The Latest From The Marble Halls
In the aftermath of Saturday’s shaky 1-0 win over QPR, Jack Wilshere, talking through his thoughts and feelings on his successful return to the side, inadvertently hit on the issue facing this Arsenal side this year and in recent seasons: Last time I played a Premier League game, I was playing with Fabregas, Nasri and…Read the Rest
The clocks went back last night giving us all an extra hour in bed and of course giving us a helping hand through the grim winter months by stealing an hour of our daylight. The sun will start going down around 4.30 in the afternoon by next week. Thanks a lot Greenwich Mean Time. Still…Read the Rest
It’s always nice to welcome back a player as supremely gifted as Bacary Sagna. He’s quite possibly the best right back in the league and our most consistent performer when he’s not nursing broken legs and yet… it’s probably the one position I’m not that bothered about strengthening at the moment. Carl Jenkinson has done…Read the Rest
Morning, morning. Well after all the bally hoopla of yesterday’s annual general I got a call from young master Halls asking me if I’d like to step in and take the reigns of what he calls his daily ‘web log’ to explain my ‘largely dismissive and patronising way with minority shareholders’. I’ve had it under…Read the Rest
Okay. Before we all start losing our minds this morning can we at least first of all agree that Schalke are a very good side. This defeat may have come only a few days after our humiliation at Carrow Road, and may well have had all the hallmarks of that toothless display but this was…Read the Rest
As if it wasn’t bad enough getting humiliated by Norwich City Football Club at the weekend, the Norwich branch of Friends of the Earth have steamed in late to kick us while we’re down by criticising our decision to take the plane to Saturday’s match. Their spokeswoman said: It is absolutely absurd. I cannot see…Read the Rest
