Morning all. Leeds v Arsenal is just one of two Premier League fixtures taking place today. Leeds have a glut of injuries to contend with and go into this game with a 7-0 thrashing by Man City still in their minds. Manager Marcelo Bielsa will want a response from his players, whilst Mikel Arteta will be hoping […]
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Morning all. Five of this weekend Premier League fixtures have been postponed because of Covid. Leeds v Arsenal tomorrow evening isn’t one of them and neither is the only 3pm fixture of the day, Aston Villa v Burnley. On Sunday, Wolves take on Chelsea, Newcastle play Man City and then the late afternoon game sees […]
Morning all. This group of Arsenal players really do confuse me. One minute they go all soft and shaky, losing against average teams like Everton and Man Utd and then they go and put in a performance like they did last night against what is a very good West Ham team. If the performance level […]
Morning all. A big fat wow from me to kick off with. Arsenal have shown a ruthless streak in the way they’ve dealt with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and they get my backing 100%. Aubameyang has been stripped of the captaincy and he’s not in the squad for tonight’s match. He joins a long list of pretty […]
Morning all. West Ham have hit a dip in form with just one win in their last five league games. Having looked likely to go on and cement that 4th place this season, the door has been kicked open. Arsenal, Man Utd, Toots, who have two games in hand, can overtake the Hammers this week. If […]
Morning all. Unsurprisingly, the pre-match talk was about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who was missing from the squad. I assumed he’d picked up an injury in training but no, he was absent through punishment. Mikel Arteta said the striker was dropped because of a “disciplinary breach”. I think we have been very consistent, that we have certain non-negotiables […]
Morning all. Southampton come to The Emirates today with Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal players in dire need of a strong performance coupled with a win. The south coast club, like both Everton and Man Utd, have been struggling to find any consistency this season. 16 points from 17 fixtures is not good by a […]
Morning all. Do you get the feeling there’s a battle going on within Arsenal? Mikel Arteta v the players, or at least some of them? A minority of them perhaps but as we’ve all seen and not only at Arsenal, once a manager loses the support of his players, there’s usually no way back for […]
Morning all. The FA Cup draw had kind of passed me by but we’ve been drawn against Nottingham Forest, the club which knocked us out of the competition back in 2018. The tie will take place over the weekend of the 7th-9th of January 2022. Having seen the way things are going in the League, […]
Morning all. Yes, Ben Godfrey should have been sent off for stamp on Takehiro Tomiyasu’s face alone but let’s not use that as excuse for being beaten. Everton had the ball in the net before we took the lead and after, but both were ruled offside, the second by the smallest of margins. Smallest of […]
Morning all. Arsenal’s women didn’t turn up at Wembley yesterday and were battered by Chelsea in what was last year’s FA Cup Final. 3-0 was the final score but it could so easily have been double that and by halftime. A bad day at the office that’s for sure. Arsenal take on Everton tonight and […]
Morning all. I love Thierry Henry for all he did for Arsenal football club. He’s probably one of the best players the Premier League has ever seen, the best Arsenal ever signed. But sometimes, I just wish he’d keep his opinions to himself because honestly, I think they can do more harm than good. Why […]