Unwillingness to change formation costs Gunners dear
Nothing perhaps sums up this current Arsenal squad these days as much as the fact that nobody really expected them to beat Manchester City on…
Tactical Analysis
Arsenal Tactical Analysis
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal 1-3 Manchester City
Lineups Arsenal: Cech; Monreal, Coquelin (Lacazette), Koscielny; Kolasinac, Xhaka (Giroud), Ramsey, Bellerin; Iwobi (Wilshere), Sanchez, Ozil Manchester City: Ederson; Delph, Otamendi, Stones, Walker; D. Silva,…
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal 0-0 Red Star Belgrade
Lineups Arsenal: Macey; Holding, Elneny, Debuchy; Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Willock (Nketiah), Nelson; Wilshere Giroud, Walcott Red Star Belgrade: Borjan; Gobeljic, Le Tallec, Savic, Stojkovic; Krsticic, Donald;…
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal 2-1 Swansea City
Arsenal grabbed 3 points from a tough home match against Swansea City. Tactical changes at halftime, in response to Swansea’s deep zonal defensive block, created…
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal 5-2 Everton
Lineups Arsenal: Cech; Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Bellerin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Kolasinac; Sanchez, Ozil (Coquelin), Lacazette (Wilshere) Everton: Pickford; Keane, Jagielka, Williams (Davies); Kenny, Gueye, Rooney (Lookman),…
Searching the Stats: Per Mertesacker
Finding his (big) Feet Per Mertesacker has been at the club since transfer deadline day in 2011. After a shaky start to his Arsenal career,…
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal and Familiar Failings
Arsenal headed into the match on a relative high, winning six of the last seven matches, and keeping five clean sheets. Without Alexis Sanchez and…
Sead Kolasinac: New Cult Hero?
It was the 6th June 2017, Arsenal announce that they would be signing defender Sead Kolasinac from Schalke on a free transfer. The signing was…
Laurent Koscielny on the right side
While Laurent Koscielny is considered the boss of the squad, we don’t talk so much about him. In the same way, he is not adulated…
Danny Welbeck Comes Back
At the time, this transfer raised many questions: Why are Manchester United selling him? Why are Arsenal buy him? Only for €20 million? Like almost every…
The Inquest: Making a case for a sweeper at Arsenal
Speculation continues to abound regarding whether Arsene Wenger will abandon the back 3 after how badly exposed it’s been this season. Last week I expressed…
Finding balance in the Arsenal midfield
After last disappointment at Anfield and the end of transfer window, spirit is at its lowest in Arsenal. It’s even more dramatic with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s…
Could Danny Welbeck Be a Better Option from the Bench?
It was a frustrating Saturday evening in the Potteries for the travelling Arsenal fans, many of whom decided to leave early and beat the traffic…
The Inquest: Stoke 1-0 Arsenal: Still Desperately Need That Plan
It’s not often that one dislikes being proved right. I wrote last week that Arsenal would struggle to create meaningful chances without a better plan…
Explaining The Stats: Santi Cazorla
Cazorla 2016/17 Last season, Arsenal had seven central midfielders who made Premier League appearances. Of those seven midfielders, only two got more league assists than…
Premier League Opener Shows We Need a Plan in Midfield and Attack
From a purely entertainment perspective, that was the perfect start to the season, wasn’t it? Early goal by the new striker, second goal created by…
How to combine Olivier Giroud & Alexandre Lacazette?
After an awesome game against Leicester last Friday night, Arsene Wenger probably has a headache. When his team played in 3-4-2-1 they had good possession…
I’m The Boss: Arsenal v Leicester City
Have you missed me? Of course, you have! Let’s be honest, you’ve been sat twiddling your thumbs for months waiting for the return of I’m…
Searching the Stats: Sead Kolasinac
New signing Sead Kolasinac was the hero on Sunday afternoon against Chelsea. He scored the equalizer that paved the way to yet another Community Shield…
The Inquest: 5 Tactical Talking Points From The Emirates Cup
The Emirates Cup returned this weekend after a gap of two years, and Arsenal duly lifted the trophy despite losing their second game to Sevilla…
Explaining The Stats: Mesut Ozil
Arsenal reinvigorated themselves during the 2013/2014 season, for two major reasons. Firstly, they smashed their transfer record to sign Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil, and…
Arsenal Squad Rotation Review
One of similarity between biggest teams is their squads rotation, whether it was Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Juventus Turin, squads changes as little…
What Became Of The Arsenal Passing Game?
Arsenal fans should probably remember the 2006 season with the defeat in Champion League final against FC Barcelona. It is probably since this season that…
Another Man Back: Arsene Wenger’s Journey to the Back Three Part 2: The Problem, an Unexpected Solution, and Arsene’s Attacking Amoeba
The 2016/17 season could have been a special one for Arsenal. Arsene Wenger surely thought so in the summer leading up to the league season….
I’m The Boss: The FA Cup Final
So, it’s all come down to this. Arsenal face Chelsea at Wembley in the FA Cup final on Saturday, with a win desperately needed. After…