Category: Arsenal stories

By Walter Broeckx The supporters of Manchester City are unhappy. They are unhappy about the fact that they have to pay £62 for a ticket for the game next Sunday. They received 3000 tickets but have returned 912 of them. Tickets that now are being sold to Arsenal supporters. So this means that some 900 …

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By Walter Broeckx Yesterday someone who writes for a another website said to me that in the last summer transfer window Arsenal had been linked with some 150 players. 150 players. Hundred and fifty that is. We bought 3 players in reality. Compare those numbers: 150 rumours – 3 bought actually. This is pure madness. …

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By Tony Attwood There is something so utterly obnoxious about Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter that it is hard to put into words, without utilising the language of the street.   And of course the obnoxiousness of the man spreads outwards.  Every organisation that associates itself with Fifa becomes part of the appalling approach to life the …

Read More “When Blatter steps in something unspeakable, it is hard to distinguish the man from what he trod in”

Should Suarez be banned retrospectively for cheating? By Cameron Wolfe. Before the Swansea game yesterday I read a few previews from those knowledgeable UK pundits/Blogs. (I know, I should really just read Billy’s preview in the future but I couldn’t help myself. Honest.) Most of these other reviews wrote us off before we started, stating …

Read More “If Arsene Wenger was the Liverpool boss they’d be replaying the Mansfield FA cup tie.”

By Tony Attwood It is time for the Africa Cup of Nations to be played in South Africa.  It is also time when world-wide match fixing ought to be reaching the headlines. To their credit a few papers do mention it, but by and large they prefer to carry on talking up the home nations, …

Read More “Match fixing continues, but little is being done”

By Billy the Dog McGraw Swansea is a Stone Age settlement which has been run at different times by the Italians (then going under the name of “Romans”) and the Vikings who set up a trading post known as Sveinn’s Island. The Welsh didn’t really get going until the 13th century, by which time everyone …

Read More “Swansea v Arsenal FA Cup; Billy and Dennis converse”

101 WAYS to CHEAT in FOOTBALL by Don McMahon While reading about how ¨diving¨ or  simulation has become the bane of Football worldwide, it struck me that the average supporter is not really aware of how many varied and ¨clever¨ ways there are to gain an unfair advantage when professionals (and many amateurs) play the …

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By Walter Broeckx As we have entered another transfer period it might be interesting to have a look at the last transfer window. And maybe we could start with looking at a list that was made up in Spain. A list of the biggest flops from last summer. And the worst buy according to the …

Read More “Song and Modric top flops in Spain”

By Tony Attwood Adrián Lopez is a forward who has never scored very many goals, and who has had a rather strange journey through football, playing for Real Oivedo in the second division as a youth player, then moving to Deportivo de La Coruña in 2006 with Oviedo getting a compensation payment of around £250,000 – …

Read More “Adrián Lopez: coming to Arsenal?”

By Walter Broeckx What is wrong this season so far? If we look at the number of games we lost we are not doing that bad in fact.  With 4 lost games we do better than some other teams who are fighting for the CL places this season. But there are 3 teams who have …

Read More “Arsenal: what is wrong and what could be an answer”

By Tony Attwood . Demba Ba was turned down by Gillingham, and Swansea, according to press reports.  Plus Le Havre, Lyons, Auxerre, and Amiens.  Watford gave him five months.  Stoke agreed transfer from Hoffenheim but didn’t see it through because they thought he had a knee injury.  In fact reports suggest that no one will …

Read More “Demba Ba: do we really want him at Arsenal?”

By Tony Attwood I was just contemplating if to write a piece this evening, and if so, how to encapsulate my feelings, when I saw a message come in, in response to the morning’s post previewing the game.   In essence the writer said something along the lines of “Arsenal, what a team, always know how …

Read More “Arsenal always know how to disappoint, and Sky how to say something odd”

By Billy the Dog McGraw Today we are off to Southamptonshire, one of the ceremonial counties of England.  Ceremonial counties have a Lord Lieutenant who is required under the Lieutenancies Act 1997 to play for the local football club, and then be transferred to north London.  Alex Ox, Theo Henry and G the Baleful are …

Read More “Southampton v Arsenal; two ditches, a wall, Bergkamp, King Alfred, Clausentum, Harry Redknapp (etc)”

By Tony Attwood Chuba Akpom is a forward who is seen as one of the new sensational stars at Arsenal, and is being spoken of as having the class and ability level of Jack Wilshere. So far this season he has played nine games in the under 21 league and scored three, and six in …

Read More “Do we really need to buy anyone in January?”

By Richard Bedwell Tony’s excellent piece on wages the other day prompts (on the eve of a new window opening) some thoughts on the other major part of player costs namely transfer fees. If FFP is fundamentally designed to remove, or at least ameliorate, inflation in player costs then surely such fees will need to …

Read More “Transfer fees and FFP: a revolution in the making.”

By Tony Attwood Sometimes the gods are with you.  My season ticket seat is to the right of the North Bank goal, upper tier.  A perfect panoramic view except that it means that goals at the Clock End are little bit harder to see because at the distance of about 150 yards, perspective goes, and …

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By Walter Broeckx So I think all of us were a bit angry after 72 minutes. I could imagine the headlines coming already: Gunners let the lead slip away 3 times. I think the player who was most involved with 2 of the Newcastle goals will know that these are mistakes we shouldn’t make. I …

Read More “Goal fest at the Emirates.”