By Walter Broeckx Apparantly Koscielny injured himself before the match so the line up given at first had to be changed. Jenkinson came in his place. Nketiah leading the line in this match. Arsenal team at the start: Cech, Lichtsteiner, Jenkinson, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Willock, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Iwobi, Nketiah On the beach: Martinez, Jenkinson,Medley, Torreira, …
By Bulldog Drummond There is little point trying to write out a team sheet because far too much is unknown for this match. We do know that various academy players have been used this season so far, with Bukayo Saka being the last when he came on against Fulham. But which ones are still in …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here courtesy of thefa.com are all of the games and officials including those on VAR duty. Kickoffs are at 15:00 unless noted:- Friday 4 January 19.45pm Tranmere Rovers FC v Tottenham Hotspur, Referee Andre Marriner Assistant Referees Edward Smart & Marc Perry Fourth Official Paul Tierney. The result was 0-7. Saturday 5 …
By Tony Attwood When it comes to records in the FA Cup there really isn’t much point looking beyond the top two clubs, since they are so far above the rest, no one else could get close for years. Club Wins Last win Runners up Last 2nd Total finals Arsenal 13 2017 7 2001 …
By Bulldog Drummond For Arsenal of course this is the start of the FA Cup this season. For Blackpool it is match number four. Here are their results thus far… Date Match Result Score 10 Nov 2018 Exeter City v Blackpool W 2-3 30 Nov 2018 Solihull Moors v Blackpool D 0-0 18 Dec 2018 …
By Tony Attwood Accoding to the Swiss Ramble website, between 2008 and 2017 Premier League clubs had over £8 bn of available cash. Of this 54% came from their own operation – that is TV money, marketing income, sponsorship, gate money, prize money and transfer income. That money is down to the club’s own operating …
By Tony Attwood Following Andrew’s review of the women’s team (see link at the foot of this article) I thought I would return to my contemplations of the men’s squad, and in doing so I have found that for some weeks I’ve been getting things wrong. So no surprise there. But then so has the …
by Andrew Crawshaw OK I know that they are both for the Women’s team, but nevertheless they are welcome additions to our wonderful group of players who are currently short in numbers following a real injury crisis. The Club have announced today that they have signed Katrine Veje a 27 year old left footed winger …
By Tony Attwood So how are we now doing after the Christmas and New Year rush, having played 21 games, compared with recent seasons? It’s a question that fascinates me, even if no one else wants to rush into the numbers. It seems to me to be a relevant question since the whole purpose of …
By Tony Attwood In our society there are many things that one doesn’t talk about. Notions that are considered so awful that they simply can’t be debated – at least not in public. Notions that, if we had the Thought Police actively working on the streets, would lead to instant arrest just for thinking about …
By Walter Broeckx A few changes compared to our last match of last year. Lihtsteiner drops to the bench and Koscielny comes in the team to play in a 3 man defense with Mustafi and Sokratis. Maitland-Niles and Kolasinac as wing backs. Torreira also drops to the bench after having played a lot recentely. Aubameyang …
By Bulldog Drummond Depending on which newspaper or blogetta you choose to read Arsenal will either play Ozil or he will be “assessed” prior to the game. And there is a general feeling that Monreal will be back as will Bellerin. And before we get too carried away with this being an easy match we …
By Bulldog Drummond Mesut Ozil will return it seems or at least he will be assessed before the game against Fulham. And if he doesn’t play – well there will be another outburst of rumours, all without a trace of evidence. In fact as far as we can tell the problem is a knee injury …
