No fools please – win and maybe rotate
Some pre match thoughts ahead of this April Fool’s Day game against Stoke City at The Emirates
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04, 2018
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03, 2018
Mesut Özil has ‘legend’ status at Arsenal within his grasp
Some thoughts on Mesut Özil, how great he is/could be at Arsenal, especially if he helps to win the Europa League
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03, 2018
Brighton away: first goal and 15 mins key
A night of karaoke and beer/rum has essentially obliterated my Sunday morning, so I think I'll keep today's pre match blog rather short, because from when I'm typing now kick off is about two hours away and the team news will be put by the time I've fried up my bacon and egg as the [...]
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03, 2018
Is there fight left in this Arsenal team?
Flipping heck it's cold. So very cold. Cold enough to freeze the soul. It's certainly not warm enough to survive without a boiler, which is what happened in our household last night. Let's just say that when you need to shower by boiling a kettle at 6am in the morning, you hardly feel set up [...]
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02, 2018
We have our level – Europa League
Morning folks. It's Monday, we've had to sit through a weekend of not only Arsenal-free football, but divey Tottenham Football and although I won't dwell on Alli and his wobbly legs, what I will say is that when you fail to appropriately chastise people, to punish people who cheat, they will keep on doing what [...]
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02, 2018
Job done in Sweden for Arsenal
Well I guess that went as well as can be expected. I mean you can't really grumble at a three-nil away victory rendering the next leg a would-be dead rubber, although with a the Arsenal I guess it's always got a caveat... But still, the job was done and on a surface which was false, [...]
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12, 2017
Arsenal fixtures to counter N’Zonzi/transfer Arsenal guff
I'm so glad that this December is chocked full of football matches, specifically Arsenal matches, of course. All thanks to the Europa League and continuing League Cup status of the club. The reason I'm pretty chuffed is that it somewhat (sadly not completely) drowns out some of the unsavoury noises of transfer tittle-tattle that we're [...]
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11, 2017
Listen to Nacho, for he is wise
I love the optimism of some players. Well, when it comes to certain players, I might add and specifically, those who have gone from "is he good enough?" to "first name on the team sheet". Step forward Nacho Monreal. Not only has he turned out to be a pretty fine centre half, keeping other more [...]
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10, 2017
An Arsenal superstition to be adhered/ignored?
Morning. I’m not going to wish you a ‘happy’ anything for a specific day of the year because without wanting to sound like a grumpy old man, I don’t really recognise this festival as anything other than what it is: an opportunity for retailers to ca-ching their coffers in between summer and Christmas. What’s a [...]
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09, 2017
No Mesut this weekend?
Morning folks, hope y'all are alreet? This Thursday football, delayed kick off malarky is havoc on the ability to write content you know. Yesterday I was cream-crackered and today as I chow down on my honey and peanut crunch cereal, I have no press conference words from Wenger to have a look at and work [...]