The Latest From The Marble Halls
Morning all! In the latest of an occasional series here at the Marble Halls looking at how our loanees fared on their travels last season we’re focussing this morning on Kyle Bartley who spent his second loan spell at Rangers last season. Much talked about thanks to promising early performances at youth and reserve level,…Read the Rest
Did you watch the match last night? What did you think of M’Vila? A quick scout of the social networks suggests many Gooners are a bit disappointed with our prospective new signing. But a lot of that disappointment seems to be centred around the fact that he didn’t go charging around the pitch, sliding into…Read the Rest
I’m not in the mood this morning. Maybe it’s because I woke up to find that a builder in the flat upstairs had banged a nail into one of our pipes yesterday and that water has been seeping through the innards of the building all night long. Maybe it’s because Mrs Halls has just decided…Read the Rest
Good news this morning as Arsene Wenger has finally given in to the bullying and cajoling of his colleagues at TF1 and admitted that Olivier Giroud is about to become an Arsenal player: Giroud didn’t play much (at the Euros so far), but he’s going to be an Arsenal player 90% next season. I think…Read the Rest
In an apt metaphor for the dullness of the close season, the official Arsenal site have been running a picture special on the progress of the Emirates pitch as it’s prepared ahead of the new season. That’s right. They’re telling us that the close season is literally like watching grass grow and I’m convinced this…Read the Rest
You’ve all seen Trading Places, right? The 1983 comedy in which a callous millionaire wagers that he can turn Eddie Murphy’s poor street hustler into a rich and successful society man by having him switch lives with Dan Aykroyd’s privileged stock market investor. All goes well until Dan Aykroyd gets wind of the bet, and…Read the Rest
