Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham
Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
Crystal Palace 2-1 Everton
Leicester City 1-3 Man City
West Brom 0-2 Chelsea
Bournemouth 1-1 Huddersfield
Burnley 1-1 Swansea
Man United 3-0 Newcastle
Watford 2-0 West Ham
Brigton & Hove 1-1 Stoke City
What is the identity of Arsenal FC? What needs to be done to get back to league-winning glory?
LOL, I really think this question was aimed at me but here i Go.
What's the identity of Arsenal FC? Arsenal FC is a club that I have loved since i was aged 6. As far back as my consciousness goes back to I remember everyday always going to the Arsenal website on my dial up connected internet there as soon as I got back from school to read more and more about our previous legends, e.g David seaman, Pat rice, George graham, lee dixon, Cliff bastin, whilst watching our current legends rip both English football and European football a whole new one, minutes away from where I live. Our history is well known to the world, we are the the most successful club from London, the 3rd most successful club in England, and according to the IFFHS the 8th most successful club in Europe from the big 5 leagues. Arsenal is also one of the only 3 clubs to win the league three times in a row and the most successful club in the oldest competition in the world, the FA Cup.
What needs to be done to get back to league-winning glory? As I have so perspicuously pointed out above, Arsenal is a club that has always been historically successful, even when we had our long spell without the league title like in the 60's we always were competing, Highbury was always a fortress, Always. This was made evident in 2 seasons, the 2001-2002 season where we scored atleast a goal in every single game we played in the league (record) and then the legendary, iconic 2003-2004 season where we went a whole league campaign unbeaten. Came 2006, and the plans for Arsenal moving into a new 60,000 seating stadium were completed, leaving Arsenal with a debt in the Billions, which was gradually reducing every year as Arsene wenger a man who usually did great business in the market was reduced to always selling his best and most expensive players to pay off the debt, the tickets also increased to being the most expensive in Europe but the results didn't follow, increasing the pressure on Arsene wenger, all our revenue did not go into facilitating our academy or buying the best players we could buy, it went straight to our power and money hungry selfish owners, this still happened until 2014, where our debt was ultimately paid off and we could actually try and compete with the best in Europe as we were promised, the following season saw our best chance since the 2007-208 season to win the league (which we should've but Eduardo's injury proved fatal) but Leicester city had a fairy tale season which we couldn't cope with despite doing our bit by beating them home and away. If Arsenal want to get back to the top they need to do 3 things.
1. Fire the nepotic executives at our club and give more control to Usmanov a guy who actually wants arsenal to play well and make money, whereas the Kronke's and the Keswicks just want us to turnover.
2. Fire Arsene wenger and bring in a more modern tactically proven manager, this one hurts me because i Have a ton of respect for wenger because say what you will about him, I do accept that he's had his moments where he should've just left and some of his tactics against big teams are horrendous, but he's still the most successful manager in our history and made Arsenal stable throughout this cloud, but he has done what he can do, he will not win the league during his extension and him going and being replaced by a good tactician, backed by the executives will see us reclaim our throne as the pride of London.
3. When said new manager comes in he needs to do a complete rinsing of the trash bums in our team. We need to replace Petr cech, a guy who i think is the greatest keeper in the premier league era but has past his expiry date with the AC or Inter milan goal keeper.
Sell half of our midfielders and sign a Patrick Vieira type midfielder, a PROPER midfielder, one we've lacked since Fabregas left in 2011, a midfielder who attacks well and defends well, Granit Xhaka could've been this but his ill discipline and bluntly lack of talent doesn't fit the bill, I would've gone for Arturo vidal or even Nzonzi as the best options, then sign a player who stays back and collects all the balls from midfield, Kante should've been an Arsenal player, but since he's gone we should really try and sign Medel, he's also very good. Or even Saul from Atletico wo can do this job and even go forward and attack, or Inler. Then we need two world class wingers. One to replace Sanchez and one to displace theo walcott. Thomas Lemar and Julian Brandt will be perfect, or even Lorenzo insigne.
Then as talented as Mesut Ozil is , his laziness will never work out in the EPL, we need an attacking midfielder like or just a great forward, someone i would absolutely love to have in my team is Paulo Dybala, he would just be absolutely perfect to play behind or with Lacazette a clinical finisher. Oh and we need another central midfielder to replace santi cazorla, since Isco is out of the question Leon Goretzka woud fit in perfectly.