by rico | Saturday, July 21, 2012 | Daily Bits and Bobs
At the recent get together with Ivan Gazidis, Arsenal fans heard all about how Cesc Fabregas refused to play last summer in our pre-season fixtures despite being fit and healthy. He was dead set on leaving and that was his way of protest. Gazidis said that the club...
by rico | Friday, July 20, 2012 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Going on from yesterday’s article: The major television deals had been struck, Abramovich and the Sheikh of Manchester City were bringing new meaning to the word profligacy, David Dein had departed and winning things was fast becoming a thing of the past for...
by rico | Thursday, July 19, 2012 | Daily Bits and Bobs
There was a time when being an Arsenal fan was easy. You just showed up at the ground on a Saturday afternoon, got in a semi-orderly queue at the gate you always used, stood where you alway stood, bought a bag of roasted peanuts, spoke to the same people and went home...
by rico | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 | Daily Bits and Bobs
As it stands, we’ve all read Robin’s statement but still need to read between the lines to even hazard a guess as to what he’s actually said. The possible scenarios to my way of thinking are the following…. A) He is truly taking one last stab...
by rico | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Daily Bits and Bobs
So it seems Robin has made up his mind and he’s off this summer after the club have decided not to include him in the latest on-line Arsenal Catalogues. Robin returned to training on Monday as expected and made it clear he wants to sit down and resolve the...