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A new season and a clean sheet

The premier league season is set to return after an historically short break. Arsenal begin their campaign away to newly promoted Fulham. Its been a turbulent time for the club and the opportunity to start afresh is an exciting one. Last seasons FA cup win glossed over what was a disappointing premier league campaign whichContinue reading “A new season and a clean sheet”

Another trophy as the Arteta effect continues

The Community Shield gets a Arteta lot of criticism and there was considerable debate as to whether or not the 2020 competition should go ahead, with good reason. It’s been a year like no other and football has been drastically impacted. However, for the clubs involved, its essentially a win-win. The winner gets another addition to theirContinue reading “Another trophy as the Arteta effect continues”

And so it begins…

As the return to a brand new season of premier league football approaches, things are beginning to move quickly for Arsenal in the transfer market. So far, they have brought in Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares on permanent deals and have also signed Willian on a free from Chelsea. According to various sources, a move for youngContinue reading “And so it begins…”

Arsenal win the FA cup for the 14th time!

Well that was fucking brilliant. After a pretty tortuous season where there hasn’t been much to be joyful about, we deserved that. All of us deserved that. Mikel Arteta has had a bonkers first 6/7 months as Arsenal manager where his own personal fortitude will surely have been tested. It was the Spaniards own positive diagnoses for Covid 19Continue reading “Arsenal win the FA cup for the 14th time!”

Arteta could be special but Arsenal have to back him

The Premier League is over and Arsenal have just finished in their lowest position since 1995. Even without the devastating impact of the corona virus, which infected their new manager, it has been a season of instability at Arsenal. Few could argue with the decision to relieve Unai Emery of his duties back in November. In fact, according to some,Continue reading “Arteta could be special but Arsenal have to back him”

Football and mental health in the Covid 19 crisis

Football has returned in Germany and is seemingly edging closer across Europe as well. There was a keen interest from fans across the globe as the Bundesliga kicked off for the first time in two months last weekend. Sky Germany reported record figures as Borussia Dortmund dispatched Schalke. Despite the oddities such as the substitutesContinue reading “Football and mental health in the Covid 19 crisis”

Summarising Mikel Artetas Arsenal career so far

Image Credit- Getty Images Mikel Arteta really has had the most surreal start to a managerial career. The Spaniard took over in November with Arsenal in the midst of their worst crisis’ in decades. Expectation was high when he was announced as the successor to Unai Emery. He was tasked with performing an almost impossibleContinue reading “Summarising Mikel Artetas Arsenal career so far”

Team of the Emirates era

Image credit-populous.com Leno Sagna Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal Fabregas Cazorla Ozil Ramsey Van Persie Sanchez The isolation boredom is here and reall and teams of the Emirates era have been doing the rounds. It’s sort of fun and light which is something we could all use right now. Leno Goalkeeper was a tough decesion. I reallyContinue reading “Team of the Emirates era”

Reliving Arsenal’s 2014 FA Cup triumph

Image Credit-CNN It’s the 18th of May 2014. A warm, sunny day and one of hope and promise for fans of both sides. Arsenal have gone 9 years without a trophy and the pressure is growing on manager Arsene Wenger. There is palpable tension in the air. Memories of the calamitous League cup final againstContinue reading “Reliving Arsenal’s 2014 FA Cup triumph”