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, […]
Goodbye to Dat Guy: Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck slips quietly into the Past.
Goodbye and thank you to Dat Guy Welbz For the last home game of the season , among all the goodbye tears for Aaron Ramsey and anger of the result versus Brighton, for Arsenal fans on Sunday there was also a small feeling of gratitude and sadness for another of our fine players. A it […]
Don’t label Ramsey and other other players who leave ‘Mercenary’ when all modern players are mercenaries
An interesting piece by Victor Thompson yesterday on Aaron Ramsey “Interesting” because, in my view, he makes “good” points and some “no so good” points. Let me explain About Ramsey, Victor is spot on. An Arsenal player of immense stature, character and ability. He stands up there with the Greats for what he […]