Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs

Tale of two Russians – one's a Flop and the other is out to cause a Battle!

For the pedantic out there, of course I know that Alisher Usmanov is in fact from Uzbek, but these days he is referred to as being a  Russian businessman, so for me, he’s Russian…. 😉 The other Russian is our own Andrey Arshavin, he too made the news yesterday…. First up though and possibly the […]

Was Robin van Persie another emotional appointment as Captain?

We’ve battered Wenger; we’ve battered Kroenke, now its van Persie’s turn! Over the last few weeks, months, maybe even a few years, Arsene Wenger has been on the receiving end of a few damning comments – actually, reading around the blog world, some have been absolute gutter, not something I condone in all honesty. It’s […]

Arsene Wenger is not to blame for the failure of Project Youth/Arsenal Academy…..

Not when it come’s to playing for England, that’s for sure! Arsenal currently have around 11 players out on loan, with many more youngsters earmarked to join the temporary exodus at the turn of the year as the Arsenal Academy has made it his policy to loan out many of our young players. I understand […]

Hat-trick hero, Defensive problem revealed and Gazidis sends out the wrong message!

Thomas Vermaelen is living proof that a quality player will settle in to a new club quickly so why is the big German having problems? Mertesacker is a big strong centre half, he plays for his country, not any old country either, it’s Germany, a tough side. He came from a tough German league too, […]