Talk:1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 12:49, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just grabbing this one now - I'll review once I get home tonight. Looking forward to it! Miyagawa (talk) 12:49, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'm back. Here goes with the review. Coincidently I actually attended all of Arsenal's home games at Wembley Stadium during their Champions League run during this season. Funnily enough I remember the Dynamo Kyiv match more than the Lens defeat, mainly because the group I was with were so hyped that we got to see Andriy Shevchenko play (and we were only one bank over from the Ukrainians).

Lead

"entered the campaign as league champions for the first time in seven years and completed a domestic double, by winning the FA Cup." - could that be re-worded to make it clear that the double was during the previous season?

Background

I note that in 1997–98 Arsenal F.C. season there is a brief summary in this section of the previous season. I think that works quite well and this article would benefit from the same - especially as the lead is meant to summarise the article and at the moment is the only place which talks about the previous season specifically.

Knew I missed something out, have added a summary now.

"beating Chelsea for his services" - makes it sound like Freddie beat Chelsea for his services. Perhaps simply rewording it to "the club beat Chelsea for his services" or similar.

Charity shield

"comprehensive" needs to be dropped as it doesn't read neutrally at the moment. Is there anything that could be added here to beef it up a little?

Aug-Oct

"Wenger after the match" - grammar seems a little off. "After the match, Wenger..." would be better.
"However, Arsenal lost their first match of the season" - maybe something to say that it was the following match?
The "comprehensive" need to come out here of here as well.
"as the team remained in the bottom four" - just to be specific, perhaps "as Blackburn remained in the bottom four"?

Classification

Sources should be citations rather than external links.

FA Cup

Last sentence needs a citation.

Champions League

I know you've said it was their first appearance since the re-brand, but could you add a stat to say the last time Arsenal were in the old European Cup? I think it might be a nice touch.

Player statistics

That inline citation would be better served by being under the table and prefixed with "Source:" or similar.

References

What makes Andy's Arsenal Resource Website a reliable source?

He is a club historian, per here and here

That's everything as far as I can see for the moment. A good read, it had me reminiscing quite a bit!:) Miyagawa (talk) 18:24, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Think I've addressed all comments. Thanks for reviewing; hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did researching. :) Lemonade51 (talk) 02:44, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see anything holding this back from being a GA now, so it's hereby promoted! Nice job. Miyagawa (talk) 17:21, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]