Arteta: How much longer? In football, as in war, final defeat never comes from the loss of a single battle. It is an accumulation of of losses or failure to win key battles that signals the end of a manager. Take Arsene Wenger for example, while his consistency in keeping…
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Podcast: Yours truly and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger, lament the horrible football currently being played by Arsenal, who were thoroughly outplayed by Leeds, a newly promoted side from the Championship and warn it will get worse, not better, in the immediate future. Despite this bleak future, we are both convinced…
LEEARS preview by Shard It’s been a long two weeks since we last played and a lot has happened. Saka’s performances with England garnered great reviews, Eddie Nketiah again did well with the England U21s and surely must be pushing for a place in the senior team. He could be…
Podcast: As Arsenal defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford for the 1st time in 14 years, for most football fans it doesn’t matter how many shots Arsenal made on United’s goal. All that matters was the win. Yours truly Shotta and Blackburn George, @Arseblagger, conclude Arteta-Ball was the winner. Remember:…
MUNARS match preview by Shard Arsenal taking on Man United. What a fixture this used to be. With the exception of referees giving them dodgy penalties, all seems to have changed now. No longer the top dogs in the league, both have gone the ex-player as manager route. Surprisingly Ole…
Podcast: Mikel Arteta’s Throwing of Mesut Ozil Under the Bus is Unforgivable according to yours truly and Blackburn George, the Arseblagger. In our opinion he not only threw him under but also ran the wheels over him, an act of deceit and disloyalty which makes Arteta unsuitable for the role…
Podcast: In this post-match review of Manchester City vs Arsenal the Arseblagger admits to making a mistake about Arteta. While he is a great coach with a history of greatly improving the players he works with, it is becoming clear he is not as great a manager. We have no…
Ozil in the embrace of Arteta in the early days Mikel Arteta sent out his 2nd XI last evening to face an equally diminished Leicester team in a 1st round Carabao Cup match and Mesut Ozil didn’t even make the squad. It was a dull, boring encounter reflecting the quality…
Podcast: Blackburn George, the Arseblagger and yours truly, Shotta fail in our attempt at being sincerely happy after Arsenal struggle to defeat a very poor West Ham in our recent EPL game. Arsenal demonstrated a striking lack of creativity; while having far superior possession were out-shot 14:7 by a technically…
@ShardGooner: Right after Arsenal scored the 2nd in their 3-0 win at Craven Cottage, Arteta made a point to go to the new coach, indicating his impact on the set piece goal. Having sold Martinez to where John Terry can get his grubby hands on him, rumors indicate coach Georgson…