Morning all. It was a good away performance, it wasn’t great, I wouldn’t get carried away and say oh my god it’s a turning point. They beat a terribly, terribly poor Manchester United team on the day. They’ve done a job, we’ve seen them lose those games over the last five or six years. But […]
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Morning all. I’ve stolen this from The Athletic. Why? Because the newspaper is a subscribe only one so I thought I’d share it for those who haven’t signed up to it. For what it’s worth, I find it to be one of the best sports newspapers out there. Yesterday they raised the question over the […]
Morning all. A trip to Old Trafford is seldom something to look forward to, certainly not recently. For the sports writers and pundits though, it was another chance to tell the footballing world just how long it’s been since Arsenal beat a top six side away from home. Little things please little minds, as […]
Morning all. Man Utd have hit a bit of form, or at least that’s what their most recent results would suggest. The 6-1 thrashing by Toots woke them up perhaps because since then, they’ve not lost. OGS has a squad full of creativity and pace. Rashford, Fernandes, de Beek, Greenwood – the list goes on […]
Morning all, With so many changes, to expect perfection would have been naive. Dundalk were always going to park the bus but even so, it was up to Mikel Arteta and his youthful group of players to find a way through. They did. Yes, there were mistakes made at times, odd […]
Morning all. Probably not a night off for all our first team players as a few are bound to be on the bench just in case. Mustafi is likely to start because Mikel Arteta’s options are limited. Only he and Gabriel are fully fit. Mikel Arteta held his pre-match press conference yesterday and besides […]
Morning all. If there’s one good thing about be an Arsenal fan not born and bred in north London is one always has a local team to support. Right now I’m fortunate because as Arsenal are huffing and puffing their way through 95 minutes of football twice a week, my local team, Reading FC are […]
Morning all. Will there come a time when Mikel Arteta says enough is enough. Mesut Ozil has been binned because of football reasons, so when does he call time on a few more. We’ll all have our own little list but I’d imagine that Xhaka, Mustafi, Lacazette and perhaps even Pepe’s names are the most […]
Morning all. British summertime ended yesterday with the clocks going back an hour. Arsenal played like the clocks had gone back twelve months or more. I find it concerning that the team are so toothless in attack. All the time the score remained 0-0, the Brendan Rogers script was playing out nicely and as his […]
Morning all. Well, did you see it? Emi Martinez had to pick the ball out of the net three times as he and his Aston Villa teammates were thrashed at home by Leeds Utd in the week. Leeds opening goal came after Emi could only parry his save into the path of Bamford. Not too […]
Morning all. Just how good was Thomas Partey? Of course he’ll face tougher opponents than last night’s Rapid Vienna but even so, the way he covered the pitch, his energy and slick footwork was so pleasing on the eye. I think we have a seriously good player in Partey. Gabriel too was superb again last […]
Morning all. 〽️⚽️ #M1Ö #YaGunnersYa pic.twitter.com/hF7abGklOT — Mesut Özil (@M10) October 21, 2020 Mikel Arteta was asked about Ozil’s statement during his press conference yesterday evening. A full transcript can be read on Arsenal.com but here’s a snippet: Everybody is free to express their feelings. What can I say from my side? It’s just a […]