Broken and Battered Gunners still fighting for Top Slot

Greetings and most sincere apologies for not updating this page for over a month's time due to some unconventional excuse. 

Nonetheless, here's a fresh, just out of the oven post about the Gunner's complete see saw month which saw them crashed down at Allianz Arena (Bayern Munich) and The Hawthorns (West Brom), picking single point results against Spurs in North London derby at home and away at Carrow Road against Norwich and most importantly, losing three of the most important players they have depended upon since last season.

,Cazorla, Sanchez & Coquelin.

The Trio lost to injuries before festive period.

However, Arsenal did pick two crucial wins at home with last week in the UEFA Champions League tie against Dynamo Zagreb and last night against Sunderland in the Premiere League to go second on the table. Positives during this time span were the return of Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey and Walcott and along with the fact that Joel Campbell has started to make his presence felt on the pitch by scoring a goal and an assist in the last three games he has started in two weeks.

The King of Assist is back.

More importantly, a new leader has emerged and is now being seen as the catalyst behind almost every other goal scored by Gunners and he is none other than Mesut Ozil who has now 12 assists in the league in 15 games with two goals as cherry on the top. Training hard to make runs, re-tracking and winning possession and finding space on his own, Ozil has become the driving force in the Arsenal's offensive unit, feeding goal scoring passes at times out of nowhere and in games that have mattered in the season.

Nonetheless, it was a nervous win last night which saw an own goal from Giroud who later cancelled it with a spectacular header to put the Gunners back in the lead and revealed clear signs of vulnerability in defense and hesitation in picking up passes in the last third. This shows how much of a difference does the presence of Coquelin, Cazorla and Sanchez make in the game.

History depicts that although Arsenal has seen many injury filled seasons over the last decade but this time just when the tide has started to favor them, these injuries have started to wear down the team in the most crucial phase of the season. The fact that Arsenal are just two points behind league leaders Leicester City with the spread among the top five of only six points proves that our chances of winning the league title this season are quite high.

Wenger needs to find the perfect DM cover for Coquelin

The only drawback is the lengthy list of injured players who can actually make up of almost the entire first team and their long term absence would prove the Gunner's boss Arsene Wenger wrong in his decision to not buy during the summer transfer window. Although very edgy whenever asked about the injuries and January transfer window, Mr. Wenger would have to admit that he would need to find decent cover for the team in the midfield to progress swiftly towards the title challenge. 

Last night's performance may have boosted a load of confidence among the players but make sure that Coquelin and Cazorla's absence at the heart of the pitch is not felt so much, at least two potential signings should be on for the upcoming January window. If not two, then at least a central defensive midfielder to enforce and release the pressure off the back four. 

For now, a still very decent unit is available for the make or break Champions League away tie at Olympiakos on Wednesday evening with an outside chance that Mr. Sanchez may be seen on the bench while completely ignoring the hamstring he picked up against Norwich unless he is locked down in the infirmary by the Boss himself.

Only the game night would reveal the rest so till then, that's all for now. Leave a comment to speak your mind and thank you so much for reading patiently. Salud & COYG!!

Feiry Flams & Stunning Sanchez: Reasons for Gunners to Rejoice

Last week's dreadful show and this week's display makes a perfect moment to recall a famous line of Al Pacino in The Godfather III movie which was, "Äs soon as I thought I was out, they pulled me back in."

Yes, this is the week to bask in immense delight for all the Goonars as Arsenal made a statement to quiet down all the doubters and put a stop to the taunts by many that a top class proven striker is what Gunners actually require to fight for the title. Well, not so much if you take in the accounts of how we played at White Hart Lane in our Capitol One Cup tie against Tottenham but last night practically shut down all the critics who has the fan drive against the Gunner's boss.

Wednesday night seemed to be a bit of stuttering approach as fresh loss to Chelsea was looming over the players and the absence of Coquelin, due to injury, saw two veterans Arteta and Flamini filling in the position with no Cazorla in the squad along with Ospina, Debuchy and Campbell coming in the line up.

Flamini Shines for Arsenal in Capital One Cup

That seemed to be working against the team until Flamini popped in the picture, scoring his first on the rebound, followed by a spectacular volley finish that completely broke down Spurs and saw them out of the competition on a night where Giroud again came a bit clueless with his approach on the goal.

