Many of us, including myself, were excited about the loan signing of Dani Ceballos. I previously followed him closely at Real Betis and in the Euro U21’s. As we approach the end of this season, along with his loan expiring, it’s certainly mixed feelings among the fan base as to whether he should be here […]
Arsenal and the Reasons for Optimism during Uncertain Times As I sit down to pen my first ever blog about Arsenal, in fact, my first ever blog about anything, I am determined to provide something uplifting for a change. This, as it turns out, is easier said than done when writing about football at a […]
Whoever The Arsenal decided to appoint to succeed the sacked Unai Emery, was always likely to be met with criticism and negativity by many of the club’s supporters and there were no exceptions made for Mikel Arteta. With the most common criticism being the most obvious one. His lack of any previous managerial experience. However, […]
‘Sunday, Thursday and Freddie’ A POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Special How did you feel when you found out about Emery/Freddie? It was 5:30am here in Tennessee. It felt weird. Like everyone, I was anticipating it, so it felt very […]
Exclusive interview with Arsenal Academy expert on Freddie Ljungberg Well it’s happened Unai Emery has finally been sacked by Arsenal, after a run of 7 games without a win , in form only rivalled by the poor time of the 90s. Josh Kroenke is quoted in the club statement saying it’s down to results not […]
At the start of the season, I felt like Matt Lorrimer-Roberts, as he says in his excellent article, and I was prepared not to criticise Emery for this season to give him time to work out the make – up of his team. I admire Matt`s fair mindedness and I note that he is now […]
Will Spurs save Arsenal?’ Positives, Needs and Hopes Sometimes other people’s boldness nudges others to action. If our board’s reason for not already firing Unai Emery is that they don’t want to be labelled by others in the game as impatient, then maybe they will be prompted by an unlikely source. There are different reasons […]
I have just read an article on Gunnertalk and I was amazed that the article stated that Guendouzi had been terrible, moreover the content was followed by several comments from followers who agreed with the writer. I have just seen how poisonous public media can be. Some of the claims referred to what should happen to […]
Heavy Metal and Narrow Shoulders You need big shoulders to manage The Arsenal. The Cannon is heavy. And it appears to be too heavy for Unai? Football Management is based on four main principles: Tactics Man Management Decision Making Results And frankly Unai is failing at all of these. Tactics – Emery tinkered […]
The season isn’t even at a midway point yet and fans are starting to question many issues from player selection, the manager or the promises that Josh Kroenke has spoken about over the summer. With this in mind I think it’s time for something a little light-hearted and more of a what if? Taking away […]
