So, at half-time of Arsenal’s FA Cup third round tie at lowly Oxford, there was a collective fanbase bemoaning that may of the squad’s fringe players simply were not of the quality required for the team to sustain its title challenge. However, there seems to be one player more singled out for criticism than others, Albert […]
It would be fair to say that the Arsenal fanbase in general showed a lack of faith and a fair amount of concern at the end of the Transfer Window. The worries concentrated around a lack of depth in central midfield and also on whether the squad had cover to rest and rotate an over […]
It would be fair to say that the Arsenal fans were in state of panic when, with Partey and Elneny injured, the club failed to secure midfield reinforcements at the end of the transfer window. Undoubtedly the fans, and the media, watching a last evening scramble for Douglas Luiz saw it as a gamble, similar […]
Coming into the interlull, it’s great to look at ‘pundits’ scrabbling for headlines and as usual, it’s Arsenal players that seem to get their double barrels. Following bizarre/biased rants in the past from the likes of Jamie O’Hara: ‘Arsenal are Banter FC. Odegaard, Ramsdale, Ben White, Lokonga and Tavares. They’ve spent £135 million on a […]
With the Arsenal fraternity still basking in the exhilarating football played by their team on Saturday, there are so many aspects to dissect. However, I have chosen a subject that is still – even now – dividing the fanbase: The Renaissance of Granit Xhaka. I try not to have favourites in the squad, but it […]
The game didn’t start at 4:05pm POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES It’s not too late. It seems like it is, but it’s not. The situation and our push for Champions League football is still possible even though it seems like we are throwing it away. What has been too late however, is how our coach and […]
Whilst there is no escaping the stark fact that Arsenal were very poor and outplayed by an organised and well-drilled Palace side, we equally cannot ignore that prior to Monday, Arteta’s team had successfully engineered 5 successive away wins in the Premier League. In isolation, it is therefore logical to view the 3-nil defeat as […]
I think it would be safe to suggest that Arsenal fans on social media have been in degrees of meltdown in the past few days. The anxiety at the lack of arrivals to balance the exits as the end of the window approached, reached fever pitch as the final hours confirmed a further departure, and […]
No Intensity at the Beach This opening thought is probably utter nonsense. It is not reactionary though as I’ve waited half a day to process what I saw at the Emirates yesterday. Trying to make sense of the attitude towards the game is what rattled me as much as the unexpected scoreline. My wife and […]
Killing yourself trying not to get killed POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Football has trends. It always has. When I was younger the trend was 4-4-2 with a tall target man and a penalty box striker. When the Premier League came along and Arsene Wenger showed up we introduced the trend of short passing and high […]
