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Position in class: 1st
Grade: A* - exceeded all expectations
Manager Grade: A* - Mikel Arteta is top of the class
Star students: Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Bukayo Saka, Granit Xhaka, Oleksandr Zinchenko
Need work: Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira
This season has been way beyond any Arsenal fan’s wildest dreams.
What a transformation under Mikel Arteta.
Position in class: 18th
Grade: D — Not meeting the required standards
Manager Grade: C — Working hard but sometimes struggling to keep up with the bigger boys
Star students: Marcus Tavernier, Neto.
Need work: Marcos Senesi, Ryan Fredericks.
The last week of the transfer window will arguably be the most important week of Bournemouth’s season.
Because a run that has seen them pick up just four points from the last 30 they have contested has seen the plummet into the relegation zone.
Gary O’Neil, working with new owner Bill Foley, the Las Vegas-based businessman, needs to bring in several new faces to freshen things up and give the club some impetus.
And if they don’t get as many deals wrapped up as they want to then they could well be in serious trouble.
O’Neil was looking at as many as six new signings to come in and challenge for a place in the starting line-up at the beginning of this month.
And so far only Dango Ouattara from Lorient has come in.
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Position in class: 8th
Grade : A
Manager: A* - Thomas Frank excelling again
Star students: Rico Henry, Ivan Toney - both unlucky not to go to the World Cup, for different reasons
Need work: None really, but a creative midfielder (like Christian Eriksen last season) would help
No sign of any second-season syndrome, or any such nonsense, at Copenhagen-on-Thames?
Position in class: 12th
Grade : C+ — Need to concentrate for longer
Manager Grade: B- — Working well with not the easiest class
Star students: Cheikh Doucoure, Vicente Guaita, Joachim Andersen.
Position in class: 7th
Grade : A — Far exceeding expectations
Manager Grade: A — Finally fulfilling his potential
Star students: Joao Palhinha, Aleksandar Mitrovic
Need work: Daniel James, Kevin Mbabu.
Position in class : 3rd
Grade : A*
Manager Grade: A* - Developed a formidable consistency of performance and results
Star students:Nick Pope, Dan Burn, Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Miguel Almiron
Need work : Alexander Isak, Allan Saint-Maximin, Jacob Murphy
Eddie Howe's transformation of Newcastle has been nothing short of remarkable.
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