500 And STILL Not Out!

Greetings fellow Gooners! First off, I want to congratulate somebody who achieved an amazing feat for our mighty club today. Not Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott or even John Terry (although a special mention must go to the England captain after he practically gifted us the game today!). No, today’s most amazing feat award goes to none other than the most successful manager in the history of Arsenal Football Club, Arsene Wenger. Today Arsene Wenger passed the incredible milestone of 500 matches... 

The Kids, The Tommy Gunner And A Defence Better Than United’s!

Greetings fellow Gooners! It seems that the squad picked for the Carling Cup 4th round match against Bolton has even less experience than most assumed it would. After seeing a fairly balanced mix of youth and experience turn out for the 3rd round, I think that this change is indicative of the all round changes taking place at the club. A month ago Wenger may have been considering that winning the Carling Cup may have been fast becoming our best and maybe only chance of silverware whereas today sees... 

Stoke’s Schizophrenia, Statistics and No Shawcross Redemption

Greetings fellow Gooners! In about an hour’s time we will be watching the return to the Emirates of Stoke City, possibly the most schizophrenic club in Europe right now! With a run of results ranging from a 1-0 home win over Liverpool, a 1-1 draw with Manchester United to a 2-0 loss to Swansea and topping their Europa League group, this really is a team with no real consistency to their results. Hell, they even managed to rid the Carling Cup of the Spuds! So who or what exactly are Stoke these... 

Right Back Where We Started!

Greetings fellow Gooners! As only the mighty Arsenal can, we have managed to pile yet another defensive body on the pile in the treatment room! Clearly the football Dennises have decided that having Thomas Vermaelen, one of the best centre backs in the league, out for, well, forever, one of the best right backs in the league, Bakary Sagna, out until at least the New Year too, Kieran Gibbs still out with a stomach muscle injury (probably picked up laughing at conceding a goal like Rosicky!) and now... 

Smash n’ Grab – Just What The Professor Ordered!

Greetings fellow Gooners! Well, if that wasn’t exactly what was needed I am unsure what was! Marseille presented tonight’s test and, in truth, they seemed happy to spend most of the match playing very defensive football and hoping to catch us on the break. This is not a new tactic against Arsenal and, as has proved in the past, one that tends to be quite frustrating for our players resulting in heads dropping and lapses in concentration which have a habit of lead to some quite horrible... 

Frenchmen Under Fire

Greetings fellow Gooners! A terrible start to the season for a team managed by a Frenchman who finds himself under a mountain of pressure, fans screaming for his head and the board telling the world things like this: “[The manager] is not under threat, he has the keys to this place for the long term.” And the manager saying things like this: “I don’t want to be too pessimistic [about our situation]. I’m aware of the difficulties we are facing but we are working on that...