(more…) Alex BaguzinRussian Gooner. No, it’s not always cold in my home country 🙂 A staunch Arsenal supporter since 2004. Started writing about the Gunners in 2013. Currently in London to get a degree in journalism.
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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 […]
The B Team serve up a Bad B Movie Performance in Cologne
FC Koln 1-0 Arsenal Well that was interesting. The play overall wasn’t that bad, but we looked poor in the final third. The team sheet was also…interesting. With Chambers being a wing-back. Seriously? Wenger has to be commended for looking to empower his players this way. But then to be fair, he didn’t have that […]
Mustafi and Ozil steal the show as Arsenal put Spurs to the sword: #AFC2Spurs0
Thriving in adverse environment is sometimes made possible by the siege mentality. It’s the world against you, so will you put your hands up and surrender or will you mount a fightback? It’s a very simple notion, one that can be encapsulated in a phrase: “sod everyone, I will do it”. Arsenal took the latter […]
The Gunners prove they are not shy as the officials hang them out to dry: Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal
So the near-impossible didn’t happen despite my somewhat elevated expectations and we went down to City at the Etihad. However, while I do not feel particularly upbeat about the loss itself (no one ever does, do they?), yesterday we didn’t see a capitulation akin to that at Anfield. There’s a lot of talking points to […]
A Valiant Defeat and not a rout but a defeat all the same – Thermapylae not Isandhlwana
Man City 3-1 Arsenal Premier League Review Well OK. We lost. But it wasn’t the smashing that we thought it would be. City were not at their best to be frank. But to use a solid cliché, we made a good account of ourselves. Arsenal lost. But it was a valiant defeat, and not the […]
B Movie Performance from Arsenal’s B Team with no one pushing for the A Team
Arsenal 0-0 Red Star Belgrade Europa League Group Stage That was dull. Was it a lack of urgency? Or that we didn’t think we needed to win this? It seems odd to ask, but then we are through to the next round. And Red Star didn’t offer much either. The first half had few chances […]
Swans Gunned down eventually but is it time for a Keeper to Cech Out?
For the second time inside a week Arsenal have done something I thought they were not capable of since the meek surrender to Watford: they showed some guts. Both against Everton and Swansea the Gunners went behind; both goals were conceded against the run of play; both were the first moments of danger created near […]
Mesut, Alexis and Alexandre – Les Trois Mousquetaires put Everton to the sword
I’ll start off by saying this is the best I have seen Arsenal perform this season. We started the game full of beans, driven to score early and settle the nerves and, were it not for Pickford’s excellent form at the outset, we could have been out of sight by the time Rooney scored. Instead […]
We finally see ‘The Front 3’ and were not disappointed with Ozil 10/10 at 10
Everton 2-5 Arsenal Premier League Review Well…where the hell was that performance in recent months (nay years)? We bossed them from start to finish, despite Rooney scoring a great goal for them at the start. Rooney’s goal was against the run of play, but we did show the “cajones” today. We showed overall the technicality, […]