I honestly feel Arsenal progressed even its a bit,Dont forget the likes of mancity,man utd and liverpool despite all the money those clubs spent,it shows spending doesnt gaurantee if not well spent...

This season we have so many options on the bench which even looks better than wengers first11..

The case of bellerin over debuchy,coq over flam and arterta, carzola over ozil at some point in time,ospina, monreal and welbeck making giroud adjust along the line..

My fear with wenger is his inabilty to rotate,play players on thier best position and favouritism

I am not pleased with his idea of crowding the mieldfied and wings with CMs just to accimodate his favourites,he should drop whoever isnt perfoming and play pacy wingers, change style and team according to the opposition team.

This will enable everyone fight for starting place and reduce fatigue and injuries.

Possible line up vs Aston Villa

........................ Szceszny.........................
Bellerin..... Per........ Kosch.... Monreal
............. Ramsey..... Coquelin..............
Ozil................. Cazorla............ Sanchez
......................... Giroud.............................

Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Wilshere, Chambo, Walcot.

Ramsey gets the nod ahead of Wilshere, Monreal ahead of Gibbs, Walcot will get his chance from the bench, Chambo and Arteta on stand by, not sure if Debuchy will be listed.

proudlysports:


Perhaps we have different understanding of what the word 'struggle' means.

For me, when we were 6th or 7th and were hoping Spurs dropped points some seasons ago, that's struggling. Even though we crashed badly last season, I wouldn't call it struggle to finish fourth. Anyways, that's a distraction. The topic on ground is if we progressed from last season or not.

@sod09
We can't have "at least 3 players" in one position. I am not sure we are allowed to register that amount of players in a season. In the area of injuries, despite the injuries to some key players, I think our medical team did well (maybe due to the addition of Shad Forsythe). We had players return from injury long before the due date unlike in previous seasons. There's room for improvement but we can give the medical team benefit of doubt based on the current season's performance.

For me I think we just need to improve on our performance against the Stoke/Swansea of this world. If we can keep Theo and Chamberlain fit (or bring in an additional player with similar style of play) and MAYBE bring in a DM (it will be unhealthy to try and play Coquelin in every game) and GK, we should be fine.

hmm...alright, wat more can i say. Struggle?? Progress??. Well lets win fa cup fest.

sod09:
Madrid got replacement for Ramos and modric....its can't be effective as dose but day got d result.
As for man city day didn't av replacement for Silva and toure dats y day not constitent
Now u claimed arsenal got replacement for Walcott as the ox....wat happened wen both were injured
Let's start from d defense, d only position we complete is right back .......midfield we almost complete cos of players who can switch but we lack DM
Now attack is our problem, even henry said giroud and welbeck can't give us d title
Wenger knows DAT but he's interested in gambling
Mourinho saw his problem wen he came back and bought cesc and Costa
Costa did his job, even though he was injured half second of d season
Can u tell me giroud or welbeck is as effective in goal as Costa
My over all point is d man has lost it....we can't win d EPL or UCL under him......my opinion though

got what result??. A team that lost to bilbao, athletico and so on. A team that top barca with 4 to 5 pts, that barca came, equaled and overtook them. There was no worthy replacement 4 james and modric in that team. Aside isco no one really up the tempo 4rm the bench.
Now lets discuss arsenal....if u read my post well u would see that i agree we were stocked in dnf and striking department. Now lets proceed back to the positions.
Lb- monreal, gibbs
Cb- kos, per, chambers and gab
Attack(not striking)- ox, alexis, welbeck, theo.
So u see, apart 4rm striking and dmf(didnt call flamini cos he is past his best, arteta is acceptable) all other places has atleast 2 complete player in each position not 4getting varieties like rossay, ramsey and others who can play in diff positions. Now look at all those top teams, forget their fest eleven and check their bench weda dey have quality which can enta the field of play. Sorry 4d late reply o

Spy360:
Possible line up vs Aston Villa
........................ Szceszny.........................
Bellerin..... Per........ Kosch.... Monreal
............. Ramsey..... Coquelin..............
Ozil................. Cazorla............ Sanchez
......................... Giroud.............................
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Wilshere, Chambo, Walcot.
Ramsey gets the nod ahead of Wilshere, Monreal ahead of Gibbs, Walcot will get his chance from the bench, Chambo and Arteta on stand by, not sure if Debuchy will be listed.

Szczesny's father has been saying stuff one day to the FA Cup final. Even though Szczesny has come out to distance himself from his father's outburst, we wait to see if it will affect his chances of starting tomorrow. I for one I'm surprised AW didn't start him in our last game against Brom as preparation for FA Cup final.

My possible line up is same as yours except maybe Ospina will be in goal and Jack will start ahead of Ramsey

proudlysports:


Szczesny's father has been saying stuff one day to the FA Cup final. Even though Szczesny has come out to distance himself from his father's outburst, we wait to see if it will affect his chances of starting tomorrow. I for one I'm surprised AW didn't start him in our last game against Brom as preparation for FA Cup final.

