Cesc Will Rue The Day He Left Arsenal
Not many players leave Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal and thrive. Look at Alex Hleb. The ‘new George Best’ sold his soul for a Mr Whippy with extra sprinkles and quickly went from Barcelona to the heady...
View Article#once a gooner always a gooner?
I often come across this hashtag on twitter about former Arsenal players. Usually it’s in reply to Cesc or Henry saying something complimentary about Arsenal. Personally I think Cesc should be...
View ArticleArsenal’s Greatest Midfielders Day 5
Continuing our Summer series of articles in search of Arsenal’s greatest ever team, this week we continue our quest for the greatest midfielders to include in our team. Don’t forget to take the...
View ArticleVote For Arsenal’s Greatest Midfielders Of The Modern Era
This must be the most difficult vote, three from the modern era of midfielders is nigh on impossible, whether its the legend of Rocky the strength and skill of Patrick, the sublimity of Pires or the...
View ArticleVote for the Next Arsenal Manager
Having a few minutes free I start as I often do to consider life after Mr Wenger. Who doesn’t? The man has been a stalwart but even he will have to let go at some point. SAF was approaching his dotage...
View ArticleVieira, Leadership and Nonsense
I am an occasional peruser of Newsnow’s Arsenal page. For those of you not familiar with Newsnow, it’s a website that pulls together any and all current stories on a wide range of topics, updated every...
View ArticleThe return of the prodigal son… yeah, but which one ?
While we (still) sit pretty on top of the league, between two fixtures against sides that more than one Nostradamus-wanna-be pundit would have seen ahead of us by the end of the year, many attribute...
View ArticleAn Arsenal Blast from the Past No. 14 Arsenal’s FA Cup Final History
Tomorrow Arsenal plays Hull City in their record eighteenth FA Cup Final appearance; they are tied with Manchester United. Hull City will be making their first appearance. Here is a brief accounting...
View ArticleTHE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER – Is there more to it than meets the eye?
Yesterday when commenting on Chas’ report on the game against Southampton, I made the comment that I would have liked to have seen how Francis Coquelin would have performed in the holding midfield...
View ArticleThe ‘should be’ Arsenal player that got away…..
Whenever I watch a football match I always look at the opposition players to see if there is one that could do a job for Arsenal. Obviously, players such as Suarez, Silva and even Harry Kane could well...
View ArticleIf only we had this great Arsenal player in today’s team …….
Arguably the return of a re-invented Coquelin in the latter part of last season was the biggest factor in our improved defensive stability. Many (including me) would have put the procurement of another...
View ArticleMighty Mustafi
Is it possible to assess the effect of a player upon the future of Arsenal FC after just a few games? Normally No, but every so often a player just ….. fits. Think back to April 1996. We were playing...
View ArticleArsenals Top Seasons 2001-02 – Our 4th Best
2001- 02 was a very competitive season with several teams challenging for the top spot in the league. For the first 11 games an unbeaten Leeds team were the early leaders and in November they were top...
View ArticleArsenals Top Season 2003-2004 Step up – Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles
They are the only team to go unbeaten for a complete season since Preston North End went unbeaten in the inaugural season of the Football League in 1889 with a record of P22, W18, D4, L0, GF74, GA15,...
View ArticleIs the Arsenal Man United rivalry a thing of the past?
Yesterday’s post suggested that the aggressive, no holds barred Arsenal v Man U animosity originated in February 1988 when Nigel Winterburn castigated Brian McClair for blasting a penalty into the...
View ArticleDid Arsene and Arsenal waste the Club’s footballing talent of 1998-2006,...
My brothers will tell you I am a glutton for punishment. All my life I have been sports mad (I taught it in schools for 23 years!). I read anything and everything on almost every sport imaginable –...
View ArticleCeballos is the new Vieira
What on earth is he talking about? What is he smoking, is he mad? Shameless click bait headings, the site has gone to the dogs. But give me a second, there is a slither of method to my madness, do you...
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