Can Arsenal Really End Thier Trophy-less Era?

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Well first of all i am not an arsenal fan nor any of the other premier league team fans, i am an fc Barcelona supporter and generally enjoy a good game of football. I partly rooted for arsenal alongside Liverpool when the season began because arsenal have a similar playing style to barca and they believe in homegrown academy players but, no matter how good of a performance they seem to pull out you get the feeling that they are going to slip up which they did yesterday against Liverpool. Now the issue that plagues arsenal which i think is vital if they have any realistic chances of winning the premier league or any other trophy for that matter is that arsenal unlike their rivals Chelsea and city don't really show up or rather win big games they always seem to come out second best or hardly win against the top 6 teams they lost against city in an embarrassing defeat, they drew against chelsea, they drew against everton, and they lost against liverpool. These, are the big games that decide or make a statement if a club is ready to challenge for the title and not only that it gives the lads in the teams confidence which arsenal are lacking now, and yes the players could have performed better yesterday against liverpool, but the truth is very few teams in the premier league or even Europe can win convincingly at anfield in the sublime form Liverpool are now, a draw in anfield yesterday wouldn't have been bad and would have still salvaged some pride for the gunners who can make a case that some key players such as ramsey,walcott and flamini are out. The problem here is wengers failure to make use of this january transfer window, unlike other teams such as united and Chelsea who strengthened their teams and Manchester city in no real need to do so as they have a large array of talent on the bench which is able to make up for some key players absence, a luxury wenger is not afforded and knowing this he still chose not to utilize the market and bring in a defensive midfielder or a striker to provide giroud and podolski with competition, rather he intentionally brought in an injured player in the team who still has some time on the bench before he recover fully and starts playing.

The bolded words below are the remaining competitions arsenal are still in and the one bolded and underlined is the one which i feel is next to impossible for them to win for obvious reasons so that leaves the fa cup and the league which they play liverpool and manchester united next respectively, and with manchester united hoping to prove a point and make use of any little to no existent chances of them entering the top 4 arsenal might not be a bad place to come giving that manchester united have a good history against arsenal and one the first fixture against them which to be fair doesnt count for much as we saw yesterday against liverpool as arsenal beat them 2-0 at home, then you have the fa cup where arsenal play liverpool again and should they win that they also have other top side teams to face before getting to the final, talk-less off winning the trophy, so the question i pose unto you guys now is that do you think arsenal can end thier 9 years trophy wait this season?

FA Cup
UCL
Premier league

 

[reizon]

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[Sendai Aka No Ou]

Arsenal are number one.

 

[SasoriOfTheRedSaand]

As an Arsenal fan, no. We're not winning anything, and Wenger has his lack of spending during the January transfer window to blame. Giroud is decent at best, and as a side looking to win a trophy he isn't going to cut the bill. He's nowhere near clinical enough. Our replacement striker is Bendtner... Bendtner. Besides that, with injury sidelining Walcott for the remainder of the season, Wenger should of known better. Chambo is good, but not PL winning side good. The piss take of all this is Arsenal is one of the richest clubs in the world, yet we're so stingy it's unbelievable. Ozil has also been disappointingly sub-par.

 

[Pesh]

Arsenal will be having a tough month and they were psychologically crushed yesterday. If Arsene finds a way to motivate his players after the loss, maybe they could keep the second place (only because City are incapable of getting all the points against smaller teams). But I really doubt they can win the league, I don't think Jose will let it slip out of his hands this season; he'd want to proove himself to certain person who didn't chose him as his successor.

P.S. And what the **** was Arsene thinking when he go an injured player x.x

As an Arsenal fan, no. We're not winning anything, and Wenger has his lack of spending during the January transfer window to blame. Giroud is decent at best, and as a side looking to win a trophy he isn't going to cut the bill. He's nowhere near clinical enough. Our replacement striker is Bendtner... Bendtner. Besides that, with injury sidelining Walcott for the remainder of the season, Wenger should of known better. Chambo is good, but not PL winning side good. The piss take of all this is Arsenal is one of the richest clubs in the world, yet we're so stingy it's unbelievable. Ozil has also been disappointingly sub-par.

