Thomas Vermaelen
Sometimes I think the club have got it in for us bloggers. Why would you release the big game changing financial announcement the day before a Premier League match? They couldn’t have thrown us that bone during the last interminable international break? Now I’ve got to talk about balance sheets and profit margins when I…Read the Rest
More team news has come in this morning from Arsene Wenger’s pre Spurs press conference and it ain’t great. We already heard yesterday that Walcott, Szczesny and Sagna faced late tests, now it emerges that Arteta and Giroud are also doubts with hip and calf problems respectively. I suppose we should be used to losing…Read the Rest
Great news. It’s been bugging me for weeks but I’ve finally worked out who it is this Arsenal team remind me of. It’s that rounded headed lovable loser and friend to black and white beagles Charlie Brown. Take a look next time we bungle an easily defendable free kick. Watch the players as they trudge…Read the Rest
“Judge us after ten games!” It’s one of Arsene Wenger’s favourite lines and one he was trotting out earlier this season when deflecting hyperbole about the potential of this squad. Well, ten games have now passed and…erm…well… Le Boss was asked in his pre-match interview on Arsenal.com yesterday to sum up where we are after…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
Thomas Vermaelen attempted to show last night that not only does he have a supreme talent for steely eyed defensive Vermination, he’s also pretty handy when it comes to a nifty visual metaphor. On a night categorised by sloppiness, particularly at the back, the Verm reacted to Laurent Koscielny spurning a free header in the…Read the Rest
