Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 378. (Read 57265 times)

Hold on right there, eliminating Real Madrid?    I think it is way too much. We watched Arsenal in the Champions League. What did they do? They weren't good enough like they were in the Premier League, right? Arteta must be prioritizing a PL trophy for a long time so we don't see the same exact performance in the CL. Otherwise they had quite a big potential there too.

Arteta will go for new signings, yeah. It looks like a top striker is the main target now. Nketiah can't be any use for a team aiming big successes. Gabriel Jesus also isn't like in the past unfortunately. 

Honestly, Arsenal as a club has all it takes to win any competition of their choice. They have had a formidable squad since two seasons ago but it is quite unfortunate that they have never made good use of this squad. The major problem with Arsenal is planning and focus. It just have to focus on only the Champions League, focus on only the English Premier League or the FA Cup. What I mean by focusing on one of these cups or titles is the ability of the coach to reserve players for matches in such competition. Play second eleven in other competitions and also communicate to the players that their priority is one particular cup or title. Just do this and win something and the boys will be motivated to do more. I am no longer comfortable with the near success syndrome. Although, ending the EPL as second for 2 consecutive seasons is a good record and achievement.

Arsenal as forwards, but they don't have champions league experience, and I'm convinced that is why they fail whenever they are in the competition. They don't last in the UCL. Artete must address the issue in order to strengthen the team in the UCL next season, because if Arsenal continues to lose in the competition, they will begin to consider how to sack Artete and bring in a new manager, which is why, like Chelsea's president, any clubs that fuck up are sacked and replaced. Even last season, Pochettino tried after the season ended to make Chelsea qualify for the Europa League the next season, But they still sacked him because they spent too much money in transfer windows but didn't achieve anything with him. I believe that is why they told him to leave the team and see how the new coach performs with them, or Chelsea will get the opportunity next season to qualify for the Champions League after the season ends.

If we decide to focus to win all competition then we might lose all because their is no way you can chase two rat and be able to catch even one its not possible. So it will be better for Arsenal to focus more on the Premier League than want to win two trophies at once if it is possible. But for now this is not the time for us to want to win the ucl because I don't think we have that kind of capacity now to win the ucl the resources we have are not that strong, if we deploy more strength to the club. How front is not that strong so we need deployment of attackers. We are having to much criticism from other clubs that arsenal is not doing well, we need to clear them that we are better than them what ever club it as to be, they should expect the trophy to  be ours next season. Eliminating Madrid hmmmm i don't even want us to focus to much on the ucl, we need to clear  Manchester City doubt the fact that they always claim to be the best.

I agree with you. Arsenal first target should be winning Premier League because that will bring a lot more confidence within club and also raise their morale to actually try and win UCL. That's why , next season I do have Arsenal to win Premier League but also reaching at least quarter finals in UCL ( maybe even eliminating Real Madrid ? ) because this club and their players have achieved a level of maturity that can push towards being champions.

Arteta also knows how to keep his players in full focused mode and I'm curious after Euro ends , he will make new transfers because there are some young players who could play for Arsenal this season.  

For now, perhaps this is relevant for them, because they are still trying hard to become champions in the domestic league, but this does not mean they will not pursue the Champions League, they also definitely want to achieve achievements in the Champions League. If there is an opportunity then they will try to make the best use of it. Their current form is very good, especially in their last season. In the English League itself, they are very close to being champions, it's just that Manchester City is still better than Arsenal so Manchester City can defend the title for the fourth season in a row.

Their main target is to become champions first in the English League and as they go along they will also do their best in the Champions League. This season they had to be eliminated early in the Champions League and were unable to advance to the higher stages. Arteta will definitely try his best so that next season they can achieve something and that is the title. I think now they have quite good capital in their squad and that is a big hope.

IMO, the mentality of the Gunners players has been sufficiently developed, it has been proven that they are able to consistently compete with City in their domestic league. however, their efforts have not achieved maximum results. It's natural, that's why every club that is building needs a process to reach its highest level. in fact, Arteta is in the project of building foundations and making Arsenal much more competitive, his aim is none other than so that his team's squad is able to always perform optimally every time they face a new competition, especially in the Premier League competition. Currently Arteta is trying to bring in several new arrivals who they will bring in in this transfer window, Arteta and Edu are trying to make Arsenal much more competitive. It seems their goal remains focused on the Premier League, but if Arsenal can go through phase by phase in the Champions League, they will do their best.

