Summer 2012 – Arsenal to Overhaul the Squad
Summer 2012 needs to see a change in direction in Arsenal’s transfer policy. Out must go this incessant desire to collect 15-16 year olds from around the world and expect and hope that they will develop. Arsenal have many youngsters in the reserves or on loan for whom the time is ripe for them to...
Clean the Arsenal Stables
Over the last few seasons Arsene Wenger has gathered an assortment of players, paid them good wages and has waited for them to deliver. Unfortunately, they have not delivered the goods nor have they developed into the world class players we thought they would turn into. For a few transfer windows we have been expecting...
This Could be Start of the End – Wenger
Dateline 22 January 2012, this date will go down in history, it is the date the fans at the Emirates turned on Arsene Wenger. The fans booed the team off at half-time and were rewarded when youngster Nico Yennaris replaced the hapless and hopeless Djourou who becomes a bigger liability every time he puts on...
Tactical Change Required to Bring Back Glory Days
The last couple of seasons, seeing our midfield overrun, Wenger changed from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3. This added more players in central midfield where too often we had lost vital games, but the flip-side meant that the striker was isolated. For 4-3-3 to work you need at least one of your three central midfielders to get...
Kroenke Must Go For the Sake of Arsenal
In May of 2011, a sort of palace coup was engineered at the Emirates with the two remaining substantial shareholdings of Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith going to Stan Kroenke and in effect Kroenke was anointed the new “emperor” of Arsenal Football Club. Except the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov refused to play ball and...
No New Defenders at Arsenal This Window
Arsenal has suffered some terrible bad luck with defensive injuries this season. We lost Sagna, Gibbs and Jenkinson all with a 17 days in October, but the loss that has hurt us most was the loss of Santos in December. Santos was an attacking full-back and gave us extra attacking options something that has been...
Where Did It All Go Wrong – Arsenal in Decline
Angry, frustrated, disappointed. Once again Arsenal fans are left let-down, once again we are promised things will change and once again it is groundhog season for Arsenal, and we haven’t even entered the annual departures of the close season. Where do we start? It is obvious that things went wrong in the summer with Wenger...
Why Wenger Can Spend £100M in January
The Arsenal board and Wenger have constantly talked about the UEFA Financial Fair Play rules and how the Arsenal model is the model other clubs are striving for (financially if not trophy wise). Arsenal are of the opinion that our prudence in the transfer market will eventually ensure we are a successful club both on...
Luck and Decisions Desert Arsenal
Another defeat and its doom and gloom from all circles. Every time we concede a goal, there is an inquisition as to our ability to defend. If we look a little bit closer we can see that luck has deserted us and we have a tendency to self-destruct. Game one against Newcastle saw both Gervinho...
Summer of Disaster – The Transfer Market
We have a torrid start to the season, let’s not get deluded we have lost 3 games and are now languishing at the bottom of the table. This is not acceptable for the fans nor is it acceptable for Wenger. His comments after Saturday clearly show his frustration with what is happening at the moment,...
Arteta and Benayoun Join as the Window Closes
Well the transfer window closed last night and unlike windows of the past, Arsenal were doing business all the way until it slammed shut. Four players were confirmed last night as having signed, with Park announced the day before. It was clear from the start of the season that Wenger had to act to change...
Transfer Deadline Day – Bendtner Out – Which Midfielders Will We Buy
Transfer deadline day looms and Arsenal are still in the market for midfielders, this is not idle blog gossip but Arsene Wenger stated we are short of players in this area. This became self-evident in recent games were the creativity has been left to Rosicky and his best days are behind him. Today is a...
