Morning all. Where did that four day break go? Man City losing away to Crystal Palace last night was a bit of a surprise. Or was it? Arsenal made the same trip back in February and a dubious penalty together with a goalkeeping error gifted us two first half goals which turned out to be […]
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Morning all. Last day of the Easter holiday so make the most of it and it’s going to be hot! Goals – Arsene say’s he can smell them a mile off: You smell that we can score goals. If you look at the number of goals we’ve scored now (62 from 31 league games), that’s quite […]
Morning all. Was that perfect Arsene? Perfect? You always have imperfections in any game but I feel we started with a great intensity, which is what we wanted to put them under pressure. We created some early chances after and then when we relieved the pressure they had one or two chances. Liverpool are […]
Morning all. Our desire is just to continue to win. We have built a level of confidence and are conscious that if we do certain things well, then we can win games. – Arsène Wenger This is a big one. Win and we open up a nine point gap between us and 5th place, lose […]
Morning all. The main news today is fixture changes to suit both Sky Sports and Bt Sports and there’s loads throughout the Premier League. Here’s ours: Sky Sports: Hull City v Arsenal, Mon 4 May, 8pm Arsenal v Swansea City, Mon 11 May, 8pm Manchester United v Arsenal, Sun 17 May, 4pm Arsenal v Sunderland, Wed […]
Morning all. The Sun newspaper suggests that Arsene Wenger is interested in signing young Anthony Martial from Monaco. He’s 19 years old and in his four appearances for the French cub, he’s scored three times. Young and French used to work didn’t it but unless Yaya Sanogo and Joel Campbell are heading for pastures new this summer, […]
Morning all. Arsenal can brag about having many great players in it’s squad and many have performed superbly at certain stages of our season. Alexis hit the ground running, Ozil has learned how to tackle, Ollie just loves to score these days and Danny Welbeck has added something different to the team. He may not […]
Morning all. It’s not just the big boys who have been representing their country this last week, some of the youngsters have been flying the Arsenal flag around the world too. Calum Chambers played 61 minutes and claimed an assist in England Under-21s’ 1–0 win over the Czech Republic. Serge Gnabry was a second-half substitute in […]
Morning all. Wales battered Israel 3-0 last night with Aaron Ramsey netting the first. He was on the receiving end of a strong tackle and was left hobbling. Late in the game he was substituted. Thankfully, that’s it for Wales as they have no further matches in this international break. Unlike Tomas Rosicky who played the […]
Morning all. It was only a matter of time before one of the Premier League managers would be asked his views on the new ‘home-grown’ ruling which Greg Dyke hopes to phase in over four years from 2016, and Arsene Wenger is that man: I believe that we are in the world of competition. Competition means […]
Morning all. International round up. Gabriel was an unused substitute for Brazil last night in their match against France.Ollie only played the final six minutes and Koscielny watched on from the bench. Good, a bit of a rest for all three. David Ospina played the entire match for Columbia but I don’t think he had […]
Morning all. Under 21’s central defender Semi Ajayi has joined Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season. Good move for the player as long as he plays. Internationals: Chuba Akpom played ninety minutes for England Under 20’s last night. On 78 minutes and after being upended by Mexico goalkeeper Raul Gudino […]