OT: wilshere ramsey sanchez koscienly cech have once been in
team of the season chambers and chamberlain have been nominated for the golden boy award mesut ozil has been nominated for the balon d`or award walcott has once been arsenals top scorer now i wonder how all these players cant lead us to the title my guess is Wenger.right?
Not exact matches
I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style
of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead
of next
season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6)
Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this
team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!
I do believe liverpool can't win @ d Emirates buh am kinda scared cos
of the FA cup, if we beat them and meet in the FA cup again, they will want to prove a point especially if they don't make Top 4, and I want to us retain the FA cup, cos I want d likes
of GAbriel, debuchy, coquelin, ozil, carzola,
chambers, to feel happy that they av made the right decision joining us infact I want the whole
team to develop a champions mentality.I want my manager to be the most successful manager in FA cup history and lastly I want to be able to boast among oppostionfans that «Arsenal have won 3trophies in two
seasons» (FA, com.shield.........?)
But what I've seen
of Chambers and Gabriel this
season has been far more worrying as they've taken a lot longer to adjust back into first -
team football.
On evidence so far this
team still needs at least 2 defenders, i think Mert will soon be feeling the affects
of last
season too, in this
season and if we not getting a DM, Callum
Chambers should be moved to that position allowing us to become more mobile (from what i have seen
of him in defense i think he would even be more impressive in DM).
Coquelin / ElNenny /
Chambers will be the main base
of our
team with Rambo / Santi / Jack box - box for rest
of season possibly next
season too!
It's a
team which is massively short on quality so it will be all down to work rate and hoping some
of their players don't show up... Iwobi out is good Ramsey in brings in a bit more energy but no ability to dominate middle
of park which is where we we will struggle...
Chambers xhaka bellerin and mustafi will need to play out
of their skins which has hardly been the case all
season and kos will need to show leadership skills but if wilshere ozil and aubemayang click there could at least be a forward threat... An honest assessment 3 1» to them
Debuchy down, kos's niggling injuries, szcezny having a few howlers, mertesacker's form dip after world cup, Monreal playing at CB when he's never played there before,
Chambers often out
of his depths at RB and rushed into the first
team at CB, and as brilliant as Bellerin's debut
season was he was out
of his depths defensively some games as well.
As we all know the players mentioned (i.e. Gabriel,
Chambers, Gabriel, Gnabry, Walcott and Wilshere) hardly played at all last
season, and with those added to the full
team that played most
of the campaign, you can see why Wenger doesn't think we really need any more additions?
Admittedly
Chambers did not have loads
of opportunities to make his mark in the Arsenal first
team last
season, making just a hatful
of appearances over the entire year.
But with the Gunners well stocked for options at right - back in Mathieu Debuchy, Hector Bellerin and Calum
Chambers, it would appear that Jenkinson's path to first
team football is blocked should he return to the Emirates Stadium at the end
of the
season.
It may seem a little bit odd to say this after Rob Holding was an unused substitute for most
of his debut
season as an Arsenal player, especially after this summer
of international competition when his club and country colleague Calum
Chambers was selected ahead
of him for the England under 21
team every time, but I believe that the young defender is going to be a regular first
team starter for us next
season.
His new contract is also somewhat
of a surprise, with the German looking to have fallen down the pecking order following the arrival
of Shkodran Mustafi, as well as the fact that Rob Holding and Calum
Chambers may well be pushing for first -
team action for next
season.
Chambers started the 4 - 3 opening weekend loss to Liverpool alongside Rob Holding, but with the imminent arrival
of Shkodran Mustafi, as well as having Laurent Koscielny back available and with Gabriel Paulista set to return in the coming weeks, his opportunities to play for our first -
team this
season was looking highly unlikely, and he has now agreed to join Middlesbrough for the campaign.
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...
Mustafi was a succes, he and kos formed a good partnership, and
chambers was the best player for middlesborough last
season and was part
of the best defence
of any bottom 6
team
1) refs are shite as usual 2)
Chambers» inexperience, Mertesacker's lack
of match fitness and the lack
of familiarity showed today for both goals 3) Sanchez makes good runs, but nobody plays him through 4) Play Ozil in the center 5)
team showed they still have more fight in them than last
season and actually closed down better 6) Why is Ramsey the only one to make a run into the box and attack the ball?
never waste CAPITAL LETTERS on an article about
Chambers at this juncture... I still can't believe that no one from management has ever explained why such a frugal club spent so much money on him in the first place... we haggle for months and years with clubs for players who could have a monumental impact on the very future
of our club but somehow we found $ 16 million for someone who couldn't regularly crack a Southampton lineup (very fishy)... don't get me wrong, I like what he showed at times last
season in Middlesbourogh but from the handful
of games I watched him play I still have some serious questions about his consistency as a back - line player in the EPL; as such he should prove himself on loan for another
season, making sure that he goes to a
team that wants him in the starting 11... bottom line, let's not get bogged down with the semantics
of peripheral players and focus on the real task at hand = figure out who the hell is going to be our starting 11 for the foreseeable future, which means getting contracts signed, getting rid
of a lot
of deadwood and bringing in talented players into the positions which truly need upgrading... the rest is just unnecessary noise
Here is my list
of players from the 29 that can be sold released or loan, which will bring the over 21 year old first
team squad down to just 21 players Szczesney Martinez Macey Debuchy Flamini Arteta Rosicky Sanogo This then gives us space for 4 new signings, personally I think that would be enough if we go with this squad for next
season Cech ospina Huddart (under 21) Jenkinson Bellerin (u21) New signining, Mertesacker Koscielny Gabriel Monreal Gibbs New signing Coquelin
chambers (u21) Elneny wilshire ramsey New Signing, walcott, chamberlain Ozil, iwobi (u21) toral (u21) Alexis, Campbell, Wellington New signing, Welbeck, giroud
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