Arsenal’s lacklustre draw with Wolves shows how great Emery’s task is
Arsenal entered the international break having snatched a late 1-1 draw against a dogged and determined Wolves side who had a claim for all three points in north London. Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s late cross-shot cancelled out Ivan Cavaleiro’s first-half opener at Emirates Stadium. It’s now 3 games without a victory for Arsenal, who’d won 7 […]
Stop Holding Rob Back! The future of Arsenal’s young CB is bright.
Despite being much maligned in his later tenure, Arsene Wenger didn’t do all bad. I don’t think anything in life is absolutely good or bad. Apart from the FA Cup wins, he signed a then little-known defender called Rob Holding from Bolton Wanderers, and the usual points of “who is he?!”, “Mr. Wenger, what you […]
Chaos presents opportunity; some positives to draw from the draw [ Arsenal 1 – 1 Wolves ]
Good things can come from bad things…. POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES That was our most disappointing game of the season. There were good reasons for all the points dropped previously. Not today. But….. here’s the thing. Often the best thing to happen to a team before two monster games is for you to be exposed. […]
Arsenal 1-1 Wolves – Sloppy and sluggish, Gunners rescue point to keep unbeaten run alive
ARSENAL 1-1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS PREMIER LEAGUE REVIEW – 11TH NOV. 2018 Even though today was Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, this performance wasn’t one to remember. Due to a mix of a sound Wolves game plan, poor passing from Arsenal, and attacking ineptitude, Arsenal could only scrape a draw […]
#DoItForDanny: how Arsenal can deal with a physical Wolves
After the bore draw and horror injury for Danny Welbeck, we face Wolverhampton Wanderers at home. Wolves are a welcome addition to the Premier League, and despite not featuring much in the top division of late, they are a football club of some note. They’ve won the league three times (more times than Spurs incidentally), […]
Arsenal Crying out for ‘Individual Brilliance and unpredictability – Positives, Needs and hopes from 0-0 v Sporting
Brilliance needed… Positives, Needs and Hopes This was an interesting game to misread. It is lazy to state that we were simply ‘disappointing’ or that the game was ‘dull.’ Arsenal did many things well. You have to in order to have 75% possession and to get through any game without your opponent having a chance. […]
Aaron Ramsey: dividing opinion even with his departure
It’s fair to say that Aaron Ramsey has divided Gooner opinion since he joined Arsenal from Cardiff as a 17-year-old in 2008. Snatched from beneath Sir Alex’s nose in one of Wenger’s better deals, Ramsey seemed an exciting young prospect. Axed down in an horrific tackle by Stoke orc, Ryan Shawcross – it looked like […]
Highbury Hero Joe Baker: His Generation’s Roy Of The Rovers
Today we’re going all the way back in the time machine to 16th July 1962. When Arsenal paid a club record fee of £70,000 to Torino for an exciting young swashbuckling centre forward. He was an instant success becoming a massive hit with the Highbury crowd. Even now more than half a century after leaving […]
Arsenal The Complete Record – A Book Review
ARSENAL THE COMPLETE RECORD does exactly what it says on the tin. A comprehensive tome painstakingly put together in a Labour of love by Josh James, Mark Andrews and Andy Kelly. From the iconic Arsenal photographs on the front and back covers, this book is a work of art. The three men who put […]
Honours Shared but the Credit goes to Gunners – Review and Player Ratings #AFC1LFC1
I’m happy with this game, and our performance in it. We didn’t win, granted. But then Liverpool is a serious team now and is further down the cycle from us in terms of challenging for and winning leagues. They certainly have had better transfer windows than us of late, and have brought in better […]