A Bittersweet Defeat as De Gea and Marinner defy Arsenal
Arsenal 1-3 Man United Review I’m not sure about anybody else, but this loss for me was a tolerable one. No fan ever likes to lose, naturally. But bar some individual errors, I think we attacked well throughout. Our passing was crisp, and our attacking players were sharp. Though this really is a bittersweet defeat. […]
Time for Lucky 13 and for Arsenal to sink Mourinho’s Bus again
We host Manchester United today in a bid to secure a 13th consecutive league win at home – which will equal our all-time record. Suffice to say our chance to do so couldn’t have come against a nicer manager. However poor Arsene’s overall record against Jose is, there are quite a few bits and bobs […]
So it’s Welbeck or Giroud and will Mourinho park the bus or not? AFC v MUFC
OK, so our manager’s goodly friend is vising us this weekend. Wenger got his first ever league win against him in this fixture last season. And overall, there is no love lost between ourselves and United, going back to the Fergie days of course. But can we get another win here? I don’t see why not. Our […]
This Christmas will Arsenal’s Wise Men pay to keep their Bright Shining Ozil Star
It is almost Christmas and our minds are cast back to its origins. The first people who beheld the portent of the good news at Christmas were the three wise men who followed a star to the scene of the nativity. Are we now seeing our own star in the shape of one Mezut Ozil. […]
It’s Time to Back the F*ck Off Granit Xhaka and Shkodran Mustafi
The similarities are plentiful between Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka: Both were brought in during the 2016 summer transfer window with high price tags. Both play in key central areas that constitute the spine of the team. And both have excellent vision on the pitch and display an above-average ability to pick a long pass. […]
Ozil’s finally delivers a ’10/10′ performance v Terriers – Now for Consistency Mesut.
Arsenal 5-0 Huddersfield Town Premier League review Well…..that was satisfying – a 12th consecutive Premier league home win. Though for most of the game, we were very pedestrian. Our issues are largely mental, and this was no different. We scored initially via Lacazette, but then for much of the first-half, we looked pretty stolid. But […]
Gunners’ football becomes art as Mesut Ozil tears Huddersfield apart: #AFC5HTFC0
Arsene Wenger was once asked what is his ultimate goal in football. He responded with that: “You strive for perfection. And when you reach these moments, even for 5 minutes, they stay in your memory forever.” Yesterday, the Gunners managed to squeeze the perfection period in even less – just 4 minutes, from 67:44 to […]
Wenger 2.0 – Make It Real, Not Fantasy
Is Wenger changing? The stereotype of Wenger, at least before this season, has been: A (formerly) great manager A manager who seldom ever changes his team to suit the opposition A manager who cannot motivate his players for the big games A manager who believes that tactics is moot, and that sexy football conquers all […]
Wenger will have too much for Wagner – Arsenal v Huddersfield
Arsenal vs. Huddersfield Town preview I usually watch Ball Street on the Web/social media, and the owner of it (Mr. Matt Wilson) is an ardent Huddersfield Town fan. Because of this, and my respect for his channel, I have had a look out for their results this season, and took joy in them beating Man […]
Wrigglesworth, Mislintat and now Sanllehi – Is the Gazidis delivering on the ‘Catalyst for Change’?
For some years now, we’ve all known the score. Under Arsene Wenger, you had Pat Rice, and then Steve Bould. Alongside the manager and his direct assistant, the backroom was made up of Boro Primorac, Tony Colbert, Steve Rowley and Gerry Peyton. Essentially if you’d played Football Manager down the years, this troop were your […]