The Mesut Ozil Loyalty Conundrum – More Questions than Answers
According to the Telegraph, Ozil has been quoted by Kicker magazine in Germany saying “I feel very, very good with Arsenal and have shown my willingness to extend my contract with the club. The fans want me to stay. Now it’s down to the club. The club know that I’m here above all because of […]
Why are Arsenal Starting Games so Slowly and is there a short-term remedy?
One thing that I have noticed over the last few matches, particularly so in the Premier League match away to A.F.C. Bournemouth and the away F.A. Cup tie with Preston North End is that Arsenal seem to struggle with starting quickly in matches. All too often, we see a lot of sluggishness in the opening […]
Credits for Perez, Chamberlain and the 20 minute Come-Back BUT So many Questions on 1st 70 Mins
Three so called easy games but only seven points collected, so what went wrong? Our run of three games in eight days, got off to a slow start, with a disappointing first half display against West Brom. Thankfully in the second half, the players upped the tempo by moving the ball quicker and we began […]
No Defence for our Defence – An Arsenal New Year’s State of the Nation Address
Well, Xmas is over, the new year is in and we are fifth in the table. Spurs are ahead of us on merit and Man United are on our coat tails. Cazorla is still out and Welbeck has still not appeared over the horizon. I have deliberately avoided blogging as it was after all, that […]
Is Number ’10’ Football and Playing to Ozil there limiting Arsenal’s Progress?
Is Number ‘10’ football Limiting Arsenal Been away from blogging for a while – wrapped up in Twitter and Podcasting for @Goonerramble which is and has been very enjoyable. But it’s also reminded me that 140 characters can be misunderstood and doesn’t allow for clarity and explanation and some time to think. So […]
Wenger you gonna give Arséne the credit he deserves?
Good day, fellow Gooners! I hope you had an excellent Christmas & New Year break and enjoyed the encouraging wins against West Brom and Crystal Palace. It must be said that we weren’t at our best in terms of performance and quality of our football but those six points did a lot of good; it’s […]
Chelsea, Man U, Man City & Liverpool 42 v Arsene Wenger 1 – The Prize for Stability or Stability the Price?
Some interesting information can be gleaned from an article by John Stanton of BBC. He poses some topical questions – is Wenger a reluctant spender? Has his second decade been a let-down? Has he transformed our national game? How will he be judged? On the silverware front he follows just one manager – Alex Ferguson. […]
The Perfect Wengerball Goal by Giroud Analysed in Detail stage by stage
This blog is written for one purpose and one purpose only, namely, to celebrate the goal that ended with big man Ollie staring at the giant screen in amazement after scoring the goal of 2017 on the first day of the year. We can break the goal down to each integral piece of the puzzle […]
Iwobi at 10 was a thing but Eagles dropped by a Sting from the Scorpion King
Well, this last week has been so much better than the previous, hasn’t it? Two wins, two clean sheets and some very commanding and entertaining football played in the process. Oh, and we’ve moved into third, leapfrogging Manchester City. I was a bit surprised by team selection, however it proved highly efficient as the game […]
Will Wenger see that this Arsenal Team reflects his Calmness BUT lacks an on Pitch Leader?
It matters not if we play Iwobi rather than Perez or Coquelin instead of Ramsey. This is an experienced squad who until the Everton/City setbacks were going well. Not a steam roller – not flattening the opposition or running up big scores but showing an all round solid performance week in week out. We were […]