‘Nine Arsenal Thoughts’ By Mike McDonald 1) Why are Arsenal taking so long to buy players this summer? I think that this has everything to do with their pursuit of Zaha, for two good reasons. Firstly, I think that we are not wanting to purchase other players until we know how much we have to […]
Ode to a modern football fan This is not me advocating the acceptance of mediocrity. It’s just me requesting some perspective. Please guys, please, please relax Please guys, please, please chill out Please guys, reign in the attacks Please guys, reign in all the shouts Remember, success, it is not a right Remember, […]
The Spectacular Unspectacular POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Fans need hope but boy, oh boy has society done a number on our levels of patience. Yesterday, was a spectacular display of seriousness. Flicking through Twitter I have started to only pay attention to those who don’t have extreme views. “We are awful”, “So and so is […]
ARSENAL 1-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN EMIRATES STADIUM 8TH DECEMBER 2018 – PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW “He comes from Uruguay…he’s only five foot high!” This game in truth wasn’t the best. As per my preview, I knew Huddersfield would come to rough us up, or at the least try and curtail us. We need to give […]
Utter frustration to unexpected joy… POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES It seems to me that this season whenever I’m getting highly frustrated, wishing we had a spark on the wing we find a way to win anyway. This season feels so different in many ways. We just seem like winners. We were very poor today but […]
I read the full transcript of Hector Bellerin’s long interview with Arsenal official website, where he spoke about a wide range of topics that go beyond football and, like many others; I was impressed by the maturity shown by this 23-year old boy, who sounds very conscious of the bigger picture. I won’t go into […]
We will be looking to extend our winning streak to 5 leagues games and 7 overall when hosting Watford today. A task made harder than usual by the Bees’ surprisingly excellent form up to date: Xavi Gracia’s team are on 13 points after 6 games, losing one (to United) and drawing one (to Fulham last […]
Hector Bellerin – the pioneer A neat traditional side-parting echoing a time gone, a conforming throwback to the George Graham days – and whatever you do, don’t forget those black boots. Hector Bellerin certainly doesn’t subscribe to any of the above. A talented, passionate, principled and intelligent young man who is doing things his own […]
The Gunners notched their first away win this season, and made it two league wins on the trot in the process, but I think it will be fair to say the manner of the win raised more questions than it answered. Let’s get straight to it. Cech’s distribution is abysmal – again While it’s clear […]
At half time I often check the thoughts of a few on twitter. Emotions can cloud. Clive Palmer @clivepafc is becoming increasingly well respected and often has the pulse. Today my main thought concurred with his: in-game management needed to be improved. Emery makes statements at half time either with subs or obvious improvements. The […]
