Seventh Year

It has been quite a summer for Arsenal with the Gunners without doubt being the champions of transfer speculations all through. Can Arsène Wenger and his charges end a run of seasons without a competitive trophy at the seventh attempt? An answer to th…

Talking tactics with Aidan Gibson

I promised you all a new columnist for the new season, and that’s exactly what you get. Aidan Gibson will be analysing the tactical side of Arsenal every Friday, so look out for his weekly column. Here’s his appraisal of how Arsenal looked tactically in pre-season. Arsenal’s preseason concluded yesterday with a fairly disappointing 2-1 defeat … Read more

Arsenal 2-2 Boca Juniors: a game of two halves

Thought I’d get the first cliché out of the way early… All in all it was a disappointing result against a team we should have beaten, yes, even in pre-season. Two very encouraging goals scored, and two very worrying goals conceded. In the first half we were solid at the back and looked good going … Read more

Player-by-Player Season in Review, Part I

Here it is, the annual “calculating of the ratings.” Like the Running of the Bulls or Airing of the Grievances, this annual event draws spectators and thrill-seekers from far and wide. Well, not really, but let’s have some fun with it, okay?
First, some caveats. This is a list of the players who played enough to [...]

New striker or new formation?

This has been Robin Van Persie’s most successful season as a club striker. More goals per start than he hasRead the Rest…

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Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa: Undone by Complacency Again

All it took was 900 seconds for the last home match of the season to turn into the latest in a seemingly-unending string of fiascos, disasters, cataclysms and other related synonyms. In searching for the positives, this was all I could come up with for…

‘The best defence in open play”….Open your eyes Arsene!!

“We have the best defence in open play”, this is what Arsene Wenger was saying before the Aston Villa match and look at what happened during the game. The best defence in open play was opened up so easily that it looked like our team wasn’t eve…

Arsenal vs Aston Villa – Player Ratings

In the final home game of the season, Arsenal lost 1-2 to Aston Villa. Two early goals from Darren Bent sunk the Gunners, despite a decent fightback after the first 20 minutes. Arsenal were unable to find the goals, although we had some great chances. A few poor refereeing decisions went against Wenger‘s side, but [...]

Dreadful 15 minute start throws it away

For all they tried for the remaining seventy-five minutes, and they did with energy and commitment, the complete ineptitude ofRead the Rest…

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Arsenal United!

It’s been a tough time as we fell out all the competitions and now we’ve been falling out all over.Read the Rest…

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Too Predictable!

Except for those taking comfort in blaming the referee, I guess most fans first reaction was to heap it allRead the Rest…

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[Video] Blackpool 1 – 3 Arsenal Highlights: An Important win for Arsenal!!

Arsenal overcame a determined Blackpool to record an important win after Diaby, Eboue and Van Persie scored vital goals. Gary Taylor-Fletcher scored the only goal for Blackpool. Arsenal scored the first goal in the 17th minute after Diaby ended a bri…

Blackpool vs Arsenal: Preview and Starting Eleven

This past week has been too long for my liking and I have no doubt it will have been the same for many Gooners. I have missed most of what has happened in the football world in the last week due to my work. Nonetheless,  the team and the manager have…

Arsenal vs Blackburn: Preview and Starting Eleven

The last two weeks have been really boring to say the least and I am really looking forward to the games this weekend. The international break might have been too long for my liking but it did came at the right time for our team and I really hope that …

Arsenal team against Blackburn

For a change, the injury news is relatively good.  Fabregas, Walcott, Diaby and Song all fit and ready to go. Read the Rest…

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West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Arsenal – Two Precious Points Squandered

Arsenal’s title challenge is not dead, but the patient took a turn for the worse yesterday after two more points were frittered away thanks to slack defending, an appalling piece of goalkeeping from Manuel Almunia and the lack of offensive cohesion sho…

Player Ratings: West Brom 2 – 2 Arsenal

Well, the game did play out to some of my expectations. I expected that the match wouldn’t be a walk in the park but I never expected a draw or drop of points.  I expected a bad performance from Denison but not a freak goal and mistake from Almunia …

West Brom vs Arsenal: Preview and Starting Eleven

I had taken some time off from football after what happened last Saturday. The negativity, however, that has followed ever since Arsenal’s exit from three competitions has been immense and highly uncalled for. No doubt the departures have been frust…

Arsenal Team against West Brom

The Arsenal injury list is pretty lengthy so a lot of Arsene Wenger’s decisions are straightforward.  Some of those decisionsRead the Rest…

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Arsenal vs Leyton Orient: Preview and Starting Eleven

Well, the only good thing about fixtures every three days is that you have the chance to respond quickly after a bad game and today we are in a similar situation. After what happened on Sunday, we have to forget that and get back to winning ways toda…

Arsenal 1-0 Stoke City: Victory with a Price

While I normally cannot watch mid-week fixtures due to pesky “work” considerations, this time at the cost of skipping my lunch entirely I was able to bust out of my cubicle world an hour early and head over to the Pig to catch this one. Of course, I go…

Arsenal grind out three pricy points

Last night we fought for a one-nil win that keeps up the pressure on Manchester United for the league title. Read the Rest…

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Arsenal 1 Stoke 0 : Costly Win

At the end of the day, this was the result that Arsenal needed. Not necessarily the 1 goal margin but the 3 points. That means we are now only a point off Manchester United and the ball is firmly back in their court as we await their response. This match against Stoke is a far [...]

Arsenal vs Stoke City: Preview and Starting Eleven

Stoke City are visiting us today ahead of the Carling Cup final and a win will take us closer to a point of Manchester United at the top in the Premier League. It seems like ages ago when this fixture was postponed back in December, with the prospect …

The players that NEED to be shipped out of Arsenal.

This article is not a ‘standard’ rant & rave about how loads of our players are awful, this is not the case. However, it is true a few of our current squad are simply not improving our standard and in my view need to go, to release loan…