by rico | Monday, January 31, 2011 | Match review
I jest of course, to say we made hard work of the game is an understatement. The changes we anticipated took place. Three minutes in and Arshavin had the opportunity to give us the perfect start but a man so low in confidence fluffed his lines for not the first time...
by rico | Sunday, January 30, 2011 | Match Preview
Ok, a bit tongue in cheek about Steve Bould. According to old favourite Paul Merson, a little while back the two of them were sat talking about the up and coming players at Arsenal and Merse asked who was going to be the ones to watch. Bouldy said: We’ve got this boy...
by rico | Saturday, January 29, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Yesterdays post was all about Herbert Chapman and today a few newspapers a running articles on the great man, I have taken two extracts from one of them. Why don’t you like close passing? ‘Usually the ball merely travels across the field, and perhaps back again,...
by rico | Friday, January 28, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
On Sunday Huddersfield Town come to The Emirates in the FA Cup, both teams will stand side by side in the tunnel before entering on to the green grass. Born in 1878, Chapman played for many clubs, including the Tiny Totts but most Arsenal and Huddersfield fans will...
by rico | Thursday, January 27, 2011 | Daily Bits and Bobs
The defender signing is young seventeen year old Martin Angha – it’s his first professional contract with the club. All I can find out about him is that he is Swiss, he’s just over 6’ 0” tall and we signed him from FC Zürich when he was just fifteen years old – his...