Arsenal currently only needs to be consistent and bring in a pure striker who is skilled at scoring goals. thus, Arsenal's game will be much more efficient. I'm pretty sure, at least Arsenal will be one of the teams that becomes an obstacle to other strong teams in the Champions League. for the Premier League, as in the previous season, their target is to break Manchester City's dominance. Regarding mentality, the Gunners' young squad is good enough at least for the Premier League. in the Champions League, will be a new challenge for Arsenal.

Champions league has not really been a target for Arsenal especially in recent times, this could be them considering their form and strength not been good enough to be able to compete in such a very competitive games where they are going to need more then just the form they have currently to maintain a stands in the champions league and the premier league along side, it may get them distracted and they may not be able to achieve either.

They have mostly focused their attention to the premier league probably after which they can consider giving the champions league a good trial too with the hopes of getting a very good attempt at the league title either to win or getting to the finals and have it on record to be one of their best attempts at the champions league in recent times, but under the leadership of arteta, Arsenal have not really had a good attempt at the champion's league in the last few seasons that has just past, except in the the new season ahead, they plan to make up for all other seasons of a poor performance.

A very strong winning mentality that is resilient and ready to take on anything while still maintaining the same mindset is all that Arsenal currently needs from both Arteta and the players too, anything less of this may not give them the push for the kind of results they may be hoping to achieve in the new season both in the champions league and the premier league. Last season wasn't a really bad one for Arsenal in the premier league, but in the champions league they weren't very good either, hopefully they will do better this season.

Arsenal's main target is not the Champions League but the Domestic League, winning the Champions League is a bonus for Arsenal, but Arsenal's game must remain consistent in the Champions League, even though there are many choices that Arsenal will take next season, that doesn't mean they are unable to compete, Arteta must focus  with stamina and mentality that will be built next season.

I will not say that Arsenal is being underrated because they are unlucky, I will rather say that they are underrated because they are not serious when they are shining, they always let that praise enter their heads and cause them to relax. You can see what happened in the EPL again, I predicted that, they had the advantage but they blew it. The same thing happened earlier season too, which is also being replicated in almost exact manner in the UCL. So no matter how people hype or underrate Arsenal as the case may be, I will always keep my neutrality because Arsenal can disappoint me. I know many will attribute enough reasons to this, but for me, I see the club that can't handle the huge ovation with their current team.

But when it comes to the challenges of getting it back after doing it, they will now start a huge battle which is when they show their energies and determination on the field. But most times, it is too late no matter how they try. I can only put it straight to Mikel Arteta and the core players there as a challenge, Arsenal has all it takes to win trophies but what is going on? It is high time to go back to their drawing table and evaluate themselves and how they will stop this from happening again. Being at the knockout stage many times in the UCL does not hand them the glory as some tried to praise them, what gives the true glory that will have the printing on the record is the Trophy.

Isn't Alexander Isak being monitored by Chelse? I don't realize Arsenal is interested in him. He played 5 times in the Champions League iirc, scoring one goal only. Not sure how that will translate to his performance in the next UCL, I guess he's at least tasted the atmosphere of the competition. They need at least three strikers who can excel at difficult moments, maybe with different playstyles to offer strategic flexibility. Better be prepared for the worst scenario when two or three of your strikers not being able to play at the same time.

Probably don't expect much for his first season. At least the fans should lower the target for a bit. It's a bit unfair to demand a UCL in his first season with the new format and all. Qualifying for the knockout phase is realistic IMO. CMIIW.

A new season is approaching slowly and I'm wondering about the performance of 3 teams the most in the CL: Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Mbappe has signed for Real Madrid officially and now they are stronger than ever. It feels like a similar era to the one when they had Ronaldo is going to be back.    They have already been pretty dominant here and after this transfer I can't even imagine what happens. It will be much harder to stop them.

Manchester City always have a potential to win a CL title from now on. They couldn't do it the last time because Ancelotti dealt with the situation very well. But Guardiola's team is always a big threat.

Bayern Munich are unknown for now. Kompany is a new manager so we don't know how much he can handle a big team yet. But if he does it well then I will also see them a serious threat for the title.

Isak is a great striker, I think he would definitely be great for Arsenal, they are going to need some help up front. People always talk about how a team has this position locked or that position great, but you always need more players in positions so that you could have alternatives, and you could always plan for the future as well.

I know that it is not going to end up being all that crazy, we should just consider that Isak would be first option, and Jesus would probably play around him, and sub from the bench during the games as well. That way nobody gets too tired, it would benefit them and it would also mean that the yare going to be able to provide some good competition in all three different places that they will play.

