Our Rivals Squad next year - Arsenal

I think underrating Arsenal is a very dangerous game. We all know the positions they've needed to fill (for what seems like ever), and everyone outside of the Emirates knows they can and will bottle it in the title race until they find a spine from somewhere (or sack Wenger), but Arsenal are a team who when they click can play the best football in the Premier and can destroy anyone. Those top 4 finishes they get every year don't just come by chance, Wengers philosophy might be miopic but when it works it works really, really well and he has the players for it even with those holes in CB, DM and up top.

Except they can't. They haven't come close to destroying any of the top 4 teams in ages.
 
Except they can't. They haven't come close to destroying any of the top 4 teams in ages.

True and they need to fix their results vs the other top teams in the league. However, I do admire Wenger's consistency in getting them "nearly there". Qualifying for the CL yearly and a consistent top 4 finish shouldn't be good enough when they replace Wenger. It should be a manager to get them back to the top.
 
Still think there's a good chance that a trio of Sanchez-Ozil-Fast English guy, playing behind a striker and with one of Ramsey or Wilshere in form and a new DM coming in January will see Arsenal have a strong 2nd half.

Get past Monaco, lose in the quarters to a team that outclasses them but is so good nobody really gets too upset, get hot in the Prem and finish 3rd or 4th, fighting with United.

Wenger stays, some fans happy, some fans sad. The summer starts and the internet cries out for Wenger to sign a new CB, a new keeper and a proper feck off 30 goal strikers and maybe he buys one of those, along with a shiny attacking midfielder or winger.

Arsenal finish 4th again.
 
They can make 4th, but with the Ozil and Sanchez money they should be getting higher.

Same if we get 3rd behind City.
 
Another shocking away performance by them. Granted Soton is a tough place to go they completely overwhelmed Asnl. Cant wait to see the reaction on Asnl fan TV! :D

BTW did a Asnl fan actually get in the managers box to have a go at Wenger? Shameful if true
 
Someone did. No idea if it was an Arsenal fan.
 
No shame really losing to Southampton with the injuries they got. Some of our fans seem to forgotten how lucky we were to get a result against them.
 
No shame really losing to Southampton with the injuries they got. Some of our fans seem to forgotten how lucky we were to get a result against them.
Yeah but we still got a result.

Never-the-less I'm pleased we maintain that gap vs Asnl, hopefully after next week we will have some distance between Soton too :)
 
I'm happy with this result against Arsenal, our next league match is against Southampton and this is a MUST win, now that they've closed the gap on us, we can't let them leap frog us for third, we've got a chance here to solidify third by taking it to our own hands.
 
I think i only want Asnl to do badly now so i can see these two argue :D Cant wait for the reaction after the game!
 
They are still only 3 points from top 4. So pretty much on their way.

Szczesny was brilliant though, his reaction after the 2nd goal drinking water from the sipper :lol:
 
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Yeah, but didnt he started it wit boring Chelsea and stuff?
I mean, every time he has a dig at Mourinho or says sthing Mourinho shoots back and its always sthing to embarrass him.

The crowd sung 'boring boring Chelsea,' which is what Mourinho was responding to.

Mourinho really goes out of his way to antagonise Wenger.
 
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"It's a great brand and I think other teams when they see us get off the bus and we look like we're all together and in the same suit, you know, we get a little bit more respect."

"If you look at all the big clubs throughout the league, Manchester United have got a suit, Liverpool, and we've only just got one in the last few years but it really shows the direction the club is going and the way we want to be thought about in this league."