Home And Away.

Morning all. It’s looking like a Manchester derby for the FA Cup final in May. No disrespect to Coventry but I can’t see them beating Manchester Utd in the semi-final although I hope they do of course. Man City should in theory be too good for Chelsea. I watched some...

Champions League draw & big London derby tomorrow…

Morning all. If there’s a result which says no lead is big enough, it’s Luton’s 3-0 lead against Bournemouth on the south coast last night. How on earth could a team which is so desperate for points go on to crumble before losing 4-3? I strongly suspect the...

Arsenal Grit! Brilliant….

Morning all. Before the day, Mikel Arteta had asked the fans travelling to The Emirates for last night’s huge match against Porto, to bring their voices with them. They did, they were brilliant. Arsenal’s staring eleven was the same as the one which defeated Brentford...

Arsenal v Porto. Football v Dark Arts!

ARSENAL.COM   Morning all. Porto are in town and I suspect we’re all waiting to see what depths of dark arts football they will stoop to. Arsenal’s Adrian Clarke, writing in the official matchday programme: Conceicao inspired a defensive tactical masterclass at...

Injuries, fixtures & international break.

Morning all. So, after the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Man City yesterday afternoon, a perfect result for Arsenal by the way, the race for the Premier League title is close. Very close, in fact I can’t recall the last time there was three clubs in the race at this...

Arsenal v Brentford. Expect the long ball…

Morning all. Another weekend, another Arsenal league fixture. We face Brentford this evening, Porto on Tuesday and then that’s it for nearly three weeks as the international game takes over. The key points from Mikel Arteta’s post match press conference: Team news: ...

Arsenal ridding the “Southern Softies” tag…

Morning all. Remember the ‘Arsenal don’t like it up ‘em’ comments or the ‘southern softies’ which usually came from the likes of Pulis, Big Sam – or any manager of a club based up north. The pundits loved it of course and would often join in on a match day....

Arsenal batter sorry Sheffield Utd.

  Morning all. Mikel Arteta stuck by the old ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ mantra yesterday evening as he fielded the same starting eleven for the second match running. If it was because he’d anticipated a tricky game as I did,, he couldn’t have been more...