Football history, yes, even before the Premier League, tells us that the most successful teams strengthen when they are on top. The great Liverpool managers of the 1970s always added 1- or 2-star signings each summer as league champions, even though in those days with only 1 substitute, it usually meant demoting a fan favourite. […]
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Bukayo Saka is absolutely not going anywhere! Is he?
(T)here we go.Back-off, fellas, Bukayo Saka is not for sale. True, at least for the time being. There will be a moment when he will be, whether we want it or not. Bukayo Saka is one of the most promising youngsters in Europe and has already shown that he is able to carry the whole […]
“She wore a yellow ribbon in the month of May!” – May FA Cup final memories…
As it’s May, there are naturally numerous FA Cup final wins to reminisce on. May is the month of FA Cup finals of course, so why not reminisce on some cup finals. It’s a shame that our friends from the N17 postcode have no recent memories of such. As we’re record FA Cup winners, then […]
Koulibaly to Arsenal after we beat Napoli, The Black Panther is a Gooner, Merson, Overmars and Dubai here we fly!!
Arsenal news round-up – 18th March 2019 With the FA Cup quarter-finals upon us and the coming international break, it will be a quiet time on the pitch for us. So let’s do another news-round-up, of intriguing events over the recent period. UEFA Europa League – Rennes win, Napoli is next, and the King of […]
From Seaman to Mavropanos (and most of those in between) to the tune of ‘We didn’t Start the Fire’ – Billy Joel
From Seaman to Mavropanos (and most of those in between) Between 12th October 1996 and 13th May 2018, 222 players played under Wenger’s tutorage and I thought I would write (with inspiration from Billy Joel’s ‘We didn’t start the fire’, a ditty to commemorate some of those who have passed his way. Seaman, […]
The Legend many would like to see back at The Arsenal – Marc Overmars
It has been a while but its time for another trip back to Arsenal’s past. So without further ado let’s take the dust cover off the time machine and go back to the summer of 1997. When a devastating Dutch winger arrived in North London. This week’s Highbury Hero is our Flying Dutchman Marc Overmars. […]
The Top 10 Directors of Football Arsene Wenger does not want to work with!!
Recently there has been lots of talk from Ivan Gazidis about change coming at Arsenal, with one of the changes suggested, Dick Law being replaced by a big name Director of Football. There have been many names linked with the job so I go through 10 in no order who could help Arsenal should they […]
Arsene Who?
Part one -The first 10 years…. 20 years? 20 years since the unknown French manager walked through the door and who would have thought he would still be manager to this day. Wenger arrived at Highbury in October 1996 and Arsenal fans didn’t have a clue who he was. Wenger had a lot to prove […]
Seasons don’t fear the reaper and Gooners shouldn’t fear change! – The Times they are a-Changin’
Given our all too predictable self-imploding demise this campaign we have seen our manager’s future come back into question. The Old Trafford debacle and Swansea shower seemed to break more straws on more camel’s backs than ever before. Then in the aftermath of such collapses comes the usual concerns with changing Le Prof. People voice […]
Arsene Wenger’s Top 12 Signings for The Arsenal
It is a very subjective subject, of course, so I hope it inspires some discussion below the post in the comments, but here are my Dozen Best Wenger Signings, from 1996 – 2015. Why 12? Why not?! It’s like a reverse ‘Dirty Dozen!’ Fees are those as stated on the superlative Arsenalreport.com’s Transfer Centre. These […]