Looks like the first Covid-19 football club casualty has fallen as Barnet have reportedly put all of their non-playing staff on immediate notice of redundancy. Sixty members of staff are set to lose their jobs because impact of Covid-19 and football being put on hold. The longer this break in the game goes on, it’s likely […]
The PM and his trusted sidekicks issued an update on the Coronavirus yesterday evening. Some of the questions Wall Streets finest asked them afterwards had me wondering whether or not one of the local schools had sent a couple of six year olds to the press conference. Then again, six year olds do tend to […]
The next few weeks and months are going to be tough for us all. Take care in what you do, who you mix with and just be sensible. Listen to the advice being given, especially relating to the elderly. They need looking after, of course they do but do so from a distance. Don’t put […]
Covid-19 has got its hands around the worlds neck, we know that. Sport itself is bottom of list of priorities right now. Staying fit, healthy and virus free is all what matters. What happens over the next few weeks and months as far as football goes is anyone’s guess really although logic would suggest this […]
I wrote this post quite soon after our invincible season was safe for another year but after recent goings on at Anfield well, here it is. To go unbeaten during the 2003-04 season was a remarkable achievement. Everyone at the club together with its fans knew back then that it would take a special group […]
Arsenal issued an official statement late yesterday which read: Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive COVID-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in line with Government health guidelines. We expect this to be a significant number […]
As parliament here in the UK hold another meeting about Covid-19 today, Donald Trump has placed a ban on all Europeans entering the USA from tomorrow. Those travelling from the UK and Ireland are exempt from the ban. A tough yet understandable stance. People here are being encouraged to be careful when making their choice […]
David Ornstein has dropped a bombshell. For Ainsley Maitland-Niles that is. Speaking on The Athletic’s ‘Ornstein and Chapman podcast’ he claimed that Mikel Arteta has dumped the Englishman from the team because of his attitude. Apparently Arteta walked into the club and laced down the law, shape up or you’re in the mire. Allegedly, AMN has […]
We hear/read it all the time, even our own fans and I included myself, write it often, but why? The ‘it’ being, Arsenal might…. (bear with me) Our victory over West Ham came thanks to a Alexandre Lacazette goal late in the game but, and not for the fist time by any means, instead of […]
I’m happy because big teams find a way when they aren’t playing well. We are turning the corner in terms of results, but our ship still has to turn a few times more to see what we want to see. It doesn’t happen overnight. – Mikel Arteta. If the search for another pass by Mesut Ozil […]
Today’s fixture is a bit of a rarity with us playing on a Saturday at 3pm. Must mean that Sky Sports and BT Sports believe this match isn’t going to be entertaining or they think it’s a home banker for Arsenal. After all, if West Ham were favourites to win, either one of them would […]
Arsenal seldom do things by halves when it comes to injuries. When our players suffer injury, it’s usually serious, season ending regardless of when it occurs. Bellerin, Holding, Ramsey, Eduardo, Diaby, Chambers, Walcott, Koscielny, Vermaelan, RvP, Mertesacker, Rosicky, Cazorla, Pires and now, Torreira who’ll miss the rest of this season and probably the first few […]