Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs

FA Cup – Szczesny or Ospina? Signing very close? New contract for Nacho Monreal?

Morning all. Last day of the Easter holiday so make the most of it and it’s going to be hot! Goals – Arsene say’s he can smell them a mile off: You smell that we can score goals. If you look at the number of goals we’ve scored now (62 from 31 league games), that’s quite […]

Double Done. Fixtures changes & Danny Welbeck on the receiving end of high praise…..

Morning all. The main news today is fixture changes to suit both Sky Sports and Bt Sports and there’s loads throughout the Premier League. Here’s ours: Sky Sports: Hull City v Arsenal, Mon 4 May, 8pm Arsenal v Swansea City, Mon 11 May, 8pm Manchester United v Arsenal, Sun 17 May, 4pm Arsenal v Sunderland, Wed […]

Arsene Wenger confirms new Diaby deal. Two Strikers linked to summer move….

Morning all. The Sun newspaper suggests that Arsene Wenger is interested in signing young Anthony Martial from Monaco. He’s 19 years old and in his four appearances for the French cub, he’s scored three times. Young and French used to work didn’t it but unless Yaya Sanogo and Joel Campbell are heading for pastures new this summer, […]

Breaking News: Henry & Beckham led consortium agree takeover of Arsenal FC

The stunning news out of Denver in the early hours of this morning is that Stan Kroenke has through his company KSE agreed to sell his shares in Arsenal Football Club to a consortium led by Thierry Henry and David Beckham. This amazing deal may seem somewhat of a surprising partnership between Henry and Beckham […]

Arsene Wenger to sign South American pair? Gnabry and Chambers go head to head….

Morning all. It’s not just the big boys who have been representing their country this last week, some of the youngsters have been flying the Arsenal flag around the world too. Calum Chambers played 61 minutes and claimed an assist in England Under-21s’ 1–0 win over the Czech Republic. Serge Gnabry was a second-half substitute in […]

Arsenal switch defensive midfielder target. Ramsey scare. A tough run-in…

Morning all. Wales battered Israel 3-0 last night with Aaron Ramsey netting the first. He was on the receiving end of a strong tackle and was left hobbling. Late in the game he was substituted. Thankfully, that’s it for Wales as they have no further matches in this international break. Unlike Tomas Rosicky who played the […]

Welbeck out injured. Young Guns could get early call up – but Wenger against FA Proposal.

Morning all. It was only a matter of time before one of the Premier League managers would be asked his views on the new ‘home-grown’ ruling which Greg Dyke hopes to phase in over four years from 2016, and Arsene Wenger is that man: I believe that we are in the world of competition. Competition means […]

Khedira and Reus summer arrival on? Who’s fibbing – Theo or Arsene?

Morning all. International round up. Gabriel was an unused substitute for Brazil last night in their match against France.Ollie only played the final six minutes and Koscielny watched on from the bench. Good, a bit of a rest for all three. David Ospina played the entire match for Columbia but I don’t think he had […]

Defender out for the season. Rugby – should football follow it’s example…?

Morning all. Under 21’s central defender Semi Ajayi has joined Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season. Good move for the player as long as he plays. Internationals: Chuba Akpom played ninety minutes for England Under 20’s last night. On 78 minutes and after being upended by Mexico goalkeeper Raul Gudino […]

Double summer raid on bitter rivals? Wilshere, Arteta & Debuchy return, but will any get back in?

Morning all. Emmanuel Petit has been talking about his old manager, Arsene Wenger: For me, he is a visionary and someone who is very pragmatic. He leaves nothing to chance, he calculates everything. He approaches the job in a very professorial manger, almost scientific and that is of course very paradoxical for someone who didn’t want […]

Olivier Giroud stands no chance. Players dropping like flies….

Morning all.. Day two of the boring break, however, there is a bit of Arsenal news…. Olivier Giroud has been nominated for the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month award for March. Our big Frenchman has had a pretty good time recently hasn’t he, scoring six goals in the same amount of matches, including a goal […]