My possible line up is same as yours except maybe Ospina will be in goal and Jack will start ahead of Ramsey

Yea, it is hard to choose between Jack and Rambo especially after the last game, but I thought Ram gives a more consistent performance and has spent more time in the midfield trio with Ozil and Cazorla. Any will do for me though.

jodeer:
got what result??. A team that lost to bilbao, athletico and so on. A team that top barca with 4 to 5 pts, that barca came, equaled and overtook them. There was no worthy replacement 4 james and modric in that team. Aside isco no one really up the tempo 4rm the bench.
Now lets discuss arsenal....if u read my post well u would see that i agree we were stocked in dnf and striking department. Now lets proceed back to the positions.
Lb- monreal, gibbs
Cb- kos, per, chambers and gab
Attack(not striking)- ox, alexis, welbeck, theo.
So u see, apart 4rm striking and dmf(didnt call flamini cos he is past his best, arteta is acceptable) all other places has atleast 2 complete player in each position not 4getting varieties like rossay, ramsey and others who can play in diff positions. Now look at all those top teams, forget their fest eleven and check their bench weda dey have quality which can enta the field of play. Sorry 4d late reply o

if we really av d quality on bench as u mentioned we shdnt be struggling for result na, don't u think so
Against Swansea for example, we played them but couldn't score...day won us eventually, cos we didn't try harder....Wenger did substitutions DAT day but non made impact..
I still maintain d fact DAT we can't win EPL of UCL under Wenger again
I pray and hope we get d f.a today sha

We need to av a good start against mourinho come aug

sod09:
if we really av d quality on bench as u mentioned we shdnt be struggling for result na, don't u think so
Against Swansea for example, we played them but couldn't score...day won us eventually, cos we didn't try harder....Wenger did substitutions DAT day but non made impact..
I still maintain d fact DAT we can't win EPL of UCL under Wenger again
I pray and hope we get d f.a today sha

We need to av a good start against mourinho come aug

the match against swansea isnt down to wenger's tactical ineptness but the player's inability to convert. Did u see the open chances we created? That's wengers doing. Did u see d misses almost all our fowarders missed, making fabianski looking like WC??, thats d player's doing. If we buy d right signings i.e str, dmf. then epl am certain we can win it under wenger, BUT UCL under wenger, dats were i will agree with u. Lets just give him d chance as fans, btw, he aint going anywhere.

Enough of the argument already. Today is #FACupFinal

abeg what time is the f.a cup final?(Nigerian time o) because I saw 3pm some where, 5.30 pm in another place

ajasa4link:
abeg what time is the f.a cup final?(Nigerian time o) because I saw 3pm some where, 5.30 pm in another place

All correct

Build up to the Final is 3pm. Kickoff is 5:30

IamDejman:
All correct
Build up to the Final is 3pm. Kickoff is 5:30

OK,tnx

sod09:
sincerely speaking I never attacked d players we av....except welbeck cos I better pass am
I concentrate on arsene
Or u can show me d post.....

the bolded is like blaming the teacher exclusively for his students failure.

better than Welbeck?
cool, eyimba dey find striker

proudlysports:
We struggled to finish fourth last season? A season we were 1st for about 14 weeks? A season we were top of the table as at week 25?

Yeah we managed to finish fourth after dropping from 1st cos Everton was really after us until dey dropped points

That was very poor.

We improved a lot ds season. Maintained btw 2nd and 3rd.

To all gooners, Debo, naijababe, Muki, slimshay, Kitaun, proudly, and other fairhfuls too numerous to mention,may God give us the day.

Oh to be a gooner!

Walcott over Giroud?...thoughts

Can he handle a big physical Vlaar

The last three facup games arsenal have played in wembley have all been extra time

Good luck Gunners

COYG
Let's get it !!

Spy360:
Possible line up vs Aston Villa

........................ Szceszny.........................
Bellerin..... Per........ Kosch.... Monreal
............. Ramsey..... Coquelin..............
Ozil................. Cazorla............ Sanchez
......................... Giroud.............................

Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Wilshere, Chambo, Walcot.

Ramsey gets the nod ahead of Wilshere, Monreal ahead of Gibbs, Walcot will get his chance from the bench, Chambo and Arteta on stand by, not sure if Debuchy will be listed.

10/11, 17/18
A1

Walcot starts ahead of Giroud, Flamini takes Arteta's place on the bench.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott. Subs: Gibbs, Gabriel, Wilshere, Giroud, Ospina, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Flamini.

Theo! Theo! Theo!

COYG!

Time don reach o

Walcott is totally off pace and I was about to request an early change before he banged. Common Theo, prove me wrong again.

Super strike with his weak foot

Wenger's choice seems to have paid off

pickabeau1:
Super strike with his weak foot

Wenger's choice seems to have paid off

Cough cough cough @Wenger's choice

skentelelady:


Cough cough cough @Wenger's choice

Yes.....why r u coughing Na

Mert.....3 nil

pickabeau1:



Yes.....why r u coughing Na

Mert.....3 nil

Your words should start changing against our dear Wenger

skentelelady:




Your words should start changing against our dear Wenger

Hmmm....

Fingers crossed then

We're champions 4-0

Sweet victory!

FA CUP Kings!

Well played. Shout out to ozil carzola and Sanchez...

That Sanchez goal was a BELTER!

Walai next season ma bånging!!

Even our usual enemies are no where to be found.

Esu pofo!

Congratulations to Wenger with 6 fa cups

Arsenal with 12