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 […]