Unai Has Shored Up Arsenal’s Defense – But The Secret To His Success Lies Up Front
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papasthatopoulos and Lucas Torreira in; Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla and surely a few more – David Ospina, Lucas Pérez, Carl Jenkinson and Joel Campbell – out. While transfers still represent a big part of the talk surrounding the Arsenal, I would draw your attention to a couple of players who […]
Arsenal’s Latest Signing: Dynamo Lucas Torreira – First Interview (Transcription)
Lucas Torreira conducted his first interview with Arsenal today (July 10, 2018). The following is a transcription (courtesy of Arsenal Media). Arsenal: Lucas, welcome to England. How excited are you to be an Arsenal player? Torreira: Thanks a lot! I feel very happy. I want to make the most of this opportunity life has […]
Emery set to Impress with a ‘High Press’ this season – So now is time for Players to ‘Press’ their claims
As I said yesterday the speculation about how Arsenal will look and set up come August is rife, despite the welcome distraction of England’s World Cup exploits. Unusually our club find themselves in a position where many of the key players were not involved in Russia and are all back and working with Emery and […]
Why Uruguayan and Swiss Structural Values Could Provide a Blueprint for Arsenal in 2018/19
It’s tough to think of many collective entities that aren’t enhanced by the sound structures and frameworks around them. It’s why successful businesses embrace universal “best practices” like establishment of success targets, clear performance expectations, and defined roles among personnel. It’s why many of the best footballing clubs have been as proficient working back defensively […]
5 World Cup Players Arsenal Should Have An Eye On
Well, the World cup is in full swing; we have seen England impressively beat Panama, Mexico capture people’s imagination with their energy and flair, even the Germans are having a wobble (thanks to Mexico). With all that, Arsenal fans want to know which of the players on display could be lining up at the Emirates […]
No room for Sentimentality in Emery’s New Arsenal as we correctly say farewell to Jack Wilshere
It was not too long ago that the club were promoting the word ‘forward’ as part of an attempted reintroduction of one of the clubs first recorded mottos. Now that Arsene has gone and Unai Emery has been installed as his successor, it is finally starting to feel like that is the direction that we […]
Enjoy the World Cup and support your country even if they have multiple Spurs Players in their team!
It is a strange time on Arsenal social media when every fourth summer the largest and most exciting festival of football has the cheek to infringe on time usually reserved for transfer rumour and gossip. Arsenal and the new Emery regime are quietly an efficiently going about their business and making their mark. The new […]
A New Era at Arsenal – Bruce Rioch ushered in the era but Arsene Wenger was the man to benefit
PART 2 In part 1, I examined the case as to what Rioch offered Arsenal, and the effects his short tenure had on the club. Bruce Rioch, whilst born in England, was a Scottish international player and captain, having captained his country in the 1978 World Cup (the “Gemmill” World Cup). He played […]
Bruce’s bonus….or not? A story of the 1995/1996 season…..Bergkamp and Beyond
Bruce Rioch. Arsenal manager 1995-1996. A short and undistinguished tenure? Or the sign of things to come? Bruce Rioch was our manager for the 1995/96 season, which in many ways was a watershed for modern Arsenal. It did, in some measure, lay the foundations for Wenger’s illustrious tenure. Rioch was hired from Bolton Wanderers, […]
Is the Arsenal’s New Transfer Policy? – Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue! Something Old: Stephan Lichtsteiner, at 34 most players would be contemplating a transition into punditry or coaching, but Stephan has taken the leap to join the changing face of Unai’s Arsenal. ‘Forest Gump’ has won seven titles in seven years at Juve and is one cap […]