Righto, this is a new month, it's a new me, one in which I have now formally given up alcohol until May and at a time in which my other habit - The Arsenal - has driven me to even more drink than usual, I'll have to find a way of numbing the pain of [...]
You know how the phrase 'the calm before the storm' relates to something bad about to happen? Well I hope that today's complete dearth of anything interesting Arsenal-related does not follow the same path, because there is right now, literally nothing worth talking about. I'm not in the slightest bit interested in transfer guff at [...]
So we can finally bid adieu to this latest round of international friendlies and hopefully with a bit of luck, the damage will be negligible for Arsenal players returning to the club today and tomorrow, for Watford at home on Saturday. I didn't bother watching the England vs The Netherlands game except for a two [...]
So here we are folks. A day I've been dreading for just under a week. The North London Derby. To say I'm not confident is an understatement. We have no form. We have injuries. Some of the players have admitted they lack a bit of self belief at the moment. And we're up against a [...]
I need you to do something for me over the next few days. I need you to not get your hopes up too much about United being fatigued when they play us on Sunday. Yes, yes, yes, I know they have a lot of injuries at the moment, which is forcing them in to very [...]
I hope the planets aren't seemingly aligning for us to give us a false sense of security. What I mean by that is three fold: Hull City's hectic fixture scheduling Steve Bruce has already admitted he's going to have to rotate his squad for those players who haven't played much recently. He's bidding for a [...]
Yesterday Arsène delivered his injury news update via the official site and, quite deliciously, it included confirmation that everyone bar Santi and Jack are back in training. So that's Rosicky, Welbeck and ahead of schedule our midfield destroyed Francis Coquelin. I can't tell you how pleased I am. Well, I can, via this blog, but [...]
As Mesut Özil hits the 100 appearance mark for The Arsenal, what better way to celebrate it by the media, than talking up a story about a buyback clause that Real Madrid insisted upon? Does such a clause exist? I'd be surprised. Arsenal don't tend to do those types of clauses unless they are the [...]
Good ol' Arsène and his day early pressers. He's enabled me to talk about the game ahead on Sunday a day early, which is great, because I've been dying to sink my teeth in to it. Well, I have been and still am, but that doesn't mean I won't be absolutely bricking it come Sunday. [...]
Celebrating Nacho's contract renewal this week was clearly not enough for the Arsenal fraternity, because we've got another 'congratulations' that took place yesterday, as Theo Walcott hit ten years with The Arsenal. You can say what you like about Theo's performances during his tenure - and many do - but you can't deny that in [...]