Morning all. England secured their place in the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday night with a 5-0 thrashing of Latvia. Yes, Latvia! Eberechi Eze scored the final goal of the game, even so, I can’t get excited about an England team/squad which has beaten Latvia, Albania, Serbia and Andorra. However, with qualification secured, hopefully […]
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Afternoon all. I’ve been slacking, I know but honestly, an international break just kills my interest in football for two weeks. There’s another one next month, thankfully the last for this year. Not that there will be much of this year left by then. Jurrien Timber and Christian Norgaard should be on their way […]
Morning all. Ruben Amorim is having a tough time at Man Utd which obviously I couldn’t give two hoots about but it’s quite amusing to see Jim Ratcliffe use Arsenal and Mikel Arteta’s initial struggles to defend his manager and justify why he needs more time. A lot more time. “Ruben needs to demonstrate […]
Afternoon guys. Arsenal’s women kick off their defence of the Champions League crown tonight with a really tough fixture against Lyon. The reigning French League Champions are in scintillating form, having won all of their four opening domestic league fixtures. Marseille were brushed aside 3-1, Saint-Etienne were defeated 2-0 before both PSG and Lens […]
Morning all. Arsenal announced yesterday that Martin Odegaard sustained a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee during the first half in Saturday’s win over West Ham United. It’s a common injury in contact sport and occurs when the knee pushed/knocked inwards, towards your other knee. In Odegaard’s case, his knee collided with […]
It’s very easy to underestimate mid-table opponents when you get used to watching such a team as dominant, technical and as talented as we currently have at Arsenal and as Olympiacos proved in midweek, fans can get a little too comfortable and complacent. West Ham fall into that category, with the greatest of respect, […]
Morning all. A 3pm kick off for Arsenal is a rare thing this season, so far anyway. I’m surprised this one against West Ham hasn’t been moved television though as West Ham have beaten us at The Emirates the last two seasons. Last time around it was Jarrod Bowen who scored the only goal of […]
Morning all. European football served up a few unexpected results this week, especially for the Premier League clubs. On Tuesday, Totts managed to salvage a draw against Bodo/Glimt after trailing 2-0, Chelsea beat Benfica 1-0 thanks to an own goal but Liverpool lost their match against Galatasaray 1-0. Both Alisson and Ekiteke picked up […]
Morning all. Are you still bathing in the reflected sunlight of that St James’s Park victory last Sunday, because I know that I am. However it was back to the bread and butter of the Champions League last night and the visit of Olympiacos. Arsenal have an interesting history with the Greek team who […]
Morning all. The news of William Saliba signing a new long term contract at Arsenal could have only been bettered had the club announced Bukayo Saka had done the same but I’m pretty sure that piece of news is just around the corner. So much for all the links to Real Madrid eh and […]
Liverpool deservedly losing at Selhurst Park, despite all of Arnie Slot’s rantings at the 4th official and of course ignored by the press, opened the door for Arsenal to close the gap and the Gunners confidently strode through that door increasing the pressure on a clearly rattled Slot. Liverpool’s huge outlay on attacking talent […]
There has been quite an extensive amount of debate recently concerning Arsenal not being adventurous enough in the attacking department, despite the fact that Arsenal pretty much camped Man City in their own half for almost the entire game last Sunday. Calafiori, our left-back, spent the majority of his time in midfield. He and Timber […]