I loved his comment in the press conference yesterday: The players know it, our supporters know it, it's an early kick-off, so get up early, have an early breakfast, bring your lunch, bring your dinner, and let's all go together for it because it has to be a big day. I went out and had [...]
With Mikel Arteta and Andoni Iraola not due to speak to the press until this morning/lunchtime today, I'm left looking at training pics and videos to try to guess some team news, as well as looking at what the pundits are saying about this tough one tomorrow. Firstly, the training pics and team news, and [...]
I feel like the countdown to this huge Bournemouth game on Saturday lunchtime is well and truly on now. I remember talking about this one ahead of Southampton and Sporting Lisbon during the international break pod I did with Amanda a couple of weeks back. It's been looming over me ever since the last league [...]
On Saturday against Southampton, we were victims of a late goal that knocked us out of the cup. Last night we were the recipients of a late goal, which may well have the same impact. We will know for sure in a week, but Kai Havertz's last-minute winner in Lisbon was for sure a welcome [...]
So we got some good news, as well as some less good news, yesterday, both with the open training session and then with Mikel Arteta's press conference. Let's start with the good news, which I think top of my list this morning, the inclusion of Big Gabi in the training session. He went off with [...]
At Arteta's press conference yesterday, he was inevitably asked about the withdrawals of players from international duty and - according to the official site version of events, anyway - he played the most impressive of straight bats. To be fair, he will have known these questions would be coming; he'd have been briefed by the [...]
I don't really write about the Arsenal Women. I'm a follower, of course, I want them to do well, and of course I watch when I can, but I can't profess to be an expert or know all the details about the WSL or Women's Champions League, so I kind of hold my hands up [...]
Morning folks. Today, I want to 'zone in' on the two main stories that emerged from last night. I'm not interested in England and the Ben White stuff; we welcome him back to Colney and an Arsenal shirt with open arms - the rest can eff-the-eff-off. Let's start in Bosnia, where Italy missed the chance [...]
Ok, so, I think we know we have at least one guy coming back from the two sets of internationals, not broken, as Kai Havertz came off at halftime yesterday evening, having scored a penalty right on the strike of the half to put Germany one-up in Stuttgart. Phew. With him returning, having played an [...]
Right...so...I think there's been enough time elapsed - for me personally - to start to get over the sting of losing a cup final. I have made peace with the fact that the League Cup as an entity despises Arsenal and has never forgiven us for injuring one of our own players in Steve Morrow [...]