However when dumping our North London rivals in a slightly fortunate manner wasn't enough, a complete assault came in at Leicester in the Premiere League fixture yesterday where the Gunners finally went in with all guns blazing on the offensive, particularly with the man in question who lead the Arsenal goal scoring stat last season - Alexis Sanchez And also especially against the only team with an unbeaten record in the League which seemed unstoppable till the very game at their home.

Alexis Sanchez is back with a Bang.

After giving away the first goal in the early minutes of the game, Arsenal had the hard work cut out against a strong team laid out in front of them by Claudio Raneiri but the counter attacking mindset paid off with Walcott equalizing due to an excellent pass by Santi Cazorla.

Then came in the dazzling Chilean with an appetite, scoring his first of the season on a Bellerin cross, then heading off an excellent Ozil lob for his second which by his his trademark long shot finish from 20 odd yards to bag his first hat-trick in the Premiere League.

Although, Jamie Vardy scored again following his first to make the Gunners nervous but Giroud came off the bench to grab the fifth and end the powerful run of Leicester City to a complete stop.

Wenger rejoiced following Arsenal's strong Comeback.

This victorious week has given great boost to the fact that Arsene Wenger had given the fans a great reason to get behind him and most importantly the team itself. Moreover, questions that loomed about having a renowned proven striker signing might be out to rest as all three designated forwards were on the score sheet.

However, the need of a strong defensive midfield back up seems to be the area that should concern Wenger the most as Flamini and Arteta could only provide limited cover for Coquelin, the man who has become the actual anchor for Arsenal since last season.

Although he would be back in a week's time to face Manchester United at home but any serious injury to him may leave Gunners on the back-foot so let's hope he stays fit along with Arteta and Flamini in the squad till January transfer window.


What's your opinion on it? Do tell through your comments and Thank you once again for reading. Till next time, Come On You Gunners!! Cheers.

St. James Park reveals Nervous Strikers ahead of Transfer Window Deadline

Well, it seemed an eventful night for both; Gunners and their fans when Match Day 4 kicked off with our game against the Magpies. 

A Solid defensive performance followed by a Persistent attack by a midfield (Even without Ozil) proved to be too Strong for New Castle United who were reduced to 10-men after Mitrovic Red Card.

The result on the sheet was all smiles as we came away with all 3 points from St. James Park making 7 point from 4 games (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss).

 

Ironically, both our winners in the away games have been own goals and that is too out of total of 3 goals scored so far by the Gunners in 4 games. That states a whole different story about the Gunners who may well have claimed to be ready the Title Challenge.

Walcott seing end of the line?

Surprising as it may be with all the players shining in the pre-season, it feels that all was an illusion after all. Especially after seeing The Player (Walcott) whose demand for signing the new contract was to be the Main Man upfront and then not delivering when we needed the most. 

On the day when Arsene Wenger gave Walcott the golden chance, before the Transfer window ends, to show his true worth as the strike-force upfront, he wasted the opportunity to stamp his name in the position by failing miserably time to time.

Struggles of Giroud continue.

In the last 20, Giroud took over and showed his physical presence but just like last week at home against Liverpool, he was still ineffective in front of the goal . He looked to be to trying too hard but came off with nothing in the end.

For the Arsenal Boss, it seemed a more revealing time to realize that he would have to pull out his chequebook and find a last minute solution to the goal scoring area which looks to be the only leaky hole in need of being fixed without wasting a moment.

Arsenal Boss doing some deep thinking.

A dilemma that's been often highlighted all this Summer by critics, former legends and most of all, the Goonars.

They want to see a Star Signing in the front!

However, the eminent striker's arrival may be exerting extreme pressure on the shoulders of both apparent culprits in the central striker position as it would only mean dropping down the ladder and fighting for the place at all cost.

Both Giroud and Walcott are fine players with the latter having pace and the ability to slide past the defense of any team while the former possesses the physical strength and the confidence to score at crucial times but these qualities appear to be lost at the start of the season. 

Maybe the fear of slipping down the food chain is keeping both the players from performing on their optimum levels, leaving them nervous at every start they have gotten so far.

This leaves Arsene Wenger in a very excruciating circumstance amidst all the pressure coming from the fans and critics which may force him to act despite the fact that Welbeck will be ready for action in a fortnight.

It all remains unseen until the last tick of the clock which may well decide the fate of the Duo coming this Monday night at 00:00 hrs.

That's all for now. Do leave your comments please on what you think and thanks once again for reading. Cheers!

Would signing Benzema or Cavani mean writing Death Warrant for Walcott?

