“Why should I subdue the world, if I can enchant it?” – Mesut Özil
DER ZAUBERER – The Wizard I aimed to have the title of this piece bear the name of one of the purest talents to ever grace the hallowed turfs of the Emirates Stadium, Mesut Özil, but I failed. This is not because I didn’t try, but I woefully failed, to find an adjective worthy enough […]
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke: profligate Gunners get the much-deserved points
I’ll start my review with two simple facts: Jack Butland would be my MoM if I could have voted him. The man made 10 saves. That’s more than Petr Cech against Liverpool (8). If you can’t enjoy the win and the performance because Arsenal were quite profligate again (or for any other reason), I suggest […]
Oliver Norgrove answers your questions
I struggled to think this week. Arsenal news and events were limited by an International break, and with the transfer window closed, gossip has been temporarily restrained as well. It is currently Thursday evening, and up until this point I have failed to think of a sensible topic to address in this column, so have […]
Stoke shouldn’t be able to harm us at the Emirates if we find our goalscoring boots
Stoke At home against the Potters we’ve always been able to conjure up some magic and soundly beat them, (see what I did there), whilst away from home we tend to lose. We’re at the Emirates for our Saturday lunchtime kick-off so I would normally be more confident going into the game, but given our […]
EXCUSE ME MISTER, CAN WE HAVE OUR FOOTBALL BACK A NIGHTMARE VISION OF THE FUTURE – THE SEASON DIARY OF DB, AGED 13 & ¾
THE SEASON DIARY OF DB, AGED 13 & ¾ For this week’s piece, I thought I would take you back in time to my childhood diary. It’s kind of a Back to the Future type vibe. Kind of…… “I had a terrible dream last night. I had somehow woken up in the year 2015. After […]
Arsenal History proves squads can improve and win without signings – 71 and 02 Double Winners?
Post transfer-window, one of the arguments I saw posed by fans was that the current squad cannot win the league because the current squad hasn’t been able to do so for the last two seasons. On paper, that makes sense. How can the same group of players, who have failed to put up a challenge […]
Arsenal had CF and DM cover in place so if no signings incoming why loan to Hull??
After reading Alex’s blog on Sunday and some of the other blogs this week from David Glicksman, Petit’s Ponytail and Steve Wellman, there are a few points that I’d like to raise about the transfer window and some of the positions that the Club has taken with regards to the squad. I was one of […]
It is what it Is! – Don’t lose your excitement in this squad and their togetherness due to lack of signings
It is what it is! – It’s one of those phrases/sayings I’m not sure I really like! When some people say it I don’t mind it, but some people use it all too frequently in the vocabulary fashion world. It has lost its excitement to me, just like people wearing Ralph Lauren polo shirts in […]
If Giroud makes you angry then the anger should be reserved for Wenger not the player
I am not the biggest fan of Olivier Giroud, you know it. Many times in the recent past, on this same site, I told you how much in my humble opinion the Arsenal needs a different kind of striker or how much better and option Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck would be, compared to the […]
Confidence is everything in football and a Confident Giroud scores goals – Gooners you know what to do!
Get off Giroud’s back and help him rebuild his confidence The fallout has descended from what was a frustrating transfer window to say the least, constant links with star strikers across the world were short lived as we became the only club in Europe’s top five leagues not to sign an outfield player – for […]