Morning all. No Premier League results fell in our favour yesterday. How on earth did Brighton allow themselves to lose against Totts in the 97th minute – and there was me thinking De Zerbi was the next best thing since managerial sliced bread. Burnley and Everton put up a good fight in their games against […]
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Morning all. The International Football Association Board [IFAB] will publish the detailed protocols for sin-bin trials in professional football later today. The IFAB is expected to include a provision for blue cards. During the trials, referees will have the power to send players off for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls. Two blue cards […]
Morning all. He’s our manager, he lives on the pitch with us. He lives every ball with us and when you have that and you see what he transmits from the sidelines to the pitch, it gives you so much confidence as a player. We’re really grateful we have him as our manager. – […]
Morning all. Imagine you’re Mauricio Pochettino, going into work each day wondering whether or not the rumours are true. The only reason you’re still employed by Chelsea is because the club cannot afford to sack you. Yep, that’s the story in the newspapers, Chelsea are so close to breaching the FFP rules, paying off Poch […]
Morning all. Other than missing too many golden opportunities to score and the mass confusion at the back which gifted Liverpool an equaliser, I thought Arsenal were superb. The football pundits, writers, you name it – they will all try and tell us that Liverpool were poor but even if they were, that was because […]
Morning all. Feeling lucky? I’m not, not when it comes to this being Klopp’s final trip to The Emirates and all the luck he’s likely to bring with him. Will the officials be fair? I doubt it, will Liverpool be up for the fight? You bet they will. Will this group of Arsenal players […]
Morning all. Arsenal have announced that the club and Sobha Realty (pronounced: Sho-ba) have today announced a new long-term vision for their partnership which sees the Dubai-based luxury real estate developer become the club’s first ever training ground naming rights partner. From today, the training ground will be known as Sobha Realty Training Centre. […]
Morning all. It’s transfer deadline day today after what’s been an unusually quiet month. FFP has finally sprung into action and after the charges brought against Forest and Everton, it seems clubs have being doing their financial maths like never before. It’s about time too as why have rules if they’re not going to be […]
Morning all. How good was it to see Emile Smith Rowe back in the starting eleven? Even better was that he left the pitch for reasons other than injury. We talk about the return of Thomas Partey and the eventual return of Jurrien Timber but Smith Rowe is equally as important. Mikel Arteta on Smith […]
Morning all. As expected, Mikel Arteta was asked about the Barcelona rumours during his press conference. His reply shocked no one I’m sure. Is he leaving? Who, me? No, that’s totally fake news. What you read yesterday, I don’t know where it’s coming from. It’s totally untrue and I’m really upset about it. I […]
Morning all. Arsenal’s women battered Liverpool yesterday afternoon at their place. When any Arsenal team beat that lot it’s a reason to be happy in my opinion. Vivianne Miedema scored her first goal since returning from a long spell out injured and what a goal it was too. Admittedly, her shot from distance took a […]
Morning all. I must have missed the big announcement from Arsenal about a new partnership with MG Motor UK. “It’s a “multi-year partnership that will see the UK car manufacturer become the club’s Official Automotive Partner. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, MG will support Arsenal’s men’s and women’s teams, and supporters will see their […]