Viking – Arsenal 0-8: OOOOOOOOhhhhh Santi Cazorlaaaaaaa

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal to start this match against Viking: Ospina, Debuchy, Bielik, Gabriel, Gibbs, Coquelin, Elneny, Cazorla, Walcott, Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlain. Subs: Cech, Martinez, Holding, Iwobi, Monreal, Bellerin, Adelaide, Akpom, Zelalem, Willock.   Despite Walcott saying he sees his future on the flank he starts in the centre of the attack in the first half. …

The Vikings vs The Arsenal. They have Thor and the longboats. We’ve got the gunpowder.

By Bulldog Drummond Article corrected at 6.40pm; the original line ups got mixed in editing and one team got placed inside another.  Sorry. So here is where we have got to.  Two fixtures over the weekend and then its downhill all the way, at least according to those with emotional contagion.  I think that phrase …

Scoring more goals by buying a defensive midfielder…

By Walter Broeckx At the start of last season we had a fairly good run of results. Arsenal was creating most chances in the PL and converted them very readily and to win some matches. But then came the moment we lost both Coquelin and Santi in two weeks and both were out for a …

Why the notion that Arsenal desperately need to buy a centre forward is nonsense.

By Tony Attwood I’ve been trying to unravel the issue of why football journalists and pundits constantly publish or say either misleading or on occasion wholly untrue statements about football and in doing this I’ve given a range of examples. But yesterday I was reminded just how far away I am from explaining to many readers …