Oxlade-Chamberlain to play in a 343 for England and maybe Arsenal?
There is an increasing trend it seems in the Premier League to play variations of systems that deploy three central defenders. Indeed, so far this season, it is only Wenger and Arsenal from the current top six that have not experimented with three at the back. Conte and Chelsea have stormed the league with a […]
Wenger backs his players but they are not backing him – #WBAvAFC
The feeling that something has gone so badly wrong it’s beyond repair has haunted me for a while now. Normally, after Arsenal lose a couple of games, or lose just one but in spectacular fashion, they walk the walk in the next game or two and bounce back. Now they don’t. The problem goes further: […]
Stats Don’t Lie: Arsenal are Sideways Passing themselves into Oblivion
The stats don’t lie A rework of Example’s 2011 tune ‘Skies don’t lie’ Possession high Passes run dry Seasons die And the stats don’t lie This basically sums it all up !!!!! Possession: 23% vs 77% Passes: 224 vs 743 Score: 3 – 1 3 times the possession, 3 times the passes, -3 times the […]
‘If Ox is passed fit he starts centrally over Ramsey’ – Who’d have thought it heh? #WBAvAFC
Howdy. It’s the West Bromwich Albion enigma the Gunners have to crack today and, taking into account our poor recent form and the fact Pulis is in charge of the Baggies, this is not going to be a walk in the park. Team news update Arsene Wenger faces an unenviable task of shaking the current […]
Mustafi could not cross a road without Koscielny to hold his hand and other stuff!!
It is has now been well over a week since our embarrassing, record breaking Champions League elimination, yet bizarrely, there are still some Arsenal supporters, refusing to accept that the match officials were not responsible for our two successive, second half capitulations against the German giants. Having heard some of the comments made by Arsene […]
Dissecting Mesut Özil – Arsenal’s Brilliant Number X
Hi Gooners! This week’s column has been inspired by two superb articles written by Dave Seager, featured on Football London: the former was an inspired analysis of how Cesc Fàbregas was a more influential figure at the Arsenal than Mesut Özil – although younger and playing with less-convincing teammates – while the second is a […]
Every Good Story has an Ending Arsene (A Protest update and film exclusive)
So, two protests in and so far it’s going well; no trouble bar a couple of cretins on Saturday, Police have been cooperative, we know the club are concerned and the numbers, despite the presumably club led media spin, have been healthy. If you want to say it’s ‘100 fans’ then feel free, but all […]
30 Years On this Midfield Hardman and Playmaker would walk into Arsenal’s Midfield
So it is back to the 1980’s for this week’s trip down memory lane to revisit a player whose time with The Arsenal was all too brief. It was said at the time that when he played well Arsenal played well. It is our highly combative midfield playmaker Steve Williams. Willow could control the […]
The Five Best Unestablished Prospects in the Arsenal Youth Academy
Presently, the academy of Arsenal Football Club contains an assortment of players with varying amounts of potential. Whilst most are aware of exciting prospects such as Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Gedion Zelalem, and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, there are other underrated, younger, talents currently flourishing who deserve more of the spotlight. Albeit there are many young players to choose […]
The Outsiders Expert and Not so Expert View on Arsene Wenger as Arsenal Manager Exclusive
From the outside looking in A growing section of the Arsenal fan base are revolting. Some agree. Some agree with the sentiment, but disagree with the method. Some just disagree. And then are those who have an ‘informed’ view. “I know the Arsenal fans are passionate but I don’t like the way some of […]