Out of interest: Would you rather sign a winger who got 15 goals and 5 assists last season or 5 goals and 15 assists? This isn’t a question about Arsenal. Imagine you’re put in charge of a team you’ve never seen play & you have to pick one to sign. — Dan Critchlow (@afcDW) May […]
Unai Emery has been out of work since he was sacked by Arsenal on the 29th November last year. He has been relatively quiet since his unceremonious departure from North London, and to his credit he conducted himself with class upon leaving and in any brief media correspondence since. But, like most managers, I knew […]
The Season So Far – And What We Have to Look Forward To When Arséne Wenger announced his departure in April 2018, supporters across the world were unanimous in their praise for one of the most successful managers in club football. The techniques and teachings of the old schoolmaster brought Arsenal well and truly into […]
Mesut Ozil is The Perfect Player and the Ultimate Conundrum It isn’t difficult to understand why Mesut Ozil has so many fans. The Gunners midfielder has it all: enviable vision, balance, power, an impressive and unexpected burst of pace, and superb technique. If you were designing the best football player you could imagine for today’s […]
Arsene Wenger, our most successful manager ever, left in 2018. Unai Emery couldn’t resolve the bad defending and weak mentality of the latter Wenger period, and he left in Nov. 2018. Ivan Gazidis, the former club CEO, is now Chief Executive at AC Milan. Arteta is now in, and thus far it’s OK. And the […]
I’m writing this prior to the Burnley game, but I must say I’m pleased with Arteta’s work thus far. Yes, we’re still drawing games, but then I feel there are some building blocks of getting a top side. All top sides have a mixture of the following: Technical ability Mental desire Structural shape and discipline […]
The true gift of Arteta is that he has given us back a TEAM I took a break from Arsenal match attendance over Christmas and New Year for personal reasons, but I am raring to be back in Block 31 on Saturday for the visit of Sheffield United. The reverse fixture was the day I […]
The last decade for Arsenal has seen some positive and negative factors. On the plus side, Arsene Wenger won three FA Cups, moved to the Emirates Stadium. On the down side, Arsenal have recently sacked their manager Unai Emery. The Arsenal dwindling fan base for home fixtures has reduced, and financial results are apparently down […]
2019 is nearly over, though at the time of writing there are some games vs. Bournemouth and Chelsea to play yet. So as this year is coming to an end, which were the best and worst points of 2019? What were the games, players and moments, which caught our eye, whether good or […]
A new era has begun, folks. Mikel Arteta, the prodigal son, is about to lead his first training session as head coach of the Arsenal, after leaving the Club three years ago. It’s safe to say that the whole place is excited: the former Manchester City assistant coach had everyone lighted up during a flawless […]
