Sylvain Jamet Archives: 12/2016

As it is traditional to have an end of the year review, here are my Arsenal Ladies player awards for the 2016 season.

As expected Arsenal Ladies have released Emma Byrne and Rachel Yankey at the end of their contracts.

Olivier Giroud’s goal against West Brom reminded us that he can be useful on the day, and managing the player’s expectations will be the key for Arsenal to be able to compete this season.

The US WNT midfielder who scored a hat-trick in the 2015 World Cup final against Japan was a guest of the Arsenal Ladies manager.

Here is a story from a few seasons ago, when I had a small involvement in an international move.

The French winger was interviewed by World Cup winner and Birmingham legend, Christophe Dugarry, and was asked about the apparent interest from Arsenal.

The FA have created a one off series to bridge the gap between seasons but the big question is: will the youngsters get a look-in?

The Arsenal manager was in an angry and disappointed mood after the Manchester City game and here is what he said on French TV channel, SFR sport.

Manuel Pellegrini has recently said that Manchester City missed on Alexis Sanchez because of the FFP (financial fair play) and subsequently signed for Arsenal and became the success we all know.

There were two disputed decisions by referee Mark Clattenburg late in the game against Everton and with the recent experiment introducing Video Assistant Referees, we can wonder what would have happened there and what could happen in the near future.

The FA has officially announced the timing for the licenses renewal from the 2018/19 season. The current licensing agreement finishes at the end of the…

The Manchester City manager was told his team did not win a single tackle in the first 35 minutes against Leicester and this is how he answered.

Mark Sampson and his team will start the final phase of their 2017 Euro preparation with two friendlies against Norway and Sweden in Spain.

The Footballeaks site have revealed an amazingly ridiculous story – Liverpool have put a clause in Roberto Firmino’s contract to stop Arsenal from buying him!

Arsenal Ladies’ reserves won their second game of the season, 4-0 away to Yeovil, and have moved up four places in the Development League.

Sources in France suggest the German centreback will transfer to a top French team in January.

Wednesday’s team performance against Southampton was abysmal in the first half and slightly improved in the second half but still not good enough.

A poor and disappointing performance from the Arsenal B team that lost at home to Southampton on Wednesday night.