In my previous article, I said that football is a results business and in that respect, what a great couple of weeks it’s been since I last penned my thoughts. Most supporters are quick to criticise the manager when he gets it wrong, so I’m going to buck that trend by being quick to praise […]
Two games played, two very disappointing defeats and some supporters are already calling for the manager’s head. Yes, The Arsenal are well and truly back from the enforced Covid-19 break. Prior to the return of the Premier League, I openly admitted that I didn’t feel my usual buzz of excitement and anticipation. To me, recommencing […]
Whoever The Arsenal decided to appoint to succeed the sacked Unai Emery, was always likely to be met with criticism and negativity by many of the club’s supporters and there were no exceptions made for Mikel Arteta. With the most common criticism being the most obvious one. His lack of any previous managerial experience. However, […]
After the stagnant and stale management of Arsene Wenger towards the end of his reign, I initially considered the arrival of Unai Emery to be a long overdue breath of fresh air. Even putting his poor early team selections down to him finding his feet and instead choosing to focus on his ability to make […]
Part 2 – And back…… I hope you enjoyed part 1, the journey to Baku The day after the game, our moods were sombre and it was difficult to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves down to go again because neither of us were motivated and we both knew how the other felt. There was […]
Part 1 – There Our journey to Baku started energetically on Monday 27th May and finished, with fatigue, on Saturday 1st June. Sandwiched between the travelling was of course, a performance and result that left us inconsolable. A feeling that was well and truly placed in to perspective when we were greeted by the tragic […]
With the campaign now beyond the halfway stage, the biggest talking point amongst the clubs supporters, is how Unai Emery has performed within his role as our manager to date. As they are with all subjects associated with The Arsenal, the opinions being offered by the club’s fans are extremely diverse. With some supporters believing […]
I hate losing and I’m disappointed by every defeat that Arsenal suffers. However, I wasn’t angry or surprised by our defeat against the current league champions, Manchester City, in our opening game. They are a class above us and everyone else domestically. In saying that, like many others, I expect Liverpool to get much closer […]
I watched as much of our pre season fixtures as possible and wanted to share some of my initial observations of what I’ve seen so far in the Unai Emery era. Before I do that, I would like to take the opportunity to point out that offering opinions that don’t blow smoke up the players […]
It was not too long ago that the club were promoting the word ‘forward’ as part of an attempted reintroduction of one of the clubs first recorded mottos. Now that Arsene has gone and Unai Emery has been installed as his successor, it is finally starting to feel like that is the direction that we […]
