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 […]
Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Morning all. Funny old Sunday wasn’t it. Chelsea burst into. 2-0 lead, Hull City drew level and then the away team grabbed a late winner. Shame.. Before that game, Gerrard waved goodbye to his last battle against Utd with a red card and then suffered as his side lost at home to one of their […]
Morning all. Happy birthday to Paul Merson who is 47 years old today. The BBC are showing the FA Cup semi-final between Reading and Arsenal on the 18th April and on the same day, pretty much the same time, Sky sports are showing the Premier League clash between Man Utd and Chelsea…. Whatever happened to the […]
Morning all. Hector Bellerin is 20 years old today. Happy birthday to him… You won’t have to scratch your head and search your memory too much to recall the great moments Dennis Bergkamp dished up. Anyone who has read Stillness and Speed will know that as much as Dennis was a world class player, he acknowledged […]
Morning all. So out we went again at the same old stage we like to each Spring. It’d be easy to say ‘just one more goal’ and yes, that’s all we needed last like in order to progress. However, until we either learn to do better in the Group stages and top the league in […]
Roy of the Rovers did it, but that was in truth, fiction. A boys own comic story. That kind of fairytale just doesn’t happen in the real world. The real world of tough, unforgiving, cynical professional football… Or does it? A callow French youth, of 18 years young, moved to Arsenal permanently, on 1st July 2009, […]
Morning all. Young Hector Bellerin has been offered a new contract. Smart move Arsenal, although I doubt him agreeing another four years will prevent Barcelona from sniffing around their old player any time soon. He must be enjoying life in the Arsenal fast lane right now and we can only hope that remains the case […]
Morning all. Earlier in the season, very early in the season, the 22nd of August to be precise, Oliver Giroud suffered a broken left tibia against Everton and was ruled out for a long time. So much so, Arsene Wenger didn’t include him in our pre 2015 Champions League campaign. Apparently, during his time out, […]
Morning all. Still smiling? Yep me too. We have a few more days of milking that wonderful victory yet….. Danny Welbeck has been talking about his winning goal: Manchester United is a club that means so much to me, I’m a fan and it’s hard to knock them out. I was just doing my job. It […]