I have just read Michael McDonalds excellent article. I agree with a lot of what he says and I too am happy with our `behind the door` team in relation to the procuring of top class players. I am also very pleased at the progress of our young players. We had one of our banana […]
‘The Points, the Table, the Fixtures or the Games’ Before every game I pick the team in my head. Before every transfer window I pick who I’d sell and buy too. Every once in a while I imagine what I’d do if I was Raul, Vinai and Edu. I sit here tonight thinking about the […]
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 Secret Diary of Mezut Özil, Aged 30 3/4 Monday 16th September 2019: 71 minutes, 71 minutes, bloody hell, gonna suffer this week, really not used to this intense a workout. Wednesday 18th September 2019: Away in Frankfurt tomorrow, well the rest of the boys are. Emery knows the deal, no long away days […]
‘TRANSFER NEWS…. Arsenal advised to sign Joy and Freedom’ …..on free transfers no less! I’m not convinced that the noticeable increase in joy watching my Arsenal and the freedom that they played with against Liege was solely down to weaker opposition. They’ve had three cracks at this similar line up and won 0-3, 5-0 and […]
‘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. […]
‘THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCH OF THE SEASON?’ Really? I think so. Why? Unless Emery is stubborn or blind, he was smacked in the face with a handful of potential changes that he could make based on what we all saw. Changes that could swing our season from ‘decent results, poor performances but fall short again’ […]
The future’s bright – the future is Arsenal? Arsenal 5-0 Nottingham Forest – League Cup review Orange may have morphed into EE – but their old and paraphrased slogan seems applicable here. Old heads like Ozil performed well, but the young and new guns shone. All of this was mixed with our good […]
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 […]
