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Over the summer criticism of Edu creeped in as the transfer window rolled on. The criticism was not unfounded, as Arsenal publicly struggled in their pursuit of Houssem Aouar and only completed the signing of Thomas Partey on the last day of the season. But praise actually needs to be ... read more

733 days ago, it felt like the dawn of a new era at Emirates Stadium. Just over two years ago, the Gunners put on a scintillating display to brush Leicester aside and climb into the top four. It was without doubt one of the most memorable matches in Unai Emery’s ... read more

Rapid Wien (0) 1 Arsenal (0) 2 UEFA Europa League, Group B, Matchday 1 of 6 Allianz Stadion, Gerhard-Hanappi-Platz 1, 1140 Wien, Austria Thursday, 22nd October 2020. Kick-off time: 5.55pm (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Cédric Soares, David Luiz, Gabriel Magalhães; Sead Kolašinac, Nicolas Pépé; Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny, Bukayo Saka; Alexandre Lacazette, ... read more

European football starts for The Arsenal today as we face Rapid Wien away this evening – a 17:55 kick off. Earlier this week we had the leak that Manchester United and Liverpool, amongst others, were in talks with financers to discuss the possibility of a “European Premier League”. According to ... read more

Emi Martinez Some people are still going on about the former Arsenal goal keeper. He played a dozen good games for Arsenal and then left. One weirdo said he has been “heartbroken” since he left. We do not need to talk about him  anymore. Time to move on. Mesut Ozil ... read more

When the final whistle sounded at Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening, it felt like a missed opportunity for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. A missed opportunity to secure a first away win against a ‘big six’ side since January 2015, when Arteta was still an Arsenal player. Manchester City were certainly ... read more

The fall out from Arsenal losing 1-0 to Manchester City was surprising. The amount of criticism and negativity I read after the game was over the top. Mikel Arteta’s game plan in the games against tough sides is clear. The aim is to stay in the game, defend well, and ... read more

(3-4-3) Bernd Leno; David Luiz, Gabriel Magalhães, Kieran Tierney; Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka; Nicolas Pépé, Willian Borges da Silva, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Substitutes: Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Rúnarsson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny, Eddie Nketiah. Yellow Cards: Thomas Partey Arsenal Possession Percentage: 43% Referee: Chris Kavanagh Assistant ... read more

Proper football is back. Although it comes with the caveat that you can’t watch games in the pub with mates; you can’t watch it your home with mates; you can only watch it outside with mates. And no more than 6. Luckily I have no mates so it isn’t a ... read more

Morning all. Proper football finally returns tomorrow. Hallelujah. It is a tough little game for Arsenal as we travel to Manchester City, and continues a tough little run. In our first 11 games of the season, we would have played Liverpool, Manchester City, Man U and Tottenham away. Throw in ... read more

Morning all. Transfer window shuts tomorrow. Again. This time it is the domestic window that shuts. Not sure what the point of the extension was? Arsenal still have too many non-home grown players. But as do so many other Premier League clubs. It means the likes of Sokratis and Sead ... read more

Morning All. Life is really starting to drag isn’t it? I can handle the bad weather, can handle the COVID19 restrictions, but I can not handle dull as dishwater international windows. Really. What is the point? Tomorrow will be England’s 3rd game in the 2 week period. 1 a friendly, ... read more

Eddie Nketiah equalled Alan Shearer’s record for the most England U21 goals when he netted against Andorra in midweek. A bright start to the season for club and country has seen the Arsenal youngster demonstrate why he could be an important player at Emirates Stadium for years to come.   ... read more

Morning all. You know it has been a quiet weekend of Arsenal news when yesterday’s blog was top of the most read on News Now and one of our most read blogs of the year. The blog was written as I awoke and just contained a few snippets of Arsene ... read more

Morning all, and what a fresh Sunday morning it is. Few bits of Arsenal news flying about this morning. The majority of which comes from the Arsene Wenger book tour. Apparently there are a few snippets where he discusses rejecting a return for both Cesc Fàbregas and Robin van Persie. ... read more

