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 […]
‘WHAT MATTERS?’ The points and performance debate…. No argument that the points matter. They matter more than the performance. That’s not what this question is about though. It’s about how the present is making us feel about the future. It’s fair to also say that Emery has been given the squad to produce far better […]
‘The Confidence Platform’ I saw two teams who have good players. I saw two teams who have a few great players. I also saw two teams lacking in confidence and beside Aubameyang, the great weren’t even good and the good were mediocre. I do however remind myself that football is 50% attacking and 50% defending. […]
Wonderful. Painful. Awful. Vital Here’s some facts…. 1) We rarely win when Chelsea, Spurs and Utd lose. We did. 2) We are 3 points ahead of all three of them after 6 games. 3) We played over a half with 10 men and won. 4) From a losing position too. Twice. 5) We are […]
Arsenal: Premier League Review So Far It’s been an indifferent start to the Premier League season for Arsenal. Unai Emery’s team has picked up 8 points from their opening five fixtures. The Gunners have shown grit and determination in some games. However, they have thrown away leads and rolled over in others. We’re going to […]
‘THE £50M MAN’ When I was young, clubs invested in Academies because they hoped that they could get a small handful break through to help the first team. That has changed somewhat. Now, clubs hope for this but also have the dream that a gem will come along that they can sell for big bucks […]
You can’t win anything with kids It’s Wednesday 12th August 2020 & Julian Nagelsmann is about to start his first pre-match press conference of the new season. It had been an interesting summer in the transfer market. Mustafi and Xhaka had joined Yeovil Town on deadline day, both stating it had been a childhood dream […]
Watford 2-2 Arsenal Premier League Review – 15th Sept., 2019 – Vicarage Road, Watford Same old Arsenal. Always a bad culture.. It always creases me up when I hear the chant “same old Arsenal; always cheating!” It often arises when we’re awarded a foul, and one that is legitimate per the IFAB Laws […]
Us 2-2 Them Emirates Stadium, September 1, 2019 So it ended all square vs. the Scum. Despite some apparent faults at Spurs with Pochettino, Eriksen, et al, we weren’t able to capitalise and get the win. I feel a draw here was fair, in honesty. The narrative from some fans was that […]
‘Backstage kills the band’ The match was a snapshot of Arsenal over the last 10 years. On the ball, good enough to win. Much like a band they had some rockstars who had the crowd on their feet. Lacazette, Aubameyang and Pepe played some quality back up to the lead singer, Matteo Guendouzi. Unfortunately, […]
