For Wenger, Players and fans – A Strong Start is Key vs Hammers
The Premier League is finally back and it’s about time. More than two months of football deprivation took its toll, with football fans and journalists alike focusing on tennis and cricket and basketball and whatnot. Transfer rumours (some wild and some a bit more credible) emerged and have become the only more-or-less football-related things all summer. […]
Wenger has turned my Arsenal Glass from half empty to half full ahead of the new season
It is easy to simply dismiss winning the Barclay’s Asia Trophy, Emirates Cup and Community Shield as insignificant successes achieved in meaningless pre-season tournaments and friendlies, after all, the silverware holds no prestige, however, there are positives amongst the performances and results that have raised my optimism levels for the coming season, Wenger finally beating […]
What’s got six legs, the speed of a bull(et) and will lead Arsenal’s charge this season?
It’s been a while since I did anything remotely creative, Arsenal-related. I used to dabble and doodle over coffee and a smoke – churning out Gunner propaganda quite regularly. Now I find myself caught up in more administrative, left-brain tasks – and, as I’m sure you all know too well, those tend to suck the […]
Fake Mourinho Honourability – It was Never about the Handshake
So, Sunday happened. The often spurned, depending on whether your team wins it or not, FA Community Shield was taken by Arsenal for the second year in a row following last season’s successful defence of the FA Cup – another trophy that seems to be given less value depending on who wins it. The club […]
Are Arsenal Ready To Win The League? An Honest Assessment
So, Where Are We Really? The silly season is almost over. So, where does Arsenal stand in comparison to our major competitors in the Premier League? Arsenal signed a top goalkeeper in Petr Cech, with Wojciech Szczesny exiting on loan to Roma, and David Ospina and Emi Martinez remaining to deputize. Ospina and Martinez are likely, […]
3 into 2 Won’t Go — Wenger’s got a (golden) problem but Santi must play!
The monkey is off his back. Arsene Wenger has finally beaten Jose Mourinho and no doubt he’ll have walked into the dressing room after lifting the Community Shield and told his players to defend it next year as champions. The line-ups The goalkeeper and back four along with Cazorla and Coquelin were nailed-on starters for […]
Why Benzema is the perfect final Piece to the Arsenal Jigsaw
Rumours of Benzema joining seem to be growing by the day and whilst I am sceptical of how valid all of this may be, I’m quite excited by the prospect. I have to say that there’s not a single striker in Europe more suitable to our needs right now than Benzema. This doesn’t mean he’s […]
Arsenal have a history of ‘WOW’ Signings but who will be the next to WOW us?
I felt the urge to write about the signings The Arsenal have made that really made all Arsenal fans & the media sit up and take notice. The big signings that had that wow factor. There were some before my time such as Charlie Buchan, David Jack, Alex James and Bryn Jones. Also George Eastham, […]
The defensive spine Gooners pined for is finally ours.
Cech, Koscielny and Coquelin – the defensive spine which makes our team great rather than good Arsenal with an effective defensive spine? Surely not. No – they have all those pretty technical midfielders, but when it comes to seeing games out they crack under the pressure. As an Arsenal fan I must have heard this […]
Wenger finally destroys his Nemesis: Arsenal retain Community Shield
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed”. As I counted down the minutes left till the final whistle, the thought that it was so much more than a glorified friendly once again crossed my mind. It was Arsenal vs Chelsea, Arséne Wenger vs Jose Mourinho, empowerment vs man-management. In short, it was a battle of […]