Arsenal II – Bate Borisov : 6-0 with Jack the boss

By Walter Broeckx The starting line up for Arsenal was Ospina, Debuchy, Holding, Chambers, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Elneny, Wilshere, Walcott, Welbeck, Giroud.  Lots of youngsters on the beach. A first dangerous attack with a cross from Debuchy to Walcott who heads it to Giroud who lays it off to Elneny and his left footed shot hits …

Arsenal and the Tractor Boys: the final instalment.

By Tony Attwood A Prize to the Football Forecast website for noticing that if BATE actually beat Arsenal and Red Star and Cologne draw, then BATE could qualify for the knock outs.  Here’s the table to prove it Group H Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1  Arsenal 5 3 1 1 …

What is the benefit of football pundits and journalists insulting their audience? We should be told!

By Tony Attwood It has been interesting to read the media’s response to the little tiff that occurred when Match of the Day presenters got rather miffed at being called out over alleged bias against Arsenal. The Guardian and the Telegraph handled the event in slightly different ways.  The Telegraph responded with “To those lambasting …

The real January transfer news and the signing of a new centre back

by Sir Hardly Anyone The Metro on 26 August this year told us “Arsene Wenger is ready to green light a late exodus to raise funds for two massive January arrivals.” Explaining who they thought would be leaving the club the paper said that Arsenal risked “losing a number of players before the window slams …