Morning all. Yesterday was a busy news day as far as football goes. Brendan Rogers was sacked by Leicester City and the later in the day and after yet another defeat, Chelsea finally gave Graham Potter his marching orders. So that’s three Premier League managers gone in a matter of days. Odd timing for Chelsea […]
Category Archives: Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. One more fixture down and the gap of eight points between Arsenal and Man City remains. Liverpool went to The Etihad and got duffed up. Literally. A 4-1 victory for City meant all eyes were on Mikel Arteta’s team and how would they respond. Bukayo Saka had been unwell so started the game […]
Morning all. No William Saliba for today’s game. Whether he’ll play again this season is even in doubt, as when asked yesterday in his press conference, Mikel Arteta could only say he was hopeful that he would. I’m very hopeful and he is as well. Back injuries are a bit tricky with how they evolve […]
Morning all. Alan ‘Smudger’ Smith, perhaps the style of striker Arsenal could do with these days? Tall, dangerous in the air and not too shabby with his feet either. A plan B when plan A isn’t reaping a reward. The big fella turned to talking about football after enjoying a pretty good playing career. Now, […]
Afternoon all. Arsene Wenger has been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. So has Fergie but only one of the two needed many extra minutes to get a win. Only one of them managed to go an entire season undefeated but when it comes down to who was more successful, I guess Fergie […]
Morning all. Antonio Conte has finally left a building of no interest, leaving those not so noisy neighbours in need of another manager. Whoever it is, he’ll be their fourth in two years. I think his last and final rant about the club was calculated, with an exit on his wish list. The ‘’mutual consent’ […]
Morning all. International breaks are tough, boring and oh so quiet. Honestly, I’m not overly interested in England these days. I’ve tried but they’re so, well, boring. I read something yesterday about Gareth Southgate and how the numbers have reduced as far as his options go. What a load of tosh! If he could see […]
One week down, five days to go and then the boys will be back. Bukayo Saka won the head to head bragging rights over Jorginho a couple of nights ago as England beat Italy, a game in which Kane became the highest scoring penalty taker in history, or something like that. I wonder if he’ll […]
Morning all. How unlucky were the Arsenal Women’s team last night, two cleared off the line, one hit the post, plenty of other opportunities and two penalty shouts turned down. Jonas Eidevall said after their 1-0 defeat: Part of me is angry, because obviously VAR was not working in the Allianz Arena tonight. Goal-line technology […]
Morning all. This group of Arsenal players seldom seem to surprise. Tired bodies after 120 minutes of football just a couple of days ago, then penalties and the sucker punch. Defeat. My fear was a lethargic performance yesterday, a struggle to get going and even points dropped. My fear was misplaced. Perhaps it was just […]
Morning all. Having been 3-1 up against Southampton with just over fifteen minutes to go, Tottenham ended up drawing 3-3. Antonio Conte went into meltdown in his ten minute post match press conference. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching just for it’s entertainment value. I’m not used to seeing this type of situation. […]
Morning all. Disappointed? Of course, but over the two legs, did we really deserve more? Regardless of your or my opinion, we’re out of the Europa Cup. Beaten on penalties but the killer blow was Sporting CP’s equaliser which was incredibly good. Aaron Ramsdale will no doubt be criticised by anyone who isn’t keen on […]