Morning all. Arsenal welcomed one of the most dangerous, resilient and consistent teams from La Liga to North London yesterday evening, a damp, wet evening at that. Considering Arsenal’s participation in the Champions League over the past 25 years it’s odd that we’ve never faced Atletico before. Both clubs have met in the UEFA […]
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Morning all. This is a rare thing, almost as rare as hens teeth and I found it in The Daily Mail: Arsenal have made the best defensive start to a season in their history. Mikel Arteta’s team have shipped just three goals in eleven games in all competitions which is the best effort of […]
Morning all. What a day yesterday was. Ok, it rained hard all day on the south coast which was pretty miserable to say the least but out in Indore, India, England Women took on the hosts in the cricket World Cup. Whether you like the shorter game or not, or indeed women’s cricket at […]
Morning all With Man City hitting the top spot of the table for the first time since possibly the last day of 2023/24 season the gauntlet had been well and truly thrown down by Pep Guardiola as in a way, he announced he isn’t going off anytime soon despite the rumours. Why would he with […]
Morning all. Premier League football is back, Arsenal are back with a tricky away fixture against Fulham. History tells us this fixture is usually good for Arsenal but last season, we only managed to come away from Craven Cottage with a point. We’d been all over Silva’s team during the first ten minutes of […]
Morning all. England secured their place in the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday night with a 5-0 thrashing of Latvia. Yes, Latvia! Eberechi Eze scored the final goal of the game, even so, I can’t get excited about an England team/squad which has beaten Latvia, Albania, Serbia and Andorra. However, with qualification secured, hopefully […]
Afternoon all. I’ve been slacking, I know but honestly, an international break just kills my interest in football for two weeks. There’s another one next month, thankfully the last for this year. Not that there will be much of this year left by then. Jurrien Timber and Christian Norgaard should be on their way […]
Morning all. Ruben Amorim is having a tough time at Man Utd which obviously I couldn’t give two hoots about but it’s quite amusing to see Jim Ratcliffe use Arsenal and Mikel Arteta’s initial struggles to defend his manager and justify why he needs more time. A lot more time. “Ruben needs to demonstrate […]
Afternoon guys. Arsenal’s women kick off their defence of the Champions League crown tonight with a really tough fixture against Lyon. The reigning French League Champions are in scintillating form, having won all of their four opening domestic league fixtures. Marseille were brushed aside 3-1, Saint-Etienne were defeated 2-0 before both PSG and Lens […]
Morning all. Arsenal announced yesterday that Martin Odegaard sustained a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee during the first half in Saturday’s win over West Ham United. It’s a common injury in contact sport and occurs when the knee pushed/knocked inwards, towards your other knee. In Odegaard’s case, his knee collided with […]
It’s very easy to underestimate mid-table opponents when you get used to watching such a team as dominant, technical and as talented as we currently have at Arsenal and as Olympiacos proved in midweek, fans can get a little too comfortable and complacent. West Ham fall into that category, with the greatest of respect, […]
Morning all. A 3pm kick off for Arsenal is a rare thing this season, so far anyway. I’m surprised this one against West Ham hasn’t been moved television though as West Ham have beaten us at The Emirates the last two seasons. Last time around it was Jarrod Bowen who scored the only goal of […]