“Arsenal don’t have any squad depth!” That must be the reason why today it’s virtually impossible to pick a starting XI without leaving out one or two excellent players. Mesut Özil and Theo Walcott made their comebacks recently, Aaron Ramsey did the same a bit earlier while, with perfect timing, Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky and […]
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Francis Coquelin, the next Gilberto?
Francis Coquelin was a leader for Arsenal at Manchester City (just a month after playing for Charlton)… Arsène Wenger may have found his new Gilberto Silva – Matt Morlidge for The Daily Mail, January, 19th Don’t get me wrong, Francis Coquelin had a fantastic game at Manchester City last weekend. He was superb in […]
The World Class players we now have are improving our Young Guns!
2 wins in 2 makes it an inappropriate time to maintain my stance on the boss so I’m going to highlight something different this week. A little situation I’ve observed at Arsenal is that when world class players are at the club it brings the best out of our promising younger players that also have […]
Arsenal MUST DROP these TWO players to help fill the void of a defensive midfielder and stay creative
First, I must point out that I’m a man of diverse opinions. I try to dissect each Arsenal game I watch, and due to the awesome uniqueness of these matches, there are often new observations. Although I still believe so much in 4-1-4-1 and its endless benefits for this current Arsenal side, the lack of […]
The Wilshere article the Tabloids should write but can’t whilst they bash him
“Fi fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he live, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread” I find that this poem, as given in Joseph Jacob’s 1890 rendition of the classic English fairytale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, is very much applicable to […]
Time to stick with the winning team for today – Stick with Pace, power, skill and Precision?
Arsene Wenger has surprisingly not been too rigid to experiment during the start of a crucial season, with new systems and new players given time to strike a balance, and the dividends seem to be paying off now. Unlike last season’s chemistry between Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud which got the best out […]
Arsenal can beat Chelsea and here are the reasons why! – Best preview you will read.
Clive P’s 5 Points is back….. Big weeks get you thinking. Chelsea our nemesis – we have won 4 out of the last 24 games vs this team. Roman has changed the landscape of English football and London football. · Chelsea have more money injected by the ownership model. · Chelsea have a better up to date […]
Arsene Wenger ASSESSING whether Arsenal NEED to make MORE SIGNINGS to an improved squad for the new season
Arsenal vs Manchester United, February .. 2014. We had just lost heavily to Liverpool and were given the chance to produce a roaring response against a team who had been having a poor season by their standards. Basically, the game was there to be won. But we played a frustrating goalless draw and didn’t create […]
Arsenal fans MUST start to show MORE RESPECT to their new defensive-midfield leader
He is our new captain and he looks massively honoured and proud about it, he said it himself immediately after lifting the Community Shield at Wembley. Let’s give Mikel Arteta a break, gentlemen – can we? He’s not a powerhouse, he will never be Patrick Vieira or Gilberto Silva but he’s never failed to give his […]
Arsene has earmarked Ramsey and Wilshere as the club’s future leadership
At the time it was revealed Cesc Fabregas wasn’t returning to Arsenal, reports (including me) suggested it was largely due to Mesut Ozil’s arrival last summer. However, after taking a deeper look at that line of thought, it occurred to me that it’s because Arsene was already beginning to build something special in central midfield, […]