Morning all. Mikel Arteta got his hands on a trophy a couple of nights ago as he was awarded Best Coach – Premier League award at the KAFD Globe Soccer Awards Europe. He jetted off to Sardinia to collect his prize at the inaugural European edition of the awards, held since 2010 by the […]
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Morning all. Here is an extract from an article written by Jame McNicholas of The Athletic in amongst what I think is a really good write up on Arsenal’s season just gone by. There was joy at Christmas as Arsenal sat top of the Premier League… Any joy was short-lived, though. Between Christmas and New […]
Afternoon guys. There’s a new Champions League format next season. Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool and Aston Villa will be amongst 36 clubs involved in the competition instead of playing three teams twice in a group, each club will now will face eight different opponents within a league instead of a group. The league phase will […]
Morning all. Everybody wants the same thing: to win titles,” he tells Arsenal.com. “The team needs to be together if we are to achieve that in future. Everyone has that same mentality, and we are all determined for it. That’s the way to go forward. It comes from everyone, not just the players. Togetherness means […]
Morning all. Fabrizio Romano, often not far from transfer rumours which actually have an element of truth to them. Well, yesterday he told JD Football channel on YouTube that Thomas Partey will be leaving Arsenal this summer. Thomas [Partey] will leave, Jorginho has extended. There are several players they have on the list (as potential […]
Morning all. This was Arsenal’s 2023/24 25-player squad (* homegrown) Gabriel Martinelli* David Raya* Ben White* Bukayo Saka* William Saliba* Emile Smith Rowe* Declan Rice* Reiss Nelson* Eddie Nketiah* Aaron Ramsdale* James Hillson* Gabriel Jesus Kai Havertz Jorginho Jakub Kiwior Gabriel Magalhaes Martin Odegaard Thomas Partey Jurrien Timber Takehiro Tomiyasu Leandro Trossard Fabio Vieira Oleksandr […]
Morning all. Fed up with transfer rumours already? No, me neither.. The Europa League final passed me by last night as it wasn’t until this morning I realised it’d taken place. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen had gone through the season unbeaten but Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman ruined their night by scoring a hat-trick. I must admit […]
Morning all. According to The Times, VAR officials are set to be told to intervene in Premier League matches only when a referee is “clearly wrong” next season among a number of changes intended to speed up the controversial system and ensure interference only for unarguable errors. I thought that’s what they were already meant […]
Morning all. Arsenal beat Everton yesterday afternoon thanks to goals from Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kai Havertz. I must admit to being very surprised when Michael Oliver, having been advised to check the pitch side monitor, allowed our winning goal because Gabriel Jesus definitely controlled the ball with his arm. The win wasn’t enough though as […]
Morning all. Arsenal’s women signed off their season with a 5-0 thrashing of Brighton. Vivianne Miedema scored her last ever Arsenal goal, Alessia Russo scored twice, Frida Maanum scored another with an Brighton own goal adding to our tally. Arsenal finished the season third behind Chelsea and Man City so there’s a lot of work […]
Morning all. Tomorrow is about finals. The final Premier League fixtures of the 2023/24 season, the final time Jurgen Klopp will manage Liverpool and the final time David Moyes will manage a West Ham fixture. It’s also the final opportunity for one club to draw or defeat Manchester City. Wouldn’t it be something special for […]
Morning all. On the 6th June, Premier League clubs will vote on whether or not VAR should be scrapped for next season. This is a weird one in my opinion because technology isn’t the problem but the way it’s used is. We live in a technological world these days and I feel ditching VAR would […]