Do you know the way to San Jose?
18 months ago, according to many, Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels was the man, the man to save The Arsenal. . Off the back of a decent World Cup, there were calls to fast track him into the first team to replace Giroud and/or Sanogoals up front to spearhead Arsenal’s attack. Again, he was overlooked and […]
Sheffield Wednesday thoughts: young guns, old guns and useless guns
Before I say anything else, an important notice: I haven’t watched the game. So everything you are going to read is just my thoughts based on what I heard/read. Don’t expect a tactical breakdown from me. But you can bulk up on one right here. The decision not to watch the game was partly based […]
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Arsenal: uninspired Gunners undone by Carvahal’s men
After the euphoria of the past week, I was thinking we were due something tragic. I was dreading it with every joyful conversation I had with other members of the extended Gooner family. After all it is not every day that you’re on a run of form like we were. So anyway, we all know […]
Sheffield Wednesday preview: can a depleted Arsenal side get the result?
Another day, another game. They really are coming thick and fast, which has its benefits, of course. But also its downsides. The obvious one being fatigue. No player, however physically fit, can play three games a week for even a fortnight, let alone three or four weeks in a row, which is exactly what we […]
Royal Arsenal – it’s official: the Gunners are on Her Majesty’s Secret Service
I hope no one is expecting a piece in relation to the Rugby National team when you read the heading. I am not English but like many, I hoped they would bring to England glory in a well known team sport after a long, long while. For many years English National teams have come up […]
Arsenal 2-1 Everton: Gunners do the job for the third time inside a week
I’m writing this fresh from the most boring derby game I’ve seen this season: I’m talking about the Manchester derby. However, the goalless draw with two shots on target and two dangerous moments overall certainly has its joys. In this case, it allows the Gunners to go two points clear of United and level with […]
Mesut Ozil – Yesterday’s Star Man reaching Bergkamp-esque levels for the Arsenal
Saturday night I realized that the channel broadcasting the Everton match was not available on my TV subscription. The channel’s official website was hosting a live stream (if you can call it that with the delay in place) so I opted to listen to commentary on Talksport radio instead, so that I could watch it […]
Gunners can’t afford to come unstuck versus Toffees as injuries mount
Another league game looms large and another tough opponent awaits us. I gotta say Arsenal’s fixture list hardly does us any favours: between two international breaks we face(d) Watford, Bayern Munich (twice), Everton, Swansea, Tottenham and Sheffield Wednesday. All of this inside three weeks, meaning we are forced to play every three days, but the […]
Mikel Arteta – Future Arsenal Gaffer
I saw a picture on Twitter the other day. Not one of them Ass pictures from @BeautifulBooty I constantly see RT’d onto my TL but another one. It was a picture of Arteta and Guardiola and they looked like they were having an in-depth conversation. Now I doubt very much it was to discuss hairstyles […]
Arsene’s Power of FOUR – The Affinity of FOUR, the Spine of FOUR and ready in FOUR years
In the aftermath of a dream shattering series of four goals scored, FOUR conceded in a combined square up against Liverpool (1-1) and Tottenham (3-3) within FOUR days in April 2011, Arsenal were once again greeted with a campaign that flirted with title success, following FOUR months of sublime attacking football, literally between December 2010 […]