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Ray Parlour says Arsene Wenger must make big signings in the summer transfer window to ensure Arsenal can challenge for the Premier League title next season. The Gunners title charge has faded in recent weeks, with a 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday leaving Wengers side to focus on securing a top four spot ahead of hosting West Brom on Thursday, live on Sky Sports 1. Mertesacker slams Arsenal defensive flaws Per Mertesacker slams Arsenal defensive flaws and discipline in Premier League Parlour, who won three Premier League titles during a 14-year spell with the club, says Wenger must now secure top additions in the summer in order to keep up with the likes of Manchester City next season, in what he believes will be a highly competitive campaign. Hector Bellerin of Arsenal looks dejected following the Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace They will be disappointed, they had a really good chance of winning the league. They have come up short again, Parlour told Sky Sports News HQ.He needs to make some big signings, there is no doubt about that. In the summer transfer window they need to go out and get these players to put them on to the next level like City and clubs like that because it is going to be such a competitive league next year. Parlour also revealed that Wenger will analyse the disappointing draw with Palace before turning his attention to the visit of West Brom, and thinks his former club are now in a battle for a Champions League place.He said: What he used to do - he didnt say a lot after the game - he would probably do it in training the following day, so hed watch and analyse the game on the video and then call a meeting before training and get your feedback. What went wrong? Whats going wrong with the team? Youve got to put it right. Ray Parlour won three Premier League titles with Arsenal Thursday is another big game for them, they have got to be careful now of that top four. At the moment they are in fourth place. Manchester United, West Ham and teams like that are hoping they fail on Thursday and they can close the gap so there is still a lot to play for to get into that top four.Parlour finished as a runner-up in the Premier League four times with Arsenal and believes a good pre-season is vital if a team is to have a successful campaign. Nigel Winterburn thinks Arsenal need new players if theyre to get anywhere near winning the Premier League title next season He said: You are disappointed, you go away and have your break that everybody needs as a player and then youll come back pre-season and youll have it again, that big meeting - what went wrong last season? What can we improve on? You might have a few new faces there as well.Pre-season is very important - you always need a good start in the Premier League. A lot of clubs will need a good start next year. Liverpool under [Jurgen] Klopp with his new signings, Chelsea under a new manager, Pep Guardiola coming in, so a lot of clubs in the same position but certainly that is what they have to do. Wenger has been urged to make new signings in the summer Hell [Wenger] look around the dressing room and say to himself, have I got enough here to win the title? And hopefully, if he can buy two or three next year, he might have a chance.Watch Arsenal v West Brom this Thursday evening, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. Also See: Wilshere suffers injury scare Arsenal lost title months ago Arsenal cancel 2016 Emirates Cup WATCH: Cesc not rooting for Spurs Zach LaVine Bulls Jersey . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Chandler Hutchison Jersey . 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PHOENIX -- Villanova already has lofty expectations this season as the reigning national champion. The Wildcats also have to deal with opposing fans screaming louder and opposing teams playing them harder.Villanova has handled anything thats come its way to this point, but everything ratchets up another level now that the Wildcats are No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the second time in school history.So far, we have, coach Jay Wright said about managing expectations. This puts more on top of that. I do think last year when we were ranked No. 1, we handled it pretty well but I do think it got to a point by the time we got to Xavier where it got to us a little bit.Villanova had to adjust to being No. 1 for the first time in school history last season. The Wildcats handled it well through the first two weeks, but the pressure continued to build, contributing to a loss to Xavier.Villanova went on to win the national championship and entered this season ranked No. 4 in the AP preseason poll. The Wildcats moved up to No. 2 by week 3 and this week received 57 of 65 first-place votes to supplant Kentucky at No. 1.The Wildcats (8-0) at least know what to expect heading into games against La Salle on Tuesday and No. 23 Notre Dame on Saturday.We know what its like, Wright said. We know what the attention is like, we know what the effort of the other team is like. Our first thought is, this gets La Salle to even another level.---KENTUCKY BOUNCEBACKKentucky coach John Calipari said last week that he wanted his team to play a close game after the Wildcats won their first seven by 21 points or more.Kentucky got more than that on Saturday, when it lost 97-92 to then-No. 11 UCLA in Lexington. The loss ended the Wildcats home winning streak at 42 games and dropped them to No. 6 in this weeks poll.Kentucky (7-1) hosts Valparaiso on Wednesday and Hofstra on Sunday.There are great lessons out of this, Calipari said after the UCLA defeat. I wish we would have come back and won. I would have liked to learn from that lesson a little bit more. Butt sometimes you need to get hit on the chin, especially at home.dddddddddddd---BRUINS RISINGUCLAs win over Kentucky gave the Bruins (9-0) a huge boost in the poll, moving them up nine spots to No. 2 on Monday. They also received two first-place votes.UCLA also gets to savor the victory over the Wildcats, getting a week off before facing another difficult game Saturday against Michigan at Pauley Pavilion.We have a goal: from good to great, UCLA coach Steve Alford said. Were not great yet, but we knew we were good coming in. We took a pretty good step toward being a little bit better than good.---ANNIVERSARY GAMENo. 5 Duke (8-1) has a tough game Tuesday night, facing No. 21 Florida at Madison Square Garden.On Saturday, the Blue Devils will play UNLV at the new T-Mobile Arena along The Strip in Las Vegas. The game will be the first meeting between the teams since Duke knocked off undefeated UNLV in the 1991 Final Four on its way to the first of five national championships for coach Mike Krzyzewski.The Runnin Rebels (5-3) are rebuilding in their first season under Marvin Menzies, and Duke is finally getting healthy, so it probably wont come close to living up to that epic game 25 years ago.---BIG SATURDAYSaturday has a big slate of games involving ranked teams, including No. 3 Kansas vs. Nebraska, No. 11 Xavier vs. Utah, No. 16 Butler against No. 23 Cincinnati, No. 17 Wisconsin at Marquette, and No. 20 Arizona at Missouri.---WATCH LISTTeams to keep an eye on this week for possible entry into the poll next week:Southern California. The Trojans (8-0) are still undefeated and have one game this week, against Pepperdine.Ohio State. The Buckeyes (7-1) played No. 14 Virginia close last week, with Florida Atlantic and UConn coming up this week.Florida State. The Seminoles (7-1) make a run at being ranked by winning all three of their games this week, a schedule that includes No. 21 Florida on Sunday. ' ' '