The Arsenal Bench – who stays, who goes

The Starting Line Up We will make a couple assumptions here.  First we will assume that Lucas Torreira will be joining the club.  Second, for ease, we will stick with the 4-2-3-1 formation preferred by Unai Emery and previously used by Arsene Wenger. But wouldn’t it be something to see a formation with two strikers!   […]

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What to expect from Unai Emery

“Why must we look to the past in order to predict our future?  For there is nowhere else to look.” Well there is truth to the quote by James Burke, it’s why teams spend unlimited hours and resources on team and player analysis, but as is true in life it is true in football, prior […]

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Will Germany be rebuilding without Ozil?

Is Ozil irreplaceable? There is no doubt Germany’s ranks are packed with talented attacking midfielders such as Thomas Mueller, Marco Reus, Julian Draxler, Julian Brandt, Leroy Sane, Leon Goretzka, Max Meyer, Maximillian Philip, Mo Dahoud and Maximillian Arnold to mention just a few.   But are any of these players the playmaker of Ozil’s caliber and […]

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