Morning all. The sun was shining, The Emirates Stadium filling steadily as kick off approached. David Luiz issued a final few words of wisdom as the players huddled together before Craig Pawson blew his whistle. Mikel Arteta took to his seat in the dugout for the first time at The Emirates. As head coach I […]
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Morning all. A big game, a big test. Frank Lampard v Mikel Arteta in the battle of the young Premier League managers who once played for the clubs they now manage, or coach for the pedantic amongst us. Not so long ago they were squaring up on the pitch, today they’ll be barking orders […]
Morning all. A tough fixture tomorrow afternoon against Chelsea, a team playing better away from home than they are at Stamford Bridge, or at least their results suggest that’s the case. I’m looking forward to the game, seeing how two young managers, both ex players returning to the club they played for, battle it out […]
Morning all. Negative headlines, negative comments around the internet or on the back pages can all take a hike as far as I’m concerned because I think they are unwarranted. Ok, we didn’t make the most of our possession and scoring opportunities, our crosses were poor too but the areas of improvement Mikel Arteta and […]
Morning all. Just a short one this Boxing Day morning ahead of the first game for new head coach Mikel Arteta. Shame the match isn’t at The Emirates but we’ve already played that one against Bournemouth. We won 1-0 thanks to an early header from David Luiz off of a Pepe corner but the performance […]
Morning guys and gals. A little ‘funny’ for you all this morning which I stole off of the internet. My apologies in advance for the language… Christmas Dinner…. I have concluded that the inevitable stress of Christmas dinner is created by adverts, supermarkets and TV chefs. It’s a Sunday lunch for goodness sake!!! We do it […]
Morning all. It’s Christmas Eve, one more sleep and by the time you wake, the big fella will have done the one job he has to do all year. Deliver your gifts. The ideal job for Mesut Ozil….. Mikel Arteta has spoken to the media in his first pre match press conference and here’s […]
Morning all. The Premier League produced a couple of crackers yesterday. First up was Watford beating Man Utd followed by Chelsea battering Toots. I didn’t see the first fixture but apparently de Gea had a stinker, the second match though had everything. Good and bad. Chelsea were excellent I thought which proves that a big […]
Morning all. Not much to say about the game itself because if anyone was expecting us to play a very different game to the last few months then they’ll probably also be expecting Father Christmas to bring two central defenders, two left backs, a right back, central defensive midfielder and a partridge in a pear […]
Morning all. So that’s it then, done and dusted. Mikel Arteta is our head coach for the next three and a half years. Whilst the focus is bound to be around what the Spaniard will bring to Arsenal, the changes he’ll make, his philosophy etc etc, I just want to mention Raul Sanllehi and Edu […]
Morning all. Much has been made of the way Arsenal have gone about trying to entice Mikel Arteta away from Man City. All sorts of big words have been used to condemn our behaviour but I just can’t see Arsenal not doing things right. No official statement of complaint has been made by City, in […]
Morning all. I write this based on Mikel Arteta being appointed head coach at Arsenal which is widely expected to be confirmed over the next day or so. Of course, this is Arsenal so nothing is certain until it’s officially announced by the the club. I know, you’ve seen this already but I don’t care, […]