Leicester vs Arsenal – Lucky Leicester and Emery In

Arsenal losing 0-2 away at Leicester was not a heart breaking result, but rather a bad one. Every game that you neither deserve to win nor deserve to lose, but still end up losing creates an unhappy feeling, and this was one such occasion. A run of below par results accompanied by overly pragmatic tactics...

Unai Emery’s Arsenal and the Torreira Tactic

Following the recent back to back away wins, its safe to say that the new era for Arsenal under Unai Emery has had a positive start. Poor and disorganized display that led to an opening day defeat to Manchester City, is a long gone memory now, and with every game this team has moved forward....

Alexis Sanchez Hate Article

There is a general vein of hatred towards Alexis Sanchez, some of it stemming from the allegations of him not being committed enough on the pitch and rest attributed to his lack of form, especially his inaccurate and wasteful passing. Arsene Wenger said at the end of last season, that Alexis’ (alleged) reasoning to leave...

Why the bizarre Arsenal v Man United game is a statistical outlier

If post-match emotions were a random variable that one wants to investigate, then conducting the random experiment on an Arsenal fan would produce the most unbiased sample. An Arsenal fan is exposed to brilliant 5-0 performances, steady 2-0 performances, drubbing 0-0 games and also humiliating 0-3 defeats.  Such an exhaustive spectrum of post-match emotions cannot...

Key horizontal passes in the final third separates Man City from Arsenal

The two teams that believe in keeping the ball on the floor and with themselves, have dominant stats to back their philosophies thus far this season. However a subtle difference in approach in the final third, makes Pep Guardiola’s men appear more threatening. We will eventually get to the difference, but let us first look...

The Ball Winning Midfielder – The Traditional Centre-Mid – The Advanced Playmaker

Each of the three broad positions in a football field (defence, midfield and attack) have different sub-types of roles based on the system and attributes of players available. We will be looking into the broad types of midfielders that modern day football operates with, and in particular will be looking into the Arsenal’s midfield combination...

The Deep Lying Play Maker and The Box-to-Box Midfielder

Each of the three broad positions in a football field (defence, midfield and attack) use different sub-types of roles based on the system and attributes of players available. We will be looking into the broad types of midfielders that modern day football operates with, and in particular will be looking into the Arsenal’s midfield combination...

MESUT IS FAM – Shut up ‘Ian Seldom Wright’.

Dear DT-like-fan/club-legend-turned-pundit, He is Arsene Wenger’s man, he is better than Zidane, he is the best number 10 in the world, he eats elivish bread for breakfast, he is an elf, he plays sexy football, maybe also archery (elvish reference and also reference to his vision), I don’t think you understand, we’ve got a true...

Are Arsenal really lightweight in midfield?

The Arsenal midfield pivot has often been criticised for being lightweight and not providing an adequate shield for the defence. However, a comparison between the title winning Chelsea midfield duo of the 2016/17 season and our own midfield pivot does not really validate that argument. As seen from the table below, the Arsenal midfield of...