Twenty three years ago last Thursday, our new blond in the camp, Alexander Dimitri Song Billong was born in Douala, Cameroon. He is the nephew of Rigobert Song who was to be a very influential figure in his life. He was the one who steered Alex towards football and gave him support during his early […]
Having got back to Premiership football with a nice 4-1 win, Champions League football makes a return this week. Our game is at The Emirates against Braga on Wednesday night and I can’t wait! But as the competition kicks off Arsene Wenger has taken the opportunity to take a sideways dig at a few of the […]
Before the game I read an article in which Arsene Wenger said Kevin Davies wasn’t a cheat. I wonder if he still felt the same at 5pm yesterday? In to the game and within a few moments, Almunia made a bit of a hash of a clearance, had the game been shown live on television, […]
So after what seems like the longest two weeks ever, Arsenal are back playing football at 3pm this afternoon. The Emirates welcome Bolton Wanderers and Owen Coyle. We know a bit about Bolton and their style of play but to be fair that roughtie toughtie ‘in yer face’ football they played was under the instruction […]
The next few weeks, maybe even months are going to be tough, not because of the teams we have to play against because every team should be treated the same in my opinion, start every game like we are facing the tougest opposition and take no side for granted. We know from past results that […]
Have you ever stopped to consider that Arsenal have an additional handicap in our attempts to achieve success in the Premier League? “How so”, you may very well ask, “don’t all teams have the same even playing field?” Well, I am not so sure. Whenever there is a managerial squabble reported in the media, Arsene […]
After another summer transfer window of ending up disappointed that we didn’t sign every big named player on offer are we really that badly off? I don’t think so, not for one minute! Yesterday AFC.com listed all of our players who could be on duty for their respective countries last night and here’s the list:- […]
So it all began when Monsieur Wenger had a rant again about some other club tactics. He made reference to a rugby style of play rather than football. I don’t suppose I was alone when identifying the clubs he was referring to in my mind. It possibly stems from that horror tackle from Ryan Shawcross […]
Before anyone rips into me, I am just asking the question to see what people’s views are, I am not shouting from the rooftops that Cesc should have the armband removed. In any case, look at who takes over the leadership when Cesc doesn’t play and I certainly don’t want Almunia to be our captain.. While it […]
Many a story is doing the rounds about both Robin van Persie and Nikki Bendtner and how long they will be out for. The latest on Robin is said to be a month but Nikki hopes to be back within that same time frame. However, the Danish FA have recently suggested that Bendtner could be […]
May 2004 we finished the season unbeaten, had the Premiership and FA Cup won, it was indeed one heck of a season to look back on, it was our last really strong season. There was more to that season though, the players, the flair, the self belief almost to the point of arrogance, all of […]
England face Bulgaria at Wembley tonight, for Theo’s sake I hope the pitch is ok…… but, Over the last few years, well in particular since the new Wembley days began, there has been many a debate over the state of the playing surface. The pitch has been re-laid twelve times since its doors were open […]