Plus we also have to accept the fact that Steven Gerrard is young no more. He still plays like a 25 year old, but he is prone to injuries. We have to search for a perfect replacement for him, and Adam Johnson can be one good addition in the team. He will complete the team and if everything goes well, we'll be pushing for a Top 4 spot by the end of this season.We are in no place to challenge for the title this season. But I tell you the team that will be pushing hard for EPL is Chelsea! There will be a lot of pressure for them to win the EPL this season, and with the kinda signings they have made, I see no reason why they shouldn't, if the Gaffer takes out the best form out of them.Man Utd meanwhile will go off the radar this season and will finish either 4th or 3rd. but the top 2 slots would be tough for them to deal with.Man City will get even better this season, with there team already gelled up and all ready to pounce back. Seems the money is now making a lot of noise.
@chelsea1712 Thats what i advocate.."time for arsenal" to open the pockets and spend in good players..Winning trophies and playing good are the primary objectives of any team and Arsenal seems to have forgotten the former.
The problem for arsenal is not just the money...how do u convince players capable of contributing to a title challenge to join u...when u have won nothing for last 8 years?? Also, wenger has to stop putting finishing 4th as a decent season...who wants to join a club that wants to fight for 4th???Unless of course you are Andre Santos... :P
Arsenal does have a good squad.. Somewhere they have lost their luck.. Games like yest, They shd have nailed it.. With All those chances they created , even ElNino would have scored a Hat-Trick..:P.. Nevertheless, Wenger should now change his philosophy and try to bring new big players in the side and go for title challenge (Personally , i hope he doesn't..:P).
@abhibeloved Nice to win the match which shouldn't have played in the 1st place,,:(.. Still, lots to be improved,, With JT back, i hope Rafa rests Bane for few matches...:).. Hope to build on this momentum...:)
Well they don't need Arab sheiks when they have Russia's richest man. Wenger's philosophy is like " We don't buy superstars but we make them". He moulds young players so that they become one of the leading footballers but as soon as they do become one they move to bigger clubsP.S. In Arsene We BelieveHardcore optimist
I see no difference in the vision of Wenger and Tony Pulis! Both have a "Glass Half Full" philosophy! Wenger has been super successful in terms of being a "BANIYA" by signing unknown kiddos and after nurturing them out of injury, these players are sold to bigger clubs for a huge profit!
He is surviving, because he aims only to survive! I mean with the money he has got, he should be making the team a fortress, and aiming for title! But all he wants is a 4th finish, so that he can keep on getting eliminated in the First Knock-outs of UCL!
I remember when Stoke had just arrived from the lower divisions to the EPL, Tony Pulis had said in an interview, that his aim is to get the team stay in the top league for 5 years! And then we will aim for a Top Half finish, and getting in a cup final! He has over-succeeded in all his strategies, because he was keeping the bar too low for the players!
Same is with Arsenal. Wenger is now keeping the bar so low, that even the players don't dream of getting back the Bergkamp and Henry and Viera and Pires' glory days! :(
What is needed for Arsenal right now, is to sack Arsene Wenger, and get a new aggressive gaffer! Someone like Heynckes or Mourinho or even Rafa Benitez, who can take risks and .
Else, it won't be long before Arsenal falls into comparison with the likes of Everton, Stoke and the other such mid table clubs!
What is needed for Arsenal right now, is to sack Arsene Wenger, and get a new aggressive gaffer! Someone like Heynckes or Mourinho or even Rafa Benitez, who can take risks and .Else, it won't be long before Arsenal falls into comparison with the likes of Everton, Stoke and the other such mid table clubs!
