The summer of glove
What a pleasant football-less summer I’ve had to date. That’s the main point to take from the almost one month of nothingness from me. I can’t say I’ve missed it…
What a pleasant football-less summer I’ve had to date. That’s the main point to take from the almost one month of nothingness from me. I can’t say I’ve missed it…
View image | gettyimages.com It won’t have passed you by that today is a significant anniversary. That’s right, it’s eighteen years and three days since Gilles Grimandi joined Arsenal, a…
“I definitely wouldn’t go somewhere just because I’m a homegrown player.†So said Jack Wilshere in the run-up to England’s match against Slovenia: a reminder, if ever it were needed,…
A bit belated, but here’s a whistle-stop season review. It was going to be a general look at the season, but ended up being more about the players. That's just…
It’s happening. I somehow managed to avoid getting too nervous, too soon about today. In fact, it wasn’t until Thursday’s Arsecast that the fear slapped me in the face and…
View image | gettyimages.com It was only a few days ago that I was thinking how Rosicky’s Arsenal career was fizzling out and destined for a disappointing end. Barely featuring,…
View image | gettyimages.com When we lost to Swansea ten days ago I detected a whiff of endofseasonitis. We’d already qualified for the Champions League and the title was long…
The battle to finish second - or at least in the automatic Champions League slots - has twisted and turned but with some strange fizzling-outs elsewhere in recent weeks, it’s…
Bah humbug to anyone who can’t get their rocks off at the thought of an FA Cup semi-final, whoever the opponent. I’ve been bouncing off the walls all week. Competing…
Good morning, and as the French say, ‘April Fish’. Internationals have been and gone, and there seem to have been wall-to-wall matches since Thursday. Uefa changed this a few years…