What happens now to Carl Jenkinson could be a model for the future.

By Tony Attwood Carl Jenkinson came to Arsenal in 2011 from Charlton for about a £1m transfer fee. On 11 November 2012 he was given a new six year contract by Arsenal which was reported by the not-necessarily believable Daily Mirror to include a salary of £25,000 a week.   He had played just eight …

Why did Arsenal do so much better in the second half of the season

By Tony Attwood Last season’s second half improvement was hardly new for Arsenal.  Indeed looking back through the club’s history, for every amazing start to a season (like 1947/8 where we won the first six and didn’t get defeated until game 18 – and went on to win the league) one can find multiple seasons …