The Cherry On Top: new signings that would fill Arsenal’s squad gaps.
Omar wrote a great blog earlier about players playing in certain positions, also calling the manager’s (I don’t mean Wenger per se but a manager in a general sense) tactics as a factor in how that player performs, for example Wenger using Eboue as a right-winger when he was a full-back by trade, or Mourinho […]
Still a cherry short of a cocktail – Wenger must spend before we can all relax surely?
Where do Arsenal need to strengthen in the next 2 weeks? It wasn’t so long ago – I had just returned from my holidays, Arsenal had just completed the signing of Petr Cech, and me and my sun-kissed skin had a strange feeling the squad was now complete and set to challenge. However, here I […]
Is Ozil better than Silva or Hazard better than Alexis? How do we judge the relative merit of a player?
I was initially tempted to write an exploratory piece on Ramsey-on-the-Right but I think there are several quality posts lined up on that topic – including one already put up by Andrea and a bloody good piece by Dave Seager; so, I’ll do what I do in times like these and go off on a […]
The Curious Case of Mesut Ozil – Why the under appreciated genius?
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has attracted plenty of harsh criticism for going missing in games, and has even found himself under attack for being in a 16-year-old’s pocket after his poor performance in the opening day defeat against West Ham. The condemnations of Germany’s World Cup winner are odd, given how highly thought-of Ozil is by […]
Wenger has switched to a Brazilian 4222 without telling us?
Hi fellow Gooners, I’d like to share some of my thoughts about a very important – although nervy – win at Selhurst Park, would you mind reading this blog? Playing Crystal Palace away from home is not ideal when you are already desperate for a win, therefore I wasn’t utterly confident about us getting the […]
Coq, Olly and Per are quality squad members but when are the first teamers arriving Arsene?
So a needed win for us against Crystal Palace on Sunday but I sit here remaining largely unconvinced by the strength of our first XI. I really do hope Wenger makes the necessary signings needed to elevate us otherwise it’s the same old story of ‘Arsenal being 1 or 2 players short to challenge’. We […]
Cazorla reverts to Quarterback and Mourinho is losing track!
“Quarterback” Definition: A member of the offensive team that lines up directly behind the offensive line. The Quarterback is the leader of the offensive team, responsible for calling the play. Cazorla back in the centre, next to Le Coq, playing the role he converted to last season and made his own. Not flirting around on the wings, have little […]
Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal: Ozil pulls the strings as the Gunners get back on track
“Signed, sealed, delivered” Do you know where this phrase originated from? No? Neither did I until very recently. Until I started studying common law, in fact. The phrase refers to an agreement called “contract under seal”. This type of agreement is an unusual one: it places the written form above the consideration (consideration is that […]
Aaron Ramsey – The Comeback Kid: he’s done it before, he’ll do it again.
There are a lot of reasons to love Aaron Ramsey, and very few to hate him. He turned down Manchester United and signed for Arsenal instead He came back from the most horrific injury – better and stronger He personally kept the celebrity population in check He scored the winner in the most important […]
Time for Head Chef Wenger to blend new Ingredients as last week Arsenal were Under-Cooked
After the positive tone of my previous post, it was perhaps inevitable that the team would go on to produce a collectively uninspiring opening game performance that delivered an unexpected early blow to the optimism built up by supporters during recent weeks. One thing that could be expected following the poor result against West Ham, […]