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 […]
”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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