Morning all. Stuck the heating on last night for the first time since summer. Random bit of knowledge no one asked for. Sitting watching BBC News watching Mr Motivator telling everyone they are “Flawsome”; someone who embraces their flaws but is still awesome. In football you can not really be ... read more

Mesut Ozil will not play for Arsenal again. He knew his time was up months ago when he fell out of favour with Mikel Arteta as football returned from its suspension. We might never know the true story of what happened prior to the Manchester City game. Ozil was in ... read more

The big news from yesterday was that Kieran Tierney was to enter a period of isolation following a teammate giving a positive corcoronavirus test. Whilst Tierney has tested negative, the Lothian Health Protection Team (LHPT) have decided that he had been in close contact with teammate Stuart Armstrong. Tierney has ... read more

Atletico Madrid had made their position clear. If anyone wanted to sign Thomas Partey, his release clause would have to be triggered. They were not going to negotiate. Even when they showed interest in Arsenal’s Lucas Torreira, their stance on Partey did not change. Arsenal tried to negotiate. To try ... read more

After a summer of being heavy linked with Thomas Partey and Houssem Aouar, Arsenal eventually signed one of them. Arsenal triggered the Partey’s release clause mid-afternoon yesterday. And then the deal dragged on as he took his medical in Spain, before flying out to Ghana for international duty. It is ... read more

Sticking to 343 Arsenal’s transfer policy should be built around the formation Mikel Arteta chooses to play. Currently we play 343 but there has always been the though that Arteta will switch to 433. Perhaps the thinking behind him switching has always been misguided and that Arteta will actually stick ... read more

It is so easy to waste money on deadline day transfer. You get desperate and end up over paying for a target. Or you miss out on that target and end up spending big on someone who was perhaps 9th or 10th choice. Someone you do not really want. With ... read more

Arsenal (0) 2 Sheffield United (0) 1 Premier League Emirates Stadium, Drayton Park, London N5 1BU Sunday, 4th October 2020. Kick-off time: 2.00pm (3-4-3) Bernd Leno; Gabriel Magalhães, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney; Hector Bellerin, Mohamed Elneny, Dani Ceballos, Bukayo Saka; Willian Borges da Silva, Eddie Nketiah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Substitutes: Alexandre Lacazette, Alex ... read more

I wake up this morning in a bad mood over Arsenal. Today we face Sheffield United and it should have been the day fans are allowed back in to watch games. Whether I had won in the ballot or not, I’d been down the Holloway Road, meeting me mates, having ... read more

So the first bit of news is the Europa League draw. Arsenal face Rapid Wein of Austria, Norway’s Molde and Republic of Ireland side Dundalk. As a travelling fan, it is a frustrating draw. Dundalk and Vienna would have been great trips. The good news for Arsenal is that we ... read more

Liverpool (0) 0 Arsenal (0) 0 (Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties) Carabao Cup (EFL Cup) Fourth Round Anfield Stadium, Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool L4 0TH Thursday, 1st October 2020. Kick-off time: 7.45pm (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Cédric Soares, Gabriel Magalhães, Rob Holding, Sead Kolašinac; Joe Willock, Granit Xhaka; Nicolas Pépé, Dani Ceballos, ... read more

Houssem Auoar Arsenal will get a deal for Lyon midfielder Houssem Auoar over the line. It will be done. His signing will add important creativity to Mikel Arteta’s side; and will also see Arsenal transition from 343 to 433. For a long time, the view has been that Arteta prefers ... read more

It’s October the 1st already. The garden centres have put the BBQs away and the Christmas decorations are up in store. Yesterday I planted my winter hanging baskets. Winter is coming, but more important is transfer deadline day is also coming, at least for international transfers. The transfer window for ... read more

Liverpool I am not quite sure what people expected from the game against Liverpool on Monday. Some of the criticism of Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal players is a bit over the top. It ignores the fact that Liverpool are reigning champions, a side that finished 18 points ahead of ... read more

Liverpool (2) 3 Arsenal (1) 1 Premier League Anfield Stadium, Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool L4 0TH Monday, 28th September 2020. Kick-off time: 8.00pm   (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Rob Holding, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney, Hector Bellerin; Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Willian Borges da Silva, Alexandre Lacazette; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Substitutes: Gabriel ... read more