Arsenal Europa League build-up news – Cech and Mkhi Dominate the headlines
Arsenal news – Europa League build-up In the run-up to Baku, some intriguing news has come up on various fronts: Cech Sky Sports announced that Petr Cech is to become Chelsea’s new technical director. I have some thoughts, some of which are conflicting on this. Petr Cech is a Chelsea legend and attained […]
Arsenal Season Review – 2018/19 – The Good, Bad and Ugly Edition (Yes – there WERE good games!)
Arsenal moments – 18/19 PL season In an earlier post, I gave views on the players and their individual season performances. Now, I will present views on which games – for me at least – stood out for their goodness, badness, or ugliness. So as the players have been rated, what about the performances? […]
To Hell (and Baku): the Arsenal team you’d pick to deliver against the Devil’s Eleven
To Hell (and Baku): the Arsenal team you’d pick to deliver against the Devil’s Eleven If Arsenal were to play a fictitious game a match in hell against a team made up of peak 1970’s dirty Leeds United, Wimbledon’s 1980’s crazy gang and the 1960’s Italian assassins all rolled into one. In a foreign […]
2018/19 Season Post-Mortem: ALL Arsenal Players reviewed AND rated
Arsenal player reviews 18/19 So the PL season has ended, and it’s time to review the players’ performances. Our star strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, have received wide plaudits this season. Auba won the Premier League Golden Boot, shared with Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. Bernd Leno has been an […]
Burnley 1-3 Arsenal: The frustration of motivation as Auba shows his Gold [Positive Needs & Hopes]
THE FRUSTRATION OF MOTIVATION Positives, Needs and Hopes Sometimes a moment or a performance can sum up a whole season. Sometimes it’s a player. I’ve watched Aubameyang the last two games play with literally double the motivation that he normally does. I’ve felt excited by this, on the edge of my seat when he’s around […]
Expert Edu-cation Exclusive: the inside track on Edu to Arsenal
Exclusive – Expert gives us the inside track on Edu to Arsenal If reports are to believed then Arsenal have a new technical director, and that man’s name is Edu Gaspar. A former Arsenal player who went on to play for Valencia under Unai Emery and then Brazilian team Corinthians. Edu after, finishing his playing […]
Valencia 2-4 Arsenal (3-7 Agg.): Gunners book Europa League Final with Aubazette Flourish [+ Player Ratings]
Valencia 2-4 Arsenal (3-7 agg.) Europa League Semi-Final We’re in the final. El jefe could get FOUR Europa League titles. And we’ve shown our good friends that we too can reach a European final. And it’s our first European final since the 2006 Champions League defeat to Barca. And both legs followed a similar pattern. […]
Arsenal or Tottenham: who has had the worst season?
I believe the 2018/19 Premier League season is a sign of things to come… With one match to play and so many positions still in contention -including top of the log – it is a sign of the growing competitiveness in the top European football leagues, and in particular the English League, with its vast […]
DISSING ARSENAL – As we say farewell to DAT Guy Welbz can we also say adieu to DISS Premier League Season?
I think as Arsenal supporters that you are well within your rights to diss this Premier League campaign! Diss being the American slang for ‘Disrespecting’ So here is my rampant ‘dissing’ – Are you ready? Disappointing Distressing Dispiriting Discouraging Dismaying Disillusioning Dissatisfying Disheartening Distasteful Disagreeable Disastrous Feel free to add in the comments […]
The buck may stop with Emery, but the buck begins with Kroenke: it’s in HIS hands
I shared the feelings of optimism tempered by pessimistic thoughts described in Mike McDonald`s excellent article and unfortunately, the pessimism has come to the fore. We need to beat Chelsea now (provided we beat Valencia ) to get into the Championship League and in present form Chelsea must be favourites because while Arsenal have stagnated, […]