League Cup: Nottingham Forrest – Arsenal 0-4: Xhaka boom again and a brace from Lucas Peréz

By Walter Broeckx Arsenal team to start: Martinez, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Gabriel, Gibbs, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Akpom, Lucas On the beach: Macey, Bielik, Sheaf, Dasilva, Zelalem, Willock, Mavididi A very mixed team at the start from Arsenal. And with only kids on the bench. A few experienced players like Gabriel, Gibbs, Elneny, Xhaka, The Ox …

Forest v Arsenal updates and Bellerin “has Barça DNA in his blood.”

By Tony Attwood This morning we came up with our scientific prediction of the team: Oooooospina Debuchy  Holding Gabriel Gibbs Elneny The Ox Adelaide Perez  Akpom Willock So what has been going on since? The main story about Arsenal seems to be a re-run of last year, that Bellerin is about to leave.  The alternative story …

Ref Review: Arsenal – Southampton; a perfect example of how the new instructions to refs affects the flow of the game.

By Usama and Walter ARSENAL vs. SOUTHAMPTON COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 4 DATE: 10th September 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Marc Perry 2nd LINESMAN: Edward Smart 4th OFFICIAL: Simon Hooper First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal – the scientifically selected Arsenal line up.

By Tony Attwood When the transfer doorway creaked closed once again we published a table of the players in the 25 and the leading youth players who could also play. In the old days this was irrelevant with league cup matches when groups of youngsters some of us had hardly heard of appeared on the …