Arsenal are one of the biggest clubs in the Premier League and one of the strongest teams in England at the moment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the first half of the 1996/97 season, Arsenal welcomed Arsène Wenger, the first foreign manager in the club's history, from Japan's Nagoya Whales.

The urbane-looking Frenchman soon brought glory to Arsenal: in 1997/98, Arsene Wenger's first full season as manager, he led Arsenal to double titles in the Premier League and FA Cup, repeating the magic of 1970/71 for the second time in the club's history.

Arsene Wenger reinvented the team after taking over, with Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, who joined in 1996 playing an important role, winning the Players League's Player of the Year and the Journalists' Association of the Best in the Double, while Arsene Wenger's compatriots Emmanuel Pettit and Patrick Vieira arrived to build a strong French team at Arsenal with the help of France in their 1998 World Cup triumph.

In the same season, Arsenal bid farewell to striker legend Ian Wright, who left a club record of 185 goals (later broken by Thierry Henry).

For the next two seasons, Arsenal finished runners-up in the Premier League every year, behind Manchester United. And in the cup competition, Arsenal also had an active performance. In 2000, Arsenal reached the final of the UEFA Cup, but lost to Turkey's Galatasaray on penalties, and the following year they reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Such a tough team will be the opponent Blackburn will face in the next round of the FA Cup.

There is no doubt that in an increasingly difficult cup competition, it will be Blackburn's toughest opponent this season, even an insurmountable foe.

"It's difficult, I hope you don't give these boys too much of a blow, right?" Arthur rubbed his temples and his head grew at the thought of his team's next opponent in the FA Cup.

Arthur isn't one of those daydreamers, he knows how difficult it is for the current Blackburn team to beat Arsenal!

Although the current Blackburn Rovers dominate the League One, if they are placed in the Premier League, Arthur knows that Blackburn Rovers in the current squad is at most a middle-class team below the European quota and above the relegation zone.

Blackburn, who has such strength, has the possibility of upsetting and eliminating the opponent if Arsenal carelessly underestimates the enemy and suffers from a large number of injuries.

However, to Arthur's dismay, because Manchester United were too strong in the league this season, Arsenal had no hope of chasing points, and they were also eliminated by Valencia in the Champions League, so Wenger inevitably put his team's hopes of winning the FA Cup.

As for the injury situation, although there are injuries in the current Arsenal main lineup, how many people can recruit good fighters in the Arsenal substitute lineup? It's not a big deal for Arsenal.

"Alas, it's difficult...... Arthur sighed, then thought about it, "the team's current lineup is still a little weak." ”

If there are no reinforcements next season, Blackburn's main squad for the Premier League has been basically finalized:

Goalkeeper: Friedel.

Defenders: Finnan, Henning Berg, Carvalho, Jeff Kenna.

Midfielders: Carsley, Alonso, David Dunn

Forwards: Damian Duff, Ibrahimovic, Benayoun.

"The goalkeeper and the striker don't have to change, it's pretty good. However, the midfield is a little weak, and Henning Berg and Jeff Kenner are not young at the back, so there are some hidden dangers. Arthur shook his head in thought.

With February coming to an end and the summer transfer window just a few months away, Arthur is back to thinking about a player deal.

In the current Blake team, the forward midfield is a weakness, although David Dunn is good, but that is only relative to the middle and lower teams in the Premier League, Arthur's goal is to win the league and the Champions League, and letting David Dunn play such a key position is not the solution at all.

In addition, in the defensive midfield position, in addition to Carsley, Blackburn also need to bring in a pure "sapper" or "beast waist" to strengthen the defensive intensity. After all, the young Alonso belongs to the type of attack and defense weak, he can help organize the attack on the field, but correspondingly, he is indeed lacking in defensive intensity.

Finally, there are the right wing-back and centre-back positions, but given the peculiarities of the defender position, it is not just a matter of buying people and not giving them the opportunity to play and accumulate experience, so Arthur prefers the kind of star of the year who can play in multiple positions.

Of course, in addition to bringing in players, player transfers are also on the agenda.

Even if it doesn't cost a lot to sell non-main players, in the summer, I'm afraid I still have to send away a few players whose strength is difficult to adapt to the Premier League.

