Category Archives: Arsenal

06 FEB

Rampaging Ox justifies Wenger’s faith in youth

By Harley Tamplin

Arsenal supporters do not need reminding that the end to this season could leave them seven years without a trophy.

The barren spell is the biggest mystery in the last decade of English football, and Arsene Wenger’s struggles have fuelled pub debate in North London and beyond. Read More »

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23 JAN

From Russia with love?

By Charles Scott

Location aside, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham have little in common, something that suits their own fans down to the ground. They do however share one similarity. Each has invested large sums of money on highly rated Russian internationals in recent years without seeing any kind of positive return. Despite promising much and impressing at first, Arsenal’s Andrey Arshavin, Tottenham’s Roman Pavlyuchenko and Yuri Zhirkov, formerly of Chelsea, have all failed to shine in London. Read More »

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21 JAN

Loyalty in Football

By David Johnson

Loyalty is an incredibly intriguing concept within the realm of football. There seems to be no middle ground on the issue with fans completely polarized on the morals or lack thereof of modern footballers. Some feel that it is an inevitable by-product of the wealth that has been injected into the game. As it is often put, if you were offered twice your current salary to do the same job while working for a more prestigious firm, could you turn it down? Read More »

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20 JAN

Revenge shouldn’t be Arsenal’s motivation on Sunday

By David Hastings

This weekend will see reigning Premier League champions Manchester United visit Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The match offers the home side a chance to partly extinguish memories of the worst day in Arsène Wenger’s time in charge of The Gunners, when they were humiliated 8-2 at Old Trafford last August.

The ruthlessness with which United tore the visitors apart in that game will live long in the memory of players, fans and anyone else connected with the club. Arsenal will be desperate for victory on Sunday to restore some pride, but if they become obsessed with the idea of revenge, they will open themselves up for more pain and embarrassment. Read More »

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09 JAN

The Return of the King: Thierry Henry back at Arsenal

By Nick Wilson

It is a fact universally acknowledged that the Invincibles side were better in nearly every department than the team Arsenal now. We’ve already seen the incredible happen twice – a permanent return for Sol Campbell and latterly a loan move for Jens Lehmann when both were definitely the wrong side of thirty and had left Arsenal long ago. But now, the man who took Arsenal to the top even before the 03/04 season has signed on for a precious two months with the Gunners, two months which will see Arsenal host Manchester United in the league and go to the San Siro in search of Champions League glory against AC Milan. Thierry Henry is once again an Arsenal player. But will he score goals? Read More »

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04 JAN

City’s rise will be the final straw for the dominance of the “Big Four”

By Sam Cooper

The Premier League has come under much scrutiny over it’s twenty year life span. But no subject has raised more arguments than the dominance of the “Big Four.”  There are facts that back up the argument that the Premier League will always be a four horse race. Since Blackburn’s successful league campaign in 1994-95, there have only been three league title winners. Those of course being Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Read More »

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02 JAN

Loan Star States provide vital short-term cover to Premier League squads

By James McLaughlin

Thierry Henry will seal a sensational two-month loan return to the Premier League in the coming days. As the American season has come to a close, the Frenchman will rejoin former club Arsenal from the MLS side New York Red Bulls.

However, recent years have seen an increase in household names securing two month loan periods in the twilight of their careers and MLS stars wishing to gain exposure and maintain fitness. As Henry’s return divides opinion between Arsenal fans and former players alike, is this arrangement something the Premier League will see more of and, ultimately, is it a good thing?  Read More »

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22 DEC

Mikel Arteta epitomises the new Arsenal

By Imran Marashli

It was the lowest point of Arsène Wenger’s tenure at Arsenal. With Nasri and Fabregas gone, Arsenal collapsed to their worst defeat in over 100 years,in the infamous 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford. The Gunners appeared in disarray, provoking Wenger to raid the transfer market in a desperate bid to resurrect the faith of disillusioned fans and mute the circling vultures of critics. Read More »

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09 NOV

Long way to go as season reaches second checkpoint

By Douglas Elder

So, as the Premier League breaks for a fortnight, we are left with an interesting – if unfamiliar – picture at the top of the Barclay’s Premier League. The mid-season assumptions, the hyperbolic descriptions and the doom-mongering are in full swing, and here is my take on what has been a season of ups (not if you’re a Wigan fan) and downs (not if you’re a Newcastle or a Man City fan).

A Manchester side top the league, but this time it is those “noisy neighbours” Manchester City who look down upon old rivals Manchester United, still bearing the scars of a chastening 6-1 home defeat to City two weeks ago. This weekend, after United defeated struggling Sunderland with more efficiency than effervescence, the City juggernaut – an irresistible force at times – eventually overcame QPR, who did their best impression of an immovable object. Read More »

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31 OCT

Flying Dutchman Settles Bridge Thriller

By Feargal Brennan

A hat trick from Arsenal Captain Robin van Persie handed Arsenal a 5-3 victory over Chelsea in dramatic style in their Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. Two late goals from van Persie sealed the win for Arsenal, who showed remarkable resilience and composure to win at Chelsea for the first time since 2008.

The result sees Arsenal recent revival continue, as they move up to 6th in the table, while Chelsea remain in third. Read More »

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