It would be easy to drool over Aaron Ramsey’s technically imperious strike of the season or the flow of a shackle-free Arsenal performance, but the standout factor for me from last night’s win was the performance of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.   The Ox was a stand-out performer,...

  If you haven’t seen it already, Arsenal sponsor, Cooper Tires, devised a unique test for Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla and Lukas Podolski (and a handful of Arsenal bloggers), to test their precision by shooting through 5 Cooper Sports Tyres. I’ve heard of jumping through hoops,...

  Ahead of this week’s derby, I thought I’d take a look at our opposition, given most people probably haven’t heard of them. Here’s their likely lineup: Hugo Lloris Tottenham fans rate him as the best in the league, when he’s not even in the top two in London. Average...

After two weeks without good football, during which we were forced to settle with lesser football, good football returns to the football schedule as Arsenal Football Club host Manchester City Football Club for a game of football. I’m not really expecting good football as it’s still fairly...

After a disastrous summer, which saw Arsenal sell their captain and spend just £65m on new players, the struggling Londoners visit Leicester having only just managed to beat Crystal Palace, having just about made the Champions League group stages for the 17th consecutive time and having...

The fundamental objective of football is to score more goals than the opposition. However much in real, practical terms, it is far from that simple: the undeniable truth is that goals win games. That fact meant that for a long time, the centre forward’s only real duty was goalscoring. As...

  England international Phil Jones was offered to Arsenal as part of a deal to sign Thomas Vermaelen. Arsenal were keen to explore a deal involving a swap for Chris Smalling, but Manchester United were not keen, instead offering Jones to the Gunners. Arsene Wenger had previously tried to...

I think we’re all in agreement that ITV’s World Cup coverage has been predictably awful; except perhaps for the hilarious sight of Chiles, Hoddle et al sat on the decking in their holiday wear and sensible shoes, trying desperately to be taken seriously. One other exception has...

This is looking like being the best World Cup ever, and there’s still plenty of time to, ahem, get your teeth stuck into the greatest tournament on Earth – even if you’re English (or Uruguayan!). The usual quota of branded guff has been mass-produced for kids and fans alike,...

Just like last summer, and the summer before, and the summer before and, well, every summer since 2008, Arsenal need to buy a defensive midfielder. This is the first time since 2008 where a first choice option has been of the essence more than the possibility of scraping by with another depth...