Hey, hey, there's always Källström!

 

[Luther]

As an Arsenal fan, no. We're not winning anything, and Wenger has his lack of spending during the January transfer window to blame. Giroud is decent at best, and as a side looking to win a trophy he isn't going to cut the bill. He's nowhere near clinical enough. Our replacement striker is Bendtner... Bendtner. Besides that, with injury sidelining Walcott for the remainder of the season, Wenger should of known better. Chambo is good, but not PL winning side good. The piss take of all this is Arsenal is one of the richest clubs in the world, yet we're so stingy it's unbelievable. Ozil has also been disappointingly sub-par.

Yes arsenal doesn't really have any standout player at the moment that they can depend on which is something essential that all top teams require look at aguero for city,mata for united,hazard for chelsea and suarez and sturrdige for liverpool. Ramsey is injured which could have lifted the burden and responsibility off the strikers as he assists and scores too but wenger knew this and did not act. Ozil is who has disappointed me the most his performance for the last two or three games has been criticized and the match against Liverpool his performances was dismal he gave the ball away and couldn't make accurate and precise passes which is something he does with ease on a good day.

Arsenal will be having a tough month and they were psychologically crushed yesterday. If Arsene finds a way to motivate his players after the loss, maybe they could keep the second place (only because City are incapable of getting all the points against smaller teams). But I really doubt they can win the league, I don't think Jose will let it slip out of his hands this season; he'd want to proove himself to certain person who didn't chose him as his successor.

P.S. And what the **** was Arsene thinking when he loaned an injured player x.x




Hey, hey, there's always Källström!

Yes right from time football analyst and bookmakers predicted arsenal would come third behind city and Chelsea and it sadly for arsenal fans that might be the case here, also arsenal have a tough list of fixtures ahead facing united,liverpool, and bayern munich and losing such a huge match will deal a physiological blow to the team, so yes the job falls on wenger now to pick his team up and motivate them and prepare them for the next match against united which is essential they win so as to keep their title hopes alive and not only pressure chelsea at the top but to give the lads a boost in their confidence.

 

[Baldy]

Unfortunately, I don't think this season will be their season. Probably the next.

While Arsenal have been mostly consistent this season, I think their failure to show up in the big games pretty much show that they're not ready just yet. They lack the confidence and the composure to show up on the big occasions. To be the champions, they need to be able to win against top opposition.

From their performance against Liverpool, and earlier on, Manchester City, I can safely say that they're simply not ready yet. Their midfield(a supposed area of strength for them) looked completely inferior to Liverpool's. Arguably, one could say that Arsenal were without Ramsey during that game, but either way, Arsenal should have handled themselves better than they did even without a key player. They could barely make a pass with Liverpool's vibrant pressing game. They looked sluggish and if they want to win against top class opposition, they cannot afford to play with such a low level of energy.

And, not to mention, their defense was arguably as bad as their midfield that day. Letting in 5 goals against Liverpool, and 6 against Man C?

Of course, if they can put together a strong showing against Man U(win by at least a 2 goal margin), things could change, but I struggle to see if they can possibly bounce back from such a horrendous performance.

 

[Luther]

Unfortunately, I don't think this season will be their season. Probably the next.

While Arsenal have been mostly consistent this season, I think their failure to show up in the big games pretty much show that they're not ready just yet. They lack the confidence and the composure to show up on the big occasions. To be the champions, they need to be able to win against top opposition.

From their performance against Liverpool, and earlier on, Manchester City, I can safely say that they're simply not ready yet. Their midfield(a supposed area of strength for them) looked completely inferior to Liverpool's. Arguably, one could say that Arsenal were without Ramsey during that game, but either way, Arsenal should have handled themselves better than they did even without a key player. They could barely make a pass with Liverpool's vibrant pressing game. They looked sluggish and if they want to win against top class opposition, they cannot afford to play with such a low level of energy.

