Morning all. Seconds before kickoff, the Sky Sports cameras panned towards the Arsenal dugout. Mikel Arteta was wandering whilst his assistant Albert Stuivenberg sat, singing the words of the Arsenal song, North London Forever, together with the fans. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before, I loved it….. On a night when Arsenal needed […]
Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Both the Arsenal men and women have suffered a setback in their chase for a League title this week. 2-2 at the London Stadium was a real disappointment for the men and then the women were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Leah Williamson suffered an injury early in the first […]
Morning all. I think I’ve just read more negative headlines about Arsenal in the hour than I’ve seen throughout the season so far. Basically, Arsenal have bottled a great opportunity to win the Premier League for the first time in 126 years. Yet there’s still seven games left to play…. Mikel Arteta on whether the […]
Morning all. Two games, 2-0 up and looking really good but both ended in a draw. Why, I’ve no idea but in both fixtures, the opposition seemed to have a lightbulb moment. At Anfield, the crowd responded after Alexander-Arnold and Granit Xhaka had their spat, yesterday, a lapse in concentration from Thomas Partey, a missed […]
Morning all. I watched the Aston Villa v Newcastle Utd game yesterday and wow, Unai Emery’s team battered the new big spenders. Ollie Watkins was superb, as was young Jacob Ramsey and John McGinn wasn’t bad either. Emery has shown what a good coach can do with a very good squad of players. Something Steven […]
Morning all. West Ham v Arsenal has thrown up a few classics over the years but last season’s was not one of them. Even Mikel Arteta admitted after the game that his team hadn’t played very well. We’d won, thanks to goals from Rob Holding and Gabriel but a classic it was not. Speaking to […]
Morning all. Yesterday, the Premier League announced that our already moved fixture against Chelsea, has been moved again so instead of a 5.30pm kick off on Saturday 29th April, the match kicks off at 8pm on 2nd May. The Metropolitan Police are reported to be responsible for the change. Neither of the two clubs are particularly happy […]
Morning all. 2-0 up and cruising. Alexander-Arnold and Xhaka have a tussle, foreheads locked and both get booked. The Anfield fans, previously silenced by Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus, woke up. Suddenly, there was passion coming from the stands which the home team fed off and from then on, either side could have taken maximum […]
Morning all. Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Mikel Arteta said: We’ve been to a few grounds this season where we haven’t won in 17, 18 and 22 years and we have managed to do that. So we are capable of [winning at Anfield], that’s for sure. We really need to embrace the […]
Morning all. Chelsea have appointed Frank Lampard as their interim manager which is kind of funny. But clever I guess as he’s a fans favourite from his playing days. He might halt the booing from the stands but I simply can’t see how a guy who Chelsea sacked a couple of years ago and more […]
Morning all. There’s a brilliant article in The Athletic today which is written by Jordan Campbell. At least I think it’s brilliant. The piece is based on an interview with Eduardo, the striker robbed of a great Arsenal career because of a reckless challenge made by then Birmingham player, Martin Taylor. The year was 2008, […]
Morning all. What a ten days it’s been in the red and white side of north London. It started with Mikel Arteta celebrating his 41st birthday which we now know took place back in Spain with his family. Five days later, I’m sure every Arsenal fan remembered, David ‘Rocky’ Rocastle, who died far too early […]