Please don’t miss the brilliance of Mesut Ozil in the Bayern Debacle
The result against Bayern was bad but I think that if we had been able to field the same team as we did for the first match it would have been a much different result. Gabriel`s lack of match time showed and the gaps between him and Mertesacker were apparent throughout. I would say one […]
North London Derby Survival Guide, and Why you HATE Tottenham
As it’s been a few weeks since I last wrote, it’s not really worth going over it all here. It’s been a decent few weeks, with some cracking results and performances, topped off with The Special One gradually becoming The Batshit Mental One. Nice. This week I’ve decided to dedicate some time to help in […]
Plan B to become Plan A in Munich – Quick breaks and Set pieces please
The memorable win in the reverse fixture is still in our minds, isn’t it? A true masterpiece by the players and the manager allowed us to stop the unstoppable Bayern Munich and earned us a lifeline in this utterly complicated Champions League journey; the only problem is that we would need to produce another […]
Bitter Bayern Players getting cocky but will No Bellerin Costa Arsenal?
We face Bayern for the 2nd time in two weeks and I’m really intrigued how this game will play out. Ideally, we need at least a point from the game. That doesn’t mathematically guarantee us safe passage, because there is a chance Olympiacos will get more than three points in the next two games, but […]
A Game of 2 Halves or in this case a game of 2 Ozil’s – #SFCvAFC
After the events in midweek an Arsenal fan would be forgiven if he were found to be hoping for a draw at the Liberty Stadium. I was also one of those people even despite knowing that Gomis was not at his best. All the hope and ‘cohesion’ in the world would be soon forgotten in […]
A Tale of 2 Amigos – The Rise of Hector and Nacho to be amongst the World’s elite
“It is difficult. Even if I had not played a lot last season, in my head I would return to start after my recovery. But, at the Community Shield against Chelsea, Wenger chose him, Bellerin. It was a surprise and a disappointment. Let’s say it [leaving] crossed my mind.”- Mathieu Debuchy. Football is indeed, as […]
Swansea 0-3 Arsenal: Gunners show steel to remain at the top
If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I’m generally outraged at Russian commentary and commentators. The commentators generally fall into two categories: just incompetent at providing correct and interesting insight and those who are anti-Arsenal on top. There is actually a third category: neutral commentators who are pretty good at their thing, […]
Munich travel guide
As always we have our exclusive all-English travel guide for Arsenal’s trips to Germany. Again Munich is on the cards. Munich based gooner @therealstarks was so kind to help us out with insights into Munich’s public transport, breweries and simply everything you need to know for this month trip. Please give him a follow on […]
The Gunners lack of motivation and desire shows in the Sheffield Wednesday defeat
Although the embarrassing surrender against Sheffield Wednesday signalled the end of our participation in this season’s Capital One Cup and amounted to our heaviest defeat against lower league opposition in fifty six years, bizarrely, numerous Arsenal supporters somehow found positives amongst the debris of our exit, however, as you may have already realised, I wasn’t […]
Swansea preview: the spat of injuries shouldn’t affect our momentum
There is a saying in Russian which goes like this “Осталось только день простоять и ночь продержаться”. In English it will read roughly “You must hold out for a day and a night only”. I don’t know if there’s an equivalent in English, for two reasons: I was never really good at proverbs and use […]