1. Alexis Sanchez. Arsene Wenger pulled off another
masterstroke this summer by bringing in the Chilean
World Cup star. A criminally underused attacker at
Barcelona, Wenger used Luis Suarez’s move to
Catalonia to benefit Arsenal just as Gareth Bale’s
transfer to Real Madrid enabled Arsenal to bring in
Mesut Ozil.
Sanchez is no ordinary player. Chile’s best player
and a forward compared to Cristiano Ronaldo during
his time at Udinese. In 27 starts for Barcelona last
season, he bagged 19 goals and 10 assists. With the
confidence and support he is set to gain from
Wenger and the Emirates crowd, it will be no
surprise to see Sanchez hit the ground running.

2. Mesut Ozil . It became general opinion that the
German World Cup winner struggled to truly make an
impact at Arsenal in his first season. Undoubtedly
he was a little off the pace in the early part of 2014
but this is a player who has claimed the FA Cup and
World Cup in recent months.
When Ozil did struggle a little, it was just after Theo
Walcott picked up his season ending injury and
Aaron Ramsey was also laid off. With electric
runners in front such as Walcott and Sanchez,
combined with Ramsey coming from deep, Ozil will
surely rack up a ton of assists. Last season the
majority of his assists came away from home, with
pace to burn in this Arsenal side, it will likely be a
similar story in 2014/2015.

3. A core of young players have come through
together . Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron
Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
and Jack Wilshere give the Gunners a base of
players that have grown up together which every
successful side needs.
Whilst Wenger was constrained with buying in
players when Arsenal left Highbury for the Emirates,
The Professor did a super job of building the
foundations of his new side with English players,
allowing him to sprinkle in the Galacticos (Ozil and
Sanchez) when finances allowed.

4. Arsene Wenger . Three Premier League titles leave
Wenger as by far the most experienced manager in
England’s top flight. Manuel Pellegrini only tasted
real European success in the last campaign. Louis
van Gaal is new to the Premier League. Brendan
Rodgers has very little silverware on his CV.
Which leaves just Jose Mourinho. And, after the last
few months, The Special One (who went a whole
campaign with nothing tangible to show for it) is
looking a little lost in Wengr’s shadow. Especially
after the infamous “Specialist in Failure” comment.

5. Mertesacker/Koscielny partnership . When Arsenal
lost 2-1 to Spurs in March 2013, then Spurs boss
Andre Villas-Boas predicted that their great north
London rivals would hit a “downward spiral.”
Instead, for the next game, Wenger paired Laurent
Koscielny with Per Mertesacker in the centre of
defence and dropped Thomas Vermaelen. Arsenal
won 2-0 at Bayern Munich, exited the Champions
League for that season, but never looked back.
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6. The return of Theo Walcott . Before the England
flyer got injured at the beginning of 2014, he was in
supreme form. Five goals in six games preceded a
display against Tottenham in the FA Cup where he
performed as a central striker and was excellent.
This season Walcott will be afforded time to return
properly and should be rested accordingly. The twin
pace threat of Sanchez and Ozil is the type that
wins Premier League titles. And, harks back to the
days of Marc Overmars and Freddie Ljungberg
motoring down the wings in Wenger teams of days
gone past.

7. Aaron Ramsey . The Welshman is just 23. Like a
host of other Arsenal players in the squad, Aaron
Ramsey is not even close to hitting the peak of his
playing powers. Goals from midfield are a precious
commodity in the Premier League and last season
appeared to signal that Ramsey can do what the
likes of Yaya Toure and Frank Lampard have
achieved previously in England’s top flight.

8. More striker options. As it stands, the reliance on
Olivier Giroud appears to be a problem from last
season. Yaya Sanogo impressed in pre-season.
Similarly, Joel Campbell was one of the best players
at the World Cup.
Alexis Sanchez can also play centrally. As can Theo
Walcott. And, we haven’t even mentioned Lukas
Podolski, one of the most accurate strikers of a ball
in English football.
There is strength throughout the Arsenal squad,
Nacho Monreal, Calum Chambers, Tomas Rosicky
and Santi Cazorla for example, are all not assured a
place in the starting XI but nevertheless are terrific
players.

9. Silverware breeds more trophies… The FA Cup
win over Hull was a big moment in Arsenal’s
history. Finally, the Gunners could put a new trophy
banner up at the Emirates and the monkey on their
back of no silverware since 2004 was gone.
The Community Shield followed and now Arsenal
fans are yearning for a Premier League title. There
are numerous examples of cup trophies providing the
impetus for further silverware. One pertinent
example is George Graham’s Arsenal that started
with a 1987 League Cup win and subsequently went
on to plenty of league and European success.

10. Arsenal’s new fitness coach Shad Forsythe .

Hmmm.... Impressive! see very high hope, l et the season begin.

Usually Arsenal used to have very high hopes before the season begins even up to Feb, let see if this will be different.

Yeah we will definitely be the Team to Watch.Sanchez just sent out massage with his running and final pass against Man City.With him and Theo Walcott doing the running up front, Rambo will be hitting the Da kpa da.

if no be arsenalndiz season which club go win am

am0s: if no be arsenalndiz season which club go win am

lol.. Many dey to win am because we now top 6or 7.

omo see high hopes oooo arsenal fans sha.....keep on deceiving ur sef wen d time comes u will start raining abuses on dem time will tell
le professor raising gunnerz hope for premier league trophy since 2004.

Let wenger bring cavani or reus .

I am 100% sure that arsenal wont finish at the top 3 nt to talk of them winning the league

shadelek: I am 100% sure that arsenal wont finish at the top 3 nt to talk of them winning the league

sharap hater

Truly, we got a very good squad for next season and have a very good chance. However, it remains to be seen if injuries will or will not derail our season as usual. For me, the good thing is the fact that we have a squad that if kept will becom very formidable and with a few additions here and there, we will become world beaters especially now that we can compete with others financially.

Spot on OP.....#COYG