Gunners show familiar frailties as Wenger fails to arrest the slide once more: #AFC0MCFC3
Well before the game I knew we were the underdogs for the final. I’ve seen City play countless times this season, and I knew they can be a handful for just about anyone. Our only slim hopes of beating them rested on defensive discipline and piling pressure on their fullbacks. Even so it was obvious […]
Arsenal 0-3 City – Abysmal Gunners Battered By Rampant Citizens
Arsenal 0-3 City Carabao Cup Final review So it’s not been another day of Wembley glory. City were the better team overall, and we just lacked the capacity to handle their intensity in the second half. On Sky Sports, Martin Tyler said that “we never got going”, and it was true. We just were not able […]
Cometh the Carabao cometh the man – Legendary starts here – Pierre Eric Aubameyang
Arsenal vs. Man City Carabao Cup final preview Well it’s here. The final between ourselves and Man. City. Both have had bad mid-week results. But can we win here? I say yes. Call me mad, I don’t mind nor care. But I’m a Gooner. And one thing I know is that on our day we […]
So come on you Gunners. Make us all proud again – Carabao Cup final preview
It’s amazing to think that, despite the atrocious season we are having, some saving grace is still possible. Yet, going into today’s game, it’s exactly where we are. While the Europa League as a possible scalp for Arsene Wenger’s side remains a remote possibility for now, the League Cup final can provide some balm for […]
Why, despite Pep’s love of width, the key to beating Man City may lie Centrally
In the coming days a lot will be written about how Arsenal should approach the Caribou Cup Final against Manchester City. Despite their recent loss to Wigan, they are still the most in-form team in England and arguably the best team in the world. I’d predict that the consensus for Arsenal’s strategies to be successful […]
Up there with Arsenal’s worst nights of European Football – Only Ospina gets over 5/10
Arsenal 1-2 Ostersund (4-2 agg. win) Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg, Emirate Stadium. I’m in two minds here. A small part of me (10% or so) is content that we’re through to the next round. At the time of writing, we’re playing AC Milan, and to be fair we’re beaten them on occasion […]
The Emirates, where promising young Arsenal defenders come to die?
The Emirates, where defenders come to die? Rob Holding, was signed up from Bolton And for 3mil he didn’t cost a bomb His early games, in centre back he slotted And he left the cup final with Costa in his pocket But since then his ability it has waned The quality he showed, hasn’t been […]
Time for Niles, Willock, Nketiah and Nelson to shine against the Otter Hounds
There are only three days and two training sessions between Arsenal and their best shot at a trophy in this, so far, season of gross under achievement. This being the case it is hard to imagine that any player with a realistic chance of starting at Wembley will start this evening in the Europa League. […]
Is the Curse of Arsenal’s Number 9 set to continue?
Has the curse taken another victim? He was supposed to be the antidote He was supposed to shake the disease But I fear, he has succumbed to the same fate as many in his position before Ever since Smudger adorned the shirt in the early 90’s, many have tried to undertake the duties meeting the […]
Highbury Hero George Eastham – the Playmaker with the Midas Touch
It’s been quite a while but who fancies another trip down memory lane in the time machine. Today we’re going all the way back to November 1960. When Arsenal signed a man who every player plying their trade in England today owes a small debt of gratitude. It’s playmaker supreme George Eastham. George was the […]