A sad moment has just passed, Santi has left the building and rejoined Villarreal. In my mind an Arsenal legend, a touch of class in a team that was falling apart around him. In an injury ravaged 6 year stay at The Emirates, Santi managed just 129 games, with a scoring rate of a goal […]
Transfer rumours are rife and the Emery era is in full swing. The Press, as we all know, do not necessarily know more than the well-connected fan, but I suspect there is some truth in some of the players we are being linked to at present. Overall, I feel very bullish about the new era, […]
How many World Cup players do we have, and is it a concern? This coming WC is odd compared to recent ones, since we don’t have many players as stars for top teams. This is an anomaly compared to the past 20, maybe 30, years or so. There was a time even when Gooners […]
When Unai Emery was announced as Arsène Wenger’s successor, many raised eyebrows at an appointment which had left some of the fanbase uninspired, and after two years with Paris Saint-Germain the former Sevilla boss will bring exciting, new ideas to Emirates Stadium. I think 90% of Arsenal fans were preparing for the news that Mikel […]
The season came to an official end this past weekend in Europe and no sooner as it ended do we move onto thinking and planning for next season. So far, Arsenal are yet to capture the imagination of the fans with the expected signings of defenders Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Stephan Lichtsteiner. Although they are “big […]
The collective Arsenal conscious is a complex beast with many layers. Few would doubt that. The seemingly infinite forms of social expression and the wide-ranging opinions that result are simply a byproduct of a new era. It’s time to embrace Arsenal as such a multi-faceted subject instead of fixating on contrarian or polarizing viewpoints. Large […]
This the second part in the welcoming of our new manager, Unai Emery. View Part 1 here. Here, I will see how he could solve our specific issues, and what we could expect from him in his first season. I must say that his press conference was well done. His English isn’t that bad, though […]
Now that we know who our new Head Coach is, the conversation and speculation turns to the formation Emery will want to play and the existing players and new additions he require for that system. It seems from what I read that many observers figure he will want to return to the 4231 that served […]
Can’t we all just get along? Note – this was written before the announcement that Unai Emery will be our new manager. However, the sentiment expressed still stands. So, even though Unai Emery (the former PSG boss) is now in the frame, Arteta is still the favourite, seemingly. With widespread reservations on Arteta’s supposed imminent […]
Last week, Parma FC sealed their return to Italian top-flight football only three years after their bankruptcy and relegation to non-football league. They’re the first Italian football Club to accomplish such achievement and fans were understandably going wild in town, especially as no-one was expecting to get automatic promotion after Frosinone, who were two points […]
