Former Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino believes Arsenal will not finish in the top four this season following their 1-1 draw with Southampton last night.
The Gunners currently sit fifth in the Premier league table, 18 points behind leaders Manchester United and five adrift Spurs, who sit in fourth, with a game in hand.
But Cascarino reckons Arsene Wenger’s side look the weakest in the pack that are chasing a top four finish, claiming all those above them are a better team than the North London club.
He told talkSPORT:
‘I don’t think they are a top four team.
‘You look at Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Manchester United – even Everton are a better team than Arsenal.’
I firmly believe a top four finish is still very much possible, despite last night’s result.
We still have another 18 games left to play and with a few additions to the squad this January it can be achieved once again.
The best we can hope for, in terms of in the Premier League, is finishing in third position. But we need to start churning out better results against the lesser teams and, more importantly, far better performances.
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We all agree,
Cascarino’s a w****r!
clue… its not winner!
Cascarino? That bloke that laballed abramovic as a “genius” because he sacks a manager every year? He’s an idiot that guy, don’t give him the attention he so desperately craves
Brilliant!
Tony Cascarino is the worst judge bar none.
Thanks Tony, you’ve just rubber stamped another year of CL qualification for Arsenal.
When will they ever learn.
We would be if we sign mvila a left back and striker
Hate to admit it but he has a point, we’ll be lucky to finish in the top 4, unless there are some dramatic changes in the very near future. We’re falling behind the so called chasing pack, due to our own policies.
Yep, we’re in danger of finishing top of the leftovers if AW does not address those issues this window.We STILL need the monsta in the DM and a genuine 90 minute danger man out wide.If Arsene does not bring in some real entities I think it is proof that his bottle is finally empty.
We are not winning because of our tacticr.To play tiki taka ,distance between defenders,midfielders, and forwards must be close.At Arsenal while our defenders play tiki taka ,only Arteta makes himself available for the pass.If u look at barca,u can see they move forward as a Single unit(not when attacking on the break).To play efficiently we should not use lone striker,and winger who drift wide.also we need Strong DM,That will make the difference.And Vermalean must stop goin Forward when we are in the lead for Christs sake..sorry for the lengthy comment.I am frustrated.I dont mind losing ,but the way my team lose does matter.I need my team to Fight brutaly for the win…
At the moment, he is correct. If you asked 100 neutral observers I think about 85 would agree with him.
Currently, Arsenal have too many weak links. Sagna and Gibbs have been inconsistent to poor recently. The strikers have been questionable and they almost disappear when playing away from the Emirates.
There is too much dead weight on the team. The list of players who contribute little or nothing is way too long.
As an Arsenal fan for over 40 years I don’t like what is happening and it is up to Wenger to wake up and smell the rot.
I agree with you Geons, i am frustrated too. We are miles to inconsistant, in fact our only consistancy is that we are piss poor at the back.
There was a time i could only watch Arsenal because
our football was so superior to eveyone else in the premiership now a times i find us boring and predictable and many teams play more exciting football than us. this is because most of our players are very average to say the least.
Don’t think Wenger can pull us out of this one, i think he has run out of ideas.
As an Arsenal fan it is quite easy to shy away from the fact and delibrately remain delusional just as Arsene Wenger is and believe this present Arsenal team is going to make it. No, this team won’t as it is glaring for all to see. Tony Cascarino is right in his assessment. Except something dramatic happen in terms of beefing the squad expect to see Arsenal in the middle of the table as a Europa place would even go past them. This squad is so ordinary.
If Cascarino is right,it will be the first time ever. He has made a long career out of writing shit for the Times – I have never foind a single insightful comment from him yet.
PS: He was a crap player too.