Villa at home to start, plus other stuff
Morning all, not much going on here as we wait for the fixtures to be released at 9am this morning. We’ll come back to that later in the blog. We could talk a little bit about Yaya Sanogo, the Arsenal player who isn’t officially an Arsenal player yet but keeps talking about being an Arsenal player and how much the contact with Arsene Wenger made the difference. He revealed that the GriContinue Reading
Arsenal’s Greatest Defenders – Day 4
Continuing our Summer series of articles in search of Arsenal’s greatest ever team, this week we continue to highlight the defenders. Don’t forget to take the opportunity to choose your personal favourite defender by voting in the poll at the end of the week. 11. Peter Simpson: 1960-1978 Peter played in 477 games over a 15 year period. Born in Gorleston, Norfolk, he worked at Arsenal as a memContinue Reading
Here we go round the merry-go-round
If you took the time to analyse the various stories in the newspapers, there’s often a commonality to them. It’s not unusual for the chaps on the Arsenal beat to all run the same story in their various newspapers, almost as if they’ve been briefed. Each paper will grant it various levels of exclusivity and interestingly they’re all going with a big bid for Higuain this weekContinue Reading
How Wenger can make Arsenal more like Spain
Arsenal and the tiki-taka system by Sam Arsene Wenger has his own clear football philosophy and, since taking over as the Arsenal manager nearly 20 years ago, he has gradually moulded the Gunners into the team we see now. In recent years, of course, his model has had to be rebuilt regularly due to the loss of key players such as Cesc Fabregas, through no fault of his own, but he is trying to achieContinue Reading
Ancelotti is the reason Arsenal have made no transfers yet!!
I understand the frustration and concern of the large number of Arsenal fans who expected Arsene Wenger to have perhaps signed a couple of good players by now, but I have faith that the Frenchman knows what he is doing and will do his very best for Arsenal Football Club, not necessarily the profit and loss statements. There is a good reason why Wenger has not completed the signing of any playersContinue Reading
Arsenal’s Positional Priorities for this Transfer Window.
I am very much in the Camp that says we have a very good squad, with a number of players who will only get better with playing time. Now, given that a season is long, and players will need a rest and injuries will occur, I’d still say that we should add two players who would improve the First XI. Refreshing the team, providing competition, and giving the side new dimensions. Many big names are bContinue Reading
Just Payet Arsène, Deng Nabbit & Other Transfer tattle
A quiet morning for Arsenal, nothing unusual with the highlight of this week is shaping to be the release of next season’s Premier League fixture list in its purest form; Sky and BT have yet to ravage it with their changes to kick-off times and days. Well, unless of course, you are Mr & Mrs Walcott when the highlight might have been their Italian shindig. Congratulations to them both. TContinue Reading
Any Arsenal fans likely to complain about Higuain? Other than Giroud?
Having been inundated with transfer rumours for the last few weeks about Gonzalo Higuain coming to Arsenal I have been a bit reluctant on bringing up the subject again, but now, according to every media source and their dog, The deal is just about done and dusted for the massive figure for Arsenal of £25.5m. I personally am more than happy if this turns out to be true, but I am sure that it may kContinue Reading
A saucy start
Morning all, welcome to a brand new week. It might be a chore to drag yourself out of bed on a Monday morning, but it also brings with it freshness and hope. Will there be action? Might something happen this week? Who knows? It’s like an Arsenal season encapsulated in the space of one week. Monday is the first day of the season, filled with optimism. Tuesday – you get the sense somethiContinue Reading
Should Arsenal get kick started with a Honda?
Honda could be good for Arsenal by Stefan Last night the 2013 Confederations Cup kicked off in Brazil with an entertaining match between the hosts Brazil and Asian Cup champions Japan. One of the stars of the Japanese team is Keisuke Honda who will be known to many people across Europe from his time playing for CSKA Moscow which incidentally has just ended, and I think he could do well at Arsenal.Continue Reading
After Barcelona contact on Koscielny, Arsenal must prove ambition
It is the thing that has caused the most anger and disappointment to the Arsenal fans in recent years, but we believed those days were over. The Gooners have sort of understood that the club were not spending money in the transfer market, while the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City were throwing cash around like confetti at a wedding, but the sale of our best players, especially to our direct PContinue Reading
The Emirates Cup Preview – Star players on show….
What will this year’s Emirates Cup bring? by Dave G General admission tickets to the 2013 Emirates Cup went on sale yesterday, and we can all now look forward to the weekend of August 3rd and 4th, when Porto, Napoli and Galatasaray will visit Arsenal for our pre-season mini-cup. The Emirates Cup has previously hosted such teams as Real Madrid, Milan and Atletico Madrid, but many casual fans mighContinue Reading
Bookies as confused as fans over Arsenal striker transfers
There have been so many rumours about Arsenal and which players are being targeted by Arsene Wenger this summer, a lot of Arsenal fans are completely baffled about what is really going on. The only thing we seem to be able to agree on is that Wenger needs to get his finger out and start signing some quality before the best players are all snapped up. Don’t worry Gooners, the bookies are appaContinue Reading
Will Everton hold up Arsenal transfer of Williams?
Ashley Williams made himself a firm favourite with the Arsenal fans last season when he booted the ball into the head of the Dutch deserter Robin van Persie. That incident also led to one of the most proposterous statements ever made by Ol’ Purple nose himself, when he said van Persie could have been killed. It seemed as if the Wales and Swansea defender would soon be making a name for himseContinue Reading
Successful Wilshere surgery great news for Arsenal
Wilshere will be available for pre-season! by AH You may or may not be aware that Arsenal star and England International Jack Wilshere underwent surgery in an attempt to fix his persistent ankle injures which have blighted his career over the last two seasons. The operation last month was to replace some of the screws put into his ankle when he first injured it two years ago. There were worries thContinue Reading
Arsenal Debate: Which players do you think will improve the most next season?
