Arsenal v Bournemouth. Off we go again

      As Everton deal collapses, are other clubs in financial danger? How Man C may bypass FFP, as a player moves between 3 different City Group clubs By Bulldog Drummond In days gone by this was the moment when football journalists all started their columns and broadcasts in the same way by announcing …

Total control and total dominance can work, but in the end innovation in football suffers

by The Arsenal Philosopher. When Arsenal invited Arsene Wenger to manage the club, they knew what they were getting – a man who exercised total control over everything in the club, from the menus to the transfers, from the design of the academy to who to give young player contracts to. And now there is …

Arsenal v Burnley: you don’t win things with kids, you don’t win without kids

. By Bulldog Drummond Burnley were relegated from the Premier League and are now looking to come back up, so an FA Cup run is not the primary thing on their mind – promotion is much more important, as is not getting anyone injured at this stage of the season.  The income from today’s game will …

UEFA Youth League Arsenal v Galatasaray Wednesday 1 October 2014

by Andrew Crawshaw As you all know Arsenal dominated the game and ran out winners by five goals to one. The scoreline fully reflected the way that a youthful Arsenal team dominated the game and was a true reflection of the performances of the two teams on the day. For a full report on the …

The youth league: Dortmund – Arsenal a game of missed chances

By Walter Broeckx The Uefa youth league is a competition between the youth teams from the teams that play the Champions League. The groups are based on the same groups in the real champions league and so Arsenal U19 had to travel to Dortmund to play their German opponents on the same day as the …

UEFA Youth League : Marseille 1 – 4 Arsenal

By Walter Broeckx Last year we had the Nextgen series and Arsenal got to the semi finals to lose against Chelsea with 4-3 in extra time. That was rather an interesting match to see. We then also lost the last game so Arsenal finished in 4th place. But as Nextgen was not organized by Uefa …

Nextgenseries round of 16 : Inter Milan – Arsenal 0-1

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal have battled their way to the quarter finals of the Nextgenseries, the competition that is in reality the youth version of the champions league. The round of 16 was played in one game and Arsenal had to travel to the defending champions of last year Inter Milan. Contrary to what we …