And, not to mention, their defense was arguably as bad as their midfield that day. Letting in 5 goals against Liverpool, and 6 against Man C?

Of course, if they can put together a strong showing against Man U(win by at least a 2 goal margin), things could change, but I struggle to see if they can possibly bounce back from such a horrendous performance.

Didn't they say last season was theirs? ._.

To be fair to arsenal, everton a side that has lost less that 6 games in the whole season and has won against united and has played strongly through out this season and have creative players were humbled by liverpool, but the differences is that everton don't expect to win the league they have their sights set on top 4 and arsenal shouldn't have the same results as them but they did, one thing that i think played a huge role in that arsenals loss was flamini suspension and ozil disappointing performance, arteta is not a bad player dont get me wrong but his not as good as holding the midfield and defending as flamini and ozil who makes brilliant passes and keeps the ball and create chances didn't show up which didn't help the arsenal team. Yeah the only way out of this is with a quick response and in my opinion that can only be achieved if they win united.

 

[Baldy]

Didn't they say last season was theirs? ._.

To be fair to arsenal, everton a side that has lost less that 6 games in the whole season and has won against united and has played strongly through out this season and have creative players were humbled by liverpool, but the differences is that everton don't expect to win the league they have their sights set on top 4 and arsenal shouldn't have the same results as them but they did, one thing that i think played a huge role in that arsenals loss was flamini suspension and ozil disappointing performance, arteta is not a bad player dont get me wrong but his not as good as holding the midfield and defending as flamini and ozil who makes brilliant passes and keeps the ball and create chances didn't show up which didn't help the arsenal team. Yeah the only way out of this is with a quick response and in my opinion that can only be achieved if they win united.

SASAS is possibly the strongest strikeforce in the EPL, at least, in my opinion. Despite that, I was still shocked when they put 5 goals past Arsenal and 4 past Everton(both having extremely mean defenses). Imo, on their day, nobody can stop Liverpool's offense unless they're able to win the midfield battle and dominate there.

If you looked at the game, Liverpool actually played a very smart pressing game and chased the person on the ball all the time. They played with evident effervescence - it seemed as though they had 11 Ramsey's playing. I think it was a crucial factor which led to the victory, and thrashing. The Arsenal midfield were forced into making sloppy back passes. Liverpool forced Arsenal out of their comfort zone and I think that played a crucial part in their victory. They also played a very fast-paced offensive game which revolved around getting forward quickly as far as I could see. Arsenal were too slow going back - it was very often SASAS vs Koscielny and Mertesacker. They got dispossessed far too often in the middle third. So while we can criticize Arsenal's sloppy play, we can also commend Liverpool for their wonderful gameplan.

In my opinion, for Arteta to be effective, he needs a player like Ramsey beside him, who can compensate for his lack of pace and stamina. Wilshere simply doesn't commit defensively unlike Ramsey and often leaves Arteta alone, and Arteta CANNOT deal with several fast players running at him like Suarez. He isn't a 'defensive anchor' type player so you can't really expect him to do so. Against top class opposition who constantly play a pressing game, Wilshere and Arteta get dispossessed far too often. Flamini and Arteta together also wouldn't work since they're both too defensive - and as demonstrated in the game against Southampton(I think), it simply doesn't click.

In all honesty, I'm inclined to question Ozil's ability to perform in the big games, and against opposition who afford him little space to work his 'magic', as one would say. Ozil has flourished mainly against lower class opposition, who guard him as loosely as La Liga sides. I think Ozil still needs time to adjust to the faster pace and more physical side of the game and to adapt his game to still be effective with little space and time. It's only a matter of time, though, I believe.

 

[-Hatake-]

soccer sucks. that is all.

*Football.

