Mert and Kos – The New Adams and Keown

Well, so says Lee Dixon anyway. To be precise, he says “Mertesacker has got a stature about him that is reminiscent of Tony,” while “You could compare Koscielny to Keown given his same dogged determination to do his job.” Of course this was said just before the Arsenal defence let in five against Liverpool, which…

The Three Horse Race

Recently I posted this looking at Arsenal’s chances of winning the Premier League title based on a few recent statistics. And despite the odd setback, this is still the best League season and best chance of a title in years. But the bookies aren’t usually too far out with their projections, so what are the…

When Spurs Kept Arsenal Out Of Europe . . .

Some Arsenal history I found while looking at old programmes: in 1973 Arsenal finished second in the League, but weren’t allowed to enter the UEFA Cup the following season. Why? Because Spurs had won the League Cup! Confused? The ever-archaic and backward looking Football League and FA still had rules in place that meant more…

I’m No WOB, I’m An ANP

I haven’t had much time for blogging lately – good thing too, you might think – but my last short piece questioned Arsene Wenger’s excuses for dropping points in the three games against Everton, Man City and Chelsea. Naturally by daring to question Arsene Wenger some people, possibly people of low intelligence, I don’t know,…

A Quick Question For Arsene Wenger

Here’s a quote from Arsene Wenger. “We have come out of some very difficult games in the festive period. We played Everton, Man City and Chelsea and then at West Ham and at Newcastle. While we dropped some points, I felt it was more down to the heavy schedule and short recovery time we had…

So Josh Kroenke, What Is It You Do, Exactly?

It’s Christmas time, and our recent present from major shareholder Mr E Stanley Kroenke is to send his only begotten son down to earth from Colorado. Yes, Josh Kroenke has joined the Arsenal Board. No doubt you’ll be wanting to know what young Josh looks like, so you can recognise him on his many, many…