To be or not to be, that’s the question ….. Sorry this is not Shakespeare reincarnated. But it wouldn’t be too far off to allude to the question of which central attacking midfielder Arsenal should go for, to the dilemma of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy –Hamlet. It is clear, at least going by rumors […]
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It is Edu’s Inexperience at the root of he problems at Arsenal – Arteta is not blameless but needs better tools
It is depressing writing and talking about the current state of things at Arsenal, a manifestation of years of neglect and lack of leadership, if you like, direction on and off the pitch. It has not a palatable admittance that Arsenal’s recent performances has been part of different factors that throws a spanner into the […]
KSE Listen to your Manager – Back Arteta NOW on Partey and Aouar or risk losing him
”You are not in the Champions League and because you are not in the Champions League, you say ‘Okay, I don’t have to invest because I don’t have the financial ability to do it’. But the other clubs invest and then the gap becomes bigger”. Mikel Arteta (14/7/2020) Over to you Stan Kroenke. I […]
Exclusive Interview with French Football Expert questions the ability of Gabriel Magalhaes – Not as good as Twitter says he is!
Very few people know more about the French league than Robin Bairner of goal.com @Rbairner. His information and analysis of Arsenal latest Brazilian acquisition; Gabriel Magalhaès can thus be regarded as valuable and reliable. This and many others were the reasons why I had an interview with him to get the lowdown on the Brazilian centre […]
Just how good is Nicolas Pepe? Few know better than Robin Bairner – so we asked him. [Exclusive Interview]
Arsenal and Raul Sanelhi have pulled what is becoming the coup of the window this summer. Nicolas Pepe was lightening and firing from all cylinders in the French League 1 last team resulting in him becoming a household name in Lille and arguably the whole of France. But just how good is Nicolas Pepe can’t […]
As Anger turns to Apathy is the ‘Long Wait’ for Arsenal without Wenger nearly over?
WE WAIT The one thing you cannot accuse any Arsenal fan of is impatience. I told a friend that I am an Arsenal fan and the first thing she said was that “I guess you are used to heartbreaks then”. I think that is the narrative among non-Arsenal football fans. But the reality is that […]
Clutching at Arsenal Straws – “We must accept finite disappointments but never lose infinite hope”
LET’S CLUTCH AT STRAWS. There was a sense of despondency and largely a kind of mixed feelings after the 2007/2008 season. Not many people including pundits, media and opposition fans gave us any chance of competing. Even most Arsenal fans, myself included, thought we were not gonna mount any serious title bid. Our expectations were […]
Wenger has sucked the joy out of watching football
In 2007 I watched Arsenal drew away to Liverpool at Anfield and it felt as though we had won the match. Arsenal went down by a goal scored from a free kick by Steven Gerrard on the ninth minute. Arsenal put pressure on Liverpool for the rest of the game, playing some of the best football […]
It is a fact that the Gunners have failed post World Cups and Euro’s – This year we MUST start better
We can hear if we cannot see, from all directions, pressure coming hurrying with the whirling winds of the globally envied English Premier League. Another EPL season is nigh and the competition could not be any stiffer. We have more money coming into the Premier League, elite coaches gracing it with their presence, stadiums being […]
Every Gamble Wenger took with our season failed to pay out – Fail to Plan = Plan to Fail
2015/2016 – A Season that Ended so Familiarly Before it Began In the end you do not buy to give one hope, you want to buy because the players who come in can help your squad to be stronger. Buying and selling is one way to strengthen your team, but that is not the only way. […]