Morning all. Not a signing to be seen last summer, an unfinished stadium, debt which will possibly do to them what it did to Arsenal a few years ago and not a trophy worth mentioning in years. Poch has won nothing as a manager, period. Totts last won the league when black and white televisions […]
Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Winter truly paid us a visit yesterday, all that was missing was snow flakes. At 11am my car temperature gauge fired out a warning of ice. Still, I love it. The bright sunny winter days are much better than dark, grey and rainy ones. Like today! Domestic football returns this weekend, Sunday […]
Morning all. Just like Christmas, we know it’s coming, although unlike Santa, a transfer window comes around twice a year instead of just the once. There’s an argument to be made for scrapping the January transfer window I’d have thought because in the main, the already extortionate transfer fees can increase. Clubs can be ripped […]
Morning all. It’s over and thank goodness for that. Not until 2019 will we see another international break disrupt our domestic or European campaign. Mind you, 2019 isn’t far away now but I’ve checked our fixture list and I can’t see a two week break scheduled until after the weekend of the 16th March. With […]
Arsenal manager Unai Emery is routinely described as a relentless workaholic who obsesses over every last detail as he bids to lead the club to success. International breaks therefore give him the perfect opportunity to analyse recent performances to the nth degree and plot future success. The Gunners went into the last international break on […]
Morning all. Every time an international break comes towards its end, each time it feels like they’ve got longer. For once though, I actually sat and watched some of the England game. Not much I hasten to add but enough to believe that Gareth Southgate has actually got my home country playing some decent […]
Morning all. No, that’s not one of the referees on duty in Russia trying to catch a sneak preview of the 2018 John Lewis Christmas Advert, it’s VAR in full swing. What he’s checking I can’t remember but it’s a sight which is soon to become far more familiar to all of us. VAR […]
It’s not often that I welcome the tedium of an International break, but I’m quite pleased about this one as it allows many in our squad to catch their breath after what’s been a hectic period. It also allows us to reflect and look back on the first eighteen matches of the Emery era and […]
Morning all. I love footballers from South America. They’re grafters, winners and most appear to have such a wonderful attitude to what they do on the pitch. There’ll always be the exception to the rule, or in this case, my opinion but I’m really struggling to think of a South American footballer who played in […]
Morning all. Just a few weeks ago I was writing about how Reiss Nelson should stay in Germany, see out his loan deal under Nagelsmann, learn as much as he can and then come back to Arsenal a better, stronger and more polished player. Wrong. I think we need him back in January. If […]
Morning all. Bernd Leno spared us and we were lucky to come away with a point is about as much as I could gather from watching a few highlights. Highlights, that’s a joke. Xhaka had a complete moment of madness which handed Wolves possession midway in our own half. There was still a lot […]
Arsenal players will today wear The Royal British Legion’s poppy on their shirt as a mark or respect for the lives lost in war. Men, women and animals who fought so that we can live as we do today. A poppy wreath will be laid, The Last Post played and then a minutes silence will fall. […]