A Slightly Different View of Arsenal’s Chances for the Title

by Amiya Saha - 18/09/2020

Arsenal fans weren't even done celebrating the FA Cup trophy their club won last season, and it was already the turn of the Community Shield, a game that traditionally marks the start of a new Premier League season. The Community Shield win grabbed by Arsenal against Liverpool fueled the hope

Time is Running Out :- Arsenal Need to Ensure Some Signatures Next Week or Not at All

by The Highbury Flyer - 17/09/202017/09/2020

Speculation is rife regarding transfer targets and it appears that work is ongoing behind the scenes at Arsenal in that respect. However, the next seven days are crucial and Arsenal will need to secure the players on their radar or run with what they already have for the rest of

Arsenal’s Next Transfer Window Will be Even More Important Than The Current One

by The Highbury Flyer - 17/09/202017/09/2020

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Mikel Arteta’s second transfer window at the end of next season will be more crucial to Arsenal than the current one for several reasons. Firstly, the club will know more about their available finances which could be topped up by a decent finish in the Premier League, a solid Europa League

Willian on fire, Elneny Comes Good and Gabriel Shines : What Arsenal’s First Match vs Fulham Has Taught us

by The Highbury Flyer - 17/09/202017/09/2020

The Cottagers weren’t expected to win the Fulham v Arsenal fixture and all Gunners had to do was to find a half-decent rhythm, which may sound disrespectful but after the match, Fulham boss Scott Parker admitted his side has to develop quickly and learn from their mistakes. However, they hadn’t

Jack Grealish Must Decide This Summer Which Sort of Player He Desires to Become

by Anthony Onifade - 14/09/202017/09/2020

The Jack Grealish and Manchester United potential matrimony is gathering pace in the media once again, with various reports from the Daily Mail stating that the Aston Villa captain is currently in talks to join Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Old Trafford revolution. Jack Grealish remains one of Manchester United’s prime targets along with Jadon

Ceballos: The growing influence in Arteta’s New Age Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 13/09/2020

This doesn’t happen very often, but I don’t think I’ve been fair in my previous assessments of on-loan Real Madrid playmaker Dani Ceballos, who recently joined Arsenal on a second season-long loan. In the heat of a competitive match, it’s easy to lose sight of finesse and work rate, especially,

Latest Team News, Predicted Lineups and Predictions as Arsenal Gear up to Face Fulham in Their Opening Round Encounter

by The Highbury Flyer - 12/09/2020

The Gunners kick-off their 2020-21 Premier League campaign with the Fulham vs Arsenal game at Craven Cottage tonight. Arsenal ride on the back of two back-to-back trophy wins, while Fulham will be filled with fresh enthusiasm having secured promotion to the Premier League, after spending the 19-20 season in the

Coutinho Move Was Never Really on in The First Place Let Alone After Sanllehi Did a Runner

by The Highbury Flyer - 12/09/2020

Philippe Coutinho, Coutinho linked to Arsenal

Even the most optimistic Arsenal fan must have doubted that Philippe Coutinho would ever wear an Arsenal jersey. It was all smoke and mirrors, a combination of the inventiveness of the failed head of football Raul Sanllehi and the murky imagination of super-agent Kia Joorabchian. Had Sanllehi stayed, then there was

Hands Off Martinez:- Selling Him Would be Bad For Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 11/09/202011/09/2020

Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Martinez linked to Aston Villa

According to the Independent, Aston Villa are expected to make a second bid for Arsenal’s goalkeeping hero Emiliano Martinez (27). Many fans are waiting for Mikel Arteta to emphatically dismiss the bid with a statement that declares that the Argentinian isn’t going anywhere. The 28-year-old rejected a new and improved contract

Three Reasons Why Thierry Henry is the Greatest Arsenal Player of all Time

by Amiya Saha - 11/09/2020

We are all aware that Arsenal has churned out some truly unbelievable players over the years. Although each is subject to his or her own opinion, the majority of experts believe that Thierry Henry is the best that Arsenal has ever had to offer. What traits and talents enabled this player

Mesut Özil Back in The Reckoning But Let’s Not Get Carried Away Just Yet

by The Highbury Flyer - 10/09/2020

German midfield misfit Mesut Ozil was given a reprieve in the friendly against Aston Villa which surprised the majority of fans, but does it mean that he will play a part in the new campaign, is he back in Arteta's good books? Well, stranger things have happened in the world

The Evolution of The Game Requires Changes to The Rules on Substitutes

by The Highbury Flyer - 10/09/2020

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Covid-19 saw the postponement of the Premier League and it restarted with the introduction of drinks breaks and an increase in substitutes. Fresh on the back of the inconsistent and confusing VAR system, drinks breaks were adopted and subsequently, dispensed with. Now, it appears that the five substitutions rule permissible during

Arteta Wants to Buy Ceballos as Soon as The Funds Are Available

by The Highbury Flyer - 09/09/2020

Mikel Arteta made no secret of his desire to bring Dani Ceballos (24) back to the Emirates on a second loan deal for the new season. He managed to convince his fellow Spaniard to return even though, two other clubs were interested in his services. The second loan deal was relatively

Pre Season Friendlies Cloaked in Secrecy is a Poke in The Eye For The Fans

by The Highbury Flyer - 08/09/202008/09/2020

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I don’t know exactly what’s changed since COVID 19, but it appears that the new trend without crowds is to host games in complete secrecy. Information regarding Arsenal’s pre-season friendly games against QPR and Aston Villa were treated like some form of a covert military operation. With no streaming allowed

Mikel Arteta is Gradually Assembling Arsenal’s Best Defence in Over a Decade

by The Highbury Flyer - 08/09/2020

It’s easy to get over-excited by any positive defensive news at Arsenal because it’s been so bad for so long that it was becoming increasingly difficult to imagine that any improvements were possible. However, it now seems to be true that Arteta has managed to upgrade the Arsenal defense and

Arsenal’s Progress Under Arteta Needs a Degree of Realism to Avoid Disappointment

by The Highbury Flyer - 04/09/2020

Before we get started, let me just state that this isn’t a doom and gloom blog. It’s also not meant to pour scorn on what Arsenal have achieved in such a short space of time under Mikel Arteta. In fact, the achievement of picking up the FA Cup and Community

Aubameyang’s Community Shield Goal Speaks Volumes About Arteta’s Vision of Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 03/09/202003/09/2020

Back in the early 2000s, Arsenal fans raved about the vision and slick one-touch football and how they executed exquisite counter-attacks, which usually resulted in a Henry goal. For brief patches in the last five years of Wenger’s reign, Arsenal offered glimpses of that type of quality but it was

Mohamed Elneny:- Lost, Unwanted, Loaned Out And Now Possibly Redeemed At AFC

by The Highbury Flyer - 01/09/202001/09/2020

Mohamed Elneny has been a peripheral figure at Arsenal and one that many have said isn’t good enough to be in the premiership. How do they know? He has never really held his place or had a consistent run of games for the gunners and it’s as if Arsene Wenger

Classic Aubameyang, Arteta Masterclass and Number 16: Tactical Breakdown of Arsenal’s Masterful Win Over Liverpool

by Gnaneshwar Rajan - 01/09/202001/09/2020

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Three Community Shield games, three penalty shootouts, two of them involving Arsenal, and both of them ending in wins for the Gunners. We beat Conte’s Chelsea last time and this time, it was Klopp’s Liverpool. This is the second consecutive Community Shield game that Jurgen Klopp has been involved in