It’s good news day. Win 2 club level tickets for WBA; plus Gibbs is OK and Vela is freed

By Tony Attwood Good news on free tickets, good news on injuries, good news about women, good news about Carlos Vela. It is all Good, Good, Good, Good.  Oh yes! First off, the two free tickets for club level this weekend. If you read my meanderings on a regular basis, then in between your need …

The Untold referee index: Tiny Totts vs Arsenal.

By Walter Broeckx For the trip to the Lane we got ref Lee Probert in charge. The result was great but how was the ref? We just will find out. PENALTY: Lansbury runs in the area and falls down. There was a hand of a defender on his back, but I think the ref is …

Arry says stuff you won’t believe, except, oh, hang on, it was said by Arry, so we don’t

By Tony Attwood I was so enthused last night I went to bed extra late, couldn’t get to sleep, and then woke up late (thank goodness, not getting a full night’s sleep is not good when you get to a Certain Age – as we Veterans call it) and have hardly got time to write …

Arsène Wenger has three hands – don’t let the media fool you.

  Arsène Wenger has three Hands!!! By Paul Blythe The Phrygian sage Epictetus said: ‘Everything has two handles, one by which it can be carried and a second by which it cannot’. There may even be a third handle, often not in clear view and the major problem being you need a third hand to …

Have they seen the light? It is time to stop fouling goalkeepers

By Walter Broeckx Watching MOTD is one of the highlights in my life. I must say that from the days of Jimmy Hill it was always a joy for me to hear the tune at the start of the program. My wife knew that at that moment she could run around naked in the house and …

How our injury levels compare with our rivals. The Untold Injury Index Week 5

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 5 By Dale Higginbottom Do Arsenal get more injuries then their Premier League rivals? That’s what this series of articles will try to answer and put the difficult run of injuries into some perspective. As the match intensity increases to include cup competitions we should expect the league campaigns to …

The art of name calling: what the names of the Arsenal team actually mean.

By Paul Blythe The Art of Name calling. We all have one, more often than not several. The ones bestowed upon us by our loving parents and those used by friends and foes alike, often to describe our obvious flaws and shortcomings. However names often have a deeper more powerful and historic significance often lost …

Arsenal’s team to play the Tiny Totts in the little cup.

By Tony Attwood Guessing the Lord Wenger’s team for a league match can be tough (as witness the fact that I never get within a million miles of it).  So guessing the team for the Diddly Cup match is well neigh impossible.  A first teamer that you thought would be rested suddenly starts, and some …