Morning all. I used to love Christmas Eve as a child growing up. The excitement of Father Christmas popping down the chimney sometime overnight, the smell of mince pies cooking and knowing that behind a locked dining room door was a tin of Quality Street and many other treats which we didn’t have throughout […]

    Morning all. I checked out our fixture schedule for January and it’s hectic.. 1st – Brentford (A) 4th – Brighton (A) 7th/8th – Newcastle (H) League Cup (TBC) 12th – Man Utd (H) FA Cup 15th – Totts (H) 18th – Aston Villa (H) 22nd – Dinamo Zagreb (H) 25th – Wolves (A) 28th […]

    Morning all. Today marks five years for Mikel Arteta as Arsenal manager. He arrived when Arsenal were pretty much in the gutter. The fans had been boycotting The Emirates, the players on the pitch looked like loss souls and the mood around the blog world was somber. The club lacked direction, imagination and […]

    Morning all. We face Crystal Palace this evening in the League Cup. In previous rounds, Mikel Arteta has rotated his players. In the third round, a home fixture against Bolton, four teenagers – including 16-year-old goalkeeper Jack Porter started with a further two coming off the bench. In the last round match, away […]