A pivotal week, for this season and beyond
Occasionally as a fan with unconventional career choices, I am forced to miss big games. Sometimes it’s no bad thing. As Arsenal were once again…
Arsenal Opinion Archives: 02/2016
Power of Habit – Why Arsenal lose against the top sides
[This post was originally published 14th Jan 2015. It is still painfully relevant today] We all have habits. Some of them we are only too…
Watch: Should Manchester United’s new hero have seen red for this against Arsenal?
It seems everyone’s so preoccupied with praising Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford for his two goals against Arsenal that they’re ignoring his potential handball in the…
Arsène’s biggest challenge
Momentum can be, well, momentous in football. When the Invincibles lost to United (or should I say: “were Mike Rileyed* at United”?) it triggered a…
Wenger: I respect and sympathise with van Gaal
Oh, how times have changed. In Friday morning’s press conference, Arsène Wenger was asked about the current situation at Manchester United as well as the…
Nothing to fear but fear itself
Tuesday’s loss to Barcelona, and the subsequent reaction from those associated with Arsenal to it, was a little bit weird. To explain why, we need…
UEFA have helped Arsenal with FA Cup fixture, but why?
We finally have a date for Arsenal’s FA Cup replay against Hull City, and it’s a slightly surprising one. The fixture hasn’t been arranged for…
A night of regrets for Arsenal
It’s hard to look back on the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League tie with Barcelona with anything other than a sense of regret. Okay,…
In defence of Olivier Giroud…
Arsenal need a world class striker, Olivier Giroud isn’t at the same level as Luis Suárez or Lionel Messi and they would’ve finished his chances.…
Arsenal fans optimistic ahead of Barca game
MSN are going to tear Arsenal a new one. That’s if you believe the press anyway. There’s been lots of hype around Barcelona’s attacking threat,…
Poll: Which Arsenal player worries Barca the most?
Arsenal are allowed to attack. All the talk this week has been of Barca’s menace but little credence has been given to our own forward…
Poll: Messi remains the man for Arsenal to master
Barcelona have possibly the best front three in the world. Obviously none of them are a patch on Yaya Sanogo, but we thought it would…
Arsenal’s floundering against Hull’s rocks is not a sign of things to come
Saturday lunchtime was an uninspiring start to Arsenal’s nightmare run of fixtures. I suppose one could say that it was a decent run-out for those…
Issues on the ball? Position is nine tenths of the law
Arsenal’s issues in possession against a defensive team were evident once again in the 0-0 draw against Hull City on Saturday I had intended to…
Did Arsenal or Hull benefit more from Mike Dean’s bad calls?
Mike Dean took charge of his first Arsenal game since the Chelsea debacle, and while he wasn’t quite so spectacularly awful, he was bad enough…
Szczesny has decision to make about Arsenal future
Wojciech Szczesny wants to be a top class, number one keeper, at a leading club. He hoped that club would be Arsenal. I hoped that…
We need more bums on seats – here’s how…
Should Arsenal sell the seats of season ticket holders who repeatedly turn up late or don’t turn up at all? Helen Trantum thinks so. Read on…
What does the future hold for Arsenal’s goalkeepers?
With fresh reports suggesting David Ospina is set to leave the club this summer, it’s time for some reflection – on what that means for…
Misery loves company
Do you have to be a sadomasochist to support Arsenal? Read on to find out. During the 85th minute of the game against Leicester City…
Could Petr Čech really be the next Arsenal captain?
He’s won everything in European football and he’s guaranteed to play every Arsenal game, so could Petr Čech become the next captain of the club?…