Latics also have their sights set firmly on
silverware come May, with Cook's men one point behind Sky Bet League One leaders Shrewsbury Town with two games in hand, and looking to use this fixture as added motivation for their league campaign.
I understand but when the winning margins can be as small as goal difference, ensuring that you have adequate personnel enhances the chances of lifting
silverware come the end of the season.
With players steadily returning from injury throughout the second half of the season and potential gains during the transfer window, the Gunners have a good shot at some Premier League
silverware come May.
The 2016 - 17 Premier League title race is on a knife edge, but everything points to Arsenal firmly being involved in the hunt for major
silverware come May.
Any hope of some solace coming in the Capital One Cup were snuffed out with a penalty shoot - out defeat to Sunderland at the semi-final stage and a final hope of
any silverware comes in the Champions League.
European
silverware came with the Cup - Winners» Cup win of 1976, key players Rob Rensenbrink and Francois van der Elst scoring the goals in a 4 - 2 win over West Ham in Brussels.
Arsene Wenger's last bit of
silverware came back in 2005 when...
29/06/2008: Spain 1 - 0 Germany, UEFA EURO 2008 final Torres» strike was enough in Vienna as Spain's 44 - year wait for
silverware came to an end.
Not exact matches
So we are an elite team when it
comes to financial muscle BUT we are NOT when it
comes to playing ability and
silverware.
Only three of them, Chelsea, Man U and Arsenal
came out of the season with any form of
silverware.
Coming off the back of two seasons of actually winning
silverware with lesser players than we have now sort of makes your opinion redundant.
The only piece of team
silverware he won with the Reds
came in 2012 when he lifted the League Cup after scoring in the final against Cardiff.
But, when it
comes to sticking major continental
silverware in the trophy room from the
Time will tell if he can rediscover his form and start to silence the critics in the
coming weeks as United could certainly do with him helping them in their pursuit of
silverware and a top - four finish in the league.
But, when it
comes to sticking major continental
silverware in the trophy room from the Champions League and UEFA Cup, the Spanish and English clubs are the best.
Tottenham aren't going to want to see any of their top players leave this summer, but with the pressure of being unable to match wage offers from rivals coupled with their track record of failing to win major
silverware, it could all count against them if United really do
come knocking.
Would be 3 brilliant additions, add Lacazette and maybe (VJD) from Celtic or Schar and Arsenal will be adding a bunch of
silverware in the years to
come.
Petr Cech has been duped into
coming here as I bet you, he'll have to wait till he's probably 40 before he lays his hands on another
silverware again.
In the FA Cup Final, we were the only team that could stop Chelsea winning the coveted Double, and not one pundit believed we could stop Antonio Conte's triumphant side but we duly
came from behind to deny them their second piece of
silverware, and claim our third FA Cup in the space of four years.
Arsenal
came into the season with the chance of picking up 4 pieces of
Silverware (the EFL Cup, FA Cup, the Premier League title and, the Ultimate one, the Champions League) but with the EFL Cup defeat one cup is gone and out of their reach.
thats what wenger says.we have the money, then
come transfer time, we are negotiating until the transfer deadline.don't forget that wenger has a degree in economics.He is going to get a healthy gratuity from Arsenal.We want trophies, there no
silverware for 4th place.maybe when we finish 5th and we get dumped out of the group phase of the Europa League will people realise how the once mighty have fallen.Go Arsene Please
This would undoubtedly be a big call from the Gunners if they
came to that decision, with the Frenchman at the club for 22 years and still set to go down in history as their most successful of all time, despite less
silverware in the second half of his reign than the first.
Yeah that left a rather sour taste in my mouth too, but the reality of the situation was that most of the players who left the club in the past did so because the constant failure to obtain any sort of
silverware... As I have said many times before and will say again, Wenger is the «root of all of Arsenals problems»... yes silent Stan and the board are also contributory... but the fact that they have allowed him in excess of 16 million to spend on teenage boys debunks any myth that suggest his hands are tied... You give me 16 million and I'll bring back a world class player and
come back with change.
we do not know where the
silverware is
coming from this season..
However, he could be heading back to Spain sooner than many would have envisaged, with Barca looking to maintain their push for
silverware both at home and in Europe over the
coming months.
