Arsedevils

Arsenal really are misfiring this season under Emery and at this rate with two premiership wins in nine games and five points from their last four games, they are in imminent danger of falling out of the top six and heading for a mid table finish. An over exaggeration ... read more

You can dress up the 2-0 result of the Leicester Vs Arsenal game how you like, but a defeat is a defeat. Some will say that Arsenal were in with a shout and that had they taken their chances, things would have been different but the stats don’t lie. Looking ... read more

He’s made quite an impact at Arsenal as a coach since his arrival at the Emirates and up until now, he has been standing in the shadows but Freddie Ljungberg may be thrust into the top job on a temporary basis if Unai Emery gets fired. It’s all speculation at ... read more

The embarrassing situation at the Emirates regarding the spat between Arsenal coach Unai Emery and his highly paid playmaker Mesut Ozil has taken a new, awkward twist. With Xhaka facing a period out of the gunners first team, the door opened, ever so slightly and reluctantly for Ozil’s return. His ... read more

Arsenal have been the centre of quite a lot of media controversies lately due to their poor form that has led to a massive unrest among the fans but also due to Granit Xhaka. Last Sunday, Unai Emery‘s men lost a 2 goal advantage against local rivals Crystal Palace after ... read more

Unai Emery lives in a glass bubble I’m afraid. His calls for patience will fall on deaf ears as Arsenal prepare for a uphill battle for a top four finish in the Premier League after their disappointing 2-0 loss to Leicester City. The supporters have been reasonably patient but with ... read more

About three times per season, the loathsome attention seeking presenter, Adrian Durham, undertakes his favourite past time. Baiting Arsenal supporters. The Simon Cowell of sports radio, who looks like a slightly podgy version of the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman, has cut a niche as an outspoken journalist/commentator in his lifeless ... read more

Emery may not want him and Arsenal may want to get rid of his hefty pay packet but right now, if Ozil doesn’t play against an in form Leicester, it’s tantamount to negligence. Emery has to put his personal feelings aside and realise that with Arsenal misfiring and lacking creativity, ... read more

Jamie Vardy has an excellent record against Arsenal. Eight goals in eight starts including three braces, which indicates that Vardy enjoys dining at the Gunners table. Vardy’s appetite against Arsenal’s flimsy defence is endless and it’s highly likely he will be a thorn in Unai Emery’s side at the King ... read more

Emery’s constant ostracising of Mesut Ozil needs some immediate attention, particularly after Dani Ceballos was injured in the soggy affair against Vitoria on foreign soil. Soggy not in terms of just the weather but in terms of the performance, which saw the Gunners eventually concede after threatening to do so ... read more

Unai Emery needs a victory and any kind will do. Let’s be honest, Arsenal fans are looking for some sign that the ship is steady and that the Spaniard has control. It may not end up that way because in their first encounter, Vitoria had every right to feel short ... read more

Arsenal tend to pick up the odd bargain in the transfer window and it’s been a good couple of years for the gunners, who have added Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira , Kieran Tierney and Matteo Guendouzi to the squad for relatively small fees. There is another that is now on ... read more

I tuned in eagerly to Unai Emery’s press conference post Xhaka gate, in the hope of seeing leadership and control but having watched the majority of it, there was a feeling in the pit of my stomach that the agreeable, well mannered Spaniard is out of his depth here. More ... read more

Arsene Wenger’s reign at Arsenal reached the point where it imploded due to a run of poor performances and results. The man who did so much to build the club and achieved so much success was dispensed with because he was in an untenable position. His legacy was tarnished, his ... read more

Sometimes there is a turning point in a season that will be viewed after it’s ended as the factor that defined it. That can be in a positive or negative way of course but recent events at the Emirates are threatening to derail any aspirations of a top four finish ... read more

He’s been an outcast and a scapegoat. He’s been referred to as a luxury, lazy and useless but the truth is that Arsenal appear to need of Mesut Ozil. Emery had dispensed with the services of the creative midfielder in an ongoing spat but fate intervened when Granit Xhaka was ... read more

Anyone confusing Stan Kroenke with his son Josh may need to think again. Josh is a sports fan that has a business brain. Pappy Stan is a business man who has various sports assets. Whenever Stan talks about Arsenal it’s on a commercial level but when Josh has been interviewed, ... read more

It’s bad enough when results are not going your way. The fans are restless and every decision is scrutinized from every angle but when the press and media sense trouble, it intensifies to almost unmanageable levels. Who’d be a football manager ? The same has happened with Arsenal and their ... read more

After the mid-week EFL Cup clashes, the Premier League is back with the Gunners hosting the Arsenal Vs Wolves fixture tonight at the Emirates Stadium. Both teams will look for a win after failing to win their respective Carabao Cup fixtures. Arsenal have suffered three defeats in all competitions but ... read more

Emery may need to look at his stance on star players. You have to go back years to find a breed of managers that could not only motivate players to excel beyond their talent, but ones that could exert their own authority over their stars with psychological aplomb. There was ... read more

Nicolas Pepe has struggled in the premier league, no doubt about that but fans need to remain patient as the adjustment process continues. However, his brace of stunning free kicks announced his class and talent in the cheeky 3-2 win over Vitoria at the Emirates. Pepe, weighed heavy with expectation ... read more

Granit Xhaka came in for an unprecedented and undeserved amount of stick, when it was announced that he was to be substituted. With the game in the balance and time running out, he decided to leave the field like he was on a leisurely Sunday stroll. The fans booed, yet ... read more

Emery continues to praise Ozil for his efforts and commitment in training but it just doesn’t feel genuine. It feels like the executioner has just sharpened his axe and has taken to admiring the neck of the person standing by the ominous looking wooden block. The standoff between Emery and ... read more

A recent blog on another site accused fans of suffering from ‘one bad result syndrome’ in their perception of Unai Emery, which paved the way for further analysis of the current situation at Arsenal. Are Arsenal supporters being unfair ? has the Emirates become the home of the irrational knee ... read more

It’s human nature that some individuals, when subjected to intense examination and relentless pressure, manage to intentionally or unintentionally, throw someone else under the bus. Unai Emery is feeling the pinch as the reality of being Arsenal’s head coach sets in amid the endless expectation and continuous judgement in only ... read more

Jose Mourinho was at the Emirates to watch the Europa league encounter between Arsenal and Vitoria and no doubt like the rest of us was wondering how Arsenal managed to wriggle out of certain defeat. His appearance left many speculating that he was checking out his new place of employment ... read more

Looking at premiership form, the picture of what Arsenal need to do is becoming clear. Every point will be crucial from now on because Chelsea are starting to look fairly formidable under Newbie manager and former player Frank Lampard. It also appears that Brendan Rogers is fashioning a Leicester side ... read more

If Unai Emery is thinking of playing Callum Chambers and Sead Kolasinac, as right and left backs for the Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace game at the Emirates on Sunday, I’ve one word of advice for him: ‘Dont !’ Emery can’t afford another shoddy performance with a host of bit part ... read more

No Ceballos, no Torreira, Holding, Tierney, Ozil or Bellerin and the first thought that came to mind was that if Sheffield United pressed hard with the defensive line up of Arsenal, consisting of Chambers, Sokratis, Luiz and Kolasinac, there would eventually be some reward. Quite how Emery views team selection ... read more

The post-mortem on Arsenal’s timid and embarrassing display at Bramall Lane was always going to be unpleasant but yet again, Calum Chambers probably was the best of a bad bunch. But the villians were the same and Xhaka was one of the regular names on that list. With Chambers, you ... read more