Earlier I posted Arsenal’s 2010-2011 Premier League Schedule. It is not a matter of who Arsenal plays, but often a case of how do those games look once you lay the Champions League schedule over top of the league schedule.
When you do that, the schedule makers have not given Arsenal any breaks at all. In the group stages, following a Champions League game, Arsenal is away from home five of the next weekends following a Champions League game. That is a brutal schedule and will not make Wenger happy.
To make things worse, Arsenal play Chelsea, Man City, Aston Villa and Man United all away from home the weekend after a Champions League game. I cannot remember a team having a tougher schedule than this after Champions League games.
The schedule gets slightly easier for Arsenal as we get into the knockout stages. But if Arsenal reach the Champions League quarter-finals they will play Liverpool at home after the 2nd leg (or an FA Cup Semi-Final). And if Arsenal progress to the Champions League semi-final they will play Man United at home the weekend after the semi-final first leg.
Champions League Group Stages
14/15 Sept: UEFA Champions League Matchday 1
18 Sat Barclays Premier League A Sunderland
28/29 Sept: UEFA Champions League Matchday 2
02 Sat Barclays Premier League A Chelsea
19/20 August: UEFA Champions League Matchday 3
23 Sat Barclays Premier League A Manchester City
2/3 November: UEFA Champions League Matchday 4
06 Sat Barclays Premier League H Newcastle United
23/24 UEFA Champions League Matchday 5
27 Sat Barclays Premier League A Aston Villa
7/8 December: UEFA Champions League Matchday 6
11 Sat Barclays Premier League A Manchester United
15/16 February UEFA Champions League Round of 16 L1
19 Sat The FA Cup N Fifth Round
22/23 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 L2
26 Sat Barclays Premier League A Tottenham Hotspur
8/9 March /15/16 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1L
12 Sat The FA Cup N Quarter-Final
8/9 March /15/16 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2L
19 Sat Barclays Premier League A W.B.A.
5/6 April: UEFA Champions League N Quarter-Final 1L
09 Sat Barclays Premier League A Blackpool
12/13 UEFA Champions League N Quarter-Final 2L
16 Sat Barclays Premier League H Liverpool (Or FA Cup Semi-Final)
26/27 UEFA Champions League N Semi-Final 1L
30 Sat Barclays Premier League H Manchester United
3/4 May UEFA Champions League N Semi-Final 2L
07 Sat Barclays Premier League A Stoke City
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the only word i can think of is STITCHED
Typical!
Last season for legend AW to finnish his project with Arsenal and we get this schedule. This means we have to choose one of the competitions, we will have no chance in hell to win both CL and PL with a schedule like this.
Only thing that can help us now is if we get an easy CL draw and Chelsea and Man Utd get a tough one, but that will never happen
I think we shud stop complaining & tell Mr. Wenger to have a strong starting 11 & a strong bench that’s all. Next season is going to be tough & more competetive than last season. With kids around at arsenal we will suffer & end up like liverpool.
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