Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs

As far as ‘bad days’ go, that was a bad one…

Good morning. What matters isn’t how well you play when you’re playing well. What matters is how well you play when you’re playing badly.   Martina Navratilova. Martina Navratilova, one of the greatest sportswomen ever, didn’t do bad very often during her prime but even when she appeared to be having an off day, she […]

Plenty to prove, much to gain. VAR let down by its user..

Good morning. VAR was in use at Wembley yesterday. Anthony Taylor had a chance to prove its benefits before its introduction to the league next season but he blew it big time. If he couldn’t see Kyle Walker’s headbutt on Alireza Jahanbakhsh deserved a straight red card then what hope do we have? Brighton should […]

A break, but it’s not a break. A rest then, but they’ll be no sloping off on a money earner…

  Good afternoon. If it’s good enough for Unai Emery, it’s good enough for me. That’s what I thought anyway. It doesn’t matter whether we’ve won, lost drawn, been cheated out of a victory or whatever. The first thing he says to the guy/gal with the microphone is good morning. Or whatever greeting the time […]

Chambers conundrum. Bellerin being outdone in most departments…

Good morning. You build you own luck in life right? In which case, you must build your own bad luck too. Arsenal have certainly had their fair share of both this season with the bad luck possibly just edging it. Certainly in the injury department and to a degree, in other areas too. Harsh sendings […]

Ramsey, Lacazette and Guendouzi boss MNF.

Good morning. Decent performance. 👍🏻 Three points.👍🏻 No booking, therefore no ban for Sokratis. 👍🏻 A clean sheet. 👍🏻 Overtaken Toots. 👍🏻 Ramsey injury. 👎🏻 Anthony Taylor. 👎🏻 A good night for Arsenal. I think we’ll all agree on that. Our opening goal was disallowed and rightly so I thought. By the letter of the […]