Author Archives: rico

‘Can’t wait to get to Arsenal’ – The Unai Emery effect underway..

Morning all. Well well, shows what I know eh? Actually, it shows that perhaps all the words muttered in support of Arsene Wenger staying at the club longer were not quite as true as they were supposed to be. Aaron Ramsey, who I thought might be tempted to jump ship after the departure of the […]

Two freebies, a Swede and an Ivorian all set to become Arsenal players?

Morning guys. Typical isn’t it, Bank Holiday weekend and it’s dark, grey and pretty miserable yet just a few days ago, this weekend was forecast to be hot and sunny, with temperatures higher than the early May Bank Holiday which was freakishly tropical. It’s Champions League Final weekend too, today in fact and as much […]

Mkhitaryan wants new challenge. Gazidis and Emery steal the show with much promise.

Morning all. That’s it then. Done, dusted and move on. Not all fans will be happy with Unai Emery, well tough I say, get over it. Many of us wanted change, we’ve got it. Many of us wanted someone younger, more dynamic yet experienced, we’ve got it. He’s many other qualities too which he and […]

From rags to riches, to rags? Depressing squad change and a sad farewell…

Morning all. Unai Emery it is then. Well, according to nearly every sports outlet there is  out there. The 46 year old Spaniard announced last month that he wouldn’t be renewing his contract with French League Champions Paris Saint-Germain. I’d imagine much of the reason he and PSG came to that decision was the 6-1 […]