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Season Review: Arsenal


Arsenal missed out on Champions League football for the first time in the Arsene Wenger years. This was a difficult season that has ended with the possibility of an another F.A Cup and whole load of uncertainty. 

 Season Summary:

 Premier League: 5th (-3)
Total Points: 75 (+4)
Champions League: Round of 16
F.A Cup: Final v Chelsea
EFL Cup: Fifth Round
Top Scorer: Alexis Sanchez (24)

Season Review:

 For the first time under Arsene Wenger Arsenal have missed out on Champions League football. 1996/97 was Arsene Wenger's debut season and ever since then they have been an ever present in the Champions League but they will not play in the competition next season.

Devisions are in the fan base over the future of the manager which remains uncertain. Wenger has had pressure on him all season and it was at its high after Bayern Munich destroyed Arsenal in both legs of the last 16 tie in the Champions League.

Arsenal started the season well, they even beat the eventual champions Chelsea comfortably at the Emirates in September. Arsenal were second in the table after 22 games but an awful run from there including the Champions League exit cost them their title bid and place in the top four.

News then broke that both Ozil and Sanchez had not signed new contracts, many thought that the final league position would have the final say on whether they would sign new deals. A change of shape to three at the back then sparked an upturn in form but Arsenal would finish fifth. Wenger's plans are still not public and you feel a lot hinges on what happens at Wembley next week.

Manager Review:

Arsene Wenger is a fantastic manager no one will dispute that. However, this season by his terms is poor, it is his worst season as manager, to finish outside of the top four and to be outclassed in the Champions League. There is still the F.A Cup and that would end what has been a disappointing season on a high and if it is to be Wenger's final game and they win then her would go out on a high.

Player of the Season - Alexis Sanchez

 Alexis Sanchez gets my vote. He has scored 26 goals this season and you feel without him Arsenal would have finished even lower in the table and missed out on European football completely. I don't think he has conducted himself brilliantly in the second half of the campaign but he still wins for me.

2017/18 Prospects:

 It should be the same as it is every season and that should be aiming to win the Premier League. Personally I think if Wenger is still there then they won't win it, his unwillingness to change things and the lack of singings over recent years does not fill me with confidence. They need to clear the deadwood and bring in a new left back, centre back and striker.

2017/18 title odds: 14/1 (5th Favourites) 


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