888sport recently spoke with former Arsenal striker Jérémie Aliadière, who played under Arsene Wenger for six years and was touted to be the next wonderkid of his generation. Aliadière provided his thoughts on Arsenal’s transfer activity (or lack of) this summer and commented on the development of some of their young talent such as Ainsley […]
‘…..AND THEN I PUT MY GOGGLES ON’ Do you have anything in your football world that you really don’t understand? I do. I don’t understand fans that think friendlies are pointless or that pre-season is just for fitness. From my vantage point friendlies are for making BIG decisions about the upcoming season and who stays […]
Arsenal ended their tour of America with a 3-2 penalty shootout defeat to Real Madrid in Washington. The Gunners dominated early on and lead 2-0 through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alex Lacazette but were dominated in the second half and goals from Gareth Bale and Marco Asensio brought it back. Robbie Burton’s penalty miss ensured the […]
‘Arsenal and the ideal summer scenario’ Talent and impatience. A difficult concoction. Amidst the frustration of not having the budget of those we are trying to catch, Arsenal need credit for their work in the Academy. This is the hope for progress and the chance to catch up. Thankfully, the Ljungberg promotion will have given […]
For Arsenal fans, victory on Wednesday evening is all that will matter. A European trophy, a return to the Champions League and a significant influx of cash that will hopefully give Emery the tools to rebuild and restructure a somewhat dysfunctional squad will be significant reward for what has been at times an underwhelming season. […]
Arsenal moments – 18/19 PL season In an earlier post, I gave views on the players and their individual season performances. Now, I will present views on which games – for me at least – stood out for their goodness, badness, or ugliness. So as the players have been rated, what about the performances? […]
Arsenal player reviews 18/19 So the PL season has ended, and it’s time to review the players’ performances. Our star strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, have received wide plaudits this season. Auba won the Premier League Golden Boot, shared with Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. Bernd Leno has been an […]
THE FRUSTRATION OF MOTIVATION Positives, Needs and Hopes Sometimes a moment or a performance can sum up a whole season. Sometimes it’s a player. I’ve watched Aubameyang the last two games play with literally double the motivation that he normally does. I’ve felt excited by this, on the edge of my seat when he’s around […]
Valencia 2-4 Arsenal (3-7 agg.) Europa League Semi-Final We’re in the final. El jefe could get FOUR Europa League titles. And we’ve shown our good friends that we too can reach a European final. And it’s our first European final since the 2006 Champions League defeat to Barca. And both legs followed a similar pattern. […]
I shared the feelings of optimism tempered by pessimistic thoughts described in Mike McDonald`s excellent article and unfortunately, the pessimism has come to the fore. We need to beat Chelsea now (provided we beat Valencia ) to get into the Championship League and in present form Chelsea must be favourites because while Arsenal have stagnated, […]
