Arsenal’s title chances hit by fixture list horror show!
Arsene Wenger has always considered that Arsenal are most vulnerable to dropping points domestically after they have played a strenuous midweek Champions League match, which is why there always seems to be much shuffling of players the following week.
Well this season Arsenal have been handed a huge disadvantage, with nearly every Group Stage match being followed by a crucial Premier League match away from home, while their biggest rivals for the title (including Spurs) have been given simpler tasks all round on the weekends after Champs League games.
I have made a complete list of each team’s fixtures so you can see for yourselves
Man Utd fixtures – Liverpool (H) Sunderland (A) Stoke (A) Wolves (H) Blackburn (H) Arsenal (H)
Tottenham fixtures – Wolves (H) Aston Villa (H) Everton (H) Bolton (A) Liverpool (H) Chelsea (H)
Chelsea fixtures – Blackpool (H) Arsenal (H) Wolves (H) Liverpool (A) Newcastle (A) Tottenham (A)
Now compare those lists with Arsenal’s and you will see exactly what I am talking about:
Arsenal fixtures – Sunderland (A) Chelsea (A) Man City (A) Newcastle (H) Aston Villa (A) Man Utd (A)
Because Arsenal always play their Champions League matches at such a high tempo, they are much more likely to be exhaused afterwards compared to teams like Chelsea, who seem to stroll around the pitch waiting patiently for their chances to come.
Who agrees that this fixture list could have serious consequences for Arsenal’s title chances?
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i tottaly agree…
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God 4 us all. ARSENAL 4 LYFE
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I agree but I think we have more depth this year and more desire. I am looking forward to saturdays game which will in my opinion is our first big test.
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O U C H ! ! ! !
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Interesting that both Spuds and Chelski are playing each other at home on the same day…
(Fixed – sorry about that! ADMIN)
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Stop complaining you dick, we havent even plyed three games yet and you already making excuses, what a waste of a read
(Someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning???? ADMIN)
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“Interesting that both Spuds and Chelski are playing each other at home on the same day……mate, u may want to check the list for other errors.”
Ouch!
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A passing comment – I think we play more relaxed football away from home when it is the home sides agenda to make the attacking part of the game and we can then counter, which we do with good effect. If we don’t get a new keeper it really does not matter who or where we play.
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all the more reason that we needed acouple of big name players to strengthen the fragile squad we have and won’t address
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Surely if we stand any chance of competing with the biggest and best clubs on all fronts we have to take this sort of thing in outr stride.
i know i’m as bad as everyone else, but the arsenal seem to have developed the most enormous chip on our shoulders, we’re so interested in finding reasons why we can’t win anything these days, we’ve lost sigyt of what we are. we are the Arsenal, people should shit themselves when we turn up, home or away.
time to start getting a little more positive i think.
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I agree that these fixtures are not quite favorable but there can be a way out – given our depth this season. It is a good thing that our squad oozes with quality players. When we have away champions league fixtures, we should reserve our more physical players for the premiership games. We should use Eboue instead of Walcott and one of our central defenders that can play defensive midfield along with Song and Gibbs on the left wing for the premiership games. This is necessary because the premiership is more physical than the champions league games. Arshavin, Walcott, Vela, Nasri an Wilshire should play the CL games and be on the bench for the Premiership games following.
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What’s the point of complaining? Just get on with it and show the true mark of winners! I repeat, this is the last season for excuses as we have more matured, better quality players in depth. I am not happy you brought up this comparison as it could prepare in the minds of players and the manger what excuses they can now make when the fail again. Please write on the positives or put your pen firmly locked in your closet!
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Errr………..have you seen the teams we have drawn in the champs league. Don’t think our players will be running around too long before they can relax at 2 – 0 up.
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Arsenal In this Season No reason to win at least one trophy(Preamer leage or champions leage or FA cup)
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The 30-Years French Man Signing For Arsenal It is Very Good News
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man in CL we are playing against shaktar,braga and partizan ..wtf
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when the going gets tough, ze tough gets going.
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arsene wenger should leave out a dozen off good playerss
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I have seen Braga in the 2 games against sevilla and they tore them apart home and away scoring 5 goals,also they have a good defence,they are very dangerous!!
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i think this will hatm our title chances but fortunatly our group is fairly easy so wenger will be able to rest players before more crucial matches
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yep champs group should br wrapped up early as long as eduardo doesn’t go on a scoring spree against us!
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it wont affect as v gt a i cn say easy champ.league draw,n i knw dis season v vl survive frm dis also,jst wanna a 1 nw defender n it wl b tremandous 4 us.c’mon gunners!
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don’t agree, sorry mate. we’ve got a relatively easy group to qualify in.SHAKTAR, BRAGA and PARTIZAN for f***s sake.
i wouldn’t worry to much about them. but i do agree that we NEED to win against the four this season.
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well…i tink tad Arsenal is placed in a vry simple grp…Chelsea according 2 me vl b d mst difficlt of d fixtures…n by d time v reach old trafford ( tad is b4 d 6th match day of champions league) i guess d Gunners wuld hav qualified fr d knock-out stage
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we’ll beat um all.
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Well, let’s hope Bendtner, Vela, and Chamakh are good enough by themselves to win either in the CL or against these big English clubs.
Now that we have cover in the back and we’ve always had a deep midfield I still worry for the front line, not that Arsenal doesn’t have enough bodies, but is there enough quality in Vela and Bendtner to carry the load.
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Come on guys! Lets not 4get sometyn. WE ARE THE ARSENAL! We have Fabregas,Van Persie,Arshavin,Chamakh,A Song,Vermalen,Walcott,Vela,And evn Nasri (by then). We’ve all seen what these boys can do! Havn’t we?! Evn Diaby can be a handful when playing at his best not to talk of Denilson,even Wilshere,Eboue, or OMG! Rosicky! U knw wat i’m talking about! We need dat belief,the INNER STRENGTH,THE COURAGE! WE ARE THE ARSENAL!!!
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holy crap there must be some kind of hidden conspiracy or something here!! they’re trying to keep arsenal from winning the title! this must be the work of the CIA lol
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@stan hahahahahahaahahahahaha lmao u retard, btw we should qualıfy usıng only our resevers thats how good we are and use starters ın prem
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I don’t think that we a hard group at all. if anything i feel at home we should try to play a weaker team in the champions league. Then go all guns blazing in EPL. Come on the Arsenal.
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B4 d start of d season, i thought rosicky sud b sold, but hey, he d best so far, sorry bout that rosicky, u d man, just stay out of harms way n show d world wat ur made of.
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Utd and Spurs have been quiet in the transfer market. I guess we see where they have decided to put their money this year!
Spurs must really be splashing the cash! No calls on handballs in CL, Stoke’s non-goal last weekend plus this fixture list. Ol’ ‘Arry must be smarter than we thought.
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The teams in Arsenal’s Group Stage are not too strong, so if Wenger can put some “second choice” players in the squad in Champions League, I think that it is no problem. Wenger should give players in the first team more break and provide more changes for young players like Wilshere, Gibbs, Vela, Bendtner, Ramsey to play in Premiere League and Champions League instead of only using them for League Cup.
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@trint. How can u say that ol arry fixed spuds matches.
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If you want to win trophies, eventually you have to beat good teams.
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Spurs managed to hold last season, when it was the last games.
Why shouldnt we be able to do it?
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cmon dont forget that our group is easy but dont get to excited becoz braga outclassed sevilla and shakhtar so walk in tha park
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