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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the best player on the pitch on Tuesday against Shrewsbury Town scoring one goal and assisting another. The winger was very delighted with his performance and so was manager Arsene Wenger and every other Arsenal fan. With pe…
Stoke v Spurs: match preview
With the lure of England on the horizon and off the field distractions, this could be Harry Redknapp’s final season at Spurs. His legacy will be achieving Champions League football, however, he has three realistic chances to win a trophy. The Carling…
Consistency – A Veiled Warning
Four games in and six points, those six points a stark contrast to the six points lost against the league’s probable one and two. A confidence reborn following the win at always tricky Wolves where, despite reports to the contrary, we did …
Nitesh: Should we put out our first team against Shrewsbury ?
Arsenal host Shrewbury town in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night with our reputation in tatters. The league defeats to Liverpool, Manure and Blackburn mean we are scrambling for points and confidence. With that in mind, would it be better for our first …
Nitesh: Should we put out our first team against Shrewsbury ?
Arsenal host Shrewbury town in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night with our reputation in tatters. The league defeats to Liverpool, Manure and Blackburn mean we are scrambling for points and confidence. With that in mind, would it be better for our first …
Spurs V Liverpool preview
It’s back to Premier League action on Sunday as Spurs host Liverpool at White Hart Lane. Some see this as a must win game for Spurs but in reality it is nothing of the sort. A win would indeed be very welcome and it will be interesting to see how we …
Leboeuf Supports Terry-Luiz partnership
Blue Legend Frank Leboeuf is convinced Luiz and Terry can form a formidable partnership this season. Although Luiz and Terry haven’t played together this season, Leboeuf has seen enough of Luiz to arrive at his conclusion. Lebeouf, having a number of trophies with us and the World Cup with France deserves to have his opinion [...]
Ready for the Wolves
Spurs travel to Wolves on Saturday with plenty to prove after a dismal opening against two of the Premier League’s big guns. There’s plenty for Harry Redknapp to consider as he looks to get his team their first points of the season. Stoppin…
Let’s Play Some Football
As the transfer window slammed shut in front of us, some of us may have felt like we had just caught our fingers in it, after a lack of drama at its conclusion. “Why didn’t we spend our cash?!! ” … “We were only two player…
Arsenal summer transfer round up 2011: Arteta and Benayoun
The window for 2011 is now closed. Arsenal have made 9 first team additions this year, 8 permanently, whilst Joel Campbell has gone on loan. The best signings will yet to be seen, however transfer deadline day proved to be hugely exciting, Arteta becom…
Benayoun and Arteta complete late deals for Arsenal
With under half an hour left in the transfer window last night, Yossi Benayoun completed his year long loan from Chelsea, whilst Mikel Arteta signed for £10million on a 4 year contract, from Everton. The Benayoun deal was in place from around 18:30, o…
Arsenal complete Mertesacker deal.
Arsenal have officially announced the signing of Per Mertesacker from Werder Bremen for a fee of £8.8million, on a 4 year contract. The deal had been completed before today, yet we were waiting for a few formalities to be tied up. He will wear the num…
Arsenal confirm signing of Andre Santos
Arsenal have completed the signing of 28 year old left back Andre Santos this afternoon, for a £6.2million fee. He has signed a 4 year contract and will wear the number 11 shirt. He is a Brazilian international and was signed from Fenerbache. Arsène …
Follow Transfer Deadline Day Live On Arsenal Transfers!
It’s like Christmas Eve, and boy is it a good one for Arsenal! Mertesacker and Santos had their medicals yesterday, including personal terms getting agreed, whilst there is two more medicals booked in today. We are after M’Villa (defensive …
A struggle for fourth?
We’re almost at the close of the window. Let’s take a look back at the aims of the summer and compare them to how we’re actually shaping up ahead of the transfer deadline. These were my aims going into the summer transfer window Keep…
At the Eleventh hour
With only a day (or less) of the transfer window remaining it is time for us suffering Spurs supporters to spend a day glued to SSN/Twitter/Radio 5/Talksport to find out what sort of team we will be watching when our season restarts in a fortnights t…
Arsenal set to complete deal for Left Back André Santos tomorrow
The first of what should be a flurry of signings tomorrow and before deadline day is André Santos. The 28 year old Brazilian will be signed from Fenerbache for around £6million and will give our left back role some much needed experience. He is 1.80 …
Park Chu Young set to seal his transfer as Traore leaves, leaving us with no fit left back
‘Id 8-2 be an Arsenal fan’ , ‘Eight alive today’ and the worst of all coming from a Liverpool fan: “I’m sorry mate. I’m not even gonna mock you.” Just a few things texted to me, following yesterday. I sti…
Villas-Boas: Blues Hold No Fear of Barcelona
Barcelona who? Villas-Boas says our Blue army has no fear of playing Barcelona in one of the knockout rounds of the Champions League. He believes our Blue army has what it takes to conquer Barcelona. Currently our record in the Champions league against Barcelona is three wins, four draws and three losses. On paper, we [...]
Nasri is sold to City for £24million
Samir Nasri, unlike the rest of the squad on the plane to Udinese is today travelling to Manchester, to complete his signing for City. He will double his wages and get a signing on fee of around £4million. Wenger DID NOT want to sell his midfielder, b…
Thoughts on United
Not the best of starts to the Premier League season but was it anymore than any of us expected? United, under Ferguson, are a team that can always step up a gear when they need to and tonight was no exception
Diarra is the perfect fit – but where does it leave Modric?
LASSANA DIARRA is set to quit Real Madrid for Spurs as Harry Redknapp bolsters his midfield ranks. With Brazilian star Sandro currently injured and Luka Modric the subject of much transfer speculation, Redknapp is closing in on a move for Diarra. The f…
Adebayor and Hulk the way forward
A LOAN move for Emmanuel Adebayor is the first piece of the jigsaw as Harry Redknapp bids to reshape his strike-force. Porto’s powerful attacker Hulk would make a cracking second addition and send out a message that Spurs are serious players in the r…
Arsenal want Hazard and play a risky game with the Centre Back situation
First off, my apologies for a few days of non-posts, it’s been a very busy period for me with work. Anyway back to the real state of affairs, Arsenal. Discontent, is a word I would use with huge understatement, concerning fans and their thoughts …
Young lads grab chance
THERE may not be new signings to salivate over but scintillating Spurs are off to a flier. A 5-0 thumping of hosts Hearts in the Europa League was more than Harry Redknapp could have wished for. And three of the club’s best young prospects ensure…
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