Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland—x things we learned
There were far too many squeaky bums and clenched sphincters in the first half for anyone’s likings, but there’s no panning the results once we turn around and have a look at hot it turned out. On a weekend when all of our key rivals save Leicester dropped points, it was vital that we return […]
The returns of Nasri and van Persie: prodigal or pathetic?
They were to be the core of Arsenal’s renaissance, technically gifted players capable of turning a game on its head through individal flourishes or team chemistry. Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie, along with Cesc Fàbregas, comprised one of the most potent attacking trios in the Prem…until each of them bolted in acrimonious, avaricious ways. Last […]
Against Chelsea, there's no way Arsenal can lose…
I mean it. There’s no way Arsenal will lose on Sunday. Set aside the 12 previous times Arsène has failed to beat Mourinho. Set aside the vaunted bus-parking that Mourinho adopts against his rivals—or the ominous dove-tailing of Chelsea’s ability to hit hard on the counter-attack and Arsenal’s propensity to concede on those counters—Chelsea can’t win, and […]
Down comes Fàbregas’s banner, down goes his legacy as well.
We have long since left behind an era in which players will remain with one club for the entirety of their careers. We know now that it is myopic and misguided to pin our hopes on any one player committing himself, pledging himself, to one club. Football stop operating on such sentimental principles a long […]
Down comes Fàbregas's banner, down goes his legacy as well.
We have long since left behind an era in which players will remain with one club for the entirety of their careers. We know now that it is myopic and misguided to pin our hopes on any one player committing himself, pledging himself, to one club. Football stop operating on such sentimental principles a long […]
Özil, Draxler, and a future without Arsène
Earlier in the week, Arsène, pressed on his future with the club, said, “there is a point where you have to decide and there is a point where you have to make your decision public. You can take of that sentence the way you want it.” Perennially coy—and apparently enjoying it—Arsène, ever the wordsmith, always the […]
Özil, Draxler, and a future without Arsène
Earlier in the week, Arsène, pressed on his future with the club, said, “there is a point where you have to decide and there is a point where you have to make your decision public. You can take of that sentence the way you want it.” Perennially coy—and apparently enjoying it—Arsène, ever the wordsmith, always the […]
Mesut Özil unveiling, circa 2031
Mesut Özil has gone down in history as one of the Club’s greatest players of all time, having delivered a club-record 129 assists from 417 appearances over ten trophy-laden seasons with Arsenal. After joining from Real Madrid in September 2013, Özil, then 25, made his Gunners debut in the fourth match of the 2013-14 season—a […]
Mesut Özil unveiling, circa 2031
Mesut Özil has gone down in history as one of the Club’s greatest players of all time, having delivered a club-record 129 assists from 417 appearances over ten trophy-laden seasons with Arsenal. After joining from Real Madrid in September 2013, Özil, then 25, made his Gunners debut in the fourth match of the 2013-14 season—a […]
The Arsenal Amoeba
After avoiding embarrassment this past weekend, Hull manager Steve Bruce said that ”the problem with Arsenal is how do you set up against them? They’re fluid in their movement and their interplay. They interchange positions…where does Jack Wilshere play? where does Mesut Ozil play?” He’s not alone in this assessment. Commentator Tony Jones, speaking after […]
