Meet The New Bosses, Same As The Old Boss? We Need Better
The speed with which Arsenal appointed Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham as Ivan’s replacements suggest that a most un-Modern Arsenal thing happened: succession [...]
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Farewell Master of the Opaque, Centre-Backs, and Youngsters
How do I put this without being rude? Thanks for your efforts Ivan, but let the door hit you on the Arsenal on [...]
On The Changes Unai Emery Should Be Making To This Work In Progress
The focus may turn to the Europa League this week but there are a number of questions still to answer about the first [...]
Newcastle United Review: A Tale Of Two Halves
Newcastle United 1 – 2 Arsenal There was something oddly familiar about the three points. It’s odd only because of the turnaround at [...]
Newcastle Preview: Singing In Key or Badly Out Of Toon?
The chance to revisit the scene of one of last season’s crimes and an opportunity for something a little different. Whether Unai Emery [...]
On Xhaka, Mesut, Monreal, and Geoff Woad
I wonder how Unai Emery surveys the room at his press conference? Sitting behind the desk, earnestly giving his views but refraining from [...]
Blowing Smoke: Resting Players & Not Being Good Enough
The Checkatrade Trophy win at Coventry last night marked a significant moment: the international break is over. Coverage by a national radio station [...]
Keeping It Monreal & More
As the players train for “one hour and a half, [maybe] one hour 40, whatever”, Unai Emery’s fandom of the Manchester music scene [...]
European Super League Is Here: A UEFA Horror Show Looms
Whatever benchmarks the Arsenal manager is set for the 2020/21 season, qualifying for European football will be the easiest to achieve. According to [...]
On the Differences Between the Old and the New
Sometimes you see something which makes you sit back and admire the passage of play. It’s helped by the Irish sitting back and [...]
Bellerin On Pride and Prejudice
After weeks of making appearances from the bench, Lucas Torreira finally arrived as an Arsenal player. Pictures of him sitting on the Uruguay [...]
Cazorla and Özil: A Tale of Two Midfielders
The reaction to two players could hardly be starker. One evokes sympathy for his situation, along with admiration and acknowledgement of his skills. [...]
On Ramsey, Özil, and Shenanigans
UEFA’s Nations League is the ICC of the international arena. There, I’ve said it. A pointless competition with the supposed kudos of being [...]
On Limpar & Legends, Xhaka and Captains
Whether a player from another era would thrive in the modern game used to be our idea of fantasy football. Then the Telegraph [...]
On Central Defensive False Dawns and Misplaced Confidence
This morning’s headlines in the world of Arsenal focus on the centre of defence. Tony Adams, a fine centre-half himself, argued that Unai [...]
Learning Like Kids – Tests Come Thick and Fast
The regular interruptions of the international breaks don’t make them any easier to tolerate. We don’t get any more used to them nor [...]
Cardiff City Review: No Defence For Same Old Failings
Winning is a good habit to have. Overall, it masks the bad habits but at some point, those bad habits bite you on [...]
Cardiff City Preview: Clipping The Bluebirds Wings
If managers build teams which are a reflection of themselves, Neil Warnock succeeded admirably. A dour, gruff Yorkshireman, his Cardiff mob hasn’t scored [...]
The Henrikh Manoeuvre and Adapt To Thrive
Yesterday’s UEFA Europa League draw threw a spanner in the works for the game against Qarabag. The Azerbijian – Armenia state of war [...]
On the Europa League Draw and Leaving the Youths Aloan
The Europa League draw is made which as I’m sure you know leaves us in a group with Sporting Clube, FC Qarabag (to [...]
Löw Blow For Özil As Joachim Puts The Boot In Plus Cup Draws
For Mesut Özil, it was a summer to forget. Except with the UEFA Nations League commencing next week, the whole affair resurfaced. Uli [...]
Nelson Departs As Players Hold All The Cards
The week-long gap between games is a breeding ground for fertile imaginations. And stretching the truth. Reiss Nelson’s move to Hoffenheim is a [...]