Blog Feed: Le Grove

2013 starts with a whimper | Wenger can’t motivate

Published on 2013-01-02 04:10:17

The ball was laid down on the roulette table and it landed on flat, deflated and well below the standard you expect of a team that should be challenging for honours. When it’s ability you lack, you can understand performances like yesterday to

Adrian Lopez smoke has some fire | Cazorla commits verbally | Alex Song – voted worst signing!

Published on 2013-01-01 03:00:04

Welcome to 2013… the Mayans said this year would never come, what do they know eh? We took on the calendar and demanded another year. Well played world, well played. So, football. What have we today bar an absolutely atrocious hangover and a sh

Two English left backs linked | Striker ruled out despite price | Theo looking good…

Published on 2012-12-31 04:24:04

Well good morning and welcome to the last post of 2012. Hey, you know that’s a lie. I’ll be writing a second one later today so you have something to digest tomorrow morning… if any of you are up for it of course! So, what have we f

Newcastle destroyed, but result doesn’t vindicate a dry January

Published on 2012-12-30 03:51:48

Newcastle finished 5th last year. They’re contenders for top four this year. This game was the first of note we’ve had in a while. 3 points were imperative, but as I said before the game, finding our style and confidence was of equal impo

Everton striker scouted | Thierry back in the game | Geordie’s come to town!

Published on 2012-12-29 04:03:55

These new later posts mean I’ve generally sapped all the news for today, yesterday. So no post today. Go home people, there’s nothing to see. Hey, that was just a bad joke. There’s loads to crack on with, it’s Christmas and I

Wenger rules out two strikers, but insists one could be a secret in the making…

Published on 2012-12-28 04:07:17

First up on the agenda this morning is that Arsene Wenger has not denied that he is interested in David Villa according to John Cross… ‘Any interest we have in a player has to be kept secret at the moment.’ He has kind of shirked in

So, so quiet | Chamakh ignored

Published on 2012-12-27 03:42:45

Ahhh, writing when there’s nothing to write about has been the story of many blog posts this year. When the papers and countless awful websites set up to harvest your clicks give up, you know there’s nothing going on. Even the muppets on

Andrey looking to move on | Megafon and MEGA money | Wenger and ‘exceptional’ players

Published on 2012-12-26 03:22:08

It’s Boxing Day and we’ve all been given a rest. Hey, even the train drivers have taken one today. So kind of them to take some down time and ruin everyone’s festive period. I wonder if there will ever come a point when they say, je

Merry Christmas from Le Grove

Published on 2012-12-25 02:58:48

Jeez people, this is simply too much… Mila Kunis under one arm, a crate of Peroni under the other… Chicken Cottage Special Edition Turkey Special under the other. Hold on? Anyway, there’s no news today. I just want to tell you all h

Huntelaar uses Arsenal for new deal | David Villa ruled out by Barca | Arsenal Christmas wish list

Published on 2012-12-24 03:37:39

Dear Santa, It’s, like, what? The 5th year of me writing to you and I feel like either these letters aren’t getting to you, you’re a Spurs fan… or you sir, had something to do with this whole Jimmy Saville thing, Regardless, i

Arsenal up into 3rd | Chambolands? | Theo not a striker for me

Published on 2012-12-23 04:58:54

3 points bagged, up into 3rd, 10 points away from avoiding relegation next year. Times are good in a bad way. How we are where we are considering our run is quite extraordinary! Still, I called it early December. I think we’ll finish top four t

Wenger declares end of world has passed | Spanish striker loan | Zaha decision

Published on 2012-12-22 03:46:33

Today is a big day for Arsenal. We can go third for a few hours. Psychologically, that’s a lovely target to chase. We’re also chasing 3 wins in a row in the Premiership. If we’re looking at taking baby steps this season, that’

Arsenal – CEO Quarterly Report – December 2012

Published on 2012-12-21 07:43:12

Dear Shareholders, Welcome to the Quarterly Update for Shareholders covering the period up to and including 21st December 2012. The topics covered in this update are as follows: • Club overview • Arsenal v West Ham United postponement • Peter H

