An Arsenal Story for the 16/17 Season

November 18/19

Capital One Cup Quarter Final Draw

Premier League

View attachment 172990A good home victory and three points.

Van Dinteren loaned to Sheff Weds for a month.

Champions League Group Stage

View attachment 172989We lose again in the Champions League and again to PSV by 1-0.

Premier League

View attachment 172988Aboubakar and Nainggolan continue their impressive recent form and we win away from home.

We are now 15 matches unbeaten in the Premier League.

Cech injured on International duty and will miss 4 weeks with a hernia.

Premier League

View attachment 172984Our strikeforce is proving extremely dangerous as we put Spurs to the sword.

Ferreira Carrasco out for 3 weeks with strained ankle ligaments.

Champions League Group Stage

View attachment 172980Aboubakar and Mandzukic again give us a glimmer of hope and it is all in our hands now.

November Player of the Month: 1st Milanov (Southampton), 2nd Aboubakar (Arsenal), 3rd Henderson (Liverpool)
November Young Player of the Month: 1st Codling (Burnley), 2nd Reed (Sheff United), 3rd Vlasic (Arsenal)
November Manager of the Month: 1st Me (Arsenal), 2nd Jones (Newcastle), 3rd Mourinho (Chelsea)
 
December 18/19

Premier League

View attachment 1722679 points clear at the top but it is far too early to dream.

Capital One Cup Quarter Final

View attachment 172265Unfortunately we drop out of the 'Mickey Mouse' cup to our local rivals Spurs.

Marquinhos out for 3-4 days with food poisoning.

Premier League

View attachment 1722641-1 at half time this is probably the most staggering result I have had so far. Braces for Mandzukic and Bale, and goals for Koscielny, Welbeck and Cazorla.

FA Cup Third Round draw Arsenal vs Wolves.

Champions League Group Stage

View attachment 172262Mandzukic on the scoresheet again as we progress to the knockout rounds.

Koscielny out for 5-6 days with a bruised head.

Premier League

View attachment 172261Mandzukic scores again but we lose our first league match of the season.

Champions League First Knockout Round sees us drawn against FCP.

Premier League

View attachment 172260A solid home win to follow up the disappointment at Leicester.

Premier League

View attachment 172259Barbosa scores twice as we throw away a lead at Anfield.

Premier League

View attachment 172257A hat trick for Aboubakar as once again we follow up an away defeat with a home victory. Although Bruma made the ending a bit nervy for us.

Mandzukic was selected in the subs for the World Team of the Year.

Aboubakar wins the Broadcasters African Footballer of the Year with 23 goals and 11 assists in 40 appearances.

Aboubakar wins African Footballer of the Year.

December Player of the Month: 1st Lukaku (United), 2nd Depay (United), 3rd Wilson (Bournemouth)
December Young Player of the Month: 1st Paal (Sunderland), 2nd Crowley (Fulham), 3rd Upamecano (Bournemouth)
December Manager of the Month: 1st Jemez (United), 2nd Jones (Newcastle), 3rd Simeone (City)
 
January 18/19

Athletico have a £29M bid for Aboubakar rejected.

We sign Richard Tipple from Swansea for £3.7M

Aboubakar has been called up to the African Cup of Nations.

Premier League

View attachment 172252An even contest but we come out victorious.

FA Cup Third Round

View attachment 172250A straightforward FA cup win against Wolves.

We will play Blackburn Rovers in the next round of the FA Cup.

Van Dinteren out for 2-3 days with the flu.

Premier League (My 200th match in charge of Arsenal)

View attachment 172247Back to back league victories at home against the Manchester clubs.

Robertson and Nainggolan out for a day with a cold.

Welbeck out for 5-7 days with a damaged heel.

Blisch joins Sporting on loan until the end of the season.

Premier League

View attachment 172246We drop 2 points away to relegation battlers Fulham.

Dragowski out for 2-3 days with the flu.

Premier League

View attachment 172245We hold Chelsea to a draw but there is now only 4 points between ourselves and 2nd placed United.

