I feel a tad sorry for our manager and before you think I’m going soft on him, I’m not – he has played his part in all that is going wrong right now but I bet he didn’t think for one minute that so many players would let him down in Italy. They aren’t young […]
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Usually, even in defeat you can take some positives out of a game, just a crumb of comfort. Sometimes it can be just one players performance for example that can soften the blow, but after a European club record defeat like this yesterdays by a huge 4 goals, there is nothing that any of us […]
Champions League returns for us tonight and we are up against AC Milan in the first leg of this knockout competition fixture. Here is the squad that is ready for the tough test ahead in a hostile San Siro: Wojciech Szczesny Lukasz Fabianski Thierry Henry Robin van Persie Yossi Benayoun Andrey Arshavin Theo Walcott Aaron […]
The next ‘I want to return to my home club’ player has agreed terms on a professional contract, oh whoopee we all say, another 17-year-old on a good salary and he’s not even played for the first team… How much is he now on a week, £30K? more? Less? I don’t know, but what I think we […]
Stephane Sessegnon is the latest player linked to us, whether it has legs or whether it’s surfaced as we have just played Sunderland, I don’t know but already the player has denied that he is interested in a move – now! Of course he would, the transfer window is shut, he has no choice but […]
If reports are to be believed, it would seem Usmanov may have reached or attained the 30% shareholding necessary to get his nose in the door.. I’m not 100% sure exactly what attaining that percentage will automatically entitle him to but the one thing will be access to the clubs accounts which could really rattle […]
Arshavin, Ramsey & Henry – well well well…. When was the last time that Arsene Wenger made three substitutions and each one made a difference? No idea is my answer but yesterday each one did, they changed the game. Ramsey wasn’t on long before his shot from distance battered both posts and landed in the […]
Didn’t take too long did it for Robin to squash the story in the Marca newspaper yesterday about him wanting to move to Real Madrid in the summer. In a short and sweet tweet he said: Contrary to reports in Spain I have NEVER spoken to Marca newspaper and never gave any interview. Enjoy your […]
After reports yesterday confirmed that Nicklas Bendtner will have a day in court for causing damage to five motor vehicles a few months back, if his career wasn’t already over with us, surely it is now? I know we should all follow the golden rule of innocent until proven guilty but, I can’t see Wenger […]
Well well, what a goings on in the world of football yesterday, first up was ‘Arry who was set free from court by a group of Spurs fans men and women of the jury and then next up the England manager Fabio Capello resigns over the John Terry affair! Actually, it didn’t involve an affair […]
There have been quite mixed rewards afforded to Arsenal over the seasons gone by from the policy of loaning out players. Arsenal do this for many reasons, mostly financial but there is a two-fold benefit that I think the club usually hope for. That is, the benefit of our young players gaining experience and making […]
So it’s not only me who thinks highly of Theo Walcott, our captain loves him…. I love him, I honestly love him, I don’t understand the criticism. On Saturday he gave three very clear assists, two for me and one for Alex. He was sharp, he was playing fantastically and, like anyone, he misses chances. […]