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
I’ll preface this by saying I am enormously pleased that Arsenal managed to sign both Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mhkitaryan in the January transfer window. Mesut Ozil penning a new deal was also a welcome piece of news to add an extra touch of shine to our sparkling transfer crown. But, for all the … Continue reading No amount of Aubamayang can cure what really ails this Arsenal side
We have plumbed depths so deep in recent years that is difficult to be embarrassed as an Arsenal fan these days. But, if there is one lesson we have all learned as Gooners over the years, it’s that you should never underestimate the ability of this team to surprise you, for better or, more likely, … Continue reading Another week, another farce for Arsenal in FA Cup horror show at Nottingham Forest
There was a depressing familiarity about the way in which Arsenal huffed and puffed their way to a draw at Southampton on Sunday. The Saints are far from the side they have been in recent seasons and, in truth, should not really have posed a problem for an Arsenal side which aspires to make it … Continue reading Focus must be on defence if Arsenal are to stem the flow of goals
If confidence and belief could be bottled and dished out before every match, it would probably turn this Arsenal team into title winners. Saturday’s victory over Tottenham Hotspur was proof positive that, on their day, when every member of the team is fired up and prepared, the Gunners are capable of brilliance. We have known … Continue reading Arsenal must not fritter away the belief built up in wake of victory over Tottenham
Much of the talk around Arsenal this week has been about managing expectations after a pretty lacklustre start to the season. In this context, managing can be read as lowering, which is not something any Arsenal fan has really had to do for the last two decades or so. Whatever the circumstances, most of us … Continue reading Lowering expectations doesn’t mean fans can’t expect better from the team
If Arsenal are to stand any chance of coming away from the Etihad Stadium with anything to show for their efforts they must focus on improving their first-half performance. A recurring feature of this fledgling season has been the Gunners inability to play at their best from the first whistle. Too often, the team has … Continue reading No room for slow starts as Arsenal brace for trip to Manchester City
How does the Arsenal squad refocus for today’s visit of Swansea given the relative rollercoaster of a week at the club? After a tumultuous seven days that has seen glorious highs, young stars emerge, and old farts disgrace themselves, a mid-afternoon Premier League clash with struggling Swansea seems positively boring in comparison. Against that sort … Continue reading Arsenal squad must put boardroom balls-up aside for visit of Swansea
Arsenal’s afternoon stroll around Goodison Park on Sunday served only to sharpen the focus on last weekend’s truly woeful result at Watford. The Gunners were absolutely imperious in attack against the most ramshackle Everton side of recent memory, and showed flashes of truly brilliant football as they rained down no fewer than 28 shots on … Continue reading Arsenal’s excellence at Everton is bittersweet set against recent woes
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