Plus we also have to accept the fact that Steven Gerrard is young no more. He still plays like a 25 year old, but he is prone to injuries. We have to search for a perfect replacement for him, and Adam Johnson can be one good addition in the team. He will complete the team and if everything goes well, we'll be pushing for a Top 4 spot by the end of this season.We are in no place to challenge for the title this season. But I tell you the team that will be pushing hard for EPL is Chelsea! There will be a lot of pressure for them to win the EPL this season, and with the kinda signings they have made, I see no reason why they shouldn't, if the Gaffer takes out the best form out of them.Man Utd meanwhile will go off the radar this season and will finish either 4th or 3rd. but the top 2 slots would be tough for them to deal with.Man City will get even better this season, with there team already gelled up and all ready to pounce back. Seems the money is now making a lot of noise.
Well, I had all my money on Chelsea, and I still stick to my point! Had RDM been the coach, they still would be pushing the Manchester Clubs hard for the top spot!
But, I am surprised as how Manchester Utd managed to go to the top with such a pathetic team! :w00t:
You know, if ManU puts all its players on sale, there won't be many takers for the likes of Carrick, Cleverly, Evra, Evans. But put them all together, and you get a super awesome team!
This fact I had neglected at the start of the season!
Manchester City is meanwhile suffocating in its own vomit of what I call as 'MONEY EGO'!
They have the best players in the world, and they get toyed around by teams that are playing aggressive football!
But I still think that the competition will get fiercer for the top spot in the coming weeks.
Well, I had all my money on Chelsea, and I still stick to my point! Had RDM been the coach, they still would be pushing the Manchester Clubs hard for the top spot! But, I am surprised as how Manchester Utd managed to go to the top with such a pathetic team! You know, if ManU puts all its players on sale, there won't be many takers for the likes of Carrick, Cleverly, Evra, Evans. But put them all together, and you get a super awesome team!This fact I had neglected at the start of the season!Manchester City is meanwhile suffocating in its own vomit of what I call as 'MONEY EGO'!They have the best players in the world, and they get toyed around by teams that are playing aggressive football!But I still think that the competition will get fiercer for the top spot in the coming weeks.
i second you...if Robin Van Persie wasnt there in ManU this season,they wouldnot been in top spot.....he scored so many late goals which came as winners....it would be Chelsea vs Manu till the end of the season for the Cup
You know, if ManU puts all its players on sale, there won't be many takers for the likes of Carrick, Cleverly, Evra, Evans. But put them all together, and you get a super awesome team!This fact I had neglected at the start of the season!
Well Said!
Evans is the best "deputy CB" I have seen... He plays exactly where Vidic or Ferdinand wants/likes... That is the reason he keeps playing week in and week out... Vidic and Ferdinand started only one game together this season... Evans and Smalling started one game together... It is always one of Ferdinand/Vidic and Evans(mostly)/Smalling
Same thing holds for Carrick, he plays exactly the position the attackers want him to be... The wing backs can attack because they know Carrick won't and will cover up for them...
Again the combo of Rafael/Jones is working... If you want to mark someone like Bale/Ronaldo for 90 mins, these two are doing the best possible... Whenever Ronaldo was on the left flank, he was immediately closed down by either of these two...
I guess that is what is team play and Man Utd are best at it...
@BABA_Pencho yaar i think only reason pool won 5-0 yesterday was a coz of a second string swansea team, u all were good but not that good!!!
Regarding utd being the runaway leaders of epl this season ( nd most probably the winners) i think they deserved it, they were consistent nd played good footy... But i still maintain that the best squad in Epl From next year or so will be that of Chelsea!!
Arsenal now no longer wants to win trophies, i doubt they will win anythin in coming two years... sorry gunners but a fact is a fact... 8 years with a trophy is very very very poor for a club like arsenal..
Arsenal now no longer wants to win trophies, i doubt they will win anythin in coming two years... sorry gunners but a fact is a fact... 8 years with a trophy is very very very poor for a club like arsenal..
I am not an arsenal fan, but this is just too arrogant a statement to make.
Arsenal are a team with history, great higher management and a great manager.
Sooner or later they will bounce back.
If I am not wrong, it's been only about 8 or so years since Chelsea started winning anything.
