The New and the Familiar POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Arsenal are sneaking up on us. As we have seen ourselves as a dominant possession team for the largest part of the last 20 years, I don’t think we give this current group the credit they deserve for their current improvement. For at least the last […]
The engine room of the team. Regardless of whether Arteta decides to alter the system or not, it’s fundamental that the Spanish tactician finds the correct balance in midfield. With eight games completed in the Premier League, the Gunners have already tested five different midfield combinations, suggesting that no one has cemented their place in […]
In the embryonic stages of my Arsenal related writing pastime, I chose Gunner Be Honest as my blogging pseudonym because I pride myself on my honesty and felt that many supporters allowed their views to be clouded by their love for their club. Those who know me personally will tell you that I love my […]
With part one addressing the defensive issues, I now look at how we can improve our midfield and attacking options by bringing in players who provide quality and versatility. Midfield Over the last 10 years, this has to be the poorest midfield options available. Arteta’s recent comments suggested to me he’s looking to transition to […]
We’re all eagerly awaiting top players in the window. We need players. Don’t get me wrong. But what players will we get? More to the point, the current window will see us not get the players we need. This may seem pessimistic – but whilst we do need top players we won’t necessarily […]
Arsenal didn’t get stung by Brentford…. Overall, Arsenal was the better team, though Brentford put up a good fight in the second half. We started off strongly and got an early lead via Danny Welbeck. We then had many other chances following, through Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, and Smith-Rowe, who made a capable full debut on the […]
Arsenal vs PSG…. Positives, Needs and Hopes Firstly, maybe my TV has a pigment issue but it looked like light green vs very light green. I think I need a new TV but either way I was surprised that the ref let them do this. Formation 4-3-2-1 is what it looked like. Iwobi on left […]
GT It wasn’t the best of performances in Moscow, but Arsenal survived a Moscow onslaught to reach the Europa League semi-finals thanks to goals from Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey, here are some player ratings from Moscow. Petr Cech- 5, Cech was arguably at fault for both of their goals, pushing it straight to […]
Return of the ‘MO’ ‘MO’TM v CSKA ‘MO’bile in the extreme Non-Stop ‘MO’tion New Contract, new ‘MO’tivation Confidence breeds ‘MO’mentum ‘MO’st Excellent ‘MO’dest ‘MO’re assists When not playing, never ‘MO’aning ‘MO’p of dreads The Man with his ‘MO’jo in place The Man of the ‘MO’ment We give you ‘MO’ Elneny Well it weren’t MO11 was […]
World Cup Hangover On the back of the recent “boring” international break, there were so many different implications for lots of the Arsenal players and team. Can Alexis Sanchez ever forgive Columbian international goal keeper David Ospina for trying to save the Peru indirect free kick? Will Moh Elneny ever get over his hangover after […]
