Lee Hurley Archives: 12/2019

I’ve been putting off writing this review of Arsenal’s 2019 because, well, it was rubbish, wasn’t it? You remember, you were there.

It’s the end of another decade and what better way to finish up what has been mostly 10 years of pain for Arsenal fans by looking back at some of the worst players to pull on the famous red and white during that time?

Two Arsenal forwards feature in top 10 Premier League goalscorers of last decade but it is Sergio Aguero who is the king.

Five players received five red cards over the past 10 years in the Premier League and one of them was a player considered one of the best at Arsenal during that time – Laurent Koscielny.

The Premier League has no intention of changing how it uses VAR to adjudicate marginal offsides despite a reminder from the International Football Association Board that VAR is supposed to be used for ‘clear and obvious errors’.

Arsenal will reportedly provide Mikel Arteta with money to spend in January in the hopes he can fix their defence and Dayot Upamecano is once again on top of their list.

I’ve not always believed that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the best choice for club captain but on Sunday against Chelsea, the forward led by example for the whole match.

After their win over Arsenal, Frank Lampard admitted Chelsea rode their luck and that Jorginho probably should have seen red for a second yellow.

Three Serie A sides are reportedly interested in signing former Arsenal youngster, Vlad Dragomir, who is currently playing with Perugia in Serie B.

Mikel Arteta has given updates on Granit Xhaka and Calum Chambers and the latter looks like he could be set for a spell on the sidelines.

Mikel Arteta was robbed of his first win as Arsenal head coach by a series of awful mistakes, led by the referee Craig Pawson.

A Chinese streaming service has lifted their Arsenal blackout but will not mention Mesut Ozil during commentary.

Mikel Arteta has confessed that in 2016, as he walked down the tunnel for the last time at the end of his playing career, he told his wife, ‘One day I will come back here as the manager.’

Arsenal have reportedly asked St Etienne if they can cut short William Saliba’s loan and bring him to London in January and have been ‘categorically refused’.

Mikel Arteta will reportedly not allow Granit Xhaka to leave during the January transfer window despite his agent saying they have an agreement with Hertha Berlin.

Granit Xhaka and Matteo Guendouzi could find themselves missing Arsenal’s first game of 2020 against Manchester United if they get booked against Chelsea on Sunday.

Mikel Arteta is reportedly interested in signing Thomas Lemar who was heavily linked with a move to Arsenal before he signed for Atletico Madrid.

Cardiff City are reportedly interested in signing former Arsenal defender Cohen Bramall.

Mikel Arteta believes if he can convince the players he can turn things around the fans will believe but do the fans need much to convince them?

Arsenal host Chelsea in what will be Mikel Arteta’s first home game as Arsenal head coach so who’s fit and who’s not?