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FA Cup: 5th round - We didn't prioritize the cup, but I am still disappointed at being knocked out that early, even if it was to finalists Sunderland. We can take pride in making sure that Tottenham were out in the 3rd round though, so the fans have the bragging rights even in the cup.
Capital One Cup: Quarter-Final - We were hammered 3-0 by Reading in the Quarter-Finals, which is scary. Still, we used this competition to give youth a chance, and we still made it further than the Sp*ds. Not too disappointed.
Champions League: Quarter-Finals - After a less than convincing group stage, I feared the worst, but we improved in Europe as well, making it past the first knockout stage for the first time in years. We were desperately unlucky to come up against a Sirigu on amazing form, and lost the first leg against PSG, when we should have won clearly. Losing to the eventual winners isn't too bad, but we will aim higher in the coming season.
Player Performances:
Top Goalscorer: Alexis Sanchez - 21
Most Assists: Mesut Özil + Leighton Baines - 14
Highest Average Rating: Leighton Baines - 7.92
Most Appearances: Aaron Ramsey - 53(1)
Young Player of the Year: Raheem Sterling + Richairo Zivkovic: Raheem had a great year scoring 14 and assisting 7, but he has to split this award with Richairo who scored 18 goals, 16 of them in the league, while on loan at Sunderland.
Signing of the Season: Philippe Coutinho - 6 goals, 5 assists and 4 PoM's in the 12 games he got after signing in January, makes him a player I am really pleased to watch in an Arsenal shirt in the coming season.
Flop of the Year: Marc-Andre Ter Stegen - Signed as a potential world-class keeper, he was stuck on the bench for long periods of the season. He did spur Szczesny on to win the Golden Glove though, so all was not hopeless.
Prince Harry's Player of the Year: Leighton Baines - With José Gaya signed in the summer, Leighton faced fierce competition, but he has once again been mr. reliable for the Gunners. An absolutely fantastic avg. rating of 7.92 over 50 games is just insane. Also, his hair-style is still the same stylish one!
At the end of the season, we bide farewell to an Arsenal legend. Mr. Arsene Wenger decided to hang up his managers jacket, and retire from football. We at Arsenal would like to thank Arsene for all his incredible work. He has truly transformed this club into a top international side, and I am sure Arsenal would not be in this position, or playing at the Emirates, were it not for Arsene.
But as one era ends, another begins. After weeks of speculation, Arsenal would like to present their new manager:
Leonid comes from managing CSKA Moscow, where he won the league and the cup in 2014. He now takes on a massive job of following Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager.
We wanted to hire someone young, hungry and unproven to take the club forward, and Leonid matched those criteria. The fans might be disappointed not to see one of the big names in world football at the hand of this club, but we have every faith in Leonid to help the club improve. We also wanted to prioritize using finances to improve the playing squad, instead of spending millions of pounds in compensation to an outgoing manager or to compensate another club, unlike some of our rivals.
Now for the transfer window!
Arsenal End of Season Summary
Premier League: 2nd - I am pleased with this achievement. At the start of the season we aimed to challenge for the title, which we did for most parts of the season. However, we struggled in the games against Chelsea and Man City, and dropped points in too many games against other teams to really compete for the title. 2nd is still a big step up, as we didn't finish 4th for the first time in about 700 years!! Also, beating Spurs in both our games is very pleasing. It must hurt to be a Spurs-fan this year!
FA Cup: 5th round - We didn't prioritize the cup, but I am still disappointed at being knocked out that early, even if it was to finalists Sunderland. We can take pride in making sure that Tottenham were out in the 3rd round though, so the fans have the bragging rights even in the cup.
Capital One Cup: Quarter-Final - We were hammered 3-0 by Reading in the Quarter-Finals, which is scary. Still, we used this competition to give youth a chance, and we still made it further than the Sp*ds. Not too disappointed.
Champions League: Quarter-Finals - After a less than convincing group stage, I feared the worst, but we improved in Europe as well, making it past the first knockout stage for the first time in years. We were desperately unlucky to come up against a Sirigu on amazing form, and lost the first leg against PSG, when we should have won clearly. Losing to the eventual winners isn't too bad, but we will aim higher in the coming season.
Player Performances:
Top Goalscorer: Alexis Sanchez - 21
Most Assists: Mesut Özil + Leighton Baines - 14
Highest Average Rating: Leighton Baines - 7.92
Most Appearances: Aaron Ramsey - 53(1)
Young Player of the Year: Raheem Sterling + Richairo Zivkovic: Raheem had a great year scoring 14 and assisting 7, but he has to split this award with Richairo who scored 18 goals, 16 of them in the league, while on loan at Sunderland.
Signing of the Season: Philippe Coutinho - 6 goals, 5 assists and 4 PoM's in the 12 games he got after signing in January, makes him a player I am really pleased to watch in an Arsenal shirt in the coming season.
Flop of the Year: Marc-Andre Ter Stegen - Signed as a potential world-class keeper, he was stuck on the bench for long periods of the season. He did spur Szczesny on to win the Golden Glove though, so all was not hopeless.
Prince Harry's Player of the Year: Leighton Baines - With José Gaya signed in the summer, Leighton faced fierce competition, but he has once again been mr. reliable for the Gunners. An absolutely fantastic avg. rating of 7.92 over 50 games is just insane. Also, his hair-style is still the same stylish one!
At the end of the season, we bide farewell to an Arsenal legend. Mr. Arsene Wenger decided to hang up his managers jacket, and retire from football. We at Arsenal would like to thank Arsene for all his incredible work. He has truly transformed this club into a top international side, and I am sure Arsenal would not be in this position, or playing at the Emirates, were it not for Arsene.
But as one era ends, another begins. After weeks of speculation, Arsenal would like to present their new manager:
Leonid comes from managing CSKA Moscow, where he won the league and the cup in 2014. He now takes on a massive job of following Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager.
We wanted to hire someone young, hungry and unproven to take the club forward, and Leonid matched those criteria. The fans might be disappointed not to see one of the big names in world football at the hand of this club, but we have every faith in Leonid to help the club improve. We also wanted to prioritize using finances to improve the playing squad, instead of spending millions of pounds in compensation to an outgoing manager or to compensate another club, unlike some of our rivals.
Now for the transfer window!
), that was a pretty succesful season. We performed above expectation in the league although there was still something left to be desired so lets begin.
