Tag Archives: Arsene Wenger

With a highly anticipated encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool yesterday, it took the Gunners until the second half to finally turn up. Here Mikey Brown takes a look at some of the shortcomings in Arsenal’s starting line-up.  Arsenal’s first half display was an absolute shambles. Arsene Wenger remarked of the players playing with the hand break on and being cautious of what happened …

 Thierry Henry has finally announced his retirement, thanks for the memories Titi.    1. Unhappy at Juventus & still capable of beauty He only scored three solitary goals in his unhappy and short-lived tenure at Juventus. Played on the wing he was rather ineffective against disciplined Itlalian defences but the talent was still there for all to see. He lasted just …

The #WengerOut brigade are unlikely to have been put off by Arsenal’s recent easy victory over Galatasaray. They want Arsene Wenger gone. But realistically who could Arsenal possibly get instead?    Whether you’re #WengerIn or #WengerOut you’re probably getting pretty sick of the debate. In fact, is it even a debate? Anyone familiar with Arsenal Fan TV will no doubt have …

Exeter City Striker Graham Cummins gives us his thoughts on Arsenal, Arsene Wenger & the need for change in the red half of North London.  How much more can Arsenal fans take of Arsene Wenger? Inconsistency, rewarded with trophy less season is all that Arsenal supporters can look forward to. Granted Arsenal did win the FA cup last season but …

What could Arsenal possibly want for Christmas? Besides the obligatory defensive midfielder of course.    The festive season is in full swing, time to crowbar all the festive cheer into three things Arsenal will want for Christmas. 1. A Defensive Midfielder Will the fabled DM ever arrive at The Emirates? Do they even exist anymore? The last out and out …

Seventh-placed Arsenal host third-placed Southampton tonight in what is a game where the Saints must prove their capabilities as a real contender, once more, for their place within the Premier League’s top four.  Following a 3-0 loss to Manchester City who remain above them in the table, this is a match in which we will see how well Ronald Koeman’s …

Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are all being linked with a move for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. The Daily Express reports that Carlo Ancelotti does not necessarily want to let go of the France international but if a good enough offer should present itself, he would be willing to let Benzema go. A fee of in and around £40 …

After securing a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League and three points from West Brom in Saturday’s lunch time kick off, Arsenal fans are still unhappy with Arsenal Wenger occupying the hot seat. As Sir Alex once famously quoted, “Squeaky Bum-Time”, it certainly is for Mr. Wenger. Beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home in the Champions League over the …

Andrew O’Reilly looks at the positive and the negative performances of last weekend’s Premier League action. Top Dogs Crystal Palace Having conceded in the first minute many could have wilted and let Liverpool return to last season’s blitzkrieg side but Palace came back into the game and fully deserved the three points from a ‘Neil Warnock performance’ as he himself heralded it. …

Given the Premier League title race is all but over, lets turn our attention to the table that really matters. This is the Premier League managerial table. This four-part series will be updated once a month. The table will be compiled on the following criteria – team performance, working conditions, resources spent and their job security all based on this …

Manchester United will on Tuesday reveal the first definitive figures on the financial cost of missing out on the Champions League. The club have estimated revenues will fall this season by between £38 million and £48 million – a drop of between 8.77 per cent and 11 per cent on last season’s overall revenue figure of £433 million – as …

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists Lukas Podolski is “not for sale” – even though the German forward indicated he could look for first-team football elsewhere when the transfer window opens in January. Podolski has yet to start a game for the Gunners in the Barclays Premier League this season, instead used as an impact player from the bench – as …

There’s nothing like a crisis to bring people tweeting in their droves. Arsene Wenger finds himself the unfortunate recipient of a new #WengerOut campaign. These are the best/worst tweets.    1.@indykaila, football transfer news extraordinaire appears to have inadvertently helped the #WengerOut campaign he was asked to tweet about by err….tweeting about it. Don’t want to say much but certain @Arsenal …

Per Mertesacker says Arsenal must heed the lessons of back-to-back collapses against Anderlecht and Swansea and start playing “serious football” to get their season back on track. It was groundhog day for Arsenal and their supporters at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday afternoon following Alexis Sanchez’s 63rd minute goal – the Chilean’s 12th of the season and sixth in his …

The debate on whether Arsene Wenger and Arsenal should depart ways has reared its head again, this time only eleven league games into the season. Yet it’s the umpteenth time since Arsenal’s move to the Emirates that a ‘Wenger Out’ chorus has grown louder. Is it finally time for change? It’s come a little bit earlier this year than in …

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes no-one is capable of challenging Chelsea for the Barclays Premier League title at the moment. Wenger saw his side suffer their second league loss of the season with a 2-1 defeat at Swansea on Sunday to leave the Gunners 12 points adrift of Jose Mourinho’s men. And Wenger says he cannot see anyone challenging a …

Swansea stunned Arsenal with two late goals to run out 2-1 winners and inflict the Gunners’ second Barclays Premier League defeat of the season at the Liberty Stadium. Alexis Sanchez’s 12th goal of the season seemed to have rewarded Arsenal’s second-half improvement and put them on track for a top-four spot. But Arsene Wenger’s men were shocked again just five …

Arsene Wenger questions the role of fifth officials as his side let a three-goal lead slip against Anderlecht in the Champions League. Anderlecht secured one of their most memorable European nights in recent history as they came from 3-0 down to rescue a point in their Group D clash at the Emirates Stadium. Anthony Vanden Borre struck twice for the …