Arsenal Opinion Archives: 10/2016

The majority of people who have seen Granit Xhaka’s red card against Swansea agree that it should have been a yellow, so did Jon Moss get his rules mixed up?

Stephen Bradley wrote a fascinating column yesterday.

There are three things that always occur at this time of year in the world of football; International fixtures suck the life out of everyone, illuminous yellow balls are used in games for no good reason whatsoever, and reports start emanating from Barcelona that state that they’re interested in signing an Arsenal player. Again.

It’s looking more and more likely that Gareth Southgate will be handed the England job full time, which means it’s also looking likely that Arsene Wenger could be signing a contract extension with Arsenal.

Arsenal will be hoping to avoid new manager syndrome when they host Swansea this weekend.

Gareth Southgate’s team tinkering may have some long-term pluses for Arsenal.

First of all, I owe you an apology. In fact, I owe you a couple. In writing last week’s column on the beautiful football of…

With the international break about to burst into full bloom, it’s a good time to look back at what Arsenal have done so far this season in order to gauge how well they’re performing but what stands out at the moment isn’t what has happened, but what hasn’t.

That Arsène Wenger marked his 20th anniversary of taking charge of the Arsenal with a scrappy, George Graham style, 1-0 win at Burnley was an irony I feel sure the Frenchman will have appreciated.

92.05 – that was when Arsenal finally scored against Burnley, securing three points and ensuring we kept pressure on Spurs and Manchester City above us at the top of the Premier League table.

Every week, at least one or twice, we feature loan reports on the site and it seems that this season, our players are finding it hard to get minutes under their belts.

Thierry Henry gave his verdict on the controversial handball that sealed Arsenal’s win against Burnley on Sunday and once again demonstrated why it’s good that he no longer works with the club.

After the on-pitch ecstasy of Chelsea and Basel, Sunday’s Lancashire struggle reminded us that the last 20 years have yielded plenty of frustration with joy.

Let’s face it, if it was a domestic club courting Arsene Wenger as publicly as the English FA are currently doing, we’d all be going mental.

Whisper it, but Arsenal haven’t been playing the most beautiful football.

There is a generation of Arsenal fans who have known no other, so what, exactly, has Arsene Wenger done in his 20 years at the club?