Swansea 3-2 Arsenal: It isn’t as simple as just buying different players
Swansea 3 (Sinclair pen 16, Dyer 57, Graham 70) Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 5, Walcott 69) (Premiership) Two weeks ago, the Arsenal fanbase was pretty content. A win over QPR had lifted us back amongst the...
View ArticleArsenal misconceptions – wage bills, net spends and the 71 man squad
Morning all. I’m going to start today with a question. How many times have you heard this debate? “Arsenal have the fourth biggest wage bill in the Premiership, therefore should be finishing fourth.”...
View ArticleGet well soon, Fabrice Muamba
Football often gets an absolute kicking in the wider world, for the behaviour of players, officials, fans and authorities, and plenty of times the criticism is fully justified. This season has seen a...
View ArticleA week of unwarranted angst
Morning all. Arsenal fans don’t take a lot of riling. Most football fans are a sensitive bunch, but it seems that our club has more than its fair share of the bipolar. One minute we are a signing or...
View ArticleArsenal in 2011/12 – High and Lows (and predictions revisited)
Football is nearly upon us once again, and although it isn’t the warm glow of an Arsenal game to look forward to, it is a potentially entertaining European Championships. Starting, of course, will the...
View ArticlePremiership preview 12/13 + a few van Persie thoughts
Our summers are nothing if not dramatic. I’ve been largely ignoring it for the past few weeks – ever since van Persie’s original statement I’ve felt a little jaded by the whole thing, and haven’t had...
View ArticleCazorla for Song is the completion of a midfield restructure
The transfer window has shut, and as many suspected, we were largely inactive in the final few days, managing only to shift Bendtner and Park out on loan, trimming players from the wage bill who did...
View ArticleTen days of mixed performances and erratic reactions
I often find myself without the time to write regularly for this blog, to preview each match and review it afterwards, to analyse on a day-by-day basis and to react in a timely fashion to anything...
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The mythical ideas of what it takes to win the Premiership
With every passing week, every Arsenal win, every dropped point by a rival strengthening our position at the top of the league, it becomes more curious that the North London title challenge is...
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Positives and negatives – an Arsenal summary
It feels a little strange to set out on anything resembling a seasonal review when there remains the FA Cup Final looming next weekend, but yesterday’s 2-0 canter against Norwich wrapped up the league...
View ArticleGroan’s Arsenal season preview – 2016/17
Welcome to another season, and a new start to the Beautiful Groan – after two years away, this is something of a return, and what better day to kick off? The Premier League has begun, our campaign...
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