Could this be the year that Arsenal breaks its League Cup “Always The Bridesmaid” curse? Arsenal romped past a vastly inexperienced West Brom team, putting six past the hapless Baggies, including a hat-trick for Captain Aubameyang, which put an end to his miserable run of form, and hopefully gave the Gunners a much-needed lift before […]
Tag Archives | Koscielny
Your votes were cast, the results are in: here’s the Arsenal Emirates Era XI you picked
Boredom, eh? Eleven days ago I randomly launched a series of polls to find out who are your favorite players to have played at the Emirates Stadium, by position. The ground rules I imagined were quite easy: Players must have played at least two full seasons at the Emirates Stadium Players are selected on […]
Arsenal can’t defend and need to spend before the window slams shut on Top 4 aspirations.
Arsenal can’t defend and need to spend The Gunners are running out of time to fix their problems at the back. The English window closes on Thursday, and they are yet to sign a single defender. It is common knowledge among football fans everywhere that Arsenal have major problems at the back. This was highlighted […]
Nigel Winterburn on Arsenal’s summer and what to expect this season [888sport Exclusive Interview]
888sport recently spoke to former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn ahead of the new Premier League season to preview the upcoming season and discuss his thoughts on their new signings. The former Arsenal legend talks about how Pepe can link up with Lacazette and Aubameyang to create an even more deadly front line, as well as […]
Something old, something new, from Adidas to Edu – Arsenal’s Summer roundup
by Matt Lorrimer-Roberts (@MattLR28) #wecaredoyou Over the past few weeks we have seen many things come out from Arsenal. You could say that whatever happens behind closed doors is becoming the main concern of our club. In full we have been told that: Transfers are done or there’s no deal (Saliba & Tierney), through a […]
The Arsenal Captain Collective – AKA The Comedy Five – Time to choose ‘1’ Unai!
The Captain Collective Back in August last year, Unai stated that; “In my career, I want leaders in the team. The representation for every player and in every time in the season there is the capacity to do that. Maybe there will be more leaders in the team to show this captaincy, not just in […]
2018/19 Season Post-Mortem: ALL Arsenal Players reviewed AND rated
Arsenal player reviews 18/19 So the PL season has ended, and it’s time to review the players’ performances. Our star strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, have received wide plaudits this season. Auba won the Premier League Golden Boot, shared with Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. Bernd Leno has been an […]
Arsenal 3-0 BATE Borisov (3-1) – Relief as centre-backs spare Gunner’s Europa blushes [Positive Needs & Hopes]
A Tale of Execution and Deception POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I feel happy but still concerned. Ultimately happy. Did we need to produce a fluid performance?… not really. Did we need the 3-0 victory?…. absolutely. As forgettable as these two games have been they were pivotal to Emery and Arsenal. The longer we don’t make […]
Arsenal barely take three points from lowly Terriers under the watchful eye of The Worrier – Match Review [Positive Needs 7 Hopes]
Intensity or Exhaustion… The clear Arsenal style POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES That was absolutely maddening. Almost embarrassing. I’ll get on to that (see first point in ‘NEEDS section), but for now I want to talk about a theme that I see. There has been much talk recently about what Emery’s style is. Almost all of […]
Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea: Gunners perfect the ‘boring boring stuff’ to seize crucial victory over Top 4 rivals. [Positives Needs & Hopes]
The Spectacular Unspectacular POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Fans need hope but boy, oh boy has society done a number on our levels of patience. Yesterday, was a spectacular display of seriousness. Flicking through Twitter I have started to only pay attention to those who don’t have extreme views. “We are awful”, “So and so is […]