Strengthening the Arsenal Squad Part 3 – The Midfield
Déjà vu. Groundhog Day. A season supporting Arsenal football club. Nothing ever seems to change with our club, as we slowly slowly slide down the pole of mediocrity. What we thought would be an improved season after the first year of missing out on a top four place in 20 0dd years has rather […]
THE BIG QUESTION; AARON OR JACK?
THE BIG QUESTION; AARON OR JACK? The story always has been one that fascinated and showed how early on in his reign, the allure of Arsene Wenger’s person held sway over several young footballers. In 2008, Aaron Ramsey whose father was a huge Manchester United fan seemed to have signed for Alex Ferguson’s side, with […]
Strengthening the Arsenal Squad Part 2 – Central Defence
Déjà vu. Groundhog Day. A season supporting Arsenal football club. Nothing ever seems to change with our club, as we slowly slowly slide down the pole of mediocrity. What we thought would be an improved season after the first year of missing out on a top four place in 20-odd years has rather turned out […]
Nervy draw in Moscow sees Arsenal through- Player Ratings
GT It wasn’t the best of performances in Moscow, but Arsenal survived a Moscow onslaught to reach the Europa League semi-finals thanks to goals from Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey, here are some player ratings from Moscow. Petr Cech- 5, Cech was arguably at fault for both of their goals, pushing it straight to […]
Return of the MO – We give you the Man with his ‘MO’jo – ‘MOTM, MO Elneny
Return of the ‘MO’ ‘MO’TM v CSKA ‘MO’bile in the extreme Non-Stop ‘MO’tion New Contract, new ‘MO’tivation Confidence breeds ‘MO’mentum ‘MO’st Excellent ‘MO’dest ‘MO’re assists When not playing, never ‘MO’aning ‘MO’p of dreads The Man with his ‘MO’jo in place The Man of the ‘MO’ment We give you ‘MO’ Elneny Well it weren’t MO11 was […]
Strengthening the Arsenal Squad Part 1 – Goalkeepers
Déjà vu. Groundhog Day. A season supporting Arsenal football club. Nothing ever seems to change with our club, as we slowly slowly slide down the pole of mediocrity. What we thought would be an improved season after the first year of missing out on a top four place in 20-odd years has rather turned out […]
Jack Wilshere needs to learn from Aaron Ramsey or risk proving Paul Scholes right
On 16th of February 2011, a 19 years-old Jack Wilshere produced his best performance in an Arsenal shirt, to date. He took on a midfield trio of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta and showed a fantastic mix of bravery, trickery and maturity which prompted every media outlet to praise the Arsenal academy product. The […]
Free Scoring, Attack Minded Gunners: Are We Seeing a Return to Good Old Arsenal?
“Dynamic” and “Incisive.” Those are the terms I associate with the attacking brand of Arsenal football I fell in love with over a decade ago. In recent blogs, I’ve made mention of the identity crisis at the club and the deviation from the swashbuckling, eye-catching offensive ethos we developed over the course of the Wenger […]
I Grieve, You Grieve, We All Grieve for Arsenal.
It’s been quite a journey, this Gooner journey through the Kubler-Ross stages of GRIEF. First there was DENIAL – an inability, or unwillingness, to accept that there was something rotten in the state of Arsenal. Wenger had gutted his Invincibles, ruthlessly ridding himself of his stars for top dollar to finance the new stadium -and […]
Wenger to stay for last year with Mikel Arteta his first team coach – New Theory
It is always enjoyable to expound a conspiracy theory in football (or perhaps more accurately a piecing-together of various snippets of collected information..) What follows is my very Arsenal version of what-ifs, maybes and the ultimate 2-and-2-makes-5 at least! From what Wenger is saying – at least, what I am hearing – it seems highly […]