His wish was granted as he will now
come face - to - face with Mauricio Pochettino, as Spurs look to build on their displays in the group stage and take another step closer to
silverware in Europe.
Well yous were wrong on every occasion about not making top four and yous were wrong about last season
coming fourth at best and yous were also wrong when saying Arsene is incapable of again winning
silverware.
The Czech Republic shot - stopper joined Arsenal from Chelsea in the summer of 2015 and has certainly found
silverware harder to
come by in north London than in west London.
Louis van Gaal helped Man United to secure a return to the Champions League for the
coming campaign, and the additions the experienced manager has made thus far this summer could well help the 20 - time English champions to mount genuine bids for major
silverware.
For a team like Southampton, it's a chance to actually win
silverware so they
come out blazing.
Making money
comes first for AW while winning
silverwares is Mourinho's priority.
It may have only been the second game of pre-season for Arsenal and although there was a piece of
silverware on offer, you would say that this final against Everton was more about preparation for the serious business to
come, it was very good to see the Gunners put on a very good performance.
The former Tottenham man has enjoyed a glittering spell in the Spanish capital when it
comes to
silverware having won multiple Champions League trophies and a La Liga title amongst many others, but his standing in the current side is
coming under threat.
In turn, it will
come as a major relief to supporters to see him offered new terms to commit his future, with new signings and investment elsewhere in the club likely to swiftly follow in the summer to push the Rossoneri on and allow them to fight for
silverware.
Coming so close to
silverware this year, the players will be craving more of the same next season.
Koln attacker Lukas Podolski's protracted move to the North London club will be announced in the
coming weeks and Wenger is keen to bring in two or three other major signings after seeing Arsenal fail to end their lengthy
silverware drought.
The spuds are still a small team in my mind and have simply improved for being a pile of poo to having a good team who celebrated
coming 2nd last year and winning no
silverware what so ever.
Even though Tottenham have been doing a little better in recent years they have never
come really close to the Premier League title and the last piece of
silverware they won was that funny three handled thing that has had more names than Zsa Zsa Gabor and although Rose was at the club back then he was not a first team player.
After being dumped out of the Champions League in midweek, Manchester United's hopes of
silverware this season
come down to the FA Cup as they face Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford, in the Saturday night kickoff.
Arsenal had been carrying a long burden when it
came to the lack of
silverware delivered since 2005.
This will be Arsenal's only chance of
silverware this season, and
come into the match in top form.
Although Torres could not deliver
silverware to the Reds, he was in superb form again in 2008/09 as his goalscoring form saw the club
come close to winning the Premier League title despite eventually losing out to Manchester United.
We have a terrible history on the European stage so for me any loyal fan would love for our club to win a European trophy with nothing
coming between Arsenal and some
silverware.
They had a spell in the early sixties where they we're dominant, and believe me, I saw them, they we're a great side but we also had a great spell in the thirties when we we're, and there's no doubt about it, the best club side in the world with a superb stadium to match it, however, when it
comes down trophy's» we're far ahead» winning
silverware in every decade since the those glorious thirties, what it is?
Will the desperation to salvage their season with some
silverware force Hiddink's hand when it
comes to team selection?
He knows that the big two — Premier League and Champion League — are the ones that truly matter, but he also knows that you can not be selective when it
comes to
silverware.
Our last piece of
silverware had
come 17 long years before when we pipped Preston to the title on goal average in 1953.
I am compelled to a feeling of utter contempt and carelessness from Wenger when it
comes to the fans, he really diesnt give a damn about what we think as long as his way is being had and whether he is proved right, or for the 8th year, wrong that is still not the correct way to be, he should not be ruling the club from top to bottom in this way because he thinks nobody knows better than him, no other manager holds this power, not even the ones delivering
silverware.
With the club, thus, going without any
silverware for the second successive season, the recruitment policy of the club President Florentino Perez has
come under attack from the club's fan base across the world, the Spanish press and Madridians.
United boss Louis van Gaal, who has
come in for criticism for his staff so far this term — will hope to win major
silverware next month, with Jose Mourinho heavily being tipped to replace the Dutchman this summer.