Two down, now for the big ones….

[smartframe_images_embed customer-id=”b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf” image-id=”WmOBEoI2L5LO” style=”width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 5511px; aspect-ratio: 5511/3993;”] Southampton ran out wearing a replica of their 1976 FA Cup winning shirt, so for possibly the first time ever an Arsenal team wore their red home kit in a Southampton stadium. Arteta, shorn of Rice, Timber, Hincapie, Eze and Saka rang in the […]

Southampton v Arsenal – Fragilities at the back.

[smartframe_images_embed customer-id=”b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf” image-id=”WmOBtJiYMUCB” style=”width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 5522px; aspect-ratio: 5522/4429;”] Morning all. FA Cup quarter-final day today as Arsenal take on Southampton at St Mary’s. This is the 109th season in the history of Southampton FC, the club’s first season back in the Championship since the 2023–24 campaign, following their relegation from the Premier […]

Wednesday ramblings & snobbery in the game..

  [smartframe_images_embed customer-id=”cd0dd1b91a4067356bae3f8562645fa8″ image-id=”elcBGRi3Xw4W” style=”width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 1773px; aspect-ratio: 1773/1771;”] Morning all. Roberto De Zerbi taking the Totts job has baffled me. I thought he’d aim higher than a club flirting with relegation and a group of players who just haven’t played for their manager this season. Thomas Frank is a good and […]