Fozzy 
Ed’s note - It’s been a busy summer at Gooner Towers, so apologies that we are running this about three weeks later than planned. My thanks to Fozzy for compiling the votes to come up with the results you see below. We’ll run the survey in two parts, the concluding half tomorrow.
Section One - 2016/17 Season
Arsenal Player of the season 2016/17, First Place:
Alexis Sanchez - 89%
Laurent Koscielny - 5%
Nacho Monreal - 3%
Well, there you have it. No surprises apart from how many of you out there love the little Chilean.
Arsenal Player of the season 2016/17, Second Place:
Laurent Koscielny - 46%
Nacho Monreal - 19%
Alexis Sanchez - 9%
Mesut Özil - 9%
Kos deserves his accolade for doing his best to hold the defence together when life got a bit hairy, although something tells me that a few of you voted for Sanchez twice.
Arsenal Player of the season 2016/17, Third Place:
Nacho Monreal - 21%
Laurent Koscielny - 20%
Mesut Özil - 14%
Olivier Giroud - 12%
I’ve broken with tradition on this one because it was all a bit close and decided that Scorpion Man should get a look in with his own Fourth Place Trophy.
Worst Arsenal Player of 2016/17:
Francis Coquelin - 25%
Theo Walcott - 21%
Kieran Gibbs - 15%
A bit harsh on The Coq. The poor bloke did his best and didn’t hide, unlike the runner-up who ought to become a magician due to amazing trick by making himself disappear.
Most frustrating Arsenal Player of 2016/17:
Mesut Özil - 29%
Theo Walcott - 20%
Aaron Ramsey - 18%
This motley trio had to fight it out between them, and you could make a good case for all three. So much ability but they regularly managed to keep it hidden.
Player you wanted to see used more last season:
Lucas Perez - 60%
Rob Holding - 17%
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 10%
That’s a lot of votes for Perez, who never let us down when he made his rare appearances. I suppose he would have got more games had he been Wenger’s love child.
Most improved player in the last twelve months:
Rob Holding - 61%
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 24%
Nacho Monreal - 7%
We live in hope that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Rob Holding next season, likewise The Ox if we can hang on to him.
Best team performance 2016/17:
Arsenal v Chelsea (FA Cup Final) 2-1 - 60%
Arsenal v Chelsea 3-0 - 32%
Arsenal v Man City (FA Cup Semi Final) 2-1 - 5%
Oh what fun is was that the two beatings of the Odious Chavs were such memorable occasions! And that unexpected Cup Final performance will live with us for a long time.
Worst team performance 2016/17:
Crystal Palace (A) 0-3 - 32%
Bayern Munich (H) 1-5 - 20%
Bayern Munich (A) 1-5 - 14%
That was a miserable Monday evening when we got turned over by Fat Sam’s lot, of all people. That was when we reached rock bottom. A horrible experience.
Best Arsenal goal of the season 2016/17:
Giroud v Crystal Palace (H) - 52%
Özil v Ludogorets (A) - 36%
Sanchez v West Ham (A) 1st goal - 4%
We gave voters ten goals to choose from, although there was always the “other” column to catch any personal favourites. Scorpion Man took the honours to brighten up our New Year’s Day at Ashburton, however I love one of the comments “Ramsey in the Cup Final, you dummies”. I can’t disagree.
Section Two - The Squad and the Manager
Do you consider Arsenal have progressed this season in terms of football performance compared to the previous season?
Yes - 11%
No - 89%
Well, that was rather conclusive.
Do you think Arsenal's 2016/17 transfer windows activity (Xhaka, Holding, Mustafi and Perez) was:
Very good - 3%
Good - 30%
Okay - 46%
Poor - 17%
Very poor - 4%
A jolly set of mixed opinions with most votes going for okay. It looks like that Perez is packing his bags so it will be interesting to see how the other three fare next season.
Which new player impressed you the most?
Rob Holding - 67%
Granit Xhaka - 16%
Skhodran Mustafi - 11%
It was a shame that Wenger didn’t have the bottle to play Holding until the last knockings of the season. At last we can now all see his potential.
Were you satisfied by the performances of the new signings overall?
Yes - 58%
No - 42%
I’m sure that the pendulum swayed back and forth on this question as the season played out.
Which of the players signed do you think is going to improve the most next season, assuming they remain?
Granit Xhaka - 54%
Rob Holding - 39%
Skhodran Mustafi - 4%
There’s a lot more good stuff to come from Xhaka and Holding, so bring it on!
Which ONE area of the team do you think needs addressing the most urgently?
Attack - 55%
Midfield - 23%
Defence - 17%
Goalkeeper - 6%
Over half of you voted for attack. Will Lacazette be able to do the business?
Which one player would you most like Arsenal to buy this summer?
1 - Kylian M'Bappé (Monaco)
2 - Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)
3 - Thomas Lemar (Monaco)
4 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund)
I have just ploughed through the 2,000 nominations and have ended up with a complete Who’s Who? of worldwide professional footballers. M’Bappe seems a popular choice although I like the answer from one poor soul who suggested whoever is bought, Wenger will screw it up.
