Why Europa League clash with Milan could well decide future of Arsenal

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

Gunners must look to blast out of the blocks against plucky Ostersund

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

Europa League campaign is sweet relief for weary Arsenal fans

The best thing about Arsenal in the Europa League is that it acts as a sort of light relief to the woes of their domestic campaign, a welcome distraction to the misery of yet another bad result at the weekend. There is something surreal about playing on Thursday night in the arse-end of Europe – … Continue reading Europa League campaign is sweet relief for weary Arsenal fans