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 […]
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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 […]
Morning all. Emmanuel Petit has been talking about his old manager, Arsene Wenger: For me, he is a visionary and someone who is very pragmatic. He leaves nothing to chance, he calculates everything. He approaches the job in a very professorial manger, almost scientific and that is of course very paradoxical for someone who didn’t want […]
Morning all.. Day two of the boring break, however, there is a bit of Arsenal news…. Olivier Giroud has been nominated for the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month award for March. Our big Frenchman has had a pretty good time recently hasn’t he, scoring six goals in the same amount of matches, including a goal […]
Morning all. Funny old Sunday wasn’t it. Chelsea burst into. 2-0 lead, Hull City drew level and then the away team grabbed a late winner. Shame.. Before that game, Gerrard waved goodbye to his last battle against Utd with a red card and then suffered as his side lost at home to one of their […]
I was very pleased with the resilience because it shows qualities that are important such as solidarity. Arsène Wenger In a game of two halves, Arsenal emerged victorious 2-1 but the game was far from the relatively easy nature that some people would have you believe with the pre-match hype about how we were going to […]
Morning all. Karim Bellarabi is making the headlines today and according to The Metro, Arsene Wenger wants to sign the German winger in the summer. A proper winger at last? Goodie! He’s 6′ tall and plays for Bayer Leverkusen. Emiliano Martinez has joined Rotherham United on an emergency loan until the end of the season which […]
Morning all. Happy birthday to Paul Merson who is 47 years old today. The BBC are showing the FA Cup semi-final between Reading and Arsenal on the 18th April and on the same day, pretty much the same time, Sky sports are showing the Premier League clash between Man Utd and Chelsea…. Whatever happened to the […]