So the Premier League has finally finished. (A little later this year then originally planned!). With the Gunners having to face another game this weekend in the FA Cup final, the countdown is on to the finale. This season will have made an ever lasting impression on those associated with the club. In short – […]
We’re all buzzing naturally for the FA Cup final vs. Chelsea. Lampard has done well for them to get the top four in his first season. And either he or Arteta could be another person in the list of both managers and players who have won the FA Cup. Now, are Chelsea favourites? […]
Episode 15S “Preparing for the Cup Final • Maximizing Creativity” The lads take a look at the Watford game, digest a season that can ‘get in the bin’ and look ahead to the FA Cup Final against Chelsea. With a fair bit of worry. Another bite-sized chunk of Arsenalness delivered fresh to your cranium. Tune […]
Arsenal FA Cup Final Preview Arsenal progressed to the FA Cup final with an excellent 2-0 victory over previous holders Manchester City last weekend. The Gunners will take on fellow Londoners Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday August 1st and it will be Mikel Arteta’s first chance to secure silverware as Arsenal manager. Arteta previously lifted […]
Episode 14T “Preparing for the Cup Final • Maximizing Creativity” Our resident tactics experts (and Gav) discuss the upcoming Watford game – and whether it should be used as a test-run for the Cup Final against Chelsea. Mike and Woz also explore ways of getting more link-up between our midfield and attack in the current, […]
Back in January before the world boarded this awful coronacoaster, I proposed that Arsenal would need 64 points to qualify for a 4th place Champions League spot. At that stage, we were in 10th, with 27 points, having played 21 games. Liverpool were unbeaten, with 58 points, Leicester behind them with 45 points and […]
Do you remember…….? Arshavin’s one touch vs Barcelona. Henry’s rare late header vs Utd. Fabregas from kick off vs Spurs. Kanu going solo vs Chelsea. I remember where I was, who I was with and the level of mad-crazy I went. Fans love moments. They are important. Martinelli vs Chelsea has now become one. A […]
The title race is over. In January. A rampant Liverpool side is already 13 points clear (with a game in hand) and are on a 37-game undefeated streak that is rapidly approaching the 49, 49 Undefeated… achieved by Arsenal’s 2003/4 “Invincibles”. That Liverpool may go the season undefeated seems more likely than not. Most Arsenal […]
What has Mikel Arteta Changed at Arsenal Since his Arrival? Mikel Arteta was hired as Arsenal manager less than a week before Christmas to mixed responses from the footballing world. To many, the task of transforming a lacklustre Arsenal side was too big for someone so early in his managerial career. To others, including, evidently, […]
I see special My son is 9. He knows far more about football than I did at his age. He is currently baffled at how Arsenal are changing though. Whenever I tell him that the improvement he is seeing is mainly because of the coach he doesn’t understand. He doesn’t understand because he has yet […]
