Where to start? Well let’s be frank, it wasn’t a classic, in fact it was quite a poor cup tie. Blackpool will come away from it feeling as if they gave us a game and in truth they did, but only because Arsenal were well below par. Unai Emery had picked a strong side too, the […]

Morning all. I’ve started this piece three times already and all three have ended up being deleted. This is when I wish I was writing with a pen onto a piece of paper, or using a typewriter even as there’s something about screwing up paper and throwing it into the bin. Or ripping the paper […]

Morning all. Winter has well and truly arrived yesterday as temperatures struggled to reach six degrees where I live. Throw in the biting wind and it felt much colder. Logs in, burner lit and I was snug as a bug. Elsewhere though, horrid stuff was going on. At Leicester City, owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha‘s helicopter flew off […]

Morning all. With neither Monreal or Kolasinac declared fit, Xhaka carried on where he left off on Monday night, at left back. Lichtsteiner gave Bellerin a rest and Sokratis returned to the defence giving Mustafi the chance to sit and watch on from the bench. As did Ozil, Lacazette, Iwobi, Torreira, Martinez and Jenkinson. The […]