16 08, 2015

No complacency: title challengers don't do that

By |2017-05-19T20:12:00+01:00August 16th, 2015|Arsenal, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Today is a very important game. Today The Arsenal need three points, because only then will we all breathe a sigh of relief and start talking about the possibility that last weekend's defeat to West Ham was a 'blip' and this Arsenal team can challenge for the league. Quite simply: Premier League winners don't lose [...]

12 08, 2015

Accommodating the best Arsenal players unbalances the team

By |2017-05-19T20:12:01+01:00August 12th, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Formation, gooners, Gunners, midfield, premier league, Tactics|3 Comments

Hello hello you wonderful peers of mine. I hope you're not too caught up in your own inner torment and moroseness as we hit the halfway point in the week. The bad taste of a weekend defeat may still be lingering like a little morning breath (despite having brushed your teeth to within an inch [...]

7 08, 2015

Victoria Concordia Crescit – never been more applicable than now

By |2017-05-19T20:12:02+01:00August 7th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, gooners, Gunners, injuries, premier league, press conference, soccer|0 Comments

The official dot com site must be as excited about the return to football as us lot, because despite the fact that Arsène's presser isn't until a little later this morning, we have a veritable smorgasbord of stories to pour over before Le Boss even takes centre stage. Thankfully, they're all positive, unlike the news on [...]

1 08, 2015

We'll get victory through harmony – the players believe it

By |2017-05-19T20:12:03+01:00August 1st, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, contracts, gooners, Gunners, midfield, pre season, premier league, soccer|0 Comments

Stability is a place called Arsenal these days. With the announcement that Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla have both renewed their contracts with a four and three-year deal respectively, we have seen two of the recently unanswered questions be unequivocably dealt with by the club. In terms of keeping the continuity of the squad together, only the inking of [...]

26 07, 2015

Arsenal blitz Lyon, showing the importance of a decent preseason

By |2017-05-19T20:12:03+01:00July 26th, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, pre season, premier league, press conference|1 Comment

Well how about that for a performance from the players yesterday, eh? Six goals, none in reply from Lyon and a table-topping performance at The Emirates Cup 2015. The trophy's in the bag, folks, the trophy's in the bag. Of course we all know this is a friendly and if we were to face Lyon [...]

19 07, 2015

dominant Arsenal display and selection based on opposition – love it

By |2015-07-19T09:03:11+01:00July 19th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Arsene Wenger, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

First bit of silverware of the season sorted. Lifting the Barclays Asia Trophy is apparently a good omen for a team as both City and Chelski have clinched the pre-season friendly competition in the past, so whilst we have to take such superstitions with a pinch of salt, as this is a time in the [...]

15 06, 2015

Jack to make his own position at Arsenal?

By |2015-06-15T06:57:02+01:00June 15th, 2015|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, midfield|0 Comments

It's the first of a two day week for me, before I disappear off into the distant and sunny shores of Portugal for ten days, so you'd hope that Arsenal could grant me a bit of news, right? Wrong. The only real talking point on the official site is Aaron Ramsey's goal of the season [...]

11 05, 2015

Swansea preview: negate a high press and keep an eye out wide

By |2017-05-19T20:12:16+01:00May 11th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsene Wenger, Attack, Defence, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Liverpool's draw with Chelski mathematically secured the top four for us yesterday, but on a day where QPR were supposed to be giving it the last hurrah by at least holding Momeychester City to a draw at he Etihad, I was expecting better than a 6-0 thrashing. For us, in terms of trying to get [...]

9 05, 2015

Internal solutions to external questions on transfers; Santi the quarterback

By |2017-05-19T20:12:16+01:00May 9th, 2015|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Arsene Wenger, contracts|0 Comments

Plenty to talk about today, as Arsene had his pre-match presser and had lots to say on a wide range of topics. He was asked about doing transfer business early and gave  the standard sort of non-committal answer about not doing early transfer business, but doing the right transfer business, which would surely be all [...]

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