Wenger pulls the ‘you owe me’ card on Theo | Bayern Munich: Things just got tough…

Published on 2012-12-21 03:42:41

Morning Grovers, I went out last night and drank the whole bar, so this will be short and fluffed with massive quotes. First up. Arsene Wenger just showed his cards to Theo Walcott and the fans. ‘It is easier to take a player of 25 and put him

Tying young Arsenal players down is good / How we’ve done it? Well…. read on

Published on 2012-12-20 03:55:52

Gooooood morning world. Today is a good day. Arsenal tied down their core of English players to long term deals. Well, 5 of them at least. Now, first thing’s first. Tying young players down to long term contracts is a good thing. You never know

Arsenal can activate the Santa Clause | Theo Walcott worrying Vermaelen | Huntelaar in talks for £100k p/w

Published on 2012-12-19 04:05:15

So first up, Boxing Day. Will they won’t they cancel the West Ham game. Who knows. Arsenal need to make a decision sharpish because there are fans from all over Europe making their way over to the ground for the match. Apparently this dispute

Arsenal left side the best side | Theo proves speedy point | Arsenal defence still a cause for concern…

Published on 2012-12-18 03:34:28

All the buzz before the game was around  Theo Walcott earning his debut as a central man. Wenger stated after the game it was because of some sound performances in training, my feeling is that it was more about his agents and some serious arm twisti

Mario Balotelli available, could Arsene tame him? | Arsenal are serious about Reading | Robin and Robson stuff

Published on 2012-12-17 04:06:13

Morning Grovers, despite us having a game this evening, there’s really not too much to talk about. Reading are going to be a tough game, because we make them a tough game and we’re out of form. Arsenal.com have rehashed the ‘We̵

Fellaini nasty streak what we miss | Brits sign up | Milan man on radar

Published on 2012-12-16 04:40:23

Morning sports fans. It’s always nice to wake up on a Sunday after successfully working the last train itinerary to perfection, thus saving the princely sum of £20. Sure, I spent the evening experimenting with ‘real ales’ and home

Raheem Sterling? No thanks | Begovic linked | Wenger on the ULTRA defensive

Published on 2012-12-15 04:30:17

You know when a manager is struggling when he has to quantify thing that don’t really have any tangible meaning. Sorry Arsene? I’m not exactly sure what that’s supposed to mean? Even when you dig into it, it’s quite difficult

Philippe Auclair podcast lands… | Thierry has dinner with Usmanov… why? | Lady Nina says Stan has ‘no passion’

Published on 2012-12-14 03:39:30

Good morning people of Le Grove! First up, let’s talk Lady Nina. She’s being hammered for having an opinion this morning. Did no one tell her that was against the rules on social networks? A few years after selling her shares to Stan Kroe

Guardiola makes Arsenal #1 choice | Bould and Wenger rift hugely exagerrated | Ivan, the time is now…

Published on 2012-12-13 04:54:31

Just a quick post from me this morning. Thoughts on the Bradford game? Not good enough by a long way. I was told that one of the centre backs for Bradford takes home £200 a week. That’s less than most London marketing interns earn. When I watc

Is Wenger being paid by Tottenham? Last night would suggest he is.

Published on 2012-12-12 02:57:45

If nothing else was proved by losing to a team 64 places beneath us and who’s total transfer spend was £7,500 plus the proceeds of a friendly, it was that Wenger is un-sackable. He wouldn’t get fired if he was a famous northern DJ’

Wilfriend Zaha and Adrian Lopez strong candidates | Bradford Arsenal preview | Nani to Arsenal? Hmmm… agent talk

Published on 2012-12-11 03:29:45

Morning best friends, plenty to crack into this morning, not least the story that Arsenal are 126 years old today! Congratulations! That’s only a few years older than Peter Hill-wood! Hurrah! Wow, 126, 98 years older than me. Who’d have t

Theo Walcott deal held up due to injury? | Gustavo, Ba, Diame and Huntelaar | Thierry back for 6 months?

