Quite why it took a series of setbacks to provoke Arsenal into action is anyone’s guess but provoked they were as they outscored an irritating Southampton side to take all three points at the Emirates on Sunday. After a truly woeful opening 20 minutes or so, Arsenal again found themselves behind as Saints’ greater industry … Continue reading Tepid Arsenal turn up the temperature to get the job done against Southampton side
Arsenal tapped into the much-vaunted ‘Wenger ball’ on Thursday night as they cut swathes through a naïve CSKA Moscow side. The Russian outfit played right into the Gunners’ hands in a gung-ho first half that yielded all five of the game’s goals. Although there were a surprising number of empty seats on show at the … Continue reading ‘Wenger ball’ makes a fleeting return as Arsenal put four past CSKA Moscow
The visit of Stoke to the Emirates Stadium tomorrow (Sunday) has something of a hollow, listless feeling to it. Though we have been without Premier League action for the greater part of a fortnight and that, in and of itself, should be reason enough to be excited and motivated for the match, it still feels … Continue reading Arsenal vs Stoke: Gunners must spark some life into virtual dead rubber
Quite how well Arsenal will finish this season remains to be seen but what remains clear is that they will need to do some business in the summer to ensure they are in a position to make progress next year. The most pressing need seems to be in defence, where the decline in performance in … Continue reading A case for the defence: The top performers Arsenal should be looking at this summer
After three good wins on the bounce, it is a shame that Arsenal don’t take to the field again for something like a fortnight. Winning is a habit and the confidence that comes with it so hard won, especially for a Gunners side that had hit rock bottom, and then kept on plunging. Still, a … Continue reading International break is lousy timing for in-form Gunners ahead of busy run-in
The immediate future of Arsenal Football Club could well hinge on the outcome of Thursday’s trip to Milan in the Europa League. After Saturday’s fresh debacle at Brighton, it feels more and more as though the Frenchman’s days at the club are numbered and a heavy defeat in the only competition that still offers Arsene … Continue reading Why Europa League clash with Milan could well decide future of Arsenal
The outcome of today’s (Sunday) trip to the south coast is as much a mystery as every other match we have played in the two or three months. Our stature as a club and the quality of our players would suggest victory but the disparate nature of the XI who take to the pitch, coupled … Continue reading Win, lose, or draw? The great Arsenal gambling machine rolls on into Brighton
Nothing will change at Arsenal until the manager leaves. A simple summary but an apt one after a pathetic Carabao Cup performance in which Arsenal were utterly powerless against a Manchester City side that ground them into the dust. City pressed high and hard, as so many have done this season, and Arsenal time and … Continue reading Carabao Cup final: Nothing will change at Arsenal until the manager leaves.
If Arsenal approach Sunday’s Carabao Cup final in anything like the same way they did against Ostersund they face humiliation. Where the plucky Swedes were able to score two goals and fashion opportunities enough for a few more, Manchester City are more than capable of scoring half-a-dozen and putting the game beyond the Gunners inside … Continue reading Practicality must prevail if Arsenal hope to overcome Manchester City in Carabao Cup showpiece
Thursday night’s trip to the deepest, darkest, most frozen corner of Sweden does little but fill me with a sense of foreboding, particularly with an Arsenal side as fragile as this one. Away from home this season, the Gunners have folded up at the merest hint of pressure and this Europa League tie, with a … Continue reading Gunners must look to blast out of the blocks against plucky Ostersund
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