You can’t really talk about Arsenal without involving yourself in the debate surrounding Arsene Wenger.  Any criticism of a side’s performance - or long-term habits - is naturally associated with its manager and so detaching the two is impossible. But let’s do that for a minute. Quite evidently, Arsenal were shockingly naive against Monaco and(…)

[AdSense-A] The next few months are already mapped-out for Arsenal supporters: first the debate about Arsene Wenger, then speculation over his new contract, and then finally a Summer dominated by transfer-rumours, ‘areas to address’ articles, and - probably - disappointment. The games remaining really are neither here nor here in relation to Wenger, because the(…)

When Jose Mourinho made his ‘specialist in failure’ comment, it wasn’t just jarringly disrespectful because of what Wenger has achieved in English but also because of what the Frenchman represents within our domestic game. Modern football is about money and revolves almost entirely around a series of very wealthy men and extremely affluent families. Managers(…)