Tag: Arsenal FC

  • Arsenal FC – Laurent Koscielny Proving Again How Important He Is

    Arsenal FC – Laurent Koscielny Proving Again How Important He Is

    For two consecutive seasons, Laurent Koscielny has proved to be the difference between Arsenal finishing in the top 4 and making the Champions League, and an end result that would have been disastrous for the club, and probably for Arsene Wenger as well.

  • Premier League Champions League Spots – Arsenal In, Tottenham Out

    Premier League Champions League Spots – Arsenal In, Tottenham Out

    There was only one thing at stake on the final day of the Premier League season – the identity of the fourth team that joins Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea in the Champions League next season. The end result? Arsenal finish fourth and remain in Europe’s top competition after a 1-0 win in Newcastle, while Tottenham beat Sunderland 1-0 as well although it didn’t help them very much. Chelsea remained third after their 2-1 win against Everton, with the Premier League table remaining mostly unchanged.

  • Premier League – Final Day Predictions & Scenarios (Tottenham vs Sunderland, Newcastle vs Arsenal)

    Premier League – Final Day Predictions & Scenarios (Tottenham vs Sunderland, Newcastle vs Arsenal)

    Somewhere in the whole battle between Arsenal and Tottenham for the fourth and final ticket to the Champions League next season is the fact that Chelsea might still finish somewhere other than third, but it’s only about playing through the qualifiers or not. For the two North London clubs, playing at White Hart Lane against Sunderland and at St. James’ Park against Newcastle, it’s as real as it can get.

  • Arsenal FC – The New 2013-2014 Kit

    Arsenal FC – The New 2013-2014 Kit

    Keeping up the pace with Manchester United releasing their home jersey for next season, Arsenal are also in the mood of exposing things, revealing their away jersey for the 2013-2014 season. It’s going to be their final season with Nike, before switching to Puma in the biggest deal ever for a Premier League club with […]

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Interested in Gonzalo Higuain

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Interested in Gonzalo Higuain

    Even if the notion that Gonzalo Higuain isn’t a big-game striker, he’s still better and more prolific than anything Arsenal have at the moment. Real Madrid have pretty much made it clear that they’re willing to listen to offers for the player, and the gunners, planning on making an expensive overhaul this summer, are the first in line.

  • Arsene Wenger & Arsenal Won Their Last Trophy 8 Years Ago; He’s the Only Thing That Hasn’t Changed in English Football Since

    Arsene Wenger & Arsenal Won Their Last Trophy 8 Years Ago; He’s the Only Thing That Hasn’t Changed in English Football Since

    Some numbers can be taken in two different ways – either praise for Arsenal for being so patient and stable, holding on to their manager while everything around him, including David Moyes and Alex Ferguson has changed jobs, or find a way to criticize Arsene Wenger once again for turning all the great work he’s done with the gunners during the first half of his reign into one big failure during the last eight seasons.

  • Arsenal FC – Lukas Podolski Knows How to Finish Counter Attacks

    Arsenal FC – Lukas Podolski Knows How to Finish Counter Attacks

    It’s pretty clear that no matter what, Theo Walcott will not be playing as a striker for Arsenal, but using Lukas Podolski in that position isn’t exactly the greatest of solutions. So how does it still work? Forgetting about possession football that has been a huge part of the gunners’ DNA over the last few years, and simply relying on solid defending and quick counter attacking, which only needs smart and quick decision making on the break instead of players in certain positions.

  • Arsenal FC – What Does Arsene Wenger Want?

    Arsenal FC – What Does Arsene Wenger Want?

    Obviously, to make the finish Arsenal need in order to remain a member of the top 4 in the Premier League and play in the Champions League. Arsene Wenger is lamenting the firings of fellow managers, but while doing that is trying to save his own ass by hiding his own failures for the last seven years.

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal & Tottenham Interested in Christian Benteke

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal & Tottenham Interested in Christian Benteke

    It seems Arsenal and Tottenham aren’t only battling for a spot in the Champions League next season. They’ll also be battling it out for the right to sign Christian Benteke, the only good thing about Aston Villa this season, with his departure looking closer and closer as his team takes another step towards relegation.

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Still Chasing Stevan Jovetic

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Still Chasing Stevan Jovetic

    It seems that Arseanl aren’t giving up on the best young player in the Italian Serie A, hoping that by securing a spot in the top 4 which leads to the Champions League next season they’ll finally be able to land Stevan Jovetic of Fiorentina, who they’ve been chasing after for over a season.