I don't think that Arsenal can win the title, as much as I want them too. Arsenal honestly need to win a title, it's been far too long. Ramsey needs to get back as soon as possible, and Ozil needs to stop being lazy. Ozil is a phenomenal player, but when you give him defensive responsibilities, he's not going to play at his best. Giroud is a good striker, but not world class, Wenger needed to make a move in the January transfer window and didn't, which may end up being their downfall. They've got a tough couple of fixtures ahead, they just need to get over this loss, and focus on not dropping points, and hoping that chelsea and man city slip up along the way,

 

[Luther]

SASAS is possibly the strongest strikeforce in the EPL, at least, in my opinion. Despite that, I was still shocked when they put 5 goals past Arsenal and 4 past Everton(both having extremely mean defenses). Imo, on their day, nobody can stop Liverpool's offense unless they're able to win the midfield battle and dominate there.

If you looked at the game, Liverpool actually played a very smart pressing game and chased the person on the ball all the time. They played with evident effervescence - it seemed as though they had 11 Ramsey's playing. I think it was a crucial factor which led to the victory, and thrashing. The Arsenal midfield were forced into making sloppy back passes. Liverpool forced Arsenal out of their comfort zone and I think that played a crucial part in their victory. They also played a very fast-paced offensive game which revolved around getting forward quickly as far as I could see. Arsenal were too slow going back - it was very often SASAS vs Koscielny and Mertesacker. They got dispossessed far too often in the middle third. So while we can criticize Arsenal's sloppy play, we can also commend Liverpool for their wonderful gameplan.

In my opinion, for Arteta to be effective, he needs a player like Ramsey beside him, who can compensate for his lack of pace and stamina. Wilshere simply doesn't commit defensively unlike Ramsey and often leaves Arteta alone, and Arteta CANNOT deal with several fast players running at him like Suarez. He isn't a 'defensive anchor' type player so you can't really expect him to do so. Against top class opposition who constantly play a pressing game, Wilshere and Arteta get dispossessed far too often. Flamini and Arteta together also wouldn't work since they're both too defensive - and as demonstrated in the game against Southampton(I think), it simply doesn't click.

In all honesty, I'm inclined to question Ozil's ability to perform in the big games, and against opposition who afford him little space to work his 'magic', as one would say. Ozil has flourished mainly against lower class opposition, who guard him as loosely as La Liga sides. I think Ozil still needs time to adjust to the faster pace and more physical side of the game and to adapt his game to still be effective with little space and time. It's only a matter of time, though, I believe.

Don't get me wrong im not trying to take it away from liverpool as their performance was superb but arsenal too lent a helping hand. Yeah arteta is not the most qualified player in that position and ramsey was injured so why didn't wenger buy someone? oh wait, lol he did but he got injured kallstrom is a good midfielder tall and strong lad so i hope he can add quality to this arsenal side who are lacking it at the moment.

 

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

Did Wenger/ 4rsenal fans actually think they can win PL/UCL this season ? i mean they don't give a flying **** about the capital one cup and the only reason why they are still in FA cup is because they are up against spurs in the previous match which is a match that they'll never let go.......

so they definitely aiming for the big prize instead of focusing to end their trophy-less era, its all decided in the summer when Wenger refuse to pay 50M for Suarez and in the end he panicked sign Ozil from Madrid and act like a winner in the transfer window.

Ozil is a big match flop and the rest as they is history...........

 

[SasukeTheEmo]

lol hell no.
The title is between City and Chelsea.

Arsenal don't have a quality centre forward and are still lightweight in midfield. Ozil drifts out of games and the rest of the midfield hardly sends fear to other teams.

 

[~Shadowhunter Princess~]

I don't think Arsenal is going to end their trophy wait this season.

They don't have the players needed to do that and Ozil (who's supposed to be world-class) hardly shows up in the big games.

Maybe a change in manager is needed because I don't know how the owners can be satisfied with a 9 year trophy drought.