West Ham United 1-0 Arsenal Premier League Review Our trip to the London Stadium didn’t really turn out well, as lost to the Irons via a Rice goal early in the second half. This performance, over both halves, I think can be summed up via these points: Strong defending (for once) The goal we […]
The Perfect Showcase for Arsenal’s problems POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Ordinarily, if you wanted to compile a snapshot of the problems at your club, you’d have to scroll through 3 or 4 games to find the problems. You want to see ALL of them in one game? Watch West Ham vs Arsenal. *Goal conceded by […]
West Ham United vs. Arsenal Premier League preview We travel across London to the London Stadium near Stratford, for the first of two London games this week. West Ham was unlucky not to get something from the game at our place in September. We won 3-1, but this scoreline flattered us to […]
We are now in the early weeks of the Winter transfer window, many teams are being linked with players across all continents including Arsenal for players based in Spain or even China. A transfer that seems to have been lurking for some weeks now involves Barcelona starlet Denis Suarez to Arsenal. To find out more […]
![ElNeny [Getty Images]](https://gunnerstown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GettyImages-1077907970-100x100.jpg "Keep, Discard, Nurture? Arsenal’s squad tagged for January 2019 transfer cull")
The hot news of late is that we are in for Barcelona’s Denis Suarez and even Benetia. But then whilst the club in some part can be commended for its part in getting in transfers, if we analyse the squad, are there players whom we should either: Keep Discard Nurture It’s true that the […]
Willock reopens the modern day dilemma POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Depending on how brave Unai Emery is or how patient the club are, Joe Willock may yet become a regular Arsenal squad player. Or maybe not…… Here’s the thing. I’ve seen enough of young players not being trusted to come to the conclusion that the […]
Holding out for a hero My timeline has been peppered with #EmeryOut statements over the past few days. FFS, seriously, yes we were battered, but, Unai is a world class coach, who has inherited a squad that needs a massive overhaul, which can’t be undertaken in one window. We know we need at least one […]
The Return of Rhythm? POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES This season, and even during the unbeaten run, I was very concerned at the lack of big chances we were creating. Perhaps the constant formation changes and line ups have been responsible? Today we created 9 big chances in the second half! So the question becomes….. how […]
New years questions for Emery As you wake up today, you – like many people -have been greeted by many questions, questions like…What will this new year bring? Will THIS be my year? Or even where are my trousers? But for Arsenal manager Unai Emery he is greeted with far different questions, questions like what […]
Arsenal 2018 – the good, the bad, and the ugly At the time of writing, the Liverpool game at Anfield is still to come. But 2018 nonetheless is soon to end. It’s been a very mixed year for our club. Wenger, our greatest ever manager, left. This delighted many, but it was a required […]
