The Arsenal face a traditional old foe in Leeds United in February. Amazingly this match will be the first league meeting between these two giants of English football at The Emirates. This is because the Yorkshire Lilywhites were relegated from the Premier League in 2004 when were still at Highbury, the season Arsenal won the […]
I read two excellent whilst differing articles on Sunday, after Arsenal’s limp attacking display at Villa Park. Both were posing questions about Arteta’s strikers and while differing in their conclusions, the consistent message was that perhaps neither Lacazette or Aubameyang are the central striker the manager needs or wants for his team. Given that the […]
Having only just seen the close of the January Transfer Window, the one area, many feel Arsenal failed to address was the cover/competition for Kieran Tierney at left back. These concerns were there at the star of the window when Kolasinac was allowed to leave on loan and Arteta himself highlighted the area as one […]
Twelve games, seven wins, forty goals scored, eleven conceded. Good numbers – or not?Fourth place in the table, nine behind Chelsea and Manchester United at the top of the table, seems to suggest not.Of course, we have one game less than Chelsea and Manchester City and two games less than Manchester United, but the league […]
Arsenal’s Republic of Ireland U21 international defender Mark McGuinness has spent the first half of the 2020/21 season with League One promotion hopefuls Ipswich Town. The Suffolk side snapped up McGuinness on a season-long loan following an impressive solo display in the Gunners’ under-23 side which defeated Ipswich at Portman Road in the EFL Trophy. […]
I read two excellent articles after Saturday’s disappointing loss at Villa Park, both looking at Arsenal’s striker issues in slightly different ways. One described it as ‘our penalty box problem’. Both Lacazette and Aubameyang are top strikers with differing attributes, indeed the Arsenal captain, is arguably world class. However, the question raised is whether either, […]
The Aussie invasion has been a slow burner. Mat Ryan became the first (male) Aussie to play for The Arsenal since 1978 when John Kosmina played his one and only league game for The Gunners vs Leeds United on August 19th. As most of you probably don’t know, Kosmina played for the Socceroos (Aussies have […]
The Penalty Box Problem POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Well, that wasn’t November and it wasn’t January. It was somewhere in between. The Keeper was very good, defence was uncharacteristically nervous, the midfield dominated but it was the attackers or more to the point, the attacking, that was stuck deep in November. There are multiple layers […]
In the days after the window closes for most fans will be mentally assessing how the club performed in the January Transfer Window. On the 2nd February 2021 are we better equipped to build on the positive momentum, the team’s form since Christmas has created? Here is a 10-point summary with the positives and negatives: […]
Faced with the chance to climb into the upper echelons of the (misleading) Premier League table and capitalise on the recent shabby performances of our Super League colleagues, Arsenal did what Arsenal does: they took all the recent momentum, the promising performances, a solid defensive partnership, a goalkeeper in fine form, a coach’s hard-earned respect, […]
