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, […]
So, Transfer Deadline Day passed through with not too many fireworks from the Arsenal camp. Most of the touted departures happened except maybe for Reiss Nelson. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1356250757905973250 The most interesting departure to me wasn’t really about the player but the choice of club for Ainsley Maitland-Niles. West Bromwich Albion? I mean no disrespect to […]
Arsenal rising star Reiss Nelson is regarded as one for the future. Top German tactician Julian Nagelsmann acknowledged his potential when he signed him on loan at Hoffenheim a couple of seasons ago. If you have been participating in soccer betting on leagues from around the world, then you must know about this budding soccer […]
Arsenal Finally Being as Ruthless as Chelsea Sometimes, when I’m lying awake at night and not thinking about 2007/08 Alex Hleb, I fret about the etymology of words and get myself all worked up for no reason at all. It’s a strange pastime and almost certainly a tactic from my brain designed to keep me […]
Have you noticed? POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I think it’s pretty normal for football fans to notice the following; great performances, poor performances, glaring opportunities, eye catching individualism, big effort, lack of effort and man of the match candidates. There are more but that’s enough. What I’m starting to notice with the current Arsenal team […]
For years Arsenal’s Hale End Academy was regarded one of the most fruitful in England, the likes of Ashley Cole, Steve Sidwell, David Bentley and Jack Wilshere being amongst the swathes of talent it nourished in the late-90s and noughties. With the exception of Alex Iwobi, academy graduates leaving their mark on the first team […]
