The match was agony, but the result is to be enjoyed, especially after a traumatic couple of weeks in which
our title challenge has exploded, the race for fourth has gone from depressingly familiar to deeply concerning, and everyone at the club has been questioned, not least the man who has led the club to the pinnacle and back.
Arsenal's
title challenge has died out, but it went on so long because of the form of Mesut Özil.
Optimism was so high after the crushing victory at Southampton in the FA Cup, but since then, the title challenge hasn't just faded away, it has been spectacularly blown up and disintegrated into a thousand pieces.
As for City, they've not exactly been convincing;
their title challenge has been surprisingly weak.
Still, even within the improvement of City and United, Chelsea are not entirely blameless; United's
title challenge has been spear - headed by two Blues rejects in Romelu Lukaku and Matic, while another, Kevin De Bruyne, has been instrumental to City's fine form.
Ayew has racked up almost 200 appearances for Marseille, who's Ligue 1
title challenge has faded in recent weeks, and is a player Garry Monk appears very keen on bringing to the Liberty Stadium.
A top four finish is also vital, as Atletico will almost certainly be among Europe's elite again next year even if
their title challenge has faltered a bit.
We are a four weeks away from the end of the current campaign, and with
our title challenge having faded, it is time to start thinking about how we can improve for next season.
The Gunners put on another insipid and lacklustre showing at Old Trafford yesterday and it made the pre-match comments from the manager, reported in another Just Arsenal article, when he spoke about the reasons why previous
title challenges had faltered but that things were different now.
I even remember watching one EPL fanzone program, where the presenter lamented Arsenal's few clean sheets (it had 4 or 5 then) and wanted to project the image that it was the reason why
our title challenge had collapsed.
With
our title challenge having hit problems recently we could really do with Jack back as soon as possible and I'm sure he wants to get involved before it is too late and the chance has slipped away again.
After a terrible start to the season, where Arsenal have been lucky to earn three points in any of their opening four games, all hope of
a title challenging has almost certainly dissolved, and you can bet that Arsene Wenger's appalling record in the Champions League will only end in more tears of frustration — your frustration.
An occasional credible
title challenge would be nice as well.
Even in bad seasons when
title challenges have fallen away, Arsenal have generally ended campaigns well to consistently secure the place in the top four.
Newcastle are back on track in
their title challenge having gone W4 D1 in their last five, the same record as Norwich have posted in the same spell.
Not exact matches
And while many startups and tech companies that depend on open access to the Internet
have cheered those rules, which reclassify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as public utilities under
Title II of the Telecommunications Act, cable and telecommunications industry representatives
have already filed several lawsuits that
challenge the regulations.
Most of the contributors
would be volunteers, and the coin of the realm
would be not salary or
title, but respect, accomplishment, camaraderie, and
challenge.
Internet providers
have challenged the current
Title II order in court, but
have not succeeded in overturning it.
Last year's men's singles defending champion and # 1 seed Georgie Jecminek will
have his
title defense
challenging by 19 year old Kyryll Kryvchun of West Vancouver.
Buyer personas are fictional representations of your actual, paying customers, created based on the data you
have about them — such as their job
title, budget, buying motivation,
challenges, company size, age, pain points, education level, buying concerns, etc..
Bernard Coughlin, S.J.,
title this collection of essays «Letters to Young People,» because it
would inform and
challenge college - aged students who are grappling with philosophical, spiritual, political, and ethical questions for the first time.
Among the books he
had us read were two that really
challenged my thinking and helped me see certain key texts in a new light: They are The Epistle of James by Zane Hodges and The Reign of the Servant Kings by Joseph Dillow (a revised and updated edition of the book is now
titled Final Destiny).
When the young Reinhold Niebuhr
challenged his denomination in 1921 with an article
titled «Shall a Minister
Have an Education?»
To help you get started, I
've prepared a short list of
titles I
would challenge you read through (or watch) with a gospel - saturated lens:
These IWSC wins are the latest in a long list of prestigious awards Knob Creek ® Bourbon
has earned in 2015, including the
title of «Best Bourbon» and a Double Gold Medal at the 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and a Gold Medal at the 2015 International Spirits
Challenge.