Vlasic out for 5-7 days with a damaged heel.

Premier League

View attachment 172244

Chelsea have two bids for Chambers rejected.

January Player of the Month: 1st Depay (United), 2nd Mauri (City), 3rd Pjaca (Spurs)
January Young Player of the Month: 1st Coric (United), 2nd Codling (Burnley), 3rd Ross Ewing (Regen for Reading)
January Manager of the Month: 1st Simeone (City), 2nd Rodgers (Villa), 3rd Enrique (Liverpool)
 
Up and down month, very good result away at Sevilla. Gabriel Barbosa plays for Liverpool in my long-term save and he's unstoppable at times.

Top of the league and a very healthy goal difference.
 
February 18/19

FA Cup Fourth Round

View attachment 172028Walcott and Welbeck prove the English contingency still have it in them.

We draw Newcastle away in the next round.

Welbeck out for 12-14 days with a twisted knee.

Premier League

View attachment 172027We win again but Man United are keeping the pace.

Sanchez out for 5-6 days with a bruised head.

Barkley out for 4-5 days with a facial injury.

Premier League

View attachment 172026We can't do any wrong with wins, we win the league if we win every game from now until the end.

Bellerin out for 5-6 days with a bruised shin.

Premier League

View attachment 172025The run of fixtures have been nice, but we have also done well to show up to each one.

Welbeck out for 9-11 days with thigh strain.

Champions League First Knockout Round

View attachment 172024A good first leg win puts us in a commanding position for the remainder of the tie.

Odegaard out for 12-14 days with a damaged foot.

FA Cup Fifth Round

View attachment 172023We are dumped out of the FA Cup which is disappointing to say the least.

Cech out with calf strain for 2-3 weeks.

Aboubakar out for 9-11 days with thigh strain.

February Player of the Month: 1st Ben Yedder (Fulham), 2nd Depay (United), 3rd Dybala (City)
February Young Player of the Month: 1st Humphreys (Sunderland), 2nd Ewing (Reading), 3rd Upamecano (Bournemouth)
February Manager of the Month: 1st Me (Arsenal), 2nd Simeone (City), 3rd Jemez (United)
 
March 18/19

Premier League

View attachment 172006We drop 2 points as Man United close the gap.

Southampton sack Michel.

Ozil out for 2-3 weeks with a strained stomach muscle.

Premier League

View attachment 172005A good win against struggling Southampton. Another strong performance from Mario Mandzukic.

Walcott out for 7-9 weeks with a dislocated shoulder.

Premier League

View attachment 172004We win again but so do Man United. The superior goal difference is also being eaten up.

Champions League First Round Knockout 2nd Leg (1-4)

View attachment 172003We progress to the Quarter Finals and surpass the board's expectations.

Aboubakar out for 3-4 weeks with a broken wrist.

Ramsey out for 2-3 days with a dead leg.

Premier League

View attachment 172002Our best ever comeback, we are 3-0 down by half time but win 4-3. It is three points but we only gain one goal in goal difference but it could have been very different.

Champions League Quarter Final draw is kind and sees us face SLB.

We have also qualified for next seasons Champions League already.

Premier League

View attachment 172001We get our arses handed to us on a plate. Fortunately Man United only managed a point this weekend.

Michael Laudrup takes over at Southampton.

Arsenal offer me a new contract which I accept.

Liverpool sack Enrique.

Bale out for 2 months with torn knee ligaments, the recent injuries are mounting.

March Player of the Month: 1st Depay (United), 2nd Lukaku (United), 3rd Dier (Spurs)
March Young Player of the Month: 1st Rui Pedro (Stoke), 2nd Van de Beek (Stoke), 3rd Reed (Sheff United)
March Manager of the Month: 1st Mourinho (Chelsea), 2nd Pochettino (Spurs), 3rd Jemez (United)
 
April 18/19

Premier League

View attachment 171975We win again by only 1 goal.

Mandzukic out for 2-3 weeks with a pulled hamstring.

