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 […]

      Morning all. After Man City slumped to yet another defeat in the Manchester derby, Pep Guardiola said he wasn’t good enough: This is a big club and when you lose eight [out of 11 games] something is wrong. You can say the schedule is tough or the injuries to players, but no. […]

  Morning all. It’s a big night at The Emirates as Arsenal face a free flowing and entertaining Monaco team. Monaco currently occupy 3rd place in Ligue 1 and 11th place in the Champions League table with only goal difference separating them and us in 10th. After last night’s fixtures, we dropped out of the […]