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Arsenal's Formation Formula: 4-3-3 Or 4-2-3-1?

Arsene Wenger has been the greatest manager in Arsenal’s long and illustrious history. Recently, in contrast four trophyless campaigns have led to ‘le prof’ being criticised in ways not previously imagined...

Written by Ismail Ayub about 3 months ago 114 reads 11 comments
Why Joe Calzaghe Isn't As Great As People Say

Joe Calzaghe deserves credit, no doubt, and no doubt in time he'll be a legend belonging to the Jimmy Wildes and the Ted "Kid" Lewises of yesteryear, but I have to disagree with your "rant" at the end...

Written by Ismail Ayub about 10 months ago 184 reads 5 comments
Arsenal Transfers: What Can Arsene Wenger Do with £50 Million?

In the Summer before the 2007-2008 season Arsenal were being written off. Tottenham had spent £16.5 million on Darren Bent and millions on loads of other players to secure a Top Four spot, while a wounded Arsenal sold Henry and Ljunberg...

Written by Ismail Ayub about 11 months ago 3,340 reads 14 comments
Why My Worries Over Arsenal's Over-Reliance On Cesc Has Subsided

At the beginning of the season, when Cesc Fabregas wasn't in the Arsenal side due to injury, Arsenal had problems playing their football. The fluency, pace and goals of Arsenal's usual game weren't there...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 145 reads 1 comments
A Look at Manchester City's Squad—The Good, The Bad, and The New?

Goalkeeper: 1 Joe Hart 16 Kasper Schmeichel Defender: 2 Javier Garrido 2 Micah Richards 3 Michael Ball 4 Nedum Onuoha 18 Danny Mills 22 Richard Dunne 26 ...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 284 reads 3 comments
Top 10 EPL Summer Transfers

10. Geovanni In Geovanni, Hull have an experienced player with pace and goals in him. A former Barcelona, Benfica, and Manchester City player (scoring the winner in the Manchester derby), he ...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 757 reads 8 comments
Jeremy Toulalan: Could He Be Arsene Wenger's Mystery Signing

Jeremy Toulalan. A young midfielder, once a more attacking player, but he has taken over the mantle of being Lyon's first choice holding midfielder. He is a young, experienced international...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 910 reads 8 comments
Could Emmanuel Eboue or Kolo Toure Solve One of Wenger's Biggest Problems?

July 30, 2008. A day many Arsenal fans would remember. This was the day Arsenal visited Jens Lehmann's new club and came out with a resounding 3-1 victory, after the attacking trio of Wilshire, Bendtner and Vela ran away with the goals...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 610 reads 12 comments
Premier League: Top 5 Transfers So Far

Ismail Ayub checks out the most astute signings in the Transfer Window so far from the Premier League.

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 721 reads 13 comments
10.3 Million Pounds= Van Der Vaart To Real Madrid... Bloody Bargain!

Whilst reading another article on how Darren Fletcher was a bargain for 3 million pounds(which I agree with), I thought about how much of a bargain Van Der Vaart was at only 10 million pounds from Hamburg...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 424 reads 2 comments
Gareth Barry: An Underrated Gem

Gareth Barry's transfer to Liverpool is one being greeted with large amounts of animosity. Liverpool fans don't think he's Liverpool quality and that Xabi Alonso is a superior player. They also say Liverpool already have a strong central midfield...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 577 reads 8 comments
Adebayor Is Arrogant!

At the beginning of the transfer window one of the big sagas was Emmanuel Adebayor being transferred to either AC Milan or Barcelona. Now I love Ade as a player, and have put the whole thing behind me...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 428 reads 4 comments
Real Madrid Turn Their Gaze To Cesc Fabregas

Real Madrid seem to have given up their dogged pursuit of Ronaldo, but now Sauron's, sorry I mean Calderon's, eye has turned to Arsenal and Cesc Fabregas...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 485 reads 6 comments
Tomas Rosicky: An Essential Part of The Arsenal Machine

One complaint, I often hear about Tomas Rosicky and Alex Hleb, is that neither has scored double figures, in one season for Arsenal...

Written by Ismail Ayub about about 1 year ago 756 reads 14 comments

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Ismail Ayub Article Archive

Arsenal's Formation Formula: 4-3-3 Or 4-2-3-1?

Why Joe Calzaghe Isn't As Great As People Say

Arsenal Transfers: What Can Arsene Wenger Do with £50 Million?

Why My Worries Over Arsenal's Over-Reliance On Cesc Has Subsided

A Look at Manchester City's Squad—The Good, The Bad, and The New?

Top 10 EPL Summer Transfers

Jeremy Toulalan: Could He Be Arsene Wenger's Mystery Signing

Could Emmanuel Eboue or Kolo Toure Solve One of Wenger's Biggest Problems?

Premier League: Top 5 Transfers So Far

10.3 Million Pounds= Van Der Vaart To Real Madrid... Bloody Bargain!

Gareth Barry: An Underrated Gem

Adebayor Is Arrogant!

Real Madrid Turn Their Gaze To Cesc Fabregas

Tomas Rosicky: An Essential Part of The Arsenal Machine

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