Freddie Ljunberg in the dark represents hope and fear. It was to be Unai Emery’s last game of his Arsenal career and it had everything you would associate with the Spaniard’s tenure at the Emirates. It was lowly anticipated on the field and highly off the field; never have Emirates…
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Via Wikimedia Commons Emery’s final game? That seems to be the general feeling around the Arsenal fans and media. There’s lots of drama involved in this fixture that has nothing to do with football. As far as that goes it’s not the greatest of stakes. No wonder then that attendance…
Among the comments to yesterday’s blog, Don Raul Is Acting Dodgy, Finsbury suggested the Board of Directors may be revolting against the policies of Raul and Josh. One very weird thing I have noticed from Raul’s “I really like Raul” PR team: The keep referring to him as a “football…
Raul Sanllehi is the main reason why Unai Emery still remains head coach of Arsenal Football Cub despite his serial failures. The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming both from his history at Arsenal and a far much longer record at Barcelona. Sanllehi is known for being a ruthless, single-minded wheeler dealer….
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…
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…
Eight games into the Premier League season and there is much debate among Arsenal fans about results versus performance. Despite being outshot by struggling teams such as Newcastle, Burnley, Watford and Aston Villa, Arsenal has still come away with points in the form of Win-4, Draw-3 and Loss-1. How does…
® Wikimedia The current slandering and defamation of Mesut Ozil is nothing short of disgraceful. Nobody at Arsenal comes anywhere close to his achievements; world cup winner, five times German player of the year and winner of a La Liga title. All Ozil has done since he came to Arsenal…
® Wikimedia 1-0 to the Arsenal. Fans of the George Graham era must be proud. Three points secured and 3rd in the table. Full credit to the boys in red but this was no game to write home about. Arsenal started off well enough, as usual attacking down the flanks….