Notes on Arsenal 5-1 Everton: Goal Rush Too Late

Arsenal's five goals on the final day of the season came too late for Champions League football.

Notes on Arsenal 0-1 Everton: Ancelotti Laughs Loudest Amid Arteta’s Failings

Arsenal's hopes of qualifying for Europe via the Premier League ended with a whimper after Friday's 1-0 defeat at home to Everton. The result meant the visitors completed a league double over Arsenal, another reminder Everton are headed in the right direction with Carlo Ancelotti at the helm. As for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal... Wow.…

Arteta’s Squad Excuse is Worn Out after Leeds Leapfrog

Arsenal are 11th in the Premier League after 23 games. 11th. The idea that a weak squad somehow excuses Mikel Arteta from blame is so thin you can see through it in certain light. There's no excuse after Leeds United leapfrogged Arsenal in the table on Monday night. Leeds beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to move…

Notes on Everton 2-1 Arsenal: Ancelotti Envy

Mikel Arteta has been unable to engineer a turnaround of Arsenal's poor form. Carlo Ancelotti has spun a sequence of one win in seven into three-straight victories for Everton, including beating Arsenal 2-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday. The value of experience. The pain of what might have been. Arsenal whiffed on hiring Ancelotti because…