Published on 2012-12-10 03:09:04

So the roll begins and things went pretty well for us this weekend! We beat WBA, who still sit above us in the league, Spurs dropped points late in the game against Everton and Manchester City slumped against United. That last result doesn’t re

Arsenal: The story begins here | Giroud’s bad attitude | Cazorla dive shocker

Published on 2012-12-09 03:23:36

A game of two halves is quite frankly a horribly unoriginal way to open a post but it perfectly positions the match report. The opening 45 minutes were so painfully flat the serial moaner behind us could barely muster the passion to abuse Gervinho

Diame is available, but is he too obvious? | Theo Walcott still dithering | WBA come to town

Published on 2012-12-08 04:40:06

Arteta says the boys are doing extra training? Exhausted players doing extra training? Really?

Published on 2012-12-07 03:56:45

Good morning football fans of all colour, creeds and persuasions. Today I have nothing to talk about. I can’t remember what went on yesterday and I’m stuck on the Underground pondering why my Times newspaper app doesn’t auto downloa

Tom Fox: It’s not about the best deals, oh, and it’s not about winning | Sagna shown the back door

Published on 2012-12-06 03:26:27

Goooooood morning Grovers! So just when you thought football was solely about winning, Tom Fox comes out, for the second time in his Arsenal career and confirms that actually it’s not. Well gee whizz Tom, nice to know you’re cut from the

Arsenal are disrespecting the Champions League! – Arsene Wenger and B player mentality

Published on 2012-12-05 03:02:16

Last night was not quite the carnage I predicted. I thought we’d have a weaker side on show in Greece. That’s what made defeat slightly worse in my eyes. We didn’t field a Carling Cup team of children eager to impress the first team

Arsene says the English don’t know what tired is… Arsene, do you?

Published on 2012-12-04 02:59:50

Welcome to Tuesday, the night where our Champions League group stage will be sealed. We’re one point behind Schalke. They play Montpellier, we play Olympiacos. If they win, the theory goes they are more likely to take the easier draw in the nex

Gut feel management is dead, that’s why we’re suffering | More thoughts on Swansea

Published on 2012-12-03 03:46:26

Morning Grovers, let’s crack straight in to today’s post, no light hearted quips about the weather. A few points raised about the game at the weekend. We’re heading into a new era of football. There are a number of reasons Wenger ca

Arsene Wenger finally admits this might be his last year. Good news.

Published on 2012-12-02 06:57:04

I couldn’t be in attendance at the game yesterday, which is a shame, in a perverse way, even after finding out the result, I still wanted to be there. Win, lose or draw, there are always things you can take from actually soaking up the moment.

Swansea come to town | Fan march planned | Our best back 4 starts

Published on 2012-12-01 03:35:47

Good morning Grovers! A super quick one from me this morning as I’m attending a wedding today. Amazing how many people are selfish enough to book these things on the days Arsenal play? Don’t worry though, I’ll raise my concerns when

Arsene tracking 2 players | Zaha stories refuse to die | Why contract breaks sound a nonsense

Published on 2012-11-30 03:26:37

Sometimes I think the club takes time out to create content off the back of what I write. I took the Arsenal.com website to task a couple of days ago, yesterday they announced themselves as sports website of the year. They came out top after 87,000 v

‘As a squad. This is the best since I have been here.’ Arsenal vs Everton match report

Published on 2012-11-29 03:34:20

Paint this result in whatever shade of positivity you like, the simple fact is a point away at Everton is not good enough, especially if you take the lead after one minute. Theo Walcott continued to showcase his clinical finishing after doing well

2000 posts and still going! | Wenger’s multiple contradictions | Everton preview | Sagna in talks!

