Stephen Bradley

So, the last few days have been pretty quiet on the Arsenal front, huh?

With the 2016–17 season almost at its end, enough has been factored out to figure out what resources Arsenal will have available to them next season, and what they need to do to improve on this year’s disappointment.

If I were to tell you at the start of this season, that Arsenal wouldn’t win the league BUT would give the league champions their biggest drubbing of the season, take four points off Manchester United, finish top of their Champions League group, thrash Stoke 4–1 away and beat Manchester City in a neutral venue in May, where would you assume Arsenal would finish in the table with a resumé like that?

Since moving to the 3–4–2–1 system after losing 3–0 to Crystal Palace, Arsenal have played six games, won five and conceded only four goals.

A lot will be made of Arsene Wenger finally being able to get one over his long time rival and nemesis, Jose Mourinho, but in truth, this match was less about the result and more about how much Manchester United did to secure a 0-0, and how Arsenal were fortunate in the manner of which they broke the deadlock.

So. Where were you last Sunday when Harry Kane took a dive after being tripped inside Arsenal’s penalty area?

Three at the back. Three games. Three wins. Does this mean Arsenal are back on track?

‘Even at my age, you can change.’ This was what Arsene Wenger had to say after beating Middlesbrough 2−1 last Monday, after being asked about…

There was a moment during the 3–0 loss at Crystal Palace on Monday which summed up Arsenal’s current problems so perfectly, no protest or chant or tweet or YouTube video could improve on it.

All we have to do is wait for Arsenal to do something, all whilst Arsenal are waiting for someone else to do something first.

If Alexis does decide that he’s better off elsewhere, then what? Does it matter who Arsenal sell Alexis Sanchez to? Is Alexis Sanchez irreplaceable?

So, Arsenal lost again at the weekend, they’ve lost four league games out of five for the first time under Arsene Wenger, they’re six points behind fourth place, and the manager is about to sign a two-year extension that pretty much only he and the board want him to sign.

Why Chelsea thrived and Arsenal died after October’s 3-0 win

Liverpool away, Bayern Munich at home, Lincoln City at home – three games in eight days, yet in reality it is so much more.

Thanks to Southampton having the audacity, cheek and sheer nerve to progress all the way to a cup final that they knew was on the same weekend as their game with Arsenal, the Gunners, and ergo, all of us fans, now have a week without a game to watch.

So. Now what? That, is the only question that was left needing to be asked after Arsenal’s second-half capitulation in Munich on Wednesday.

Well, it’s finally happened. We’ve finally run out of things to talk about.

Arsenal’s infinity staircase strikes again

There have been approximately 1.5 million articles written about Granit Xhaka in the last 96 hours (that number is courtesy of The White House) and this is one more to go on the pile that is adding up almost as quickly as there are reasons to loathe Piers Morgan.

There were two main takeaways for Arsenal to mull upon after a comfortable 4-0 win at hapless Swansea last weekend.