Exclusive – Ozil’s New Contract
Exclusive- Ozil’s New Contract With the New Year fast approaching and rumours abound that Ozil is off to Turkey / Italy / A N Other place , The Arsenal are rewriting Mesut’s job description, to get some use out of him before he sees out his contract and try to offset the obscene waste of […]
Risktakers are Rewarded – Saka’s Small risks pay Big rewards!
Small risks, Big rewards POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES When confidence is spoken of we think of the ball and how confident we look when we have it. When I was young we didn’t care about clean sheets and defending was certainly not the whole team. Two thoughts that have much truth attached. Times have changed […]
Arteta cannot be blamed for Martinelli being unavailable but Runnarson is the Worst Keeper ever seen at Arsenal
When you are unable to attend matches or meet up with likeminded individuals before or after games and your team is frequently being a disappointment on the pitch, it can be easy to forget the enjoyment that being a football fan can actually bring. Finally, at the eighth attempt, we were given a satisfying reminder […]
A Collection of Thoughts for 2020 on Arsenal and Football, the game we all love
My thoughts on Arsenal 2020 In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are. If you eat football, sleep football, breathe football, you are not mad, you’re just passionate. Playing football with your feet is one thing but playing football with your heart is another. […]
Arteta’s Lovely Dilemma – If he brings Aubameyang back, which of Superb Front 4 will miss out v Brighton?
It certainly makes a change to be writing about Arsenal in a positive frame of mind, rather than either a wholly negative, or at best hopeful one. Yesterday felt, to me at least, like a win that could have come earlier, were it not for indiscipline, but a performance that was long overdue. There have […]
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea – In-depth Review and Analysis [Formations, Tactics, Player Performances]
It’s been a catastrophic season so far. But perhaps yesterdays performance may just be a catalyst for change. In this piece, I provide an in-depth match review, discussing the formations/tactics deployed by Mikel Arteta, a general review of the game followed by highlighting individual performances. Initially, it seemed that the hybrid 3-4-3 would be retained […]
It comes from within: how the Hale Enders can win games, save money and rescue Arteta
It comes from within POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES With the relief felt and a headline like that, this could be a ‘braveheart moment’, but the game wasn’t that yet. I could say I told you so, but I’m just one of thousands who have been saying the same thing. The truth of what happened yesterday […]
3 key things we learned from Arsenal’s Boxing Day victory over Chelsea
Undoubtedly, Arsenal are in one of the toughest periods in the club’s history with recent results highlighting the momentous task we have ahead, however in a time when Arteta needed it most his team produced by far their best performance of the season. The Spaniard’s choice to shake the team up with a blend of […]
Analysing Arsenal’s Brazilian wonder kid, Martinelli and why he should start against Chelsea
Summer 2019, it was announced that the Gunners would acquire the services of the Brazilian wonder kid, Gabriel Martinelli, who impressed multiple scouts with his performances in South America. The assumption initially was that the talented teenager would be integrated into the U23’s and play his football predominantly there. But following a sequence of […]
Aubameyang and Saka take the 2020 Plaudits but Arteta owes them a team to be proud of again – Project Youth Please!
2020 has been a year most will wish to see the back of, for obvious reasons, and at present Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal players, and fans, for more footballing ones. However, we must not forget that the elongated and disrupted 2019/20 season has offered us some highlights this calendar year. After all, the year saw […]