Slow ‘n’ Sunny Sunday
What should we Gooners make of the world today? Yesterday Arsenal showed some promise, but some familiar frailties too. The papers have dutifully filled their pages, but not with anything new. Some...
View ArticleMata deal still live, Hill-Wood predicts nail-biting wait for transfer news
After rumours yesterday that the deal for Juan Mata was dead, there is more encouraging news today from the player’s father – who is also his agent. According to him, Arsenal made an opening offer that...
View ArticleOne more please, there’s still someone not smiling!
Another dog day on transfer news. With the trail going cold on the Jagielka and Mata stories the media have stuck a couple of other names under the grill with speculative pieces about Scott Dann and...
View ArticleBarcelona, bungling & new players
To my mind, the root cause of Arsenal’s transfer deadlock this summer has been the way Barcelona gave behaved. What they have done over Fabregas has been straightforward extortion. But the Arsenal...
View ArticleTevez to Arsenal and other rumours
It was bound to happen. With heavy hints that Arsenal are about to part with Fabregas and Nasri the media are falling over themselves to spend the resulting cash. Wenger meanwhile has been damping down...
View ArticleWho will Arsenal buy?
Arsene Wenger says that his main focus is on a new defender but it isn’t easy. No kidding. I’m sure he’s right but then again he’s a top manager so that’s what he’s there for! Defender talk in the...
View ArticleThe Central Midfielders Arsenal need – does size matter?
There are plenty of names doing the rounds, Jadson, Mata, Hazard, Martin etc. But looking at these options I was struck by how small some of these guys are and, indeed, how small some of our...
View ArticleArsenal team against Chelsea
So we’ve had a run of form, progressed in the Carling and top our Champions League group. All well and good, normal service being resumed etc. Tomorrow it gets a bit more testing. Chelsea away. This...
View ArticleLeague race tighter again | Do Arsenal need another full-back?
I must admit I had last night’s game down as a City win or maybe a draw. But Chelsea pulled it off late in the game with a penalty strike. Mata had a good game for Chelsea and a dithering Clichy got...
View ArticleAnother head-messing, player-linking, brainwashing week
Just a week to go of this transfer window madness. Today is a bumper day with Arsenal linked to Wayne Rooney, Julio Cesar, Mezut Ozil, Yohan Cabaye, Tim Krul, Angel Di Maria, Vicente Guaita and Juan...
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