Arsenal manager Unai Emery is routinely described as a relentless workaholic who obsesses over every last detail as he bids to lead the club to success. International breaks therefore give him the perfect opportunity to analyse recent performances to the nth degree and plot future success. The Gunners went into the last international break on […]
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Morning all. Every time an international break comes towards its end, each time it feels like they’ve got longer. For once though, I actually sat and watched some of the England game. Not much I hasten to add but enough to believe that Gareth Southgate has actually got my home country playing some decent […]
Morning all. No, that’s not one of the referees on duty in Russia trying to catch a sneak preview of the 2018 John Lewis Christmas Advert, it’s VAR in full swing. What he’s checking I can’t remember but it’s a sight which is soon to become far more familiar to all of us. VAR […]
It’s not often that I welcome the tedium of an International break, but I’m quite pleased about this one as it allows many in our squad to catch their breath after what’s been a hectic period. It also allows us to reflect and look back on the first eighteen matches of the Emery era and […]
Morning all. I love footballers from South America. They’re grafters, winners and most appear to have such a wonderful attitude to what they do on the pitch. There’ll always be the exception to the rule, or in this case, my opinion but I’m really struggling to think of a South American footballer who played in […]
Morning all. Just a few weeks ago I was writing about how Reiss Nelson should stay in Germany, see out his loan deal under Nagelsmann, learn as much as he can and then come back to Arsenal a better, stronger and more polished player. Wrong. I think we need him back in January. If […]
Morning all. Bernd Leno spared us and we were lucky to come away with a point is about as much as I could gather from watching a few highlights. Highlights, that’s a joke. Xhaka had a complete moment of madness which handed Wolves possession midway in our own half. There was still a lot […]
Arsenal players will today wear The Royal British Legion’s poppy on their shirt as a mark or respect for the lives lost in war. Men, women and animals who fought so that we can live as we do today. A poppy wreath will be laid, The Last Post played and then a minutes silence will fall. […]
Morning all. That’s three draws on the bounce now. The one against Liverpool was not such a problem because of recent results and certainly poor performances against them but Palace and Sporting? We should have won both. Admittedly, the injury to Danny Welbeck appeared to shake the younger players up a bit but even so, […]
Sporting are a club in crisis. Having recently sacked their manager they almost certainly saw this game at Arsenal as a chance for them to recover some of their tarnished pride and for what is in essence a poor side, Sporting actually dug in well, defended in numbers and made it a difficult evening for […]
Morning all. Medhi Benatia is no spring chicken but that’s doesnt seem to bother Unai Emery. Not when it comes to defenders anyway. Stefan Lichtsteiner was and still is 34 years old when he signed back in the summer and Sokratis Papastathopoulos had just turned 30 years old. We’ve signed some mature defenders in […]
Having to sell our best players because of stadium debt has had a debilitating effect on Arsenal and it’s ability to complete sensible transfer business. I think it affected both Wenger and Gazidis towards the end of their time at the club which probably continued to be an issue into this past summer despite the […]