How many times over the last few years have we read about misbehaving football players? Whether it is Luis Suarez, Mario Balotelli, Ashley Young or even the likes of Joey Barton, there are certain infamous personalities who make the headlines for all the wrong reasons, on and off the pitch. Granted that as long as […]
Width to the rescue – Do Arsenal need a left winger? Reus they do!
In what was one of my first articles for GunnersTown (back in March) I argued we need a winger. The idea wasn’t greeted with open arms back then: I was pointed out we have Oxlade, Alexis, Walcott and Welbeck. 4 players for two positions is a balanced and healthy squad, right? Not exactly. Fast-forward five […]
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 […]