Just how important has Bellerin become to Arsenal? Sometimes in football player’s progress at a good pace, sometimes they progress even quicker and in the case of Hector Bellerin they progress at a similar pace to our young Spanish right backs sprint speed – just to be clear that’s rather quick. If we cast our […]
To win the League we MUST to add to the 71 goals scored last campaign – But how?
On the eve of post deadline day hysteria I started on a piece about our striking options without bringing anyone in. The gist of it being is that, for the team to progress, Welbeck would be our best option at ‘nine’ given his physical attributes and, compared to Ollie and Theo, he has a greater […]
No Welbeck No Worries – Arsenal’s striking options if Giroud is not to be Plan A.
Transfer window woes Less than a day after the transfer window slammed shut with Arsenal failing to make any further purchases, a statement regarding Danny Welbeck’s health was issued on the official website. Unfortunately, the news was far from heartwarming, as it turned out Danny’s injury required surgery. a surgery which took place during the […]
Taming the Beast in the North East and the Transfer window slams shut – The Arsenal Week
Newcastle It was tough going against a resilient Newcastle side on Saturday. In the end, our top striker Own Goal came to the rescue. As long as we can keep him fit we’ll be in with a chance of winning the big trophies this season. On a more serious note, the two own goals that […]
Gabriel and Kos are the future – No Longer Business as PER usual
When the line-ups were announced ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Newcastle last Saturday, a bizarre feeling swept through me. It wasn’t the glaringly obvious omission of Mesut Ozil that caused a stir in my mind, nor was it the selection of Theo Walcott as the side’s spearhead. Instead, I found myself overwhelmed by a huge […]
Arsenal’s Unsung Hero and Mr.Consistent has the highest pass completion in Europe
During the last day of the 2013 January transfer window, Arsenal paid a reported fee of £8.3 million pounds for Spanish left back Nacho Monreal. The signing was met with much exasperation and irritation as most Arsenal fans expected a superstar, and not some unknown Spanish defender who was best known for those maddening ‘Nacho’ […]
So does spending equal automatic Premier League Success? Is it as simple as that?
Arsenal’s start to the season has done no favors to the notion that this squad can win the league. Unsurprisingly, the clamoring for buying a new striker or backup defensive midfielder or any other ‘we need’ you may have heard, has only increased fervently. Apparently, we must spend. Apparently, we must show our ambition by […]
Are financial principles slightly hindering our great club?
Cash reserves, money, wages, prices tags and so forth. These financial aspects are what now symbolise the modern game, football has become a brutal business in which money is far and away the most significant factor. The power money has brought to football means that clubs such as Manchester City can be dragged from the […]
As you rage at the Arsenal stop, deep breath, think – God am I becoming like Piers Morgan
THE PIECE ABOUT KEEPING THE PEACE. “Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action, rather it is timing, it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles, and in the right way.” These are the wise words of Venerable Fulton Sheen, once Archbishop of the American Catholic Church. I already […]
If Wenger trusts in this squad so will I – Collective Faith must be repaid though
Today’s blog is not about transfers, I am more than glad that the circus left yesterday and I want everyone to go back to football. Once you see that the usually serious BBC asking self-elected Football Manager experts to give their views about the impact of this or that player, based on their saved games, […]