FA Cup Southampton – Arsenal : 0-5, Welbeck with a brace, Theo with a hattrick… amazing performance

By Walter Broeckx A lot of changes indicating that Arsenal finds the PL more important than the FA cup at this moment in time. I’m not going over all the changes but only Mustafi held his place in the starting line up compared to the Burnley match.   The most important fact maybe was the …

Southampton v Arsenal: the Cup runs and the teams

by Bulldog Drummond In the Cup we have progressed from 16 of the 20 FA Cup fourth round ties contested under Mr Wenger, losing only to Leeds (1996/97), Leicester (1999/2000), Bolton (2005/06) and Stoke (2009/10).  Better still we have won the last five away FA Cup matches in a row – although we have never …

Southampton v Arsenal: top scorers and comparing the clubs’ style and approach

By Bulldog Drummond The Top Scorers Chart in relation to the Southampton v Arsenal match (or as the Telegraph had it yesterday, Arsenal v Southampton) is interesting.  Arsenal have three players in the top 27 while Southampton have one in Charlie Austin – who is out of the team until April.  Their next highest is …

Mr Wenger v The FA – the full 20 year history. And the world of the fake innuendo.

By Tony Attwood As you will probably have seen Arsène Wenger was given a four-match touchline ban by the Football Association following the Burnley game.  Arsenal have said they will not appeal and so the ban starts today. Mr Wenger can sit in the stand and communicate with Steve Bould by telephone, or should the line …