Who will advance to face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final?
Sine the debut of the League Cup (Carabao Cup) in 1961, Liverpool has won the competition eight times, while Arsenal has been the the cup holders just twice. Arsenal’s last appearance in the Wembley final was in 2018 when the Gunners were humiliated 3-0 by Manchester City. Liverpool’s last chance…
Should the Carabao Cup be rebooted, or just booted?
To date, the Premier League has twenty matches that need to be rescheduled for one reason or the other, including four for Arsenal. For clubs still in multiple competitions, like Chelsea (Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Club World Cup), their upcoming fixture log jam will be…
Who will start on Thursday v Liverpool?
Mikel Arteta will still be scrambling on Thursday to assemble a starting XI for the 2nd leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal v Liverpool. Presently, the manager has a lot of players still questionable, however, with my crystal ball in hand I have assembled a “wishful” starting XI for the…
The Championship is heating up, too
It happens every year, just like taxes, three clubs from the English championship are promoted to the Premier League, while three current Premier League clubs are relegated to the second tier of English football once the season ends. As you know, the first and second place finishers automatically gain promotion,…
Who is Dusan Vlahovic?
The name we have heard the most from Arsenal during the January transfer window has been Dusan Vlahovic. But who is this guy, and why are the Gunners so keen to sign him to a whopper deal? Vlahovic will be 22-years-old on January 28th. He was born in Belgrade, and…
The next three matches are brutal for Arteta
Mikel Arteta faces his most difficult challenge and stretch of the season, as the Gunners face Liverpool on Thursday, Tottenham on Sunday and Liverpool again the following Thursday. Coming off two straight defeats, rotating a depleted squad for these matches will be extremely difficult, but the club needs to find…
The Gunners need to keep their eye on the prize
This season can still be a success even without a European competition or the FA Cup to fight for. This was the season the Gunners were to produce enough positive Premier League results to get the club back into a European competition next season. Preferably, the Champions League. So, without…
Mikel Arteta, “It’s really hurting”
What is it about playing Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup? Arsenal, the 14-time FA Cup winner, played miserably on Sunday and have been knockout of the world’s oldest football cup competition by a team that is 9th in the Championship. For only the second time…
Suggested starting XI v Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday
Nottingham Forest is currently 9th in the English Championship. Manager Steve Cooper’s side, affectionately known as “The Tricky Trees,” will be a stern test for the Gunners as the club head into the third competition of the year, the FA Cup. Third round ties are usually a time to rotate…