The summer transfer season has started and now clubs can buy quality players if they want and let go of players who are not contributing well for their club. We have noticed Arsenal's finishing line weakness in the last two seasons, if they didn't work on it last season they should at least work on it this season. If they don't focus on strengthening their finishing line this season too, the same thing as the last two seasons can be repeated next season as well.

Arsenal will definitely not want to get close to winning the title next season like last season and get defeated. They can sell the players they currently have at the club who aren't doing very well or who the club doesn't consider very important, and instead of two, they can buy one player who will perform consistently for the team.
A change of plan must be made if they are to fulfill their dreams which they have not been able to do in the last two seasons.

Eliminating too many unnecessary mistakes has to be something Arsenal needs to take seriously, they should work on making sure they are able to reduce the amount of mistakes they make to the least minimum such that bid there be any, it wouldn't be at crucial times such that it's going to affect them in the nearest future when they are going to need the games the most. This was exactly what happened to them lest season, they are a very good team, they are able to do well and still be able to win trophies but they have to be more particular about been accurate with their performance so much that they become timely with what they get as results at every time. Bayern Munich isn't a bad team, they are good in their firm and has been making good results in the bundesliga for a very long time now,  the depth of the Bayern squad is aswell a very fair one and so is the depth of the Arsenal squad too, so personally I see some level of equality in strength and not superiority of one against another, it's basically advantage of Chances that will give one victory over the other if they get to be in a particular fixture at a point in time probably in the champions league.

It seems to me that despite the traditions, Bayern had much bigger problems with the winning mentality last season, but they were able to knock Arsenal out of the Champions League.
Even if Arsenal strengthens and becomes the champion of England next season, this will not be a guarantee that they will advance to the Champions League - a difficult opponent may even end up in the 1/8 finals. Moreover, this often does not depend on the club that performs well and is considered seeded - another top club may experience temporary problems and not take first place in the group. Thus, already in the 1/8 there may be a pair where one of the main favorites of the tournament will be eliminated.

This depends on Arteta in providing motivation because after all in the last 2 seasons it cannot be denied that Arsenal are always good in terms of performance especially at the beginning of the season they play but there are always obstacles they get which actually makes their mentality down again and again so that the end of the season becomes unlucky for them.

Arsenal have quite potential players especially they are still very young, it's just that it's also still quite complicated because after all in the end even though Arsenal are always good but their winning mentality is still very inferior compared to other big clubs both in the Champions League and in domestic competitions.

Arsenal's presence is always expected to be a stumbling block, but as long as Arteta is still unable to bring up a winning mentality for Arsenal, it looks like the results will remain the same without much significant difference.

You know, sometimes it is not about experience players in football. There are times that luck works in these things for Arsenal to lose a match to Bayern Munich. It is not that Bayern Munich are that better than Arsenal, as you are saying. It is obvious that Arsenal are better than Bayern Munich in everything. I can argue this one with you in terms of players, performance, and everything else.

You cannot compare Arsenal to Bayern Munich. I believe that sometimes Arsenal make some wrong move that will affect them, but that doesn’t mean Bayern Munich have more experienced players than them. Arsenal has a good squad with talented players. Arsenal always starts the season with very good performances. 

Why are you giving me the vibe of a wailer with all you have been saying since. We agree that Manchester City have been doing awesomely lately with their 4 consecutive titles at the EPL, one champions league, eight league cups, 7 FA cups and 6 FA Community Shields among other cups which is a great record to put forth, however, although, Arsenal have not won any champions league title, but they have won more EPL league cups with 13 in total, 14 FA Cups, two league cups, 17 FA Community Shields, and so on. While Arsenal have not yet been able to make landmark victory these periods of time, they were and still are champions and you don't have to wail on a team which have done so greatly.

Mikel Arteta since he became the manager of Arsenal have been a very great manager for the club and has helped built the club to become one of the strongest English clubs in the last four seasons but the Arsenal team's performance in Europe in that same period have made many people to always rate them as an average club. Despite their success in the English Premier League, Arsenal are yet to deliver a great seasonal performance in the UEFA Champions that'll make majority of football fans to see them as a big club that's strong enough to win the UEFA Champions League title. Like you rightly said, Arsenal's attacking line isn't anywhere near the best in Europe and that's why they tend to find it very difficult to find the back of the net whenever they're facing a strong European club. Last season they had one of the best defensive records in any of the top five leagues in Europe but they lack great strikers. The earlier the Arsenal team management begins to shop for the most prolific strikers in Europe the better for them as a club because they'll still play in the UEFA Champions League competition comr next season.