Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea: Four things we learned
Arsenal got a well-deserved draw when nobody expected us to get anything at a ground we haven’t won at in since 2011/12 season and we could have even left Stamford Bridge with all the points. Paul...
View ArticleAlex Iwobi: Time To Shine
If there was one winner after the goalless draw at Stamford Bridge last Sunday, it surely is Alex Iwobi. The Nigerian was pushed in the starting XI by Arsène Wenger after a knee inflammation ruled...
View ArticleHector Bellerin : Revival
After a very difficult start to 2017, there were doubts whether Hector Bellerin would fullfill his potential at Arsenal, after seeing the fans turn on him in the 3-0 trashing away to Crystal Palace. A...
View ArticleShkodran Mustafi’s injury: How hard it hits us and what are the ways out
Arsene Wenger has another headache to cope with Dreaded November is coming and the early signs are not very promising. Arsene Wenger has lost the centre piece of his defence to yet another injury. The...
View ArticleStan Kroenke’s broken promises
Stan Kroenke flies to UK – but not to speak with concerned supporters and fan groups. Six years ago, he promised in his takeover offer to engage with fans but hasn’t yet fulfilled it. Was the promise a...
View ArticleArsenal must go big in January to replace two stars
Arsenal have found themselves in a precarious position in the early stages of the season, already suffering defeats at the hands of Liverpool, Stoke City and Watford to find themselves nine points...
View ArticleJust how influential can Jack Wilshere be this season?
It was supposed to be a new low in his career. Having suffered an unfortunate leg break against Tottenham during his loan spell at Bournemouth, Jack Wilshere continued his recovery with an appearance...
View ArticleArsenal’s Olivier Giroud alternatives: Wenger’s search for a new target man
Olivier Giroud’s Arsenal career is approaching its end. The Frenchman has won 3 FA Cups, 3 Community shields and a Puskas award during his stay at The Emirates. He has racked up a hundred goals for the...
View ArticleWhy Jack Wilshere must start against Huddersfield Town
The Terriers are coming to town tonight and they have pulled off a few coups against big clubs. Arsene Wenger has a lot on his plate as his boys face an in-form Manchester United this weekend. This...
View Article3 steps for Arsenal to move back to 4-2-3-1
Arsene Wenger fielded a 4-2-3-1 against BATE Borisov as the Gunners finished off the Europa League group stage with a bang. Arsenal started playing a 3-4-3 last season as a makeshift formation to deal...
View ArticleArsenal and the post-Koscielny era
Doubted and criticised during his first two seasons in London, Laurent Koscielny has since grown into one of the best defenders in Europe, often saving the Gunners in desperate situations week in week...
View ArticleSquare pegs in round holes
18 games into Unai Emery’s Arsenal reign, it became quickly obvious that it would take a lot of time and a lot of games for him to get things right, to implement his ideas into the players and get...
View ArticleDanny Welbeck : The epitome of bad luck
At first, it looked like a knock after a cross into the box, but this time, Danny Welbeck stayed down, in severe pain, the Emirates fell silent, in disbelief, everyone not understanding how something...
View ArticleUnai Emery : 6 months on
On May 21st, all the major news outlets announced the big news : Unai Emery would be the one to replace Arsène Wenger at Arsenal, 8 days after his last game against Huddersfield. The news was met with...
View ArticleDissecting Arsenal’s transfer strategy
A lot has been said about Arsenal and their finances during this january transfer window, after Unai Emery stated that the club could only afford loan deals until this summer. Arsenal are indeed one of...
View ArticleLearning curve
A whole weekend without an Arsenal game means that every slightest bit of news comes across as something massive. This time, it’s Charles Watts’s assessment of who could go this summer who created a...
View ArticleThe odd case of Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Centre-back, right-back, left-back, left wing-back, right wing-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, right winger. Those are all the positions where Ainsley Maitland-Niles played for...
View ArticleWhat Now?
It has been 3 weeks since the Europa League final, a 4-1 capitulation to a now managerless Chelsea, and the culminating point of a dreadful end to the season. Arsenal had a top 4 spot firmly in their...
View ArticleWhy Arsenal’s starlets are integral to Unai Emery’s success
Unai Emery’s maiden season on English soil with Arsenal blew hot and cold, but now the innovative Spaniard’s had a season to bed his blueprints into his inherited squad, fruitful times are undoubtedly...
View ArticleHave Arsenal already found Mesut Özil’s successor?
Arsenal’s current crop of central midfielders lack athleticism, creativity and goals. But do Arsenal already have the perfect modern attacking midfielder on the books? I take a look at the potential of...
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