Morning all. There was a nasty moment early in the game when Mitrovic raked his studs down Lacazette’s ankle/Achilles. The BT Sport commentator alongside Robbie Savage seemed to find the incident amusing whilst regurgitating a story from Michael Owen about how strikers used to ‘leave something on a player’ to let them know they were […]
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Morning all. What a ghastly day yesterday was. There’s three elements of weather I really don’t like and all three came together to make a pretty nasty old day. The wind, rain and cold. Still, James Patterson and a log burner kept me company. Had to feel sorry for our players yesterday though as they […]
Morning all. Ask yourself one question. Do you think Unai Emery is happy with what he’s watching from the touchline? My answer is no, of course he’s not. Ok, ask another. Is he seeing the positives he and his coaching staff are having on certain players and the team in general? My answer is yes. […]
Morning all. When Sokratis Papastathopoulos opened the scoring within the first five minutes of the game, I thought we’d go on to dominate the game and win at a canter but it didn’t quite go that way. Qarabag were a poor side but even so, they gave it a go and we let them roll […]
Morning all. Tonight we take on Quarabag at 5:55pm. There’s no Aubameyang, Ramsey or Mkhitaryan in the travelling squad. Ramsey’s wife is due to give birth at anytime apparently so he asked to remain in London, Aubameyang hasn’t felt very well and Mkhitaryan, well we all know why he hasn’t travelled. Apart from the walking […]
Morning all. Henrikh Mkhitaryan has decided against travelling to Azerbaijan for tomorrow’s Europa League fixture against Quarabag FK, just as he did back in 2015 when his old team Borussia Dortmund were drawn against Gabala FK. The people of Armenian are banned from entering Azerbaijan but the country does make exceptions when it comes to […]
Morning all. You probably gathered over the weekend that I love golf, especially The Ryder Cup. The Solheim Cup too as there’s something special I’ve always thought, about a group of men/women who for most of the year are battling it out against each other to be number one, to then group together for just […]
Morning all. Poor old Petr Cech has taken some criticism this season. Not so much for his shot stopping, but for his footwork which at times has been quite comical. Not sure I’d have used that expression had his continual gaffs had led to us conceding goals though. Other than that though, I thought he […]
Morning all. It’s fair to say that Arsenal had been sat in a comfort zone for a while and we weren’t growing. From the top to the bottom, everything was too casual. Or that’s certainly how it seemed for a long while. But not now. Even when we’re playing poorly or are under the cosh, […]
Morning all. Well did you pretty much sit in front of the television yesterday, watching the Ryder Cup? Yes? Lazy devils. I did my ironing whilst watching the mornings play but in the afternoon, it was just me and the woofa watching Europe fight back. Some of the guys in the galleries made me laugh […]
Morning all. The Aaron Ramsey story is in my opinion being blown out of all proportion. On his day he can be very good but those days are few and far between. A bit like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain when he was at the club. On paper, losing both appears a bad situation, a bad move by […]
Morning all. Watching the team play via an App on an iPad isn’t the best but it’s better than nothing, even if the constant buffering meant I missed bits of the match. Sadly though, there was no buffering when Leno dropped a clanger which nearly ended up with us going behind. The match had barely […]