Author Archives: rico

Chasing momentum or rainbows and pavements? Sanogo lights up the Championship…

Morning all. I’m still in shock! Yaya Sanogo scored a hat-trick yesterday for Charlton. Thank goodness my local team Reading scored four. There’s no way I could have dealt with the stick from my family had his three goals won the game. Oh and don’t believe Micko when he say’s his Granny could score against […]

Good news on Oxlade-Chamberlain. This is the period where Arsenal will show their quality…

Morning all. The clubs around us at the top of the table barring Leicester, have enjoyed a good week in Europe, with all winning their fixtures comprehensively to progress further in their respective competition. None though faced an opposition in the class of Barcelona so as much as the media want to ‘big up’ their […]

Was Arsene Wenger right to publicly criticise his players?

Morning all. No doubt we Arsenal fans will continue to be critical of Arsene Wenger after our loss to Barcelona a couple of nights ago. The lack of top quality players signed over the years, the tactics deployed in the league and Europe and perhaps the strongest of all criticism surrounds the players the club have […]

The Gunners are a European staple. Yet we always fire a blank…

Morning all. It’s been a grand total of 18 consecutive seasons for Arsenal in the Champions League; a British record. Arsenal surpass the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United convincingly and are a staple in the competition like Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich. Unfortunately, that’s where the comparisons end. We have never done it. […]

High flying Hull have bigger fish to fry, so do Arsenal but Merse predicts a 3-0 romp…

Morning all. Good old Paul Merson, footballer turned pundit, well, he talks a lot for and on Sky Sports but I’m sure he means well. Just like football fans, he and the sports panel predict the outcome of the matches each weekend and to be honest, they’re not often very successful. Last weekend was probably […]

Koscielny in, Gabriel out and bigging up Danny boy…

Morning all. Arsene Wenger has held his press conference ahead of tomorrow and the main points are: Laurent Koscielny will be available for Hull Gabriel will be out for another week Jack Wilshere will return in three or four weeks David Ospina will start against the Tigers, as could Mohamed Elneny Jack Wilshere is still […]

Who should get the captains armband, Petr Cech or Jack Wilshere?

Morning all. Rumours are flying around which suggest that when the new season kicks off, Petr Cech will be wearing the captains armband and I’m not surprised. Mikel Arteta is being heavily tipped to retire from playing in the summer to take up a coaching role and it’s unlikely that Per Mertesacker will be a […]

Arsenal defender all but ends his Arsenal career. Striker flying in to sign for Arsenal today.

Morning all. What is it about footballers who after losing their place in the side when someone else is performing better, they lose the will to fight for their place. Whatever happened to the fighting spirit, the will to win and the ‘I’ll show you that you are wrong attitude’? And when did a footballer […]