Random recipe maybe in the
title of this post, but it's actually a random ingredient we
had to select this month for the Random Recipes
challenge over at Belleau Kitchen.
(
Having said that I firmly believe this is the year we can take Bayern, but that's a small consolation for another year not
challenging for a major
title.)
United will want to keep hold of Mourinho for as long as possible, though things
have turned slightly sour for the former Chelsea boss of late as their
title challenge looks to
have faltered.
On the contrary, Cech's arrival
has seen a growing belief among the players and the fans alike that Arsenal can now mount a serious
challenge for the Premier League
title.
For the past 4 or 5 seasons we
have been saying that we need just 1 or 2 more signings to turn us into a
title challenging side and I think this year is the same.
It
has been said we are two, maybe three, quality players missing before we can seriously
challenge for
titles and I believe that.
Walcott should not start as a first teamer he is a bench player I
'd rather
have the ox there with sanchez on the other wing.As for the central midfielders I
'd like to see xhaka with cazorla with ozil just behind giroud.I won't be able to see the match but i hope we win or else its curtains for another
title challenge: -LRB-
I think we
have a very good squad to
challenge for the
title but if certain people get injured we'll be exposed.
If we
had Ba this season however, he may
have given us enough options to mount a decent
title challenge... Do you feel like we missed out on Ba, or just that Ba missed out on us?
The fact is that since the Gunners lost at Anfield back in March, Liverpool
have lost just one of the subsequent 14 League games and are aiming to mount a serious
challenge for the
title this season.
As Chelsea
have now been confirmed as Champions and the end of the season approaches, many Arsenal fans are wondering who we need to bring in to strengthen the Gunners squad, so we can make a more sustained
challenge for next year's
title.
Arsenal are currently in 5th place in the Premier League at the halfway stage, and although we are only 8 points behind the leaders, many Arsenal fans think we are simply not playing well enough to
challenge for the
title — and in fact may
have a battle just to finish in the Top Four.
The defense turned to custard, Szcz (Golden gloves the year before)
had a melt down and Arsenal lost any chance of
challenging for the
title.
To say we
had a strong
title challenge last year is hilarious, we set the pace until xmas and were pathetic when the pressure was on, only to galvanize as we looked to finish 4th.
Santi Cazorla
has called for Arsenal to make changes for the new campaign, in order to mount a serious
title challenge for the Premier League
title.
The next series of games will go a long way to shape how our season will go, I'm reasonably happy so far due to the amount of injuries we
have had but at the end of the day we are Arsenal FC and we should be
challenging for the
title not 4th place.lets wait and see.
When you consider Man Utd and Chelsea
would put in a bid and be able to offer higher wages AND
have more of a claim to
challenging for the PL
title, the only factor we
have going for us is the Arsenal factor (in that he maybe supported us as a kid).
I wouldn't talk
title challenge before January, really.
But regarding this one, I
have spoken to the writer re ziol's comments above and he see's his point, but the article he saw (linked to in article so you can check yourself) clearly said: Arsene Wenger admits he needs another striker at Arsenal if his side are to
challenge for the Premier League
title this season.
With a couple more additions we really could
have a very strong squad capable of
challenging for the league
title, especially now as Arsene
has confirmed Alexis is staying & Ozil
has basically said he is staying put himself.
Once that window shuts, and he does not deliver a
title challenge or progress us in the CL, he will
have no excuses.
With United thus far often
having to resort to playing strikers Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in wide positions, Perisic could be the final piece in Mourinho's team looking to
challenge for the
title this year.
Winning the F.A. cup twice is great, but that accomplishment should
have lead to a
title challenge if we are improving, it didn't, hence we finished 12 points behind.
Yes, Giroud
has been in fine form so far this campaign but is he really the man to spearhead a
title challenge?
The Gunners season
has gone from
challenging for the
title, to battling for a place within the top four, and the task is getting tougher by the week.