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20 Mar 2018 12:48:07
I am truly worried if Wenger stays on as the squad is weak numerically and talent-wise.
We could easily lose:
Wilshere, Mertesacker and Cazorla - Contracts expire this summer
Ramsey, Welbeck and Ospina - Contracts have a year to go, so renew or sell.
Bellerin - Noise about possible transfer growing.
Will also be a problem if Wenger is replaced this summer as the new manager may have to convince players to stay and bring in something like 5-8 players, which is extremely difficult.

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20 Mar 2018 13:39:07
My guess is if we get a new manager we might not see fantastic improvement in our league position for a couple of seasons 5th or maybe 4th place if we are lucky simply due to the quality of competition for the top 4 places but I think we can be more optomisic of seeing an big upturn in organisation commitment passion in every game we play and that alone will be enough to get us all on side with the new manager for a while.
When we were young RG there were two prizes on offer domesticly each season league winners and fa cup winners, runners up in either was nothing to celebrate.
Then 2nd place in the league became as if not more important than the cup and as the champions league money grew 3rd and 4th place replaced both cups in importance as champions league inclusion became king.
The title is still the big one that ultimately everyone wants but top.4 is almost imperative for any Chelsea Liverpool Utd City or Spurs manager to last long which is going to make it tougher than ever for us to get back into it again.
Who ever is Arsenal manager next season is going to struggle to make it into the top 4 realistically the only chioce we have is do we go one more season and a little further behind under Arsene next season or do we start our attempted come back under a new manager this coming summer under or put it off a bit longer.
There is no garentee things will go well with new manager but I think most people now accept we are garenteed to continue to decline without one.

20 Mar 2018 16:15:00
I still can’t get my head round the fact that the champions league is called the champions league. If my memory serves me correctly the first time united won the CL under SAF was on the back of a second place league possition and the next year was the first year to allow teams other than champions (sure Ed’s will correct if I’m wrong ) now it’s the champions and also also also rans league 😂.

20 Mar 2018 16:54:54
He might want to promote young players like Eddie, willock and nelson. We also have Jeff out on loan. They can fill some of the gaps. I guess we don't know until arsene decides what he's doing.

20 Mar 2018 17:31:21
Totally agree Sanogo mate I've always thought it was a crazy title for it, they called it the European cup when it was for champions only and then champions league when it was a free for all who couldn't quite win their own league.
Now it's the be all and end all for all big clubs.
Fa cup and 5th or 4th and no silverware ( that everyone can see that is :-) ?
Most fans would take 4th place and champions league football over winning the cup and europa league entry now days mate.
Spurs and Liverpool fans are happy with champions league top 4 for now but both Poch and Klopp will need to be compete for titles within the next 2 to 3 seasons to stop the fans getting restless. Fans of both clubs are desperate to win their first premier league title and top 4 will only be enough short term although I'm sure a champions league win for either would by them more time :-)

20 Mar 2018 19:22:17
Is Arsene deciding this time 54? Or is it a. case of Arsene sinply seeing out his contract unless the club decide otherwise.
From what I undestand Arsene is not only happy to but fully intends to be our manager next season.

20 Mar 2018 19:53:06
It should be up to the club but we know if arsene wants to stay then he will. I don't think we will sack him. I hope he walks at the end of the season so we can start to rebuild.

20 Mar 2018 20:33:46
I think a better format would be the winners of the league and main cup in all the top countries going through to a champs league as they are champs along with the winner of the previous Europa lge that would give creadablity to the competition and make the Europa lge and fa cup great comps also.

20 Mar 2018 21:00:40
So top 4 is a Trophy now 😉

Looking to 4 years in the wilderness unless the board change attitude to what they expect, invest and set the tone. This impacts expectations for the manager and players. It starts with the board - get it right at the top.

20 Mar 2018 21:32:37
I think rewarding the fa cup winners with an automatic champions league spot would be brilliant spanner, we would instantly see all teams fielding their strongest 11 again.
I'd also give automatic qualification to the English side that went the furthest in the Europa league ( if two teams finished equal say both losing in the semi final let them play off for the champions league place) plus have premier league runners up as our final entry who went into the qualifying stages of the champions league.
This would allow a well worth having europa league spot for 3rd 4th 5th place teams plus the league cup winners.
All completions would instantly rise in prestige as the premier league winners title would become even more valuable than it is already knowing there was no automatic champions league safety net in 2rd or 3rd any more.
Of course none of this will happen but it would be good for the game all round if it did in my opinion.







 

 

 
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