Let’s be honest, after a faultless Champions League qualifying campaign where Arsenal won every match with the minimum of fuss, each and every Arsenal supporter, myself included, fully expected the Gunners to return home to North London from North-Rhine Westphalia with a comfortable win under their belt. But football is never that simple – and […]
Morning all. The Arsenal are in Germany this evening for a Champions League encounter with Bayer Leverkusen. Not that long ago, the German club went through a season unbeaten in the Bundesliga under Xabi Alonso and with Granit Xhaka in the side. Alonso was widely tipped to go far in management so when Real […]
Morning all. I didn’t realise moving to the New Forest would see me bombarded with text messages not only when Southampton win, but when Arsenal stumble to victory. Streaky wins, favouritism from the officials and how our players cheat their way to victory by deploying every dark art in the book – all thrown […]
After a series of nail biting Premier League fixtures, the prospect of a stress free day out in Mansfield was most appealing to me. The Arsenal players bought into the mood too and seemed to switch into their pre-season friendly mode with tippy tappy, flicks and tricks which look great on an Emirates quality […]
Morning all Arsenal are in Nottinghamshire today for a lunchtime fixture against Mansfield Town in the FA Cup. Nigel Clough’s side has done well to get this far but their journey has to end today and hopefully it will. Mansfield Town sit around the middle of the league one table and have struggled to […]
Where to start – Saliba picked up a foot injury against Chelsea so in came Mosquera whilst Martinelli came in for Trossard. No White or Odegaard still, but Max Dowman returned. Brighton, with two defeats to Arsenal this season already, came out of the blocks fast, they chased and they harried Arsenal […]
Morning all. Annoying as they are, there’s nothing quite like the sound of seagulls in the morning. Better than any alarm clock that’s for sure. I’ve still not forgiven the one who nicked my ice cream out of my hand a number of years ago though! Anyway, we go again. Another trip to the […]
Morning all. Arsenal seem to have opened a can of worms, a can which never needed to be opened had Howard Webb and his officials received their own memo. In Europe, the grappling in the penalty area is managed better by referees, I think we were awarded a penalty in a Champions League game for […]
I almost felt like Russell Crowe when the final whistle blew, shouting ‘are you not entertained’ but by Jove it was a white knuckle ride. I joked with my sons at the end of the game online saying ‘now you know why I look so old’ – that’s what being an Arsenal fan does […]
Morning all. I hope you’ve all enjoyed the last seven days of basking in the defeat of Totts for a second time this season. Viktor Gyokeres and Ebe Eze must be high on confidence, just waiting to have a go at another London club this afternoon. Whether or not both start today remains to be […]
The Champions League draw takes place today which on paper, sounds interesting, exciting even but it’s not because we know who we’ll face. Atalanta or Bayer Leverkusen. In fact all the English clubs are in the same boat. Arsenal: Bayer Leverkusen or Atalanta Chelsea: Newcastle or PSG Liverpool: Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray Man City: Bodo/Glimt […]
The clamour for an answer to the Arsenal striker conundrum had pretty much rumbled on throughout most of last summers transfer window, was it going to be Benjamin Sesko or Alex Isak or maybe Eketike? Eventually, a long protracted and quite unhappy deal for them, was struck with Sporting Club of Lisboa for the […]