343 might not be the formation we like but it is the formation we need! The imminent arrival of Willian from Chelsea sparkled lots of debates about his age profile, role, suitability, wages, resale value and Gooners all over the world had lots of different opinions about it.There seems to be one thing everyone agreed […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the % game. With the transfers window now open and in an attempt to take my mind off the upcoming FA Cup Final against Chelsea, I tried to assess the current squad and see how many chances each player has to still be at the Club, next season. It […]
Wiltooooooooooooooord! Arsenal have scored yet again, in the Premiership, and it might well be the most important one of the lot! Nice times when the Frenchman, the first to react to a loose ball in the box after a shot from Freddie Ljungberg, hit the back of the net for what would prove to be […]
Football has restarted. Allegedly. The Bundesliga, of which everyone on this freaking planet suddenly became an aficionado and an expert, has been the first on the top five European leagues to kick-start the end of their campaign, after the lockdown. Games were obviously played behind closed doors and health & safety measures were applied to […]
ITKs, eh? I always found them fascinating but reading their breaking news these days really is something else. I’m not against having some fun with rumours about this or that guy but you do need a fair share of creativity to be doing that when nobody knows how football will be when it resumes. The […]
Boredom, eh? Eleven days ago I randomly launched a series of polls to find out who are your favorite players to have played at the Emirates Stadium, by position. The ground rules I imagined were quite easy: Players must have played at least two full seasons at the Emirates Stadium Players are selected on […]
A new era has begun, folks. Mikel Arteta, the prodigal son, is about to lead his first training session as head coach of the Arsenal, after leaving the Club three years ago. It’s safe to say that the whole place is excited: the former Manchester City assistant coach had everyone lighted up during a flawless […]
Assumption #1: Unai Emery doesn’t favor using a player in the hole. Assumption #2: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the left-wing is a waste. CONCLUSION: Play 4-4-2! It sounds easy and is perhaps a bit simplistic but it’s also very fascinating and could solve some of our problems, especially up high on the pitch. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s best […]
Unai Emery must go. This is not one of those post-defeat, rage-fuelled tantrums but a conclusion I came to after a long reflection. I held this back until after the Carabao Cup game against Nottingham Forest to avoid any connection between to over-laborious win against Aston Villa in the Premier League and my piece. I’ve […]
Welcome, new season! While the Club is busy launching the new home kit, which will finally see us leave Puma and embrace Adidas, I am reflecting about the upcoming season and the expectations that go with it. The recently leaked (was it, though?) commercial about the new home kit has gone viral for various reasons, […]
