Wenger loves a surprise signing
Wenger has always been something of an expert at the surprise signing. You could never bet against him pulling a Frenchman with something to prove out of a hat. The…
Stockpiling Arsenal midfielders
#452283772 / gettyimages.com The recruitment continues apace, with Debuchy coming in as our first-choice right-back. In the website photoshoot he’s got his arms on his hips (psychologists will tell you…
Pass Debuchy on the left-hand side
I’m sure you’ll all agree that no time is a bad time to shoehorn in an inappropriate Musical Youth headline. Yes yes, I know he plays on the right-hand side.…
Stop starting, starting going
2014 Right hook: “We are not on the market specifically at all.†Left hook: “I believe this year again you will have to wait until July 15 to start going. 
Singing in the rain / signings and the gain
Arsenal 4-0 Coventry City Has there been a wetter season at the Emirates? Ordinarily it rarely simultaneously rains and blows a gale in a northerly direction during a game, thus…
Giroud, Giroud, Giroud is on fire
Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham Doffed chapeaus all round - to Giroud, for an imposing performance in which he scored a deft little number ("good touch for a big man"), to Mertesacker…
With respect to Sanogo
I've been away, loafing in Ionian sunshine, studying things from afar, so much as 'things' can reasonably be called 'things'. So for real action, the Fenerbahce game was my season…
Arsenal’s summer comes back to haunt it
Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa As Villa’s third goal went it yesterday, consigning us to our first opening-day defeat for 20 years, I felt a twinge of pity. A clash of…
Nacho to see you, to see you Nacho
When Kieran Gibbs pulled up on Wednesday night, clearly crocked, little could we know that that one split second, that sprained thigh, would cost the club £8m. Because I think…
The Podolski lift?
Just as my own blogging season was in danger of fizzling out, I’ve decided to rouse myself for one last push. Two more blog posts and I might just totter…