West ham 0-0 Arsenal It really seems we’re in the Twilight Zone. Wasn’t this akin to the Southampton performance? Or the United one to some extent? More “pass, pass, pass”, and not enough “shoot, shoot, shoot”, and “score, score, score”. The overview here is very like recent games, however: Our clear-cut chances were limited. Wilshere, […]
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Global Gooners – how and why Arsenal (and Wrighty) should embrace its foreign fans…
Global support, Wrighty, and change…. How global support has changed from the past…. Ian Wright (Wright Wright) is a certified Arsenal legend, and a major reason why I am a Gooner. He not only scored a bag load of goals. He did so with class, tenaciousness, and guile, and to point where he became our […]
Southampton 1 – 1 Arsenal: Woeful Gunners Steal Last-Gasp Point
Southampton 1-1 Arsenal Barclays Premier League Matchday 16 St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton That was poor. Like last week vs. United. Like the Stoke away game earlier this season. Like numerous games last season. Or the season before that. Or several seasons before that. Yes, we did well to get a point in the end. But […]
Arsenal 6 – 0 BATE Borisov: Satisfyingly Boring
Arsenal 6 – 0 BATE Borisov Emirates Stadium Europa League Final Group Stage Match BATE were NOT much of a threat tonight, despite them needing a win to qualify. Wenger started a 433 formation, which was effective in beating BATE. However, the game overall was satisfyingly boring. It seems odd to say, but it’s true. […]
A Bittersweet Defeat as De Gea and Marinner defy Arsenal
Arsenal 1-3 Man United Review I’m not sure about anybody else, but this loss for me was a tolerable one. No fan ever likes to lose, naturally. But bar some individual errors, I think we attacked well throughout. Our passing was crisp, and our attacking players were sharp. Though this really is a bittersweet defeat. […]
So it’s Welbeck or Giroud and will Mourinho park the bus or not? AFC v MUFC
OK, so our manager’s goodly friend is vising us this weekend. Wenger got his first ever league win against him in this fixture last season. And overall, there is no love lost between ourselves and United, going back to the Fergie days of course. But can we get another win here? I don’t see why not. Our […]
Ozil’s finally delivers a ’10/10′ performance v Terriers – Now for Consistency Mesut.
Arsenal 5-0 Huddersfield Town Premier League review Well…..that was satisfying – a 12th consecutive Premier league home win. Though for most of the game, we were very pedestrian. Our issues are largely mental, and this was no different. We scored initially via Lacazette, but then for much of the first-half, we looked pretty stolid. But […]
Wenger 2.0 – Make It Real, Not Fantasy
Is Wenger changing? The stereotype of Wenger, at least before this season, has been: A (formerly) great manager A manager who seldom ever changes his team to suit the opposition A manager who cannot motivate his players for the big games A manager who believes that tactics is moot, and that sexy football conquers all […]
Wenger will have too much for Wagner – Arsenal v Huddersfield
Arsenal vs. Huddersfield Town preview I usually watch Ball Street on the Web/social media, and the owner of it (Mr. Matt Wilson) is an ardent Huddersfield Town fan. Because of this, and my respect for his channel, I have had a look out for their results this season, and took joy in them beating Man […]
Unwanted Déjà vu for Burnley as Mustafi once again shines for Gunners
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal Premier League review Well, that was ugly. Not an inspired performance by us, but then a win is a win. The first half was muted for us, but the second half showed us step up more. Burnley, with Sean Dyche as the best English manager at the moment, played well overall and […]