I do like FA Cup weekend. Especially when a load of teams I would traditionally 'fear' have been knocked out in the previous round. Now, if only Preston and Palace can do me a big flavour and do the business against United and Liverpool respectively, then the FA Cup will become super awesome. Of course, [...]
Don't shoot the messenger here, but just before I woke up this morning, I was in Berlin about to watch Arsenal play in the Champions League final. We'd beaten Monaco and Basle and in the semi final we'd played Norman Booth under-11s (they were the best team in my youth league and won every game [...]
With the countdown to the North London Derby (NLD) now well underway, the speculation on team line-up has never been so intriguing, from what I can see online and with people I speak to in real life. Us Gooners are collectively salivating over the possible options and, for the first time since I don't know [...]
It's Ben today giving his thoughts on last weekend and the FA Cup in general. I'll be back tomorrow with a dissection of what Arsène said in his pre-villa presser. Chris We've been told in recent weeks that The FA Cup has been becoming secondary and it's losing it's appeal. Last weekend begged to differ. [...]
Yesterday we learnt our fate in the FA Cup and after a brief sojourn down to the south coast, it's more home comforts, after a home draw against Middlesborough was announced. Given all of the teams that still remain in the competition, it could have been easier, especially as Boro are playing well and look [...]
After a weekend of some surprising Premier League bloody noses, when I sat down to watch The Arsenal take on Brighton, the one thing that really settles the nerves is a nice and tasty early goal. So when Calum Chambers found Walcott in a bit of space inside the box after a minute and a [...]
Well what a weekend of FA Cup football we have witnessed, eh? I don't think I've ever seen anything like this, with a host of 'big' teams crashing out to supposed inferior opposition. And at home too. Chelski, Spuds and City were all sent packing and the form team and surprise package this season - [...]
Isn't it sad that the FA Cup fixture scheduling brings more of a sigh of relief when it's actually a weekend game, as opposed to a ridiculous midweek game like Everton and West Ham had to go through on Tuesday evening? I really hate those types of games. So when we were announced to be [...]
So the club finally announced the Podolski to Inter deal yesterday, after he was picture in an Inter shirt, scarf, outside the ground and thanking everyone for making it happen. I have to say I did find it somewhat amusing that it isn't just the incoming announcements that we always seem to announce on the [...]
A close family bereavement enforced a bit of a blogging hiatus on me over the weekend. Somehow the loss of a loved one makes anguishing about why Arsenal aren't winning all games all of the time seem a bit irrelevant in the grand scheme of life. But 'life must go on' must be the mantra [...]