Den and dusted
Adeus Denilson. Ta-da for now (though I am prepared to wager that the ‘for now’ part will become ‘for good’). Denilson’s departure reminded me that this summer was as much…
Squill’s red and Nasri’s blues
Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield Town Quick blog ahead of a hectic transfer deadline day, which I'm sure you'll all want to get back to as soon as you can. A £38m…
Match report: Arsenal’s perfect riposte
Leeds Utd 1-3 Arsenal A thoroughly satisfying evening in Yorkshire. With memories of the preceding Leeds and Ipswich ties still fresh, I said to @feverpitch before the game started last…
Arsenal: Headers and long balls
The Times, recently ensconced behind a paywall, has become pretty inaccessible to the vast army of online football fans used to getting their football news for free. Whatever the rights…
Injury forecast: Chance of sun on Saturday, chance of rain too
What else is there to do during the international break but worry? Worry, primarily, for the health of the Arsenal XI currently scattered across the globe being hacked to pieces…
More goals from Arsenal’s wings required
Scattering my eyes across the Sundays and the general theme hasn’t changed much: there’s the rustle of keeper talk and a persisting link to Everton’s Phil Jagielka. The latter story…
That’s Bendtnertainment [Part 2]
Arsenal 3-1 Burnley As I was heading to the game with my brother, crossing Highbury Fields, we saw a clown driving a car. He was in full clown regalia, including…
Dragao’s Den: We’re not out yet
Porto Amateur Dramatic Society 2-1 Arsenal I read somewhere earlier this week that Lukasz Fabianski was becoming frustrated by his lack of opportunities at Arsenal. What can you say to…
Snow, hype and the chance to go second
Breaking news: We’ve neither signed nor sold anyone. I switched on Sky Sports News on about 2nd January and they were already lathering at the chops and reminding us that…
Adding height and bite / Milk Cup preview
So Wenger, normally pretty cagey when it comes to issues of the chequebook, came out yesterday and admitted that he was in the market for a striker in January. This…