Debate: Should Gibbs start the season ahead of Monreal?
by Helen Trantum Arsenal’s academy specialises in left backs. In the Wenger years we have seen the likes of Ashley Cole, Gael Clichy and most…
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This Girl Can campaign and Lionesses show prejudice the door
by Helen Trantum This Girl Can. Waiting for the tube this morning, that was the message emblazoned across an image of a girl juggling a…
Is Mesut Özil Arsenal’s most undervalued player?
by Helen Trantum Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So goes the proverb, and never was it more true in football – as…
Arsene’s type is better than Mourinho’s
by Helen Trantum To buy or not to buy – that is the question. Even following the January acquisition of Gabriel, there is still some…
Do you know Arsene Wenger's 'type'?
by Helen Trantum Arsene Wenger has a type. Just like mine is tall, dark and handsome, Arsene favours some defenders over others. It has particularly…
Loving a Lilywhite
by Helen Trantum March 2016. That’s when I sign my life away marry my best friend, the love of my life, my soulmate. There’s just…
Can Alexis be our saviour?
by Helen Trantum International football bores me. It’s a sad indictment of the state of football, but that’s the way I feel. The trouble is,…
Can the league's best goalkeeper overhaul Chelsea?
by Helen Trantum A good goalkeeper can save you 15 points a season. So the legend goes, anyway. This season Arsenal finished 12 points behind…
Szczesny's smoking highlights a bigger problem
by Helen Trantum Are you stupid? That must be a question Arsene Wenger is dying to ask his FA Cup winning goalkeeper after the Pole…
Jack Wilshere – Mountain or molehill?
by Helen Trantum Do you need glasses? How you view Jack Wilshere’s latest misdemeanour seems to rather depend on which side of the Emirates fence…
Arsenal School Reports 2014-15: The Manager
As the season wraps up with a 12th FA Cup win and third-place league finish, we look at how the players did over the course…
Arsenal 14/15 School Report: The Forwards
As the season wraps up with a 12th FA Cup win and third-place league finish, we look at how the players did over the course…
Arsenal 14/15 School Report: The Midfielders
As the season wraps up with a 12th FA Cup win and third-place league finish, we look at how the players did over the course…
Arsenal 14/15 School Report: The Defenders
As the season wraps up with a 12th FA Cup win and third-place league finish, we look at how the players did over the course…
Arsenal 14/15 School Report: The Goalkeepers
As the season wraps up with a 12th FA Cup win and third-place league finish, we look at how the players did over the course…
In Focus: Francis Coquelin at Wembley
by Helen Trantum That winning feeling. It’s a pure adrenaline rush that is simply unequalled in football. For one of our boys in particular, ending…
Winning is not enough – especially for Mesut Ozil
Nine years. It’s a long time in a lifetime, let alone in football. For those of us of a Gooner persuasion, it’s a length of…
Road to Wembley: This time last year Arsenal win the Cup!
Well, this series has proven a lucky charm! For the second year in a row, we find ourselves finishing the League season with another game…
Opposition preview: FA Cup final v Aston Villa
It’s FA Cup final time and Arsenal are looking to win a record 12th trophy in their record-breaking 19th final. Here’s all they need to…
Winning with Walcott as Ramsey teaches Ozil a lesson
Victory through harmony. It may be the club’s motto, but it also applies to two of our most exciting yet divisive players. Mesut Ozil and…