Recently I composed a piece regarding the ongoing curse of the number 9 and Arsenal’s continuing failure to fill the void left by Alan Smith. But there is another shirt that has suffered the same fate over the past few years, but it looks like that the curse on the 1(+)8 shirt may have finally […]
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Wenger’s all time worst buys for The Arsenal – The Unlucky 13!!
After the ‘Best Arsene Wenger Arsenal Signings’ post, I just had to do a ‘worst signings’ post. And again, entirely subjective; these are my own opinions and factor in the transfer fee paid, their impact (or lack of) on the team and the general ‘meh’ that I felt when they were announced. Or they […]
Forget Aaron Ramsey, this Arsenal star went from a liability to the Premier League’s finest
Just before the deadline of the 2011 summer transfer window a tall, rather thin blonde German by the name of Per Mertesacker signed for Arsenal in an £8m deal. The signing wasn’t a complete surprise as he had been linked to Arsenal before but many did not see him as an Arsene Wenger type centre […]
Arsene Wenger’s Halloween XI
Since beginning the journey to become Arsenal’s most successful manager in it’s 126 year history, Arsene Wenger has changed not only the face of North London, but English football as a whole. Bringing with him the philosophy that the right way to run a football club is to produce world class players rather than […]
United’s crocked star set for Emirates?
Manchester United may have wrapped up another Premier League trophy but if newspaper reports are to be believed, one of their big name players could be set for a shock move to the Emirates. WTTGT