On the one hand, it is to leave room for transfer funds and salaries to continuously improve the squad, and on the other hand, it is still from the perspective of squad adaptability, which needs to be adjusted to match the overall style of play of the team.

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Just as Arthur and Monchi were already preparing for a summer transfer in four months' time, Blackburn Rovers continued their winning streak in the league.

On 20 February, a revamped Blackburn Rovers host Watford, a mid-table side who are in good shape in the table and have a chance of moving up to the play-offs.

It is precisely because of the ambition to catch up with the leaders in front of them and climb into the play-off points zone, coupled with the advantage of sitting on the home field, that the Watford manager decided to play against the most attacking team in League One in the second half of the season and try to win a victory.

The result, for example......

It's miserable!

Even though they didn't just come back from an FA Cup battle, Blackburn's lads still announced the return of Blackburn Rovers who are unbeatable in League One with a hearty victory.

Just six minutes into the first half, Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Blackburn Rovers with his trademark blast, and the assist for the Swedish striker was Israeli Benayoun, who played the ball well on the ground level, which Ibrahimovic liked best.

Eleven minutes later, Ibrahimovic had his second goal of the game, this time with an easy follow-up shot.

In the 35th minute, Blackburn, who had no pressure to win after a two-goal lead, continued to score, Duff shook off Watford's right-back with excellent speed, received Alonso's through ball, and pushed it into the near corner to rewrite the score to 3:0.

In addition to those three goals, Blackburn still had a number of chances to open the scoring in the first half, but they were unlucky enough to be able to change the scoreline.

Seeing that the team led 3:0 at halftime, Souness did not have the idea of taking advantage of the victory on the opponent's home field, after all, they still have Arsenal, an insurmountable terrifying opponent waiting for their challenge, so Souness replaced Ibrahimovic and Benayoun with Drogba and Sun Jihai at halftime, announcing the team's golden end.

Blackburn, who took it as they saw it, eventually took three league points away from Watford.

Just three days later, Blackburn Rovers were challenged by Bolton Wanderers again, and after the second half of their last game, the four-day schedule was not too scary for physical exertion.

At the beginning of the game, Blackburn launched a furious attack under Alonso's command.

In the 26th minute, Ibrahimovic scored his fifth goal in three games and his ninth in the league since joining the club in the winter transfer window.

In the 74th minute, when Ibrahimovic was replaced by Didier Drogba, the Swedish striker, who had only been with the team for less than two months, enjoyed a personal applause from the fans.

Drogba, who came off the bench, continued his previous good form, although his current strength is not yet able to launch a strong impact on the position of the main striker, but the Ivorian striker, who has improved almost every week, still makes people see his infinite possibilities.

In the 78th minute, it was Didier Drogba's forced shot in front of the penalty area after leaning on the opponent's defender to open Bolton's goal for the fourth time, making the outcome of the game no longer in doubt.

However, in stoppage time, Watford still scored a face-saving goal, and finally lost 1:4.

With this victory, Blackburn Rovers consolidated their advantage in the standings and pulled away Fulham by four points.

After the victory over Watford, Blackburn Rovers easily defeated West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City in the 34th and 35th rounds of the league with a score of 2:0 and 3:0 respectively, and once again extended the gap between themselves and Fulham to six points in the standings.

The six-point gap, with 76 per cent of the league going on and 11 rounds remaining, is not a very reliable reliance, but it can also give Blackburn a little relief.

League One's round of 36 matches were largely played on 10 and 11 March, while Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield United were scheduled for 4 April.

Because on the night of March 10, Blackburn will face this season's FA Cup quarter-final opponent, Arsenal, who are currently second in the Premier League.

In the eyes of the outside world, even in the eyes of Blackburn, Blackburn's attempt to defeat Arsenal is an extremely difficult task to complete, and even Arthur's positioning for this encounter is also to test the current Blackburn's quality, rather than eliminate the opponent.

However, when the brave wins, Arthur and his Blackburn will not give in easily.

Even if there is a roaring dragon in front of you, there must always be a knight who dares to slay the dragon!