What’s The Score?! Welcome to another week of “What’s the score?!” – Heinz Tomato Ketchup (the sauce!) has been working overtime this last week with further rumours of who Arsenal are going to sign. From a quick recollection of names mentioned, apparently there are two goalkeepers one CB, two or three DMs, and a couple […]
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So Ivan you have talked the talk. Now time to walk the walk!
Michael Jeffares Column When it comes to blogging I prefer to focus on our players on-field performance or tactical decisions, but for this week I’m going to focus on our South African Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis. After all if it wasn’t for him there’d be no Arsenal-related news over the past eight days. He’s shown his face […]
AMBITIONS, VALUES, TRADITIONS AND THE BIRTH OF A SUPERCLUB – ARSENAL 2013/13
You Guest It “When I arrived here 13 years ago I could sense that this club had values, tradition, and strength in their belief and in their values. “When I travelled at that time to Derby or to Coventry when they were in the Premier League, they always told me it is ‘the Arsenal way’ […]
IS THERE A FIRE DRILL?! Solving the tragedy of the Emirates’ empty seats
You Guest It! Imagine Arsenal playing two of their home games each season in an empty stadium. How dispiriting and ridiculous would that be? Yet it is exactly what is happening on a cumulative basis over an entire season. The sight of empty seats at the Emirates has been a growing problem for several seasons […]
A scrappy win at Loftus Road, a mouthy Polski keeper, the Puma deal and last night – The Weekly Education
An awful lot has happened this week, especially in the past 48 hours or so. However, I’m just going to cover what I think is most important concerning The Arsenal. So, this week the main Arsenal-related talking points are: our scruffy win at Queens Park Rangers, the war of words between Wojciech Szczesny and Andre […]
What A New Kit Deal Could Really Mean For Arsenal
For almost 20 years now, the famous Nike ‘Swoosh’ has adorned the shirts of Arsenal’s finest, from Ashley Cole to Robin van Persie. But despite this long-standing affiliation with the American sportswear company, recent reports suggest that the North London club may just be ready to follow suit and sign elsewhere. But other than a […]
Conspiracy Theorists Unite
The old phrase goes, if you can beat them, join them. Well Ivan Gazidis has done just that. Arsenal, victims to the UEFA touchline ban, might be able to breathe a little bit easier now that the club has representation on the UEFA Professional Strategy Council. The council has no bearing on the discipline of […]
Uzmanov won’t be joining the board
Arsenal’s chief executive Ivan Gazidis has said that Alisher Usmanov, the club’s billionaire investor won’t be joining the board. WTTGT