Morning all. Gossip to start with and then Steve’s post… Reports in The Daily Mirror suggest that Yohan Cabaye’s representatives were in London last night to discuss a £16m deal. Apparently Joe Kinnear has said “We’ve told Arsenal our terms, the ball is in their court’. Other reports suggest that Newcastle want £20 million for their player […]
Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all, 3-0 and cruising, Darren Bent came on and pulled one back for Fulham – why oh why did I get so nervous? There was still thirteen minutes of normal time left and I feared the worst. Crazy isn’t it but I guess that over the last couple of seasons, we have conceded so […]
Morning all. Talking about the 2011 trolley dash, the manager said: At that time it was linked with injuries, we had unexpected long-term injuries and you cannot sit there and do nothing at all. If you have unexpected injuries you have to do something about it. We are not in need of numbers like we […]
Morning all. So the transfer rumours went silly yesterday when someone suggested that Tottenham are interested in signing Lukas Podolski. For anyone who thinks he would make that move, let me just remind you of what he said not that long ago about the North London club. Q – Describe Spurs in one word? A […]
Morning all, I’m pretty sure that had Laurent Koscielny put his boot up to stop a forward and kick him in the head, he’d have seen a straight red card! Pierre Webo should have been off in my opinion but it was our defender who had to depart. A few stitches and then a trip […]
Morning all, Where does the time go? Three years ago today, Highbury House was born………. I would just like to reiterate to you that in the last 16 years we have been very successful with transfers. A squad has to have the right number. Not enough players is not good. Too many players and there […]
Morning all, Temperatures are rising it seems, and the race has final begun to sign players. Well, according to reports. Valencia keeper Vicente Guaita is due to begin talks with us today according to Superdeporte. He’s 26 years old and 6′ 3″ and I only know that because I looked it up. This story has to be […]
Morning all, Just after we defeated Manchester City in the final pre-season friendly, Arsene Wenger gave an interview to the newspapers – John Cross was there and to read a full transcript, read HERE. Here are few questions and answers which stood out: Q: Does it annoy you that, even before the season starts, we are […]
Morning all and it’s not a good one….. Yesterday, what many feared, played out in front of our eyes. We started quite well though and within six minutes we’d registered our first goal of the new Premier League campaign. Oxlade-Chamberlain broke down the left and then cut the perfect ball back across the six-yard box […]
Morning all.. Arsene Wenger wouldn’t be drawn on transfer targets yesterday. Luis Suarez ate a bit of humble pie in front of his team-mates so all is rosy there and then, the question put to Wenger about Wayne Rooney was glossed over by our manager in his pre-match interview so of course, all the newspapers […]
Morning all, Mikel Arteta has been ruled out for 6-8 weeks and Per Mertesacker will take the captains armband for tomorrows opening fixture. Reports suggest we have just ELEVEN fit outfield players. Will that kick start our manager into transfer action? We’ll soon see….. There’s a new book out called ‘The Manager’ which Arsene Wenger has […]
Morning all, Couple of snippets from the newspapers: Luiz Gustavo has declined an offer to play for Arsenal in the Premier League and Champions League, he’s chosen to remain in Germany. So be it I guess. Wonder is Arsene Wenger has a plan to look elsewhere….. That’s any ones guess.. Luis Suarez rumbles on and […]