points with Saint - Etienne.
Allardyce follows predecessors Gus Poyet and Paolo Di Canio in beating the Magpies in his second game in charge of the Black Cats, who move off the bottom of the Premier League table with their first win of the
season, although both of the North - East
clubs,
level on six points, remain in the relegation zone.
Chelsea have been in the mix for at least one trophy in almost every
season since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the
club in 2003, so the
club's fans have come to expect a
level of success that puts pressure
on its managers from an early stage.
Club Level season ticket renewals will begin
on February 12.»
Dele Alli is likely to be supporting Kane and no player laid
on more assists for a team - mate than Alli did for Kane last
season so that
club combination should work wonders at international
level.
After having already missed out
on the Champions League last
season, the
club can not afford to stay out of the top -
level European football for another campaign.
Several of the
club's top players including Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas have failed to reach the
levels of performance that they displayed last
season, and that has in turn had a negative impact
on the team as a whole.
Barca's last chance of a trophy this
season will come in the form of the Copa Del Rey final in late May and with it now confirmed to be Guardiola's final game as Barca manager it is sure to be an emotional occasion with Barca and Guardiola determined to end this huge era in the
club's history
on a high, albeit not the
level of high they would have been hoping for a couple of weeks ago.
Making a handful of appearances for Leeds during the 11/12
season, Taylor soon headed out to a number of different
clubs on loan to varying
levels of success.
Steve Kean, the 43 - year - old who had no previous managerial experience at this
level when he decided he would try his hand at management with Blackburn Rovers, already has the ignominy of knowing he has overseen the
club's worst ever start to a Premier League
season − any
season since 1947/48 − and the severity of their forthcoming fixtures would suggest a reprieve isn't
on its way any time soon for the under - fire Glaswegian.
Ajer joined Celtic from Norwegian
club Start in 2016 and has since gone
on to represent Norway's full international side this
season, having played for all
levels for the Scandinavian country's youth side.
on the third
level original furnishings of the «four
seasons new york restaurant designed by philip johnson in 1958 live along side installation elements from carsten höller «s the double
club.