Arsenal will be under a lot of pressure next season. But the question is, “After the business done this summer, with the club spending around £200 million on Rice, Timber, and Havertz and still looking to spend more, what is the fans’ minimum expectation for Arteta and his boys next term?”
I personally believe Arsenal should win the Community Shield and the Premier League next season. I also want them to lift the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup. In the Champions League, I’d like to see the team advance past the group stages and go as far as they can. So winning the league, the Community Shield, and a league cup (if not both) is my bare minimum.
But when the ex-Arsenal striker Alan Smith was asked the same question, he believes that remaining in the Champions League should be Arsenal’s bare minimum next term.
Smith told Gambling Zone: “The minimum would be to finish in the Champions League again now that they’re there. It’s taken a while for Arsenal to return to the competition. I think we almost took Champions League qualification for granted under Wenger. Even when the team wasn’t having a go at the title, they always finished in the top four.
“It’s great to be back in the Champions League. Obviously with the revenue that generates and the fact you can attract better players, Arsenal need to stay at that level.
There’s no question that they should be looking to challenge for the title like they did last year and try take it as far as they possibly can. There might be a few more contenders this year, Liverpool and the like. Going forward, the objective will be to be a consistently strong team that’s in that Champions League and to have a real push for the title.”
So, how about you? What is your minimal expectation for the team next season?
Darren N
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Top 2 and a major trophy is the bare minimum as it should be
Second place in EPL + EL trophy if we get relegated from UCL
Second place + FA Cup trophy
EPL trophy only
UCL trophy only (our EPL final position will be irrelevant if we win UCL)
.win the league for my beloved invincibles 20th anniversary
Gai, It is better to aim high than to be a mediocre. When you aim bigger than the previous season you know the least that cab happen is runner up. Win either Epl+Fa cup or Ucl+Fa cup or Epl+El. By all means any of the above would represent progress.
I’m not expecting Arsenal to drop to Europa. I expect they get at least to the quarter final.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS UCL!!
@ gotanidea
I dont get it. What do you actually want. Your comment is a bit ambigious.
One of those options would be good
ambiguous
Top 2 and a trophy (FA cup or UCL) is the minimum for me..
What? Is progress no longer the goal now that MA has gotten all the money in the world and had many years to build his squad?
-If we win the FA Cup then top 4 is fine
-If we win the League Cup then I expect no lower than 3rd
-I don’t expect to win the UCL at all but we should at least look competent at that level.
-If we win nothing then MA has some serious explaining to do as all after all the support and time he’s received to build HIS squad!
I do think we have made so much progress overtaking the likes of Spurs, United, Chelsea, Liverpool at the moment.
Now the biggest, toughest and hardest “PHASE” is taking on the Big Boss (Man City). Arteta has gone through levels (Novice, Intermediate etc). Now he is at the “Advanced level” (This is where big daddy (City) is waiting. If he can beat City to the title then he will have passed.
Then after that he has got into the “Superior level” by defending the title and winning a CL. Then can progress to the “Distinguished level” where he is expected to win The treble or somthing like that.
That’s all depends on him still being the Arsenal manager of course. We will see what he has got for us next season.
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For me, if we sign another couple of top players, let’s aim to be the ‘Invincibles’ again. Let’s set out to be undefeated. Defensively we look strong. We still need to create a strong midfield, with Partey and Xhaka leaving. In fact the midfield, to me, will be do or die this season. Our forward line we know is good….such a shame though Balogun may leave. With up to 60 games this season everybody would get about 40 games. I so hope we strengthen our midfield to match the best in the EPL. It would be sad to be players short.
Won’t happen
Since it is minimum you are asking for then here it is:
FA cup
Top 3
Quarter final UCL.
Mine will be to see Arteta and Edu use this current summer transfer window, build a new formidable and unrivalled Aesenal’s senior team squad. For next season’s campaign. Who can withstand successfully the tests they’ll face in all competitions next season. And win the fitirruple of titles of : Charity Shield, League Cup, Epl, FA Cup and Ucl respectively.
Mine will be to see Arteta and Edu use this current summer transfer window, build a new formidable and unrivalled Aesenal’s senior team squad. For next season’s campaign. Who can withstand successfully the tests they’ll face in all competitions next season. And win the fifthruple of titles of : Charity Shield, League Cup, Epl, FA Cup and Ucl respectively.
Top 2 (taking the title race right down to the wire if we don’t win it) + win the FA Cup or Carabao Cup
Qualify out of CL group stage, however if finish third in the group we must then go on to the win the UEL. Finishing bottom would be an absolute disaster.
A top three finish and a big jug to go with it is good
Do what we did last season, but don’t fall away so dramatically at the end – we must put up a challenge, but if we have to lose, at least go down fighting. That would be progress for me because we’ve ended seasons poorly a lot recently. And that is a minimum.
I’ll never say we have to win something at a minimum because sometimes things just go against you – we should always show the right character though, and we haven’t done that consistently for a long while
Hopefully, to win the lot.
Realistically. Entertaining, competitive and unpredictable football with a top 4 finish and a cup. UCL qualification is a must, but winning it next year is not high on my priority list.
I WANT DOMESTIC DOMINANCE.🤣🤞
Win the league and one cup
A return to previous standards, top 4 finish or get warned before the sack.
Yes the league is more difficult, but the club has spent 600 million and still going!
Like to see silverware this year, but it’s not an expectation yet.
Expectations should be top 4, no more early exits from CL or cup competitions, and be competing for PL title. Should be in it last month of season and within 3-4 points of winning it. Stop collapsing when pressure turns up.
Just for them to do their best – you cannot ask for more than that.
Just read that it’s good to go for Rice – Arsenal are just waiting for the planets to be in alignment before they make an announcement.
FA Cup and Top 2/3 would be nice
Obviously I want us to win all 4 trophies and the Community Shield, but that’s highly highly unlikely lol
Top 2 in league
QF in CL
SF or better in domestic cups
Provided the announcement of rice and timber is on arsenal.com, and we keep partey for another year. Mine is (minimum of 96 points in EPL, carabao cup or Fa cup And UCL quarter final….
Top 2 and getting to the knockout stages of the CL
I’d want the league over anything else by choice. It puts down a serious marker and a fulsome show of intent. Too soon with the amount of upheaval with new signings to expect the earth but a trophy would set the ball rolling nicely
Our minimum expectations don’t really matter but the Kroenkes’ do after spending (or perhaps borrowing against assets) £600m + since 2019. Supporters can no longer accuse the owners of not spending their money and we have now become what we have accused others of being – a cheque book club. Now MA will have to produce next season – the status quo the bare minimum, a trophy would be a bonus. Finishing outside the top 4 could be problematic for him.
If we can get a fast start like last season there is every reason for optimism.
Unless we get a top DM to complement Rice in those games where the opposition try to intimidate us, we will fall short in all of the competitions we enter next season!!!
We will lose those games because our back four will be caught out playing against a gaol break.
Zinc playing in midfield instead of at left back will only exacerbate the situation.
we saw all of this last season. Playing on the front foot and getting an early goal is great. But Brighton, Man united, Liverpool, and others, attacked us thru the middle, where we were weakest.
There is nothing in the make-up of our current squad that leads me think this won’t be the way that teams attack us next season too.
I am not sure the acquisition of Lavia will help us in this regard.
Again, just my thoughts, and I hope I am wrong
Realistically top 2 and around quarter final in the UCL.. with maybe a domestic cup… But hopefully UCL semis, the EPL and the FACup