Arsenal Opinion Archives: 03/2019

Recently, the Daily Telegraph made a really big deal of a new initiative they were launching to increase coverage of women’s sport in their paper but what does that look like?

When Arsène Wenger finally agreed to end what was (for the most part) an excellent management era at Arsenal, speculation was high as to who would replace him and how long it would take that replacement to stop the rot.

Granit Xhaka has reportedly said Arsenal doesn’t have to be the last stop in his career, but it’s not clear exactly what that meant, or if he even really said it.

While much of the footballing world was patting itself on the back on Wednesday over the historic sponsorship deal struck between Barclays and the FA WSL that would see ‘millions’ pumped into the game, my first thought reading there would be a £500k prize pot was, ‘huh, is that all?’

It’s hard to talk about the accusations against Ronaldo without acknowledging the Arsenal-shaped elephant in the room – Robin van Persie.

Over a year ago, Nick Cohen wrote a piece for The Guardian saying football fans should be asking hard questions about the money behind leading clubs but that still doesn’t look like it will be happening any time soon.

No matter what Mauricio Pochettino now says about Spurs ‘real level’ being exposed, at the turn of the year he was talking about Tottenham as title challengers. Now, only a dodgy refereeing call and poor Aubameyang penalty keeps them above Arsenal in the league.

Unai Emery confuses the f**k out of me. There. I said.

The FA WSL, BT Sport and the BBC seem to have conspired to upset Arsenal fans by no longer allowing us to enjoy a regular 2pm Sunday slot.

Post-Spurs, even though Arsenal only managed a draw, the Arsenal fanbase was on the up. An easy game against Rennes would set us up nicely for the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and we’d get to see what his Manchester United team are really made of.

If the FA aren’t going to charge Davinson Sanchez, then they must demote Anthony Taylor.

There are a few names that have been thrown around as potential Lionesses at the World Cup who are not getting a look in.

Tottenham claimed a lucky point against Arsenal for the last time as the introduction of VAR next season means they will never win another thing against their north London rivals.

Alexandre Lacazette should be Arsenal’s designated penalty taker from now on, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has had his chance.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is proving Arsenal got the better end of the Alexis Sanchez swap deal, scoring more league goals this week than the Manchester United forward has this season.