We'll beat Lincoln, don't worry. It's the Semis that rattle my bones.
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Premier League 2016/17 season
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We'll beat Lincoln, don't worry. It's the Semis that rattle my bones.
Tosker
Does Not Hate Foreigners
Both semis look like being massive
rich 1990
Not A Big Believer In Diversity
Yeah, think we'll cum up short.
Notorious Big
Drunka In Friend Zone
Waiting for matches against Sparta Prague,AZ,Braga,Gent,PFC Slavia Sofia next season.
Preacher
Always Crying
Problem is that I don't see many weaker opponents left considering our struggles at places like Mordor, St. Mary's, The Hawthorns. Leicester came to life. Middleborough is very good defensive team, we had trouble with them this season already.
Leicester(H)
WBA(A)
Manchester City(H)
West Ham(H)
Crystal Palace(A)
Middleborough(A)
Sunderland(H)
Sp**s(A)
Manchester United(H)
Stoke(A)
Everton(H)
Southampton(A)
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CHOPS
Active Member
Think we should cope with Middlesboro lol!
CHOPS
Active Member
No nor am I hence the question mark but the way things are going with this mystery bug that's now hit three more of the squad we'll be hitting the headlines Sunday with more embarrassment to the club.
Notorious Big
Drunka In Friend Zone
Wow,almost every team needs to play for something.Boro,Palace,Leicester all fight for staying in league.City,Utd and Sp**s for top 4.Stoke and Southampton loool.WBA and Everton very tricky games.Only Sunderland and West Ham look quite easy.
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
Yeh I'm not worried really. I think it will be a comfortable win.
CHOPS
Active Member
There's definately no easy games now in the EPL too much at stake think we'll struggle for a top four place there's so much unrest in the dressing room
Notorious Big
Drunka In Friend Zone
Confidence and momentum has gone now.I don't think that we'll be in top 4.If we don't win Fa cup this will be our worst season under Wenger.
CHOPS
Active Member
I agree on both counts it's hard to believe the media in any form either good or bad press,we'll just have to see if it carries on the pitch.
Personally I think that a season or two out of Europe will do us good,in the time I've been watching them they've never looked like winning the Champions League/European Cup even when we had great teams the club needs a complete overhaul from the Board down to the programme seller we've become a laughing stock.
Preacher
Always Crying
Arsenal players will lose bonuses worth millions if they fail to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1997.
Arsène Wenger's side are fifth, five points behind Liverpool in fourth, with two games in hand.
It is also understood some players could be forced to accept pay cuts if Arsenal miss out on Europe's elite club competition.
Missing out on the Champions League can cost a club millions. Last season Arsenal received £46.7million from UEFA for reaching the round of 16.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4314220/Arsenal-stars-face-losing-bonuses-worth-millions.html
Arsène Wenger's side are fifth, five points behind Liverpool in fourth, with two games in hand.
It is also understood some players could be forced to accept pay cuts if Arsenal miss out on Europe's elite club competition.
Missing out on the Champions League can cost a club millions. Last season Arsenal received £46.7million from UEFA for reaching the round of 16.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4314220/Arsenal-stars-face-losing-bonuses-worth-millions.html
Hunter Zolomon
Well-Known Member
i guess not spending a couple extra millions to invest in the squad was a poor long term investment.
Country: Scotland
Hardly the worst thing that can happen to us.
When you start being a club that makes up the numbers rather than being a potential contender, even an outside contender, the CL loses its allure.
R
=reed=
Guest
Of course the club will lose money, but I think Europa League is great for Arsenal as we're ultimate flat-track bullies, maybe we'll set a new record for the most scored goals!
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GoonerBoy19
Well-Known Member
From business perspective yes, we will loose quite a bit if we don't qualify for CL. Also we wouldn't be able to attract top bracket of players without giving them monster contracts, something which we never do.
However this will be a plus for our younger players as they will get game time against unknown european sides. I would prefer that over playing mediocre players against Barca/Bayern and get embarrassed.
However this will be a plus for our younger players as they will get game time against unknown european sides. I would prefer that over playing mediocre players against Barca/Bayern and get embarrassed.
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
Its about that time of our season where we start to deliver again. I can see us going on a run here and putting together some good convincing performances.
When we start to threaten the bare necessities, its when we start to become pragmatic and deal with the basics.
Still relatively confident we finish 3rd/4th this year.
Preacher
Always Crying
Yeah, I agree. This is usually the case. We are very good at this.
However considering atmosphere around the club and inside the Emirates, questions marks on Wenger's, his staff and key players futures, I'm no longer so sure. Even spectacular fighting for top 4 won't re-engage a large portion of our fans
I'd say 7 wins, 3 draws, 1 defeat which should take us to 74 points - getting into the top 4 with that amount of points will be really tough.
