Morning all. The last couple of matches have seen us struggle to make the most of goal scoring opportunities. We’ve still managed to win the games but both should have been more comfortable victories than they were. The game against Chelsea too could have been won by a greater margin had we been […]

  Roker Park, the old home of Sunderland AFC was never a very lucky venue for visiting Arsenal teams. Someone dug up an old fact recently that on this day in 1953 an Arsenal team, fresh from winning the League, visited Roker Park and were soundly beaten by the home team. So of course the […]

  Morning all. The festive fixtures have been kind to us with four matches in London. We face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on the 27th December, Fulham at Craven Cottage on the 30th before playing both Ipswich Town and Brentford at the Emirates on January 2nd and 5th respectively. In fact all of December’s […]

Most of the pre-match debate centred around how much rotation from manager Mikel Arteta we would see, if any. Decisions on starting XI’s are as much a tactical issue as anything but as we are on the outside we as fans tend to focus on fitness and fatigue and our players getting plenty of rest […]