Morning all. Isn’t that what football is about, building the right squad with the funds a manager has at his disposal? Not every player has to cost the kind of fees the likes of City, Utd and Chelsea pay. Sometimes a club has to go for an alternative, perhaps someone younger, or simply cheaper […]
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Morning all. It’s been quite a couple of weeks for Arsenal. A thumping of Leeds, a trip to Italy, to chasing shadows against Manchester City. Another trip, this time to Greece where in a very tough game, we secured our place in the last 16 of the Europa Cup and then a long journey to […]
Morning all. Leicester City v Arsenal. A six pointer. Ok, I jest but if we can muster up a win, we’ll be three points closer to the top six and a Europa League finish. Arsenal have Rob Holding out for this one but that’s all. Leicester City however have a lot of players out through […]
Morning all. What a great tie for us, a chance to make amends for last season’s exit. Of course Olympiacos won’t be easy to beat because no team is at this stage of the competition. The tie of the round has to be AC Milan v Man Utd, especially for all the other clubs left […]
Morning all. I’d be a hypocrite if I rambled on about that Arsenal performance yesterday evening as I’d already said that as long as Arsenal won, little else mattered. However, apart from a few special passes from Saka and three well taken goals, Arsenal’s performance wasn’t the best. If Dani Ceballos is desperate to stay […]
Morning all. Here we are then, our season pretty much rests on this competition and the aim for tonight is simple, don’t concede a goal. No giving away stupid fouls in dangerous areas, no penalties and no suicidal back passes, or any kind of pass which puts the defence or Leno under pressure. Tonight is […]
Morning all. Has an Arsenal game ever become this big? Of course, a match in Paris was once huge. Winning the Champions League would have been no more than Arsene Wenger deserved but the odd thing about that final is that Arsenal reached it after the Invincible squad had began to breakup. To this day […]
When the final whistle sounded yesterday evening at the Emirates Stadium I asked myself a question. How many Arsenal players currently would get into the Manchester City squad? Not the team, the squad, and I could only think of Saka, Partey, Tierney, Gabriel, Leno and possibly Smith Rowe. That’s it, that’s how much work I […]
Morning all. No one expects us to win today, apart from the most optimistic of Arsenal fans and possibly Mikel Arteta and the players. I usually have a ‘play the strongest team on the day’ view but I’m not so sure today, not with such a big game in a few days time. It must […]
Morning all. In the words of Jeorge Bird over at Arsenal Youth, “were it not for the exploits of Arsenal goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, who made some fantastic saves in the second half”, the Arsenal under 23’s would have been beaten by a much greater score line than the 2-0 defeat they suffered. So who is […]
Morning all. When a striker misses what for him is a sitter, it’s human nature to think someone else would have taken the chance to open the scoring. If Eddie missed one, Pepe would have scored it, had Pepe missed a sitter, Lacazette would have buried it and if Lacazette missed his, of course, Aubameyang […]
Morning all. What do I know about Benfica? Nothing other than they’re a Portuguese Premier League club sat 4th place in the table. They came runners up to Rangers in their Europa League group having won three and drawn three of their fixtures. The last time the two clubs met was donkeys years ago and […]