Chelsea squeezed past ten man Benfica last night in the Champions League, good for them I say and good for us! Their next fixture in the competition is against Barcelona in the semi-final. Two legs of course and I think I’m right in saying that our league fixture sits the weekend between the two fixtures. […]
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We are all fed up with dissecting the QPR game, whether Wenger should have played Ramsey on the left, the players should wear longer studs and less colourful boots and of course the, why does Chamakh even make the bench… It’s boring isn’t it? Then of course there is all the gossip from the Red […]
If Marouane Chamakh had plans on staying at Arsenal after this season ends, he’s probably just blown them! We all know Wenger does not put up with bad behaviour off the pitch and no doubt when he see’s this photograph, captured by The Daily Mail, he’ll be told to find himself another club, sharpish! Couldn’t […]
Fans favourite, Yann M’Vila has made it clear he wants to join Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, talking to Canal+ he had this to say: Inter, Arsenal, Real … I will take the fun everywhere! These are great clubs. If the coach calls you and tells you he wants you to make you play, especially a […]
Let’s start with the team selection: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Ramsey, Walcott, Van Persie. Substitutes: Fabianski, Djourou, Santos, Benayoun, Gervinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh. Arsenal kicked off with Mike Dean refereeing the game, both teams made their intention clear from the start. The home team were clearly trying to impose an ‘in your […]
Quick word on todays opponent QPR: It’s four points from a possible 21 for Mark Hughes’ men. QPR’s 1-0 win over Chelsea represents their only win in five London Premier League derbies this term. The R’s are without a clean sheet in 21 Premier League matches. They have conceded 39 goals since then, including seven […]
Kieran Gibbs believes Theo Walcott is the best winger in England. For me, yes he is, put it this way, I would not like to be coming up against him. Right now, Theo is playing the best football he ever has in an Arsenal shirt, his crossing is certainly better and he’s even getting a […]
Arsenal are entering that period of the season, when difficult decisions are being made on the futures of many fringe players. I don’t mean the likes of Sebastian Squillaci, Nicklas Bendtner, Manuel Almunia, Denilson, Carlos Vela and Lukasz Fabianski as it seems fairly certain that most, if not all of the above, will be leaving […]
Just a few titbits because we all love them: The Sun have a fab story, not too far off being believable too. The paper suggests we aren’t going to hang around when the season closes in relation to our summer transfers. Lukas Podolski could be announced this week and then Jan Vertonghen, Montpellier’s Olivier Giroud […]
With the success of a fully fit Robin Van Persie and Tomas Rosicky in mind, it would be excellent if we could enjoy a treble this season… That is, to witness a fully fit Abou Diaby firing on all cylinders and contributing to the team effort in attaining 3rd spot. Hopefully both Abou and Francis […]
Paul Tomkins “Pay as you Play” 2010. www.tramsferpriceindex.com Current Transfer Price Purchase Price (CTPP) is roughly defined as all transfer prices from 1992 to 2010 are “equalized” to 2010 price, adjusted for inflation. You all will have to read Tomkins’ book to get a more detailed explanation. Other player transfer fees are obtained from www.transfermarket.co.uk; […]
I didn’t watch the game live, had to wait for Football First later on in the day but Matt Le Tissier was covering our match on Sky Sports and he made me chuckle, he usually does. He said that our goal keeper had absolutely nothing to do in the first half, which made me wonder […]