Arsenal Opinion Archives: 12/2016

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?

Joachim Low, the absolute swine, didn’t vote for Mesut Ozil for a FIFA award.

We talk a lot about mentality as a key component of great sides.

As Ferris Bueller once sagely noted, “Life moves pretty fast. if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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.

Should this tackle on Alexis Sanchez have been a penalty?

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.

In the 29th minute Stoke got awarded a penalty by referee, Lee Mason, but should it have been given?

You’ve probably heard of xG models.

Arsenal are second in the league, unbeaten since opening day (except the EFL Cup), and have just won their Champions League group whilst scoring 18 goals in the process.

It probably doesn’t bode well for us that the Bayern Munich fans aren’t scared of facing Arsenal in the next round of the Champions League… at all.

The enduring memory of Tuesday night’s triumphant trip to Basel will be the scintillatingly slick move for Lucas Perez’s second goal but it should also be of the Xhaka-Ramsey partnership

A comfortable 4-1 victory over Basel means Arsenal beat PSG to the top of our Champions League group table but what else did we learn?

Arsenal players have been at the club, on average, longer than players at any other club in the Premier League according to data compiled by the CIES Observatory.

Arsenal are firmly back on track after a week of two halves.

After Arsène Wenger this week revealed that right-back Carl Jenkinson has lost confidence and is not completely himself, there’s plenty of questions about the defender’s future at the club as well as whether he’s being treated correctly.

Professional athletes get injured a lot.

Left wing. Right wing. Centre midfield. Centre attacking midfield. Aaron Ramsey can play in all four of those positions, and it may be the reason why Arsenal end up selling him in the summer.

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

The subject of Arsène Wenger’s likely legacy has been on my mind recently.