Over the 40 odd years that I’ve been an Arsenal fan, I have enjoyed and suffered many ups and downs but one of the most enjoyable ups has been witnessing the development and success of home-grown talent. I’ve always got a ‘kick’ out of seeing one of ‘our own boys’ make the grade, it’s an […]
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Transfer news is still rife at the Arsenal, what with Wenger and Gazidis both saying that we will be very busy in the window this summer. Supporters are getting all excited still believing that finally Arsenal are going to take the EPL seriously next season. Both men have mentioned how poor we were in the […]
It all gets going: 13th July our new season gets under way, it all begins in Malaysia, our first pre-season fixture. Three days later we play Hangzhou Greentown. Then we are off to Germany to play ‘The Billy Goats’, aka FC Cologne on the 23rd July before returning home to host The Emirates Cup which […]
Big Sol has been talking about who he thinks Arsene Wenger needs to sign he said: He’s definitely got to get a goalkeeper and get someone in the back line. The centre-backs at the club are good footballers. It’s just transferring that into consistency, every game demands different things from each player. So he might […]
Going on from Steve’s post yesterday about what goes on in the coaching department at our club, there is one thing that really narks me about how we play.. The opposition get a corner, every man and his dog is back defending and I mean every player. Robin, Theo and Nikki all go back to […]
While things are relatively quiet and before the big news were all expecting is announced, I wanted to run this past you to see if this make sense to you all? I have been thinking quite a lot about our football team and have tried to look at as many angles as I can, hoping […]
Young Guns reported yesterday that two of our youngsters could be staying out on loan again next season. Levante is the club that wants the services of both Wellington Silva and Pedro Botelho. For Wellington it will be a second spell with the club but it would be Botelho’s first stint at the Spanish outfit. […]
It is very clear we had some shortcomings and in this close season we are going to see some turnover of players. Some new signings will be coming in and some of our existing squad will be going out. As Arsène has said, it will be a busy close season for the Club. Those are […]
This summer is as far as I know, the first time this name has been linked with Arsenal.. Emmanuel Rivière is 21 years old and currently plays for French club AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1. He’s described a s being a main striker BUT can also play on either wing! He’s played through the age […]
Well, are you?? Bored with reading about the players we are linked to? The players who are supposed to be leaving? The lack of activity in the current Transfer Window? Reading that we lost out to X, Y and Z? Yep, so am I – but talking about who we are linked with, the latest […]
Sports Nutrition This is a pretty tall order that I have been persuaded to do by you guys, but I’ll do my best 😉 My background is reading nutrition from the age of 19 to answer why my Dad was hit by a massive heart attack & died far too young for an ex-gifted athlete. […]
With all the media and the blog world going crazy at the moment, its amazing how supporters are getting more and more frustrated with the lack of news coming through from the club. I can sense the urgency coming from supporters, many I’m sure are season ticket holders, all waiting for news of who they […]