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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Olivier Giroud, master of the assist
Olivier Giroud started the season so brightly that we started dreaming of a 20-goal season, perhaps even contention for the Golden Boot. After all, following a a preseason of eight goals with three goals in his first three appearances, and five in his first six, it looked like Giroud would again repeat his second-season tradition […]
Olivier Giroud, master of the assist
Olivier Giroud started the season so brightly that we started dreaming of a 20-goal season, perhaps even contention for the Golden Boot. After all, following a a preseason of eight goals with three goals in his first three appearances, and five in his first six, it looked like Giroud would again repeat his second-season tradition […]