Morning all. Short post this morning just to refresh the page.. The time wasting saga rumbles on after last weekend’s matches. Sky Sports have done a breakdown of who got booked and after how long. The range is from around 4 seconds to Arsenal’s 23, or rather, Tomiyasu’s 8 seconds. I’d imagine circumstances play a […]
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Morning all. David Coote had a night to forget. Firstly, he booked the wrong Arsenal player for taking too long on a throw in and secondly, he was conned by Ayew before sending off Tomiyasu. An easy solution to errors like these is a VAR review but for now, that’s not an option. Aside […]
Morning all. Can you believe that it’s 13 years ago today that Highbury House was born. The best present would have been England’s women lifting the World Cup but it wasn’t to be. What they achieved though was pretty special although it’ll take a while for them to realise that. Right now they’ll be hurting […]
Morning all. It’s World Cup Final day with England taking on Spain. I worry as so much fuss has been made about 1966 and the chance to do what hasn’t been done since then. I dread to think of the negativity in the news tomorrow should England be beaten. Spain are favourites apparently but I’m […]
Morning all. Arsenal played a behind closed doors friendly fixture against Luton yesterday. They won the match 3-0 with David Raya in goal and Leandro Trossard on the scoresheet twice. I don’t know who else played or for how long but a friendly is more beneficial to players better than a training session in my […]
Morning all. Arsenal have finally confirmed the arrival of David Raya, a signing which is getting mixed opinions on in the media. I even read that Aaron Ramsdale could now be sold which is probably one of the most bizarre transfer rumours of the summer. Arsenal need two very good goalkeepers and that’s exactly what […]
Morning all. Speculation is rife that Jurrien Timber’s knee injury is serious and he could miss much of this season. The update on Arsenal’s official website doesn’t confirm this but the player will undergo more tests before deciding on what happens next. It’s rotten for him, the club and the rest of the players. Arsenal […]
Afternoon all. A game of two halves it seemed but thanks to goals from Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka, we finished off with three points which is what matters most. The first half was good, the second, not so much but we’ll get better I’m sure. Thomas Partey, instrumental in everything which had been good […]
Morning all. It’s Saturday 12th August, it’s Arsenal v Nottingham Forest, our opening fixture of the new season. A season which could be wide open as far as both the title and top four goes. Arsenal’s transfer business has been very good but other clubs have strengthened well too. Chelsea have spent another vast amount […]
Nuno Tavares, Flo Balogun, Cedric Soares, Sambi Lokonga, Jorginho and Mo Elneny are back in Arsenal training although goodness knows for how long as out of the six, four are reported to be heading off somewhere else very soon. Charlie Patino has already left on loan which is good news I think. The only player […]
Time wasting, unsporting behaviour like we saw from Martinez at the World Cup, players surrounding the officials in objection to a decision – players kicking the ball away after a free kick has been awarded against them and/or preventing a free kick from being taken by standing too close to the ball etc. Simple things, […]
Morning all. Weird new rules. Kicking the ball away after a free kick is awarded, if a booking but a cynical foul to stop an attack, is not. Mikel Arteta waving an imaginary yellow card was also worthy of a booking and that’s the way it’s going to be this season. We can expect a […]