It’s been an up and down season which includes some great performances and some terrible ones. Below, me and the GT team look back on Unai Emery’s first campaign in charge of the Arsenal. Gary Lawrence (@garythegooner56) Player of the Season: Lacazette Worst Player of the Season: Mustafi Most Improved: Maitland: Niles Most Underwhelming: […]
#AskingForAFriend Has Mkhitaryan forgotten how to play football? #AskingForAFriend Who scouted Mustafi and said “yes, £35m” #AskingForAFriend How much does Aubameyang spend a season on haircuts? #AskingForAFriend Should the team take travel sickness pills before getting on the bus? #AskingForAFriend What is Steve Bould’s role at the club? #AskingForAFriend We have two of the best […]
‘The best of the worst of the rest? I have been a bit quiet on the site over the last month or so. Manic work schedule and a well-earned holiday have restricted my output. So on Sunday night, I finally found a bar in Khao Lak showing the game and, to be fair, I should […]
What a weekend for sitting out in the sun and enjoying an early summer. Blue skies all around and I should be happy. Unfortunately, a cloud hanging over AFC is spoiling my mini holiday. I have read Mike McDonald`s excellent article and he very succinctly describes his dissatisfaction with Mustafa. I don`t think I could describe […]
Transfer talk – part 2 OK, so the transfer window has shut, of course. But then who is really “Arsenal quality” if any such thing can be discerned? Who can go, and who can actually come in? And is it really true that Emery doesn’t have a defined style? In part 1, I analysed […]
Deloitte Arsenal – cause for concern but a way forward can be clear The Deloitte Money League, an annual report on global football clubs’ revenues, was released in January. It’s a mix of projections and actual accounts from clubs, and used to show how revenues impact on performance relative to others. As a […]
The close friendship between happiness and frustration Positives, Needs and Hopes. I am so happy that we are winning the games that we do not necessarily deserve to. I am frustrated that we are winning but not playing particularly well. Happy, frustrated. Frustrated or happy? I have decided…I am 63% happy and 37% frustrated 😆 […]
As we approach the end of the international break we all heave a collective sigh of relieve and turn our thoughts back to the Premier League, and in our case: a visit to St James Park. We are all hoping that Emery’s new Arsenal can build on two hard-fought (if not entirely convincing) wins over […]
Emery dream-team. Who can best suit his style, and help us compete for the league again? Things are shaping up under Emery. A number of the defensive issues remain. But then it’s often said that a team takes the shape of a manager’s footballing philosophy, and even true persona, over time. Wenger is […]
I have read the current contributions by various writers and I have gleaned a few of their conclusions, which I find interesting. The first and somewhat disappointing one is that sections of the crowd were already verbally abusive on the first match of the season and many left early. It is particularly disappointing because it […]