Published on 2012-11-28 04:01:05

Everton away in Premiership is never going to be an easy game. They have one of the most underrated managers in the Premiership managing a team of players who on their day are often a match for the best. It’d be interesting to see what Moyes co

Jack Wilshere to land a forever contract whilst Sagna faces a cold silence?

Published on 2012-11-27 03:32:41

Arsenal are going totally contract crazy at the moment. Walcott is in talks, Gibbs is being offered new terms, the Ox is negotiating another deal and now attention has turned to Jack. The club are interested in tying him down for the rest of his life

Arsenal look and feel like an American franchise | Striker rumoured to want in | Wenger and his squad of crocks

Published on 2012-11-26 03:46:59

Welcome to a wet and rainy London Monday! I’ll start with something off topic today, then power onto Arsenal news. I took in a Brookyln Nets basketball game last week. I was struck by the similarities in their set up when compared to ours. Now,

Very short piece…

Published on 2012-11-24 23:49:40

I didn’t watch the game. I saw the result. A draw, regardless of the conditions or how hard we fought was not good enough. We’re floundering. The away fans are digging out the manager. The manager is digging out the away fans. The club ha

Summer football? Are you in? | Arsenal branded beer? | Arsenal say goodbye to Nike…

Published on 2012-11-24 04:10:25

Today’s post is brought to you from NYC in association with Bud Light. The love affair with Peroni is over, I’m all about a beer that sponsors an Ameican football team and gives them branded cans! That’s the future people, Arsenal b

Chelsea Saga Schadenfreude | Are Arsenal Good Again? | Let’s Talk About Responsibility

Published on 2012-11-22 22:41:08

I’m away in NYC, I needed a guest poster to help out, so I drafted in Dan from the LG comments to pen me a guest post (he’s from NYC, which made this topical). Enjoy, I certainly did. *Laughter… Oh, Chelsea. You know just how to mak

Arsenal through to the group stages. Next up win the group. And poor old Roberto!

Published on 2012-11-22 02:12:54

First half was boring. Swiftly on to the second half then. Jack Wilshere opened the scoring and ended his 14 month nightmare, back to his best and on the scoresheet, well done Jack! He looked so happy I thought his head was going to explode! A Giroud

Arsenal to sign up Thierry again? So, so predictable…

Published on 2012-11-21 01:01:22

If there is one thing in life you can confidently predict, it’s that Arsene Wenger is predictable. No sooner had Henry left, is it now looking like he’ll be back again. We joked he’d probably be back and now, following the below gus

Arsenal cave to Theo demands? | Would you have Darren Dein at the club? | Gibbs new deal? Hmmm…

Published on 2012-11-20 03:12:35

So, word has hit the new lines that Arsenal have softened on the Theo Walcott contract front. We’re willing to go as high as £85k a week. That’s big money. Maybe not what he’s after, psychologically when I was renegotiating my deal

Theo Walcott to run down deal? | Giroud stats stand up | Spurs ripping Monday!

Published on 2012-11-19 03:21:57

Did you catch that stench on the tube this morning? No, I’m not talking about the person in a suit standing next to you who has somehow managed to acquire a serious body odour problem 20 minutes after leaving his door. I’m talking about

Pay Theo whatever he wants | Arsenal spank Spurs out of sight… again! | Match review + video + pics

Published on 2012-11-17 12:12:46

Ingrained in Arsenal fandom is the love of the North London derbies. If Arsene Wenger has brought anything to the table it’s the consistency in which we dominate them. Today was no different. We lined up exactly the way most expected and we del

Theo for Sterling + £8million | Diaby crocked on two levels | North London Derby day has landed!

Published on 2012-11-17 03:24:02

So we’ll start with some of the not-so-fun-news. Then I’ll crack into the preview. The Sun reckon Arsenal are going to offer Liverpool £8million plus Theo to lure Sterling to Arsenal. Honestly… can you imagine? There’s no cha

A front three of Chamberlain, Giroud and Theo | Communication and motivation | North London Derby eve…

Published on 2012-11-16 03:26:06

It’s North London Derby eve. Spurