2018-08-09 08:11
Transfer deadline day and reports this morning that FIFA is considering changing to a ‘global’ transfer window, which closes the day before a
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2018-08-08 10:31
At the outset, I’ll make my position clear. I don’t like the singular ownership model of football clubs. There’s too much power in
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2018-08-07 07:47
As the coach says, kudos to the young lad for asking the question. The answer applies equally to football. Think about the times
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2018-08-06 15:39
The Premier League season begins on Friday when Leicester City visit Old Trafford; 379 games and a mass of blood, sweat and tears
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2018-08-06 10:11
Something’s coming. I can feel it, and it’s coming right around the corner at me! It’s the new season, silly. The Community Shield
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2018-08-05 10:59
Arsenal 2 – 0 Lazio It’s a watershed moment. Not x-rated and shown on television after 9 pm, nor did parental controls need
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2018-08-04 09:34
Lazio await in the final pre-season match in Stockholm – of course – after which, it’s all about the Premier League season. Unai
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2018-08-03 10:04
We head into the home straight this weekend: a week until proper football returns. None of this namby-pamby friendlies but getting down to
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2018-08-02 09:54
Arsenal 1 – 1 Chelsea (Arsenal win 6 – 5 on penalties) The old and the new collided in Dublin but it was
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2018-08-01 09:08
Through streets broad and narrow Chelsea wheel their wheelbarrow After Roman ran off and took all his cash In my mind’s eye –
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2018-07-31 09:52
I’m aware there were four musketeers but in the blink of an eye, Unai Emery’s wish for three first-team goalkeepers came true. Matt
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2018-07-30 10:10
This morning’s headlines show the media in full cry against Jose Mourinho. While other managers celebrate youth, he decries it as United’s shambolic
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2018-07-29 11:23
Arsenal 5 – 1 Paris St-Germain Thomas Tuchel took defeat particularly badly, it seems. The surprising choice for Paris St-Germain head coach –
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2018-07-28 10:00
Paris St-Germain provide the final opposition for the Singapore leg of the pre-season tour. At this point, the klaxon ought to sound and
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2018-07-27 10:05
Arsenal 1 – 1 Atletico Madrid Atletico win 3 – 1 on penalties It won’t be long before someone launches a crowdfunding page
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2018-07-26 08:29
The ‘British Core’. Quite possibly the biggest marketing ploy since Malcolm McClaren conjured up a cartoon punk band and ripped off the record
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2018-07-25 10:22
Someone’s put Grandmaster Flash in charge of Arsenal’s PR; the message is most definitely out there. Ahead of the match against Atletico Madrid,
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2018-07-24 09:16
The fallout from Mesut Özil’s retirement statement began yesterday with the response depending on political hue or personal beliefs. Uli Hoeness waded in
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2018-07-23 10:19
The head of the DFB Reinhard Grindel spoke to Kicker, the German football magazine, recently. “Many fans were disappointed because they had questions
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2018-07-22 12:46
If you imagine a World Cup-free summer, that’s how it would feel now. Which is exactly where we’re at. With the small difference
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2018-07-21 12:03
Divination by training bibs never really worked so maybe divination by being on the plane to Singapore will be more productive. It works
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2018-07-20 10:44
While their input on the German stage is waning and causing ill-feeling with some supporters – underpinned by racist leanings – there’s no
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2018-07-19 09:59
Yesterday is best described as a minor kerfuffle in the transfer window. It was of my own making, I hasten to add. Speed
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2018-07-18 10:17
The spring cleaning is underway at Arsenal, with Petr Cech being dusted down and offered to Chelsea. At least that’s what the report
The post On Goalkeepers, Priorities, and CEOs appe… Read More
2018-07-17 10:30
The focus switches to pre-season and the tour of the Far East. Hopefully, the club is more diligent in its’ travel arrangements than
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2018-07-16 11:01
It’s over now so back to the acronym party that supporting Arsenal degenerated into over the past few years. I did try and
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2018-07-15 10:14
Well, there you have it. The first Premier League title is in the bag after yesterday’s 8 – 0 win at Borehamwood. Although
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2018-07-14 11:06
If football’s coming home, the pre-season is definitely standing on the doorstep drunkenly fumbling for the keys, trying not to make too much
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2018-07-13 09:27
Unai Emery held his the pre-match press conference of his reign yesterday. It might only be Borehamwood but even the boss’ vocal chords
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2018-07-12 09:09
And then it was over. In an instant, the football gods turned their backs on a group of young men who exceeded expectations
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2018-07-11 10:10
The new regime continues its’ work unabated with the signing of Lucas Torreira, and later in the day, the longer-term project of Matteo
The post On Torreira, How We Will Line-Up and T… Read More
2018-07-09 10:06
A busy day for the club with two new signings timetabled. Lucas Torreira arrived on Air Diego yesterday, ready to undergo the much-postponed
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2018-07-08 10:39
John Lydon nailed it: “England’s dreaming!” The context is totally wrong, of course, but the country is dreaming. For the first time in
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2018-07-06 09:52
Well, this is pleasant. Sunshine begats sunshine as the bible says. Who needs a summer holiday when you’ve got sunshine at home, eh?
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2018-07-04 09:37
My Viking heritage surfaced this morning judging by my Thor head. Eng-er-lund advancing to the last eight saw the Catholic church agree that
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2018-07-03 06:00
Bugger. When Japan were two-up, I dared to dream. It wasn’t to be; the plucky underdog held their own in the first half
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2018-07-02 09:29
If Saturday’s World Cup matches set a high bar, Sunday’s were the Fosbury Flop. Without the Fosbury. ITV tried to big-up Spain’s defeat
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2018-07-01 11:14
It was a fantastic day of football yesterday with first Round of Sixteen matches proving absorbing for very different reasons. Hands up if
The post Torreira Proves He’s A-head of the… Read More
2018-06-30 10:00
Unai Emery’s assessment of the current defence begins with Calum Chambers, whom he has declared a ‘keeper’. Not a ‘keeper, but a ‘keeper’.
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2018-06-29 09:19
Gareth Southgate unleashed his inner Wenger last night and played a Carling Cup side against Belgium’s Carling Cup side. The Belgians won –
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2018-06-28 08:55
OK, let’s get this out of the way: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, bring up penalty shootouts, quarter-finals, a half-a-century of abject failure. All I s… Read More
2018-06-27 09:33
Despite events on the pitch, a coked-up parody takes all the headlines. Jan-Aage Fjortoft tweeted that Maradona was the “King of Football” and
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2018-06-26 09:15
It shows the mindset of some when the performances of Morocco and Iran are pushed into the background. The haste with which VAR
The post On Shakespearian VAR, Scouting Missions & Dog Wh… Read More
2018-06-25 09:18
Knock three times, crooned Tony Orlando and Dawn. Just don’t do it when David Ospina is around, he’ll fall down injured. Colombia deservedly
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2018-06-24 09:28
The sanitising of football continues unabated at the World Cup. FIFA charged both Granit Xhaka and Tubs Shaqiri for their goal celebrations. Crossing
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2018-06-23 10:41
The World Cup dominates the skyline, as you would expect. Granit Xhaka took everyone’s minds off the numbing Brazilian win over Costa Rica
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2018-06-22 10:10
The gift that keeps giving. There’s a Matryoshka Doll analogy to be made about these World Cup finals but I’ll leave it for
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2018-06-21 09:51
Despite the result, I hope the ladies of Iran who were in the stadium for yesterday’s 1 – 0 defeat to Spain, enjoyed
The post Who’s On The Way Out – Ever Talks for E… Read More
2018-06-20 08:47
A busy day on the Arsenal front with the arrival of Bernd Leno announced moments after yesterday’s post went live. Did I amend
The post J-Day: Jack, Jay, Jens – Torreira Confirm… Read More
2018-06-19 09:22
Ornstein has spoken: Jay Leno decides today if he’s coming to Arsenal but reading between the lines, we probably won’t find out for
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2018-06-18 08:46
A quick trawl through the back pages sees the assertion that Lucas Torreira will undergo a medical now. It was Wednesday but the
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2018-06-17 11:17
It’s claimed that fans in Russia, who cheered Saudi Arabia and Iran, will ‘boo’ Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gundoghan for having their photo
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2018-06-16 11:25
It’s been a productive few weeks for the club since the end of the season. New head coach, new right-back, and we all
The post On Transfer Rumours, New Contracts and World Cups appear… Read More
2018-06-15 10:37
The World Cup finals got off to a better start than we thought they would. Russia were good value for their 5 –
The post On The World Cup, Necks, Football Intellectuals, and a Bit of… Read More
2018-06-14 10:19
Released this morning, the 2018/19 season fixtures give Unai Emery a testing start, to say the least. City at home, Chelsea away? Welcome
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2018-06-13 09:02
They say the sign of a good band is that they could put reading the ‘phone book to music and it would sell.
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2018-06-12 09:58
If nations competing at Russia 2018 had theme tunes, England would probably be Dvoøák’s The Symphony No. 9, in E Minor “From the New
The post On Fancy Dans, T… Read More
2018-06-11 11:25
Arsenal’s new regime has taken the old footballing adage that all good teams are built on a strong defence to heart. And old
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2018-06-10 12:23
The calm before the storm. Four and a bit days to go and the World Cup begins. While you enjoy the matches, some
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2018-06-09 10:09
So another one lands. Sokratis for £16m brings another desperately needed experienced head to the back four in Laurent Koscielny’s absence. To be
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2018-06-08 09:20
The early 1990s were a tumultuous time for English football. Graham Kelly, whom I seem to recall as a PR chief before he
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2018-06-07 09:18
A new morning in the Unai Emery era and such is the certainty over Sokratis’ future following Papa Papastathopoulos’ recent radio performance that
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2018-06-06 11:09
So, welcome Stephan Lichtsteiner, quite possibly the only time he won’t be referred to as Stephan of Liechtenstein on these pages. And my
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2018-06-05 09:52
Sometimes in the business of football transfers, there’s an obvious reason for signing a player. Stephan of Liechtenstein and Sokratis; I understand the
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2018-06-04 07:29
It’s a reminder of the ‘good old days’, but it’s the sort of love for a club you want players to show. The
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2018-06-03 12:14
Eventually, I will get a piece down on paper. Yeah, smart-arse, I left out the “worth reading” bit. Real Madrid cast a big
The post On Legends, Young Players Taking Chances, and… Read More
2018-06-01 09:57
Twitter went all Clive Dunn yesterday, working itself into a tizzy. I thought I’d end it there because the social media network is
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2018-05-31 09:50
This morning sees the first test of the ‘new’ Arsenal emerge with reports that the club offered Aaron Ramsey a new five-year deal.
