Sitting in the Clock End to witness Mesut Özil’s stellar performance against CSKA Moscow on Thursday night was a real privilege. Rarely do I come away from a game in awe at what I’ve seen, but his performance was up there with his top ones for Arsenal and any individual display I’ve seen from a […]
It was an explosive performance against CSKA in Thursday night’s Europa League encounter and this was in no small part down to the team selection and crucially the structure of that team. The set up gave full license to Arsenal’s attacking flair and most evidently to Aaron Ramsey. If we suspend belief just for the […]
It’s now on to Russia (with love)…from a sound first-leg victory. It’s often said that we don’t play sexy football anymore. That Wengerball is as extinct as the dinosaurs, the dodo, mammoths, and Neanderthals. Well apparently, Wengerball made a Lazarus-esque comeback last night. Despite some poor defending at times, we tore CSKA Moscow to […]
A few interesting debates on Twitter yesterday on the Wilshere revelations which I have to say were no surprise to me. I have never believed he wanted or demanded to be loaned, merely accepted that his Manager would not offer him the playing time to recover full fitness and form in 2016/17. Others of course […]
A short piece from me while it is on my mind after three particular conversations on social media about Aaron Ramsey, the ‘Welsh Messi’ – that may give you a clue about who one of the ‘unbiased’ conversations was with 🙂 With Arsenal generally in a state of transition on and off the pitch, the […]
AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal – Europa League R/16 – San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Milan Wow. We WON A GAME….. Facetiousness aside, it’s good to win. And despite the doom and gloom in our midst, we played pretty well overall. There is one negative for me. In that it shows how well we can play, when […]
I have just read Batmandela`s beautiful article ” Arsenal in Crisis – Yes”. I recommend that you read it dear reader. I was going to write a review of last night`s match which was not going to be particularly harsh on our players, when I read the above article. By the time I had finished […]
Arsenal vs. Man City Carabao Cup final preview Well it’s here. The final between ourselves and Man. City. Both have had bad mid-week results. But can we win here? I say yes. Call me mad, I don’t mind nor care. But I’m a Gooner. And one thing I know is that on our day we […]
In the coming days a lot will be written about how Arsenal should approach the Caribou Cup Final against Manchester City. Despite their recent loss to Wigan, they are still the most in-form team in England and arguably the best team in the world. I’d predict that the consensus for Arsenal’s strategies to be successful […]
It seems that Grant Xhaka is the current Arsenal first teamer facing the scrutiny of a ‘hard to please’ Gooner fanbase. This may well be largely because of what he isn’t rather than what he is. Whether Wenger sold us on an idea, other ‘knowledgeable’ fans on social media did or the media did, the […]
