“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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The Anti Transfer Window Weekly – The Antidote for those tired of reading about DMs
This week’s Season Diary is brought to you by the letters Are you sick to the back teeth of the letters “D” and “M” yet? I swear if you scroll through twitter really quick then close your eyes, all you can see is this DM DM CB DM DM DM DM DM DM CB […]
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 […]
Good King Wenger he looked out as we played United – Early Christmas Special :-)
New Lyrics to be sung to the tune of the well known Christmas Carol, Good King Wenceslas – Good King Wenger he looked out when we played United, when the players lay round about, no defence was sighted. Brightly shone the Ox that night, though the rest were pony, when a poor Bould came in […]
Wenger out or Wenger In, I’ll be over here with a pint and a grin – The Sketro’s Best Headlines of the week!!
Fancy reading about what’s wrong at Arsenal at the moment and what needs to be done about it then? No, thought not….. Well, its great fun at the moment ain’t it? In the short space of two weeks, my twitter timeline has gone from being almost entirely made up of discussion about which […]
Can a fit Abou Diaby be Arsenal’s new Defensive Shield?
Arsenal is a team who will always have to defend counter-attacks, and aim to halt other offensive teams in their tracks, especially with the recently adopted 4-1-4-1 formation. But they would hardly achieve that with a stagnant anchor or a clumsy screener in the middle of the park. A different route might have to be […]
3 in 3 as Ozil and Welbeck shine at Villa Park – Match Review & Player Ratings
Arsenal got their first Premier League win since the opening day of the season in a 3-minute spell which saw them ultimately, win the game.Aston Villa XI: Guzan, Hutton, Senderos, Vlaar, Cissokho, Delph, Carlos Sánchez, Richardson, Weimann, Cleverley, Agbonlahor.Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Özil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck. Aston Villa started the better […]
Gunners ‘D’Manding’ a DM but have we already got him, them?
The Frankenstein syndrome. Here we are in again in August, on the eve of the Community Shield and the outlook has changed most definitely from recent years, as in, by mid-July, we already had four signings made, and good ones at that, with good money spent. Also, we’re back in England, as we’re actually playing […]
I am converted and a believer – The FA Cup MATTERS, winning MATTERS
Clive P’s 5 Points after Wembley! Cards on the table – I was one of those fans that used to say “the FA Cup and Carling Cup don’t matter – Its about the Champions League to attract top players and to keep the revenue stream” Well I think I must of had a blockage in […]
The 4th Place Trophy – Liverpool, Spurs and now United broke the bank and FAILED; Arsenal are RIGHT to be happy
After a shocking start to April, where it looked like our season was about to collapse, we now find ourselves guaranteed to be taking part in the Champions League for the 17th consecutive season under Arsene Wenger. The question that will remain is whether that is the pinnacle for this Arsenal side or whether we […]