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2018-05-30 13:59
Diamond Eye. The nickname demands a Shirley Bassey theme tune be played every time he enters a room. It’s step down from Goldfinger
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2018-05-29 08:13
The transfer talk is ratcheting up a notch or two with claims that Arsenal tried a last-ditch attempt to land Fabinho before he
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2018-05-28 10:20
With a new boss on board, the transfer rumours are going into overdrive. So far, we’re talking to Dortmund about Sokratis, Sampdoria about
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2018-05-27 09:37
You’ll Never Walk Alone…unless you’re a goalkeeper whose two mistakes cost the side the Champions League. Then, you’ll be left to suffer your
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2018-05-26 11:03
A new era and maybe one day we’ll be in the Champions League final. Qualifying for the competition is the first order of
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2018-05-25 09:07
Twenty-four hours into the job and Unai Emery made his first major decision yesterday: get the driver to park closer to the door
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2018-05-24 08:08
Unai Emery met the press yesterday and if he appeared frazzled, everyone knew it was because he and Ivan had caught “the red-eye”
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2018-05-23 08:37
So, there you go, Unai Emery is the new gaffer. And in true Fred Moffatt style, announced it in a short-lived webpage on
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2018-05-22 08:26
Kudos to those who connect today’s photo without having to use an internet site or search engine. Anyway, by now you know that
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2018-05-21 08:26
So, this is it; the big day. Move over Hazza and Megs, the real business is about to hit the front pages. Arsenal
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2018-05-20 09:36
The only true happiness in an FA Cup final between United and Chelsea is Kim Jong Un nuking it. Or they became immersed
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2018-05-19 09:29
If nothing else, the shackles of conservatism will hang a little looser around Arsenal Football Club when the appointment of Mikel Arteta is
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2018-05-18 08:49
To paraphrase The Who, meet the new blog, the same as the old blog. So, this is what Friday mornings look like? Thanks
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2018-05-17 10:01
It is an interesting claim to make: “Arsenal have yet to contact Manchester City over Mikel Arteta”. Bold words from the media which
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2018-05-16 14:40
As the curtain descends on an era, it is inevitable that the focus of fans and the media is on who will replace
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2018-05-16 08:12
Nerves of steel; that’s what the new Arsenal head coach needs. There’s a louche attitude toward defending to deal with – “I do
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2018-05-15 08:17
Whichever way he turns, Ivan is getting advice on who to appoint as Arsène’s successor, how it should be done, what mistakes he’s
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2018-05-14 07:50
And with the shrill peep of Michael Oliver’s whistle, the end arrived. The era is over and interregnum begins. Huddersfield Town 0 –
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2018-05-13 09:46
So this is it; the end of an era. If things had been planned properly, last week’s match against Burnley would have been
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2018-05-12 08:17
Regrets? I’ve had a few. I’ll be able to tell a lot about you by whose voice sings those lines in your head.
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2018-05-11 09:01
I remember the day in September 1996. I walked into my local, the Kentish Yeomen in a small village called Seal just outside
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2018-05-10 08:14
I am impressed as I’m sure you are. Just when you think that there are no new ways to cause our own downfall,
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2018-05-09 08:19
Football these days must name every match. The ‘North London Derby’; the ‘Chapman Derby’; if the Premier League felt like christening tonight’s fixture,
The po… Read More
2018-05-08 09:17
There’s always one. One player who is linked with a move to Arsenal for years but it never happens. Sebastien Frey, David Trezeguet,
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2018-05-07 10:15
Arsenal 5 – 0 Burnley It was only fitting that more people remained for the celebration than did so at Leicester’s post-season pitchside
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2018-05-06 09:39
Before I get going on today’s post, words of sympathy and best wishes to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family following yesterday’s surgery.
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2018-05-05 08:57
The sun is shining, which on a bank holiday weekend is a surprise. Or at least that’s how the cliche goes. It’s a
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2018-05-04 07:38
Arsenal seem to have perfected the art of ‘Death by hope’. We’re suckers for it, sometimes unashamedly so. Last night on the bus
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2018-05-03 08:12
And then there were 4,893… Lucien Favre is to become the next Dortmund boss so he will forever be known in media terms
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2018-05-02 08:04
Is there any chance that Real Madrid could take a coaching session or two with the Atletico defenders before Thursday? They and Bayern
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2018-05-01 23:01
While it is true that the Gunners could not outperform Atletico Madrid on the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals, that does
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2018-05-01 08:47
Busy times at Highbury House, with all these contract negotiations ongoing. It’s just as well Huss Fahmy is in charge of those talks;
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