Author Archives: rico

The price of a cross….

Morning all. I watched the FA Cup match between Chelsea and Man Utd last night. Sarri is seriously struggling to get his multimillion pound team firing. Defensively they look disorganised, their midfield wasn’t exactly what you’d expect to see and up front, they were pretty toothless. I wasn’t overly impressed with Utd either really, apart […]

Arsenal’s next signing could be crucial but which one do they go for?

Morning all. Sven Mislintat is off this month, he could already be gone. I’ve no idea for sure. His appointment was generally well received I think, our hope to success by spotting players who were cheap, but were expected to come good, really good. For whatever reason only he and the club know for sure, […]

Özil winning the mind games?

Morning all. ‘When you start supporting a football club, you don’t support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong.’ Mesut Ozil on Twitter. Many, not all I know, support any football club because they’re born into it. […]

No Özil, no Ramsey but no problem surely?

Morning guys. Mesut Ozil hasn’t travelled to Belerus which has sparked another social media outcry. Hang on though, he’s been sick according to Unai Emery, with the same bug which kept Aubameyang out of the team at the weekend. Trouble is, we cynics are exactly that aren’t we, cynical. A one off omission through sickness […]

Do Arsenal just lack a bit of understanding?

Morning guys. Alex Iwobi, perhaps the current Mr Marmite, the Theo Walcott of 2019, a player who frustrates me that’s for sure. He’ll pick the ball up, drives forward, goes passed a few players and then it’s crunch time. What he does next is crucial to attacking move. He stops, thinks and then the moment […]