North London Derby

The day always begins with trepidation, with nerves, with sickness at the pit of your stomach. The fact it was at 4.30pm just made the lead up feel longer. The over riding feeling this year was that as Arsenal we were going into the game as favourites. Sp*rs were on a run of 15 points…

Koscielny-Mustafi: The Swap

Koscielny began our venture into a back 3 formation as the deepest lying centre back and in recent weeks Mustafi has switched into this position. Why has this stumbled upon formation been tinkered with so much by the boss? We’ve already seen wingers play as wing backs (on the opposing flanks no less), central midfielders…

A new start

What a summer we’ve had? Even though the net spend seems fairly close to the previously suggested £45m, it’s been a breath of fresh air in the way that we have dealt with the ins and outs of the summer. Who’d have thought we would actually address all of our problems in one window? One…

Ethics

It was 2005 when we saw Thierry Henry led the Kick It Out campaign with the famous black and white Nike wristbands. It seems like a lifetime ago and it would seem as though things have improved greatly in the 14 years that have followed, yet there are still fans that openly abuse players. There…

The Value of XG

It’s been almost 2 months since my last blog post. A combination of transitioning from one job to another coupled with a whole lot of change going on all around me has given me excuse after excuse to convince myself that putting it off was ok. So what better way to come back to it…

A(genda)FC

I want to start this piece by stating that I absolutely adore Mesut Ozil. I think he was an absolute game changer for us in terms of delivering exquisite football, assist after assist, further building the brand of The Arsenal on a global scale and most importantly, helped us to break the trophy duck we…