And I am back with my latest post after two years with a whole new different way of giving an insight of what's happening and what's not happening at Gunner's home.

Recently, we have seen massive flooding of rumors of us signing Superstar forwards with the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Cavani, Thomas Muller, Gonzalo Higuain and even the ever 'Majestic' Zlatan Ibrahimovic to provide cover and strong competition for our out-and-out striker Olivier Giroud.

Benzema Happy to stay at Bernabeu.

However, the rumor that doesn't seem to go away is that of Karim Benzema which seems to be getting stronger as the Summer Transfer window comes to a close.

The Los Blancos Goal Scoring machine has been on the wishlist of every Goonar and to some point, a source of admiration for Arsene Wenger and some of the star players like Cazorla.


Benzema is the bridge between Ronaldo and Bale forming a Trident for Los Blancos in the front, which almost makes him an irreplacable force at Barnebeu.

Cavani wanting a New Scenery now?

While Edison Cavani rumor has recently gained strength over these last few weeks and being frustrated playing as second best to Ibrahimovich at PSG, he would most likely be benefiting the most to regain his superstar Reputation if Arsenal sign him in this window.


Both are top quality strikers and would give guaranteed boost for Arsenal to pose title challenge on both fronts; Premiere League and Europe.


However, what we have at our disposal in the front is quite sufficient to accompany Giroud such as Walcott and Welbeck along with Sanchez; all possessing speed, crafty dribbling and clinical finishing to change the game within a blink of an eye.

Options at hand for Wenger - Wellbeck & Walcott.

Not to forget the Youth Academy where Wenger has worked immensely to bring up has seemingly fit options in all departments to break into the first team such as Apkorn and Iwobi showing their skills up front in Emirates Cup and Barclays Asia Trophy this pre-season.

Walcott being the most strong contender for sentral striker position next to Giroud has been aching to make his place prominent but somehow some fans see things otherwise. For them, Cavani or Benzema are definite Title winners no matter how expensive they are for the club and a move for either move definitely mean the end of the line for Theo Walcott.

Giroud wot worried about new striker along with him at Emirates

Walcott has shown time to time how lethal can he be in the front replacing Giroud, giving more assurances to Wenger to let him play in his favorite position after starring in FA Cup Final and starting in 2015/16 Community Shield. Wenger had to work to convince Walcott to stay and signed for long term at the Emirates with promises of playing as a center forward as his usual position.


That promise can only be fulfilled if temptations and pressure to bring a mega star signing up front is made to quench the fan's thirst after Cech being the only signing to upgrade the long awaited keeping department.

So for Walcott, this Transfer window is crucial till the end and not a day before the close would pass for him without hoping that the status quo in the Arsenal offensive stays the same. We hope for the best for him as well.

That's all for now but give your view about what you thinkby leaving a comment and Thanks once again for reading patiently. Cheers!!

Transfer Window Speculation begins with all eyes on Wenger

Well, well, well, here we go again with our first post of this year as the transfer window is underway and word has it that the hardcore Gooners want the Arsenal boss to pick an " impact" signing this January.

Although, the strike force in the club's First Eleven has been in impressive form in the first half of the season, sentiments are very high on bringing a match-winner which can boost the Arsenal's offense as lethal as the Premiere Leagues Top-four.

However, Mr. Arsene Wenger have a different way of seeing things. His structural approach is one of the reasons why he turned his face away from Demba Ba, who hinted his interest clearly in becoming a Gooner.

Fans await a Wenger Surprise - if any this January.

With Ba now signed off at Stamford Bridge to Chelsea, Arsenal's boss has hardly a few good options left in the market to satisfy the fans at the Emirates Stadium.

A statement is already out at the press conference earlier last week from Wenger that 'not a lot will happen' in this January cause of limited money at hand as most of the major clubs already packed with their fair share of star-players.

This can only mean that not much may happen for Arsenal this month since the combination in the first team is gelling up very nicely but given how Wenger can surprise you with a deal too good to believe, one can only wonder what the French Maestro could bring to the table.

Whether a new player or not, Arsenal's boss would most definitely want to have Theo Walcott's signature on  a new long-term contract at Emirates to make sure that faith in Arsenal's fan can be fully restored after the damages caused by the departure of star players RVP, Fabregas, Nasri and Alex Song have appeared to be more taxing.

What is more decisive of Wenger's movement is this weeks crucial game against the Barclays Premiere League champions Manchester City who are eager to close the gap between their rivals home rivals United.

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Cheers.