That Old, Familiar, and Good Feeling About the New Arsenal Defence.

by The Highbury Flyer - 04/11/202104/11/2021

There was a time that many will when the opposition hated playing against a synchronised Arsenal defence that spent hours working hard on basic drills from which unity was born. The back four of Dixon, Adams, Bould and Winterburn fashioned under George Graham has since achieved legendary status and rightly so,

It’s now or Never for Rob Holding’s Career At Arsenal as Potential Transfer Decisions Threaten to Further Derail his Career

by The Highbury Flyer - 27/04/202027/04/2020

It feels like Rob Holding (24) has been at the club longer than Arsene Wenger was, but we are still waiting for him to emerge as the finished article that we thought the club had bought back in 2016. The towering 6ft 2inch center-back was purchased by Arsene Wenger from

Can Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal Succeed Where Unai Emery and Arsene Wenger Could not?

by Amiya Saha - 02/03/202003/03/2020

The last few years have been tough for Arsenal, which has always prided itself on playing beautiful football. The last trophy for the Gunners came in 2017 when they won the FA Cup. This was at a time the club’s fans were slowly expressing their displeasure at Arsene Wenger’s managerial

Arteta has to Rebuild Arsenal From the Basement up to Become Successful Again

by The Highbury Flyer - 24/02/202023/02/2020

Arteta needs to rebuild Arsenal and the type of overhaul Arsenal were and are in need of is massive because of three factors. Firstly, the club has stagnated in of personnel that don’t fit together and that’s been quite evident this season when they played like strangers. Secondly, the

Newcastle’s Performances in the Premier League Shows How Close Arsenal Have Come Towards the end of the Table

by The Highbury Flyer - 13/02/202013/02/2020

At this stage of the season I expected Steve Bruce to be looking for gainful employment at another club and as for Newcastle, I expected the usual struggle at the bottom of the table after losing the talented and well respected Rafa Benitez. I also thought that with the summer cash

The Existing Defender Presently Lost in the Shadows who Could Actually Save Arsenal £60m Next Season

by The Highbury Flyer - 13/02/2020

When Konstantinos Mavropanos arrived at the Emirates in 2018, many felt that the club had found a player with the potential to plug the holes in a notoriously brittle and nervy back four. An excellent performance against Manchester United in the 2017/18 season made the g look inspired, but there followed

Arteta’s Hopes for Holding’s Immediate Premier league Return Dashed by Rusty and Lacklustre Performance

by The Highbury Flyer - 11/01/202011/01/2020

Rob Holding is seen by a great many fans as a future Arsenal captain and the mainstay of the Arsenal defence for years to come. Rob Holding has however had a bumpy ride under Unai Emery, whom he couldn’t completely convince in his abilities and later suffered a knee injury which

How Same old Arsenal Divisions Continue to Cause the Same old problems in the Mikel Arteta Era

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

Now I’m not certain what the of deal made with Mikel Arteta was, why would I be ? But there is a familiar picture forming as we approach the January transfer window. Word has it that Arsenal are going to be adding to their hotchpotch squad with up to four

How Many Players Will Survive the Arrival of a new Manager at Arsenal

by The Highbury Flyer - 07/12/2019

The season has been a difficult one so far, featuring the complete disintegration of an Arsenal side which was heavily fancied to secure a top four finish. The analysis of the situation is constant as we collectively look for the answers that may make the predicament more palatable. Emery, a highly

Arsenal a Club in Chaos- Part Two:- Arsenal were Conned into Buying a Substandard Defender and worse Still into Hiring a Coach That Can’t Manage his Players

by The Highbury Flyer - 05/12/2019

Having dealt exclusively with the Gunners' boardroom structure in the first part, it’s time to look at how Arsenal killed off their season before a ball was kicked. It started with a flawed strategy in of their defence, with Bellerin and Holding already sidelined, they drafted in the injured but

So what’s Ljundberg Offering That Emery Couldn’t

by The Highbury Flyer - 04/12/201904/12/2019

It’s early days but one has to take a bobble hat off to Freddie Ljungberg thus far, because if he is under pressure in the hot seat at the Emirates, he isn’t really showing it. Emery’s press conferences were something of an ordeal especially at the end, but Ljungberg has replaced

Why Didn’t Arsenal Solve Their Defensive Crisis in the Summer Instead of Wasting Another Premier League Campaign

by The Highbury Flyer - 16/11/201917/11/2019

It’s easy to use ‘what if’ as the narrative for any Arsenal story but the club’s current issues could have been averted by just securing another decent central defender. As soon as the Arsenal recruitment team knew that the deal for William Saliba included a loan to Saint-Étienne, Arsenal should have

Emery Needs to Play to his Strength for Arsenal to Qualify for the UCL Next Season and This is how

by Amiya Saha - 25/10/201904/02/2020

It’s been a turbulent few seasons for Arsenal fans. The club has been going through a transition since Arsene Wenger’s tenure came to an end in 2018. Despite making it to the Europa League final under Unai Emery last year, the ers are desperate to be involved in the UEFA

Is there truly no end in sight to this sea of defensive frailties at Arsenal?

by The Highbury Flyer - 20/09/201924/09/2019

For all of Arsenal’s potency going forward so far this season, with eight goals scored in their opening five games and summer g Nicolas Pépé striking up an early partnership with last season’s deadly duo: Alexandre Lacazette (before his injury against bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, defence has

Despite Fans Disagreeing on the arrival of David Luiz, here’s why it could be the deal of the transfer window

by The Highbury Flyer - 19/08/201919/08/2019

The majority of Arsenal fans were delighted and surprised by the club’s success in the transfer market but as time wore on, it appeared that the hierarchy only seemed to be interested in attacking players and less inclined to bolster the defence. Although fans were given a blimmer of hope