How much can the existing Arsenal players improve next season? by Frank Whilst it’s exciting to speculate on which top, top, top players are being lined up for a summer move to the Emirates, the other side of the equation is to consider how much room for improvement there is within the current Arsenal squad. After all, some of the regular first team players will find their positions under threaContinue Reading
Will United really sell Rooney and Nani to Arsenal?
United willing to give up Rooney and Nani? by AH I am sure a lot of Arsenal fans are beginning to get a bit excited with the rising Wayne Rooney rumours and the news quoted by several sources of information that Manchester United have granted Arsenal permission to talk with the England International striker. Whilst I’m sure a lot of you are also getting quite annoyed by the consistent talk but lContinue Reading
Has Arsenal target Cesar blown his chance?
The transfer of Julio Cesar to Arsenal was almost a done deal in the media just a week or two ago. His current club QPR accepted that he would leave and he was not going to cost all that much, so it should have been done and dusted by now, but no deal has been announced and there is an eerie silence coming from the media. This does not necessarily mean that the move is off, though. Cesar is currenContinue Reading
Hey, here’s a crazy thought.
We all know the Premier League will have oodles of extra cash from next season due to the extra TV money coming in, you know the adverts running for a certain company with the dutch skunk fronting their campaign. The one with a slow-mo shot of the traitorous Judas performing a bicycle kick . Every club will gain more revenue, while we at the Arsenal will soon have extra revenue from better commercContinue Reading
Transfer Soap? You Can Bet Your Nani On It.
You know it’s bad when you look forward to a meaningless international competition. It’s even worse when the players declare it a tournament worth winning. As it is Brazil got the Confederations Cup off to a flying start with Neymar, former Arsenal star Paulinho and Jo getting the goals in their 3 – 0 win over Japan. Disappointingly Kevin Rowland never scored but for the love ofContinue Reading
Can we get Higua-in?
Morning all, still pretty quiet this morning but some excitement on Twitter regarding Gonzalo Higuain, with suggestions the Spanish press are saying we’ve gone large to sign the Argentine striker. Marca, are the most positive, saying emails have been exchanged between us and Madrid, which say that we’re willing to go as high as €30m, €8m more than Juventus are offering. Not only thContinue Reading
Chips is short for Chippendale. That’s funny.
Morning Grovers, a quick post this fine morning as I’m flying back to the UK today. Most of the news that you can pin a reality stick to hangs on the appointment of Sir Chips Keswick to the role of Chairman. The man knows a bank, having run Hasbros back in the day as well as represent the Bank of England. Now, at 72 or 3… he’s taken on the role of Chairman. I can’t say it&#Continue Reading
Arsenal ahead of Liverpool in race for Clement Grenier
In the past few weeks, Arsenal have been consistently linked with a move for Lyon midfielder Clement Grenier. As of last night, my understanding is that all this smoke has a very real fire at its heart. Arsenal’s interest is genuine. They have already held discussions with the player’s agent, and Grenier knows what he woud stand to earn at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal are not the onlContinue Reading
Vote for your favourite defenders from Arsenal’s early era.
Today you get to pick defenders from our first era of defenders. The articles published on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week provided in depth profiles on our best defenders spanning from Percy Sands in 1902 to Bob McNab who played up to 1975. To provide a broader picture of readers’ preferences, you can vote for up to 3 players in this poll. Take Our Poll As others have commenContinue Reading
Goodbye Mr Chips, Hello Sir Chips; All That & Transfer Market Gifts
It’s the Arsenal Way; a safe pair of hands at the helm, “Mr Chairman” and “Sir” in the boardroom as Ken Friar observed. If you had to characterise Peter Hill-Wood’s successor, it would be Old Boy Network, public school that’s private school for our overseas readers , generally one of “our sort“, as Hill-Wood might have said. In some respects,Continue Reading
Farewell PHW as Sir Chips takes over
A very quick Saturday round-up for you as we’re packing up and heading back to sunny Dublin this morning. Arsenal have a new chairman after it was announced that Peter Hill-Wood would be stepping down. P the H to wicka-wicka-wild-wild W said: This has been a difficult decision as Arsenal Football Club has been a huge part of my life. Although I am feeling better I feel this is the right timeContinue Reading
Do we need Wanyama?
Arteta, Wilshere, Cazorla,Ramsey, Rosicky, Frimpong, Coquelin, Oxlade – Chamberlain, Eisfeld. Everyone a midfield player whom I would be happy to see play in most games. Yet ask most fans what is missing and they would say a muscular defensive shield – someone we have lacked since Gilberto Silva. But do we really need this player? The performance of Arteta last season was superb; he kContinue Reading
Arsenal land Raage | El Shawaary crazy £37m talk
Morning Grovers and Grovettes alike. Today, like yesterday is a no news day. Literally nothing. Denilson has left, so he’s not talking to Arsenal.com. JD is still waiting in the press zone in Germany to talk about his teams failure to get out of second gear… the lad doesn’t know he season is over. Jeez, Arsenal.com can’t even get an overseas comment from Eboue! Basically,Continue Reading
It’s not a monster. Probably.
You know, I’d like to write about Arsenal stuff but there isn’t any Arsenal stuff to write about. It’s the end of the second week of June and nothing is stirring, not even a mouse. Or a Dick. People worry. Which is fair enough. Folk are prone to do that and when there’s no evidence to the contrary it’s easy to realise your worst fears. You hear a noise outside your hContinue Reading
Trailer: Sebastien Squillaci – Man of Steel
Proof, if proof were needed, that I have too much spare time. Journey well, soldier. If the embed is playing up click here to go directly to the video. ...Continue Reading