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 …

Who is the most successful manager Arsenal has ever had?

  By Richard Morgan Arsene Wenger divides opinion among Arsenal fans, with those who want him out and those who support him. The real question should be: what has Wenger done for Arsenal football club? In this piece on Wenger I will outline what Wenger has achieved and put them side by side with those …

Wenger dithering leads Arsenal into centre forward chaos as players rushed back.

By Tony Attwood Here is the story published by the Telegraph on 3 August 10.30pm UK time.   It was written by Jeremy Wilson Deputy Football Correspondent of that august newspaper. Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey rushed back by Arsene Wenger in bid to make Arsenal’s opener v Liverpool The story below reads… “Arsene Wenger is preparing …

The final weeks of the transfer window: what really will happen

By Jacko Jones The transfer market is getting into full swing as the Premier League advances towards opening day. As seems to be an annual theme, Arsenal are staring down the barrel of a new season with a number of squad requirements unfulfilled. Speaking after the match against the MLS All-Stars Wenger confirmed he is …

Xhaka to be top Swiss of the Premier League?

.   Surely it can’t be hard for Xhaka to top Shaqiri? Ok, so we all know about our huge summer signing and his potential to be the best thing to happen to the Gunners’ midfield since Patrick Vieira. It was frankly about time for Arsene Wenger to splash the cash on a recognised world-class …

Arsenal in the USA: Murphy and a scarf – The delayed Untold travel report

  By Florian This article concludes the series covering Arsenal’s visit to the U.S. Due to reasons that would take more than one article to explain, I was only able to attend Arsenal’s match vs. Chivas de Guadalajara. Here is the trip’s story. After posting in the match preview (Arsenal vs the Goats) a beauty sleep …

This transfer now goes completely beyond a done deal.

By Sir Hardly Anyone. Welcome to the all new approach for the last month of the jolly old fenêtre de transfert.   Today we introduce the amazingly new and unprecedented episodic approach as the event horizon draws ever closer. For what we now have is the The ever dependable rumour list The not getting him, not a chance …

Transfers, sackings, injuries… most of it is untrue, and we can’t go on like this. But what happens next?

By Tony Attwood Head on over to Free Betting Online if you want to put money on any of these transfer rumours.” When you think about it, it is utterly bonkers.  92 players have been put forward as either having been transferred, or are about to be transferred to Arsenal, and the club has actually …

U19s qualify for the Knockout Phase of the Durban Cup, and a plea to Arsenal for more information.

. By Andrew Crawshaw The Durban Cup is turning out to be a tournament that it is really difficult to keep in touch with.  The main mention of it so far on arsenal.com has been of a social visit the players made to a local school.  There is the shortest of reports on the game …

The Transfer Index: 92 players rumoured to be joining Arsenal, new West Ham competition, Wenger’s replacement

  By Ima Counter, Professor of Numerological Sciences, University of UnCertain Things, Penzance. Hi and welcome to the totally reformed Arsenal Transfer Index.  Two big changes you will see now I’ve taken over: Last time around we had a competition in which the idea was to use the letter S P U R S in …

Alexandre Lacazette: the title-winning, world-class striker that Arsenal are missing

Alexandre Lacazette: the title-winning, world-class striker that Arsenal are missing Without a shadow of a doubt, Arsenal have one of the strongest and most complete squads in the Premier League. From reliable veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech to assist king Mesut Ozil, the Gunners have talented players in more or less every position and many believe …

Arsenal v Liverpool the pre-preview preview

By Bulldog Drummond I know that in the past, previews have been written either on the day of the match, or at earliest the night before, but now it seems they have to be written weeks ahead of the game. So as that is what the media are playing at, that’s what we will do …

Best Sites to Place a bet on Arsenal

Best Sites to Place a bet on Arsenal By Dave Jackson With the season so close at hand, it’s hard to think about anything else than watching football and placing some bets, especially now when it’s so easy to do it with all the mobile bookmakers around. With so many betting choices, it finally feels …

The truths about turning Arsenal into champions, which are no truths at all.

By Tony Attwood In recent weeks I have been trying to point out that the commonly accepted truths of football are not truths at all. To take one simple example of this from this past weekend when Stewart Robson held forth on Talk Sport about how Arsene Wenger had presided over a continuing injury crisis …

Chivas – Arsenal 1-3: Holding scores his first goal for Arsenal

By Walter Broeckx Hi Florian, hope you are enjoying yourself in The StubHub Center in California. The starting eleven for Arsenal in this match against Chivas were Ospina, Bellerin, Chambers, Holding, Monreal, Xhaka, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Iwobi, Walcott. Santi and Xhaka making their first start for Arsenal. The match started at high pace from both …