Morning all. For the last goodness knows how many weeks, months even, the newspapers, football pundits, you name them and they’ve said it. Arsenal allowing Bakuyo Saka to reach the final year of his contract was a disgrace. The knives were out in a big way with their big headlines and big comments just […]
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Morning all. Today is the first time Arsenal have played a home fixture since the restart after the outbreak of Covid-19 forced the world into lockdown. Mikel Arteta was one one of the first footballing people to contract the virus. Thankfully for him, his family and The Arsenal, his symptoms were mild. […]
Morning all. For a period of time during Unai Emery’s short Arsenal career, it seemed like we might be on our way to leaving the ‘southern softies’ tag behind us. We had Litchsteiner, Kolasinac, Papa, Mustafi and Xhaka. Torreira too was a little tough nut and Lacazette has never really been afraid to stand up […]
Mesut Ozil and Matteo Guendouzi were again left at home again. Both have been given a chance by Mikel Arteta but it seems they’ve blown it. I admired Unai Emery when he dropped Mesut from a great height because his style of play wasn’t working for the Spaniard and now it seems as if […]
Morning all. He’s a big presence. He’s someone who doesn’t hide. He has very clear principles and values, and he puts that on the pitch every time he’s there. His commitment is excellent and he’s a really good example for the rest. But I don’t like to focus on any individual. Mikel Arteta is clearly […]
Morning all. A clean sheet and three points on the road are hard to come by for Arsenal these days so to beat Southampton at St Mary’s yesterday evening made a refreshing change. It wasn’t a great performance, but three points are three points sometimes. This was one of those times. […]
Morning all. Does this Arsenal squad, what’s left of it, have what it takes to go out there today and prove their worth? To leave their last drop of energy on the St Mary’s turf this evening and walk away with their head held high knowing there’s nothing more they could have given. Can they […]
Morning all. Some good news to kick off with. The injuries to Pablo Mari and Bernd Leno aren’t as bad as first feared. They’re bad enough and both will miss the remaining fixtures of this season but by the time we start up again for the 2020/21 campaign, we might not have to wait very […]
Morning all. I think the last couple of fixtures alone have proved than this current Arsenal squad needs changing this summer. It needs investment, it needs some quality players added to it and it needs some deadwood cleared out. Yes I know, this is not something which has suddenly become apparent, it’s been rolling on […]
Morning all. Gilles Grimandi, remember him? Of course you do. I rather liked him and if one was to try and liken him to a modern day Arsenal footballer, it would have to be Mohammed Elneny. No, not just because of the locks! Both were ‘I can play you anywhere’ kind of Arsene Wenger signings. […]
Morning all. The injury to Bernd Leno needn’t have occurred. Neal Maupay probably didn’t intend to cause serious injury to our keeper but the bloke down the pub who pushes another, probably doesn’t intend to hurt him badly either, before he falls back and hits his head on the corner of a table and ends […]
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