Morning all. Did you know that it was at The Emirates Stadium in the FA Cup eight years ago and against Leeds United when Mikel Arteta was handed the captains armband for the first time? Or rather had the armband left by his kit for him to put on. I didn’t know about it. I arrived […]

Morning all. Mikel Arteta: We’re going to try to be in the market to see options that can strengthen the team. That’s for sure and that’s our obligation, and we’re going to be working on that. My obligation is to give my opinion on the things we can improve.   Obviously we have some bad […]

  Morning all. Big Ben counts down tonight. The end of another year, another decade too. A decade which for Arsenal Football Club has been pretty rotten. It’s a decade of New Year scribbles for Highbury House too which is hard to believe. During the last ten years there’s been so many occasions when I […]

  Morning all. A big game, a big test. Frank Lampard v Mikel Arteta in the battle of the young Premier League managers who once played for the clubs they now manage, or coach for the pedantic amongst us. Not so long ago they were squaring up on the pitch, today they’ll be barking orders […]