Morning all. It’s Saturday 12th August, it’s Arsenal v Nottingham Forest, our opening fixture of the new season. A season which could be wide open as far as both the title and top four goes. Arsenal’s transfer business has been very good but other clubs have strengthened well too. Chelsea have spent another vast amount […]
Nuno Tavares, Flo Balogun, Cedric Soares, Sambi Lokonga, Jorginho and Mo Elneny are back in Arsenal training although goodness knows for how long as out of the six, four are reported to be heading off somewhere else very soon. Charlie Patino has already left on loan which is good news I think. The only player […]
Time wasting, unsporting behaviour like we saw from Martinez at the World Cup, players surrounding the officials in objection to a decision – players kicking the ball away after a free kick has been awarded against them and/or preventing a free kick from being taken by standing too close to the ball etc. Simple things, […]
Morning all. Weird new rules. Kicking the ball away after a free kick is awarded, if a booking but a cynical foul to stop an attack, is not. Mikel Arteta waving an imaginary yellow card was also worthy of a booking and that’s the way it’s going to be this season. We can expect a […]
Morning all. It’s the eve of the 2023/24 season with Arsenal taking on Manchester City in the Community Shield tomorrow afternoon. No points on offer but there’s a trophy to be won along with opportunity to beat a club which Arsenal hasn’t beaten for a while. The 2023/24 campaign will be Mikel Arteta’s fourth full […]
Morning all. EXCL: Arsenal have submitted opening bid for David Raya to Brentford tonight. The proposal is worth £20m fixed fee plus £3m add-ons 🚨🔴⚪️ #AFC Raya told Brentford that he wants the move as personal terms are already agreed. pic.twitter.com/PyEfro0tIu — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 3, 2023 Half the figure Brentford, or rather Thomas […]
Morning all. Gabriel Jesus will miss the opening few weeks of the new season having had surgery on his knee yesterday morning. Unfortunately, he had a little procedure this morning. He’s had some discomfort in his knee that caused him some issues so they had to go in. It’s not something major but he’s going […]
Morning all. Arsenal play again tonight, against Monaco at The Emirates Stadium. It’s the last pre-season friendly before the new season curtain raiser on Sunday. I think most the ‘injured’ players were involved in training yesterday, including Sambi Lokonga. No sign of Flo Balogun or Reiss Nelson though which is a shame. It’s hard not […]
Morning all. Have you guys seen this? WOW! 🤯 Incredible footwork and to go on and beat #Ger 2-1. They looked so strong in 1st game! No longer any easy games in this WWCup! #FIFAWWC https://t.co/utNNSaodWL — Faye White (@faye_white) July 30, 2023 The women’s World Cup is certainly throwing up a few surprises. Some […]
Morning all. Most of us will have seen the replay or highlights of of the 5-3 defeat of Barcelona by now. In attack, we were brilliant at times but defensively, there’s room for improvement. Trossard scored two fabulous goals, the second was just outrageously good. Vieira’s was pretty special too. Saka and Havertz scored the […]
Morning all, or is it afternoon now.. Arsenal take on Barcelona in the early hours of tomorrow morning. (UK time) I doubt Barca will be as ‘rough’ as Man Utd were the other day. I don’t think Barcelona are as strong as they once were, but they’re still a top top club who play good […]
Morning all. I saw this in the Daily Mail online. It relates to the transfer window and what “Arsenal need to do and why”. Despite their lucrative spending already, Arsenal still need to add depth. Their title race collapsed last season with the loss of several key players through injuries and they’ll to avoid a […]