by rico | Saturday, February 17, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Another away fixture for Mikel Arteta and his players and it could be a tough one. Burnley are in a relegation battle so they need points. They’re seven points behind Luton who sit fourth from bottom. Any one of nine clubs could in theory be...
by rico | Friday, February 16, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Eleven minutes of most enjoyable viewing thanks to GoonerHQ on YouTube. Bukayo Saka is an incredible footballer for his young years. Yes he has games in which things don’t always go right but what footballer doesn’t? Even the great Thierry Henry, Dennis...
by rico | Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Arsenal desperately needed a striker during the January transfer window, or at least that’s what I thought and I wasn’t the only one. Such a suggestion might sound bonkers now, having beaten Crystal Palace, Liverpool and West Ham by scoring three or more...
by rico | Monday, February 12, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. I thought Mikel Arteta’s team might have a tough afternoon at the London Stadium but as it turned out, the players probably had one of the easiest afternoons they’ve had in a long time.West Ham might sing about forever blowing bubbles but they had their...
by rico | Sunday, February 11, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. No Premier League results fell in our favour yesterday. How on earth did Brighton allow themselves to lose against Totts in the 97th minute – and there was me thinking De Zerbi was the next best thing since managerial sliced bread. Burnley and...
by rico | Friday, February 9, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. The International Football Association Board [IFAB] will publish the detailed protocols for sin-bin trials in professional football later today. The IFAB is expected to include a provision for blue cards. During the trials, referees will have the power to...
by rico | Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. He’s our manager, he lives on the pitch with us. He lives every ball with us and when you have that and you see what he transmits from the sidelines to the pitch, it gives you so much confidence as a player. We’re really grateful we have him as our...
by rico | Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Imagine you’re Mauricio Pochettino, going into work each day wondering whether or not the rumours are true. The only reason you’re still employed by Chelsea is because the club cannot afford to sack you. Yep, that’s the story in the newspapers, Chelsea...
by rico | Monday, February 5, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Other than missing too many golden opportunities to score and the mass confusion at the back which gifted Liverpool an equaliser, I thought Arsenal were superb. The football pundits, writers, you name it – they will all try and tell us that...
by rico | Sunday, February 4, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Feeling lucky? I’m not, not when it comes to this being Klopp’s final trip to The Emirates and all the luck he’s likely to bring with him. Will the officials be fair? I doubt it, will Liverpool be up for the fight? You bet they will. Will this...
by rico | Friday, February 2, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Arsenal have announced that the club and Sobha Realty (pronounced: Sho-ba) have today announced a new long-term vision for their partnership which sees the Dubai-based luxury real estate developer become the club’s first ever training ground naming...
by rico | Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. It’s transfer deadline day today after what’s been an unusually quiet month. FFP has finally sprung into action and after the charges brought against Forest and Everton, it seems clubs have being doing their financial maths like never before. It’s about...
