by rico | Monday, October 7, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Don’t you just Sunday football every now and again? Two bore draws played out, the first at Villa Park as the home team were held to a 0-0 draw against Man Utd and then Chelsea only managed to take a point from their home game against Nottingham...
by rico | Sunday, October 6, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. When the starting eleven was announced, I’m sure many of us were scratching our heads but, we moan when Mikel Arteta doesn’t rotate so we can’t really grumble when he does. Neither Ben White or Jurrien Timber were in the squad so Thomas Partey dropped...
by rico | Saturday, October 5, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Arsenal welcome Southampton to The Emirates this afternoon with Aaron Ramsdale on board and I’m sure he’ll receive a very warm welcome. Our old keeper was one of 25 new signings for Southampton back in the summer. 25 players moved on too so it’s no wonder...
by rico | Friday, October 4, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Ouch! That’s Maldini Kacurri challenging Raheem Sterling in training. No holding back eh but I’m sure no one was harmed whilst taking this photo. Lol Still no sign of Ben White in the training photographs, nor Oleksandr Zinchenko or Jurrien Timber....
by rico | Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Wow! That was one heck of a performance from Mikel Arteta and his players. Professional too which sounds crazy considering it’s a professional game but it was. A first half with two goals and other opportunities to make it 3 or 4-0 and then when PSG upped...
by rico | Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Here’s a factoid for you from Alan ‘Smudger’ Smith ahead of our Champions League fixture against PSG this evening. Back in 1993/94, Arsenal played the same opposition in France in the Cup Winners Cup semi-final. Arsenal were 1-0 at half-time thanks to an...