It’s a strange time to be an Arsenal fan. The club feels very different. By the end of Arsene Wenger’s time it became a chore to constantly argue over the manager’s future. But the tedium of the end of Emery’s time here comes from the football. It’s not that the…
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One thing that we have learned in Unai Emery’s era is that he will do everything in his power to shift the narrative off from him. From laying it all out on players after a horror show to telling fans that they should be grateful that he has made us…
The dithering management hierarchy (L-R) of Vinai, Edu and Sanllehi Thanks Shard Gooner. You were almost the first commentator online to helpfully identify this self confessed “Chameleon” style of Football last season for those of us fortunate enough not to have lost hours of our lives watching Emery’s Valencia, PSG,…
Vitoria v Arsenal We move onto the 4th group game in the EL in a strong position. 9 points from 3 games, and some solid performances too. Vitoria themselves put up a stubborn fight but were undone by Pepe’s free kicks. Having been kept on the bench at the weekend,…
In this edition of the Uncensored Arsenal podcast, yours truly and Blackburn George (@arseblagger) conclude the immediate future of our football club is dependent Raul Sanllehi. We discuss Arsenal’s draw with Wolves, Emery’s coaching and tactics and the decline in traditional values of the club. This podcast is available at…
The pre match talk was centered around Granit Xhaka. Emery made it clear he won’t play, but not what the future with his captaincy might be. After the Wolves game, that may not be the future he has to worry about. Arsenal have been playing poorly and our results have…
A Guest Post by Mahdain Wednesday night. Another match, another disappointing result, and yet another game of questionable decisions from the manager. This just does the head in, doesn’t it? Rare and rarer are the glimpses of brilliance to support the theory that it will get better soon. On the…
Majestic Ozil (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia) “Something tells me the players will be up for it and happy to be playing football as an escape from the other goings on around the club.“ Kudos are due to @shardgooner for being so prescient when he made the above forecast in his…
So the fallout from the Palace game continues into this week. Strangely enough, the result and the quality of football has been almost out of the narrative, which just may be how the club hierarchy like it. Xhaka left holding the can might be inconvenient to them but is also…
® Via Wikimedia Arsenal vs Crystal Palace may well be the straw that broke the camel’s back. A game that found Arsenal two glorious goals ahead inside 10 minutes via what is now trademark Arsenal set pieces ended in what, some now argue, was one of the worst nights in…