Premier League

View attachment 171974Oh No! We lose and give Man United the Advantage.

Yarmolenko out for 5-6 weeks with strained knee ligaments, the injuries just keep mounting.

Javier Aguirre takes over at Liverpool.

Champions League Quarter Final 1st Leg

View attachment 171973The injuries have taken their toll on our form and we lose to SLB and leave us with a big job in the 2nd leg.

Premier League

View attachment 171972We get back to winning ways with a Sanchez hat trick.

Ramsey out for 12-14 days with a twisted knee.

Champions League Quarter Final 2nd Leg (0-2)

View attachment 171971A near perfect second leg performance.

Sunderland have been relegated.

We draw our old nemesis' Real Madrid in the Semi final of the Champions League.

Premier League

View attachment 171969We win again but we desperately need United to slip up. They have superior goal difference and their run of form is frightening.

Ferreira Carrasco is out for 3-4 weeks with a damaged knee cap.

April Player of the Month: 1st Akpom (Newcastle), 2nd Jean (Norwich), 3rd Basacigkoglu (Fulham)
April young Player of the Month: 1st Balic (Norwich), 2nd Odegaard (Arsenal), 3rd Gomez (City)
April Manager of the Year: 1st Simeone (City), 2nd Me (Arsenal), 3rd Neil (Norwich)
 
May 18/19

Ozil out for 5-6 days with a bruised shin.

Premier League

View attachment 171732We put the pressure onto United.

Sheff United relegated from the Premier League.

Champions League Semi Final 1st Leg

View attachment 171731We perform admirably but the sending off of Nainggolan certainly cost us. I think we will struggle to reach the final.

Premier League

View attachment 171730We win in the penultimate match of the season.

Ipswich relegated from the Premier League.

Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg (2-1)

View attachment 171728Another red card cost us dearly and we struggled to put up any sort of fight as we bow out of the Champions League.

Man United drew their penultimate match meaning heading into the last match we have the same points as each other, unfortunately Man United have a goal difference 2 higher than ourselves. We face Man City away and they face Bournemouth away. It is a very big ask to better their result.

Premier League

View attachment 171726
We were 2-0 up but then Man United started to win, so in order to win the league we had to score goals and in pushing we left ourselves open and lost the match. We would have had to win by 5 goals away to City to win on goals scored.

Man United win the Premier League.

Depay wins the footballer of the year.

Di Maria wins Players Player of the Year.

Top Goalscorer: 1st Lukaku (United), 2nd Dybala (City), 3rd Depay (United)

Luke Shaw wins Players Young Player of the Year.

Golden Glove: 1st Mignolet (Liverpool), 2nd De Gea (United), 3rd Courtois (Chelsea)

Jemez wins manager of the year.

Arsenal Awards:

View attachment 171723

Vlad Dragomir wins The Championship's Young Player of the Year whilst on loan at West Ham.

Cech announces his retirement and is asked to reconsider but ultimately decides to retire.

May Player of the Month: 1st Depay (United), 2nd Ings (Stoke), 3rd Darikwa (Burnley)
May Young Player of the Month: 1st Odegaard (Arsenal), 2nd Ewing (Reading), 3rd Humphreys (Sunderland)
May Manager of the Month: 1st Jemez (United), 2nd Hughton (Sunderland), 3rd Me (Arsenal)
 
Unfortunately in the 19/20 season I had an awful start to the season, I had won 13 pre-season friendlies conceding only 1 goal, but after 13 matches in the league I was 11th and I was sacked. Typically it was my best Champions League performance to date qualifying after only 4 matches for the knockout phase. I was planning on getting another job and continuing the save, but for some reason or another the save never appointed any more managers for the next year, managers were sacked but never replaced and when I eventually decided to just start a new save 8 of the 20 premier league teams were managerless and not looking for a replacement.

I apologise, I am gutted I had a fairly good reputation on the save so the new challenge I have set myself is the Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge. I will start a new thread so watch this space.

Thanks for following
 
Absolutely devastated, good luck in your new adventure.
 
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