After wrapping up a dreadful October with a 1 - 3 loss to Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have managed just one
win in the league through November and December thus far, with losses to Bournemouth and Stoke City — neither of whom are top - 10 teams.
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Arsene Wenger has brought plenty of glory to the Gunners, from
winning the Premier
League whilst going unbeaten, before helping the club
through an important phase
in their history, guiding them
through tough financial issues whilst building the new top of the range stadium, and still kept us
in the top four throughout.
Arsenal took on Besiktas
in the 2nd leg of their Champions
League playoff tie against Besiktas last night, needing an outright
win to progress
through to the group stages of the competition for the 17th year running.
Through Sunday, per baseball-reference.com, Angels centerfielder Mike Trout had a 10.4
Wins Above Replacement (WAR), first
in the American
League, while Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera had a 6.8, second among position players.
Renowned as the NHL's greatest money goaltender, the combative Smith led the
league in postseason
wins each season from 1980
through 1984.
Injured Padre Jake Peavy (pitching elbow) had averaged a big
league high 107.8 pitches per start
through Sunday; the Angels» Ervin Santana (above, left) led the AL at 107.5... The Red Sox» Jon Lester (above, right) threw 130 pitches, the most
in the majors this year,
in his no - hit
win over Kansas City on May 19....
Of course to
win the whole thing, they will have to go
through the top Teams
in the
League..
It's a shame really, we were known as the best attacking team
in the
league at one point then
through Wenger's delusion we don't even play good football let alone
winning by big margin.
Reason why Team Lazarov can
win it all — They have several players who are a part of a Dynasty
in the Men's
League so they understand how to navigate
through the Playoffs and they also have 2 of the best female Hoopers around.
The Gunners have always got
through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time
in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good,
in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier
League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like
winning it since we lost to Barcelona
in the final makes that true.
After making strides over the last two seasons with 86
wins in 2015 and 84
in 2016, the Astros finally appear to have taken their place among the
league's elite teams with a 60 - 29 record
through their first 89 games.
Seven points clear
in their domestic
league with four games to go and through to the last four of the Portuguese Cup, Benfica are also into the last four in the Europa League after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate win agains
league with four games to go and
through to the last four of the Portuguese Cup, Benfica are also into the last four
in the Europa
League after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate win agains
League after Spanish striker Rodrigo bagged a brace at the Estadio da Luz to clinch a comfortable aggregate
win against AZ..
A central partnership of Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia helped them
through the Noughties decade,
in which time the club
won two FA Cups, two
League Cups, a Champions
League, a UEFA Cup and two UEFA Supercups.
England nearly managed it
in 2005 - 06, after Liverpool
won the Champions
League the previous season, but failed to qualify through their league pos
League the previous season, but failed to qualify
through their
league pos
league position.
If Wenger really placed
winning and titles as a priorities over massaging his delicate ego he never would have benched the
league leader
in assists (Poldi) half - way
through the season — just for one example No.
this is what can really make our season when you know sanchez will leave for free next season why pay his wages sell him to psg and build a team which can stay here for years give psg sanchez and 30 million and get draxler verati krychowiak even auriar if a deal falls
through when you want to
win league you sould have a big squad with good players on bench look at city manu and chelsea they all have good players we need these 4 players there is no player other then ozil who can create a goal for stricker or play a killer pass niether bellerin or oxlade can not play a good threatning ball when striker is
in the box if we get them
The fact the Red Imps from Lincoln got
through to the quarter - final against Arsenal by
winning away at Premier
League Burnley gives the Frenchman the perfect example and he was quick to reming his players of that remarkable result
in the preview of the game on the Arsenal website.
The way I see it Chelsea will make the top 4 and probably
win the
league with City coming
in second, they just haven't been at their best
in recent times and are powering
through matches off player quality as opposed to a well drilled and coherent outfit e.g. Dortmund's performance against us.
This is what happens when theres no pressure from upstairs to
win if wenger was
in mourinhos position (
win the
league or ucl or get sacked) theres no way he wouldnt have bought a DM or let the manolas deal fall
through over a measly # 3mill.
Some of us have supported this team
through thick and thin at more challenging times
in the past... Any way I am among the few who thick that Chelsea will actually not
win the
league
We appear to be prioritising our Premier
League fixtures over the away matches
in the Europa, and while
winning all our home matches should put us comfortably
through to the next stage, our fringe players will not be going out tonight without the intention of three points.
We would not be
in this situation if Arsenal allowed their promising position
in the table slip
through their fingers; nobody could envisage that Leicester would achieve what they have this season, and even the most ardent of Gooners out there will back them to
win the
league ahead of Tottenham, but for Arsenal to be so far behind can only be viewed with disappointment and regret.
Well put and food for thought but this has been Monacos business model for some years selling their best players there developed and relying on youth to come
through its just this year is Korea extreme to their success
in the
winning the
league and cl performances.
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has revealed his belief that England will never
win the World Cup until a winter break is introduced
in the Premier
League, allowing players a recovery period mid-way
through the season.
Nottingham Forest, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers To name 3 that came up
through the
leagues in UK to
win the top prize.
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.
«It is a special achievement that will go down
in history and just the resilience of the group, the belief when you think that it wouldn't be possible to get
through the group stages, here we are where we have
won the AFC Champions
League and this is recognition for great work that everyone has done.»
