Fabio Vieira and Arsenal’s Creative Village

Arsenal signing Fabio Vieira shows the club is building another village of creativity.

Arteta’s Bubble

Why Mikel Arteta is living in a bubble at Arsenal that protects him from criticism and the pressure of making genuine progress.

Power Plays vs. Keeping Up Appearances

Mikel Arteta is involved in a public spat with the most high-profile and expensive member of his squad. If you are thinking Arsenal have been here before with the Process King, you’re right. Except, it’s no longer Arteta vs. Mesut Ozil. Now, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has taken the place of the not-so happy but always languid wanderer.

Arteta Brushes Off Drubbing That Would’ve Seen Emery, Wenger Skewered

You have to hand it to Mikel Arteta. He's been in charge of Arsenal for 70 Premier League matches, made only incremental progress (and that's being generous), yet remains strangely immune to criticism after a defeat. Arteta's latest bullet-dodging magic came after game 70, Saturday's 4-0 drubbing at Liverpool. It was all so predictable. Yet…

Maddison Musings

Credit: Vlad1988/Shutterstock.com Arsenal's summer is James Maddison or bust. It's Madders for £60 million, no, scratch that, £70 million. Can Arsenal raise that kind of cash? Probably not, but it doesn't hurt to dream, right? Maddison is a dream signing worth pursuing for Mikel Arteta and Edu, even if the irony is the club could…

Ramsey Return Too Good for Arsenal to Miss

Aaron Ramsey sounds like he wants out of Juventus, which should be music to the ears of everybody connected with Arsenal. Brining Ramsey back to the Emirates Stadium would not only right one of the biggest wrongs of the dismal post-Wenger era. It would also solve the lack of flair and dynamism in Mikel Arteta's…

Conte and the Right to Dream

Antonio Conte's available, and Arsenal need a major upgrade in the dugout. It's okay to dream. Heck, this may not be the stuff of fiction for long because it looks like Conte to Real Madrid is not quite the nailed-on rumour it first appeared. My old pal Carlo Ancelotti is also in the frame for…

Arteta Has Already Opened Emery’s 1st Letter

Unai Emery didn't exactly help Mikel Arteta by guiding Villarreal to the UEFA Europa League trophy, but I wonder if El Maestro has already offered the Process King some helpful advice? Stay with me... Arteta is still Arsenal manager, but he hasn't made any progress since replacing Emery, who was dumped in November 2019. In…

Emery Revisionism Inevitable and Justified

Unai Emery doesn't stay down for long. The man sacked by Arsenal in November 2019 and widely mocked since is laughing loudest after he guided Villarreal, yes Villarreal, to a win over Manchester United in this season's UEFA Europa League final. We all know how El Maestro loves UEFA's second-fiddle tourney. He's won it four…

Arsenal 0-0 Villarreal: Arteta’s Nadir

Arsenal's UEFA Europa League run ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. That whimper taught me something, though. There's not much consolation in being right. I've been writing this blog for nearly 11 months, and the overriding theme has stayed the same. Mikel Arteta is out of his depth and not up to…