The home side took the lead
through Alvaro Morata, however fine strike from Christian Eriksen and a brace from Dele Alli allowed Spurs to secure their first ever
win at Stamford Bridge
in the Premier
League.
However, we don't and haven't and the opportunity that has arisen
in the premier
league this season which will likely never come again has slipped
through our fingers yet again with the very real risk of Spurs finishing above us for the first time and also perhaps
winning the PL.
If things go the way of Arsenal this week, as they did
in midweek with the
win in Olympiacos that kept us
in the Champions
League after having one foot and nine toes
through the exit door after the first four group games, then we could soon be setting the pace domestically.
Five
wins on the spin
in three different competitions has got the belief flowing
through the team and we need to keep that up to ensure Champions
League football again for next season.
The Boss is adamant that he doesn't want to get
in through the back door by
winning the Europa
League, but he accepts that we may have no other choice.
You can never tell what to expect with this Arsenal team, Westham can have all their best players, be on a solid run of
wins and we turn them over easily, or they might be going
through a bad patch and without a few of their best players and beat us so easily it will be embarrassing, the only thing consistent about us is our inconsistency, if am not mistaken they turned us over at home
in the first game of the season, with a 17 year old boy
in their first 11 and about 3/4 new to the country and the
league....
Hold on Break - on -
through, most FA Cup
wins, Longest serving team
in the top
league, almost 100 years, highest points under the old two point system, 66 points heated dressing rooms including the floor at Highbury when United and Liverpool etc were changing
in corrugated iron sheds, sure there's more
Manchester United managed to finish sixth
in the Premier
League last term, but qualified
through winning the EL, and we would have to be happy to do the same, although our opponents on paper look much the more difficult to pass with Spanish giants and recent Champions
League finalists Atletico Madrid favourites to
win the competition.
I suspect Wenger isn't prioritising the Europa
league because he knows full well he's not good enough to
win it so he'll eventually start putting a weakened team out
in the latter rounds providing we even get past Ostersunds which is probably 50/50 so when we fail
in the competition he has an excuse «We didn't play our first team, we don't believe qualifying for the champions
league through this competition» the man is unbelievable!
United have gone
through a bit of a rough spell recently,
winning just three of their last seven
in the Premier
League to fall 15 points behind rivals Manchester City.
Wenger may have broken his duck of many years
through consecutive FA Cups
in the last couple of seasons but every supporter will acknowledge that
winning Premier
League is the utmost challenge and priority for this squad.
Yet many around the
league still wonder whether the Suns, who had
won 61 games
through Sunday after going 29 — 53 last season, are too much the arrivistes, with their full - throttle offense — «blitzkrieg basketball,» Minnesota Timberwolves general manager and coach Kevin McHale calls it — destined to fizzle
in the playoffs.
Mourinho did the same last year with his Manchester United team when he knew early on that there wasn't a chance they could
win the
League, but it is also a good thing for players who are going
through fractional times to find the space and room to get a breather from the
League while focusing on Europa
League in order to reconcile with each other, perhaps a few players would then be happy to sign new contracts.
The
win over the Lakers gave the Heat a sweep of the two - game season series, though it did nothing to improve Miami's 0 — 9 mark
through Sunday against the Spurs, Celtics, Bulls and Mavericks, the other four teams
in the
league with better records.
Arsenal had bounced back well from a slow start, though, and were starting to look really good until a number of key players joined the injury list and that saw us suffer
through a nightmare November
in which we failed to
win a
league game.
Also, although he deserves some credit for what he did at Juve but he inherited a
winning team with Juve
in a
league that was basically a one - team
league with Inter and AC Milan going
through difficult times.
He did wonders
in the past,
won trophies with the instrumental assistance of Dein, guided Arsenal
through a tough financial period... but four season have passed where we have had finances to bring
in the best but yet all we have witnessed are two F.A cups and the same old predictable Arsenal caving
in and scraping for a fourth place
league finish and a CL cameo appearance.
The article states that wenger has been a success story Well not for ten years he hasn't Not
winning goal the
league through lack of transfer activity is NOT anywhere close to a success story yet again my question is this??? Where has the BTW sports money gone??? Each club
in the employer is getting a reputed 150 million so where has that money gone for us?
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
After Arsenal struggled
through the end of 2015 and the start of the new year with a pretty heavy injury lost, we all got excited when players started to come back to match fitness and one player
in particular was seen as the possible saviour of the season and the man to spark a strong sprint for the line
in the race to
win the Premier
League.
Walking out on a cup final early is poor saying the things after is poor we have had the most consistancy of any pl club for 20 years it goes bad we lose and we show no honor
in defeat i never mentioned wenger i mentioned the lack of support
in a cup final was sad and by walking out it showed we've been spoiled city did nt leave the semi early last year when we beat em they did nt leave early wehen they lost
in league one and i cant stand city im arsenal
through and
through we
won a cup last year and the year before were
in another cup final and tempemental fans leave early even though it takes alot to get to a cup final maybe you need to lose more to lose respectable its hard it sucks but its a cup final bigger than the management our opinions for a day its about how you show you solidarity as a club
win or lose every other club
in england would of taken our spot
in a heartbeat if they could of and we lea e early that shows spoilage and it was embarrassing to see we need to be stronger as supporters newcastle does nt like ashley yet they still show up and when was the last time they
won a cup?
Would you prefer to
win the
league as much as Chelsea and Man City did
in the last 10 years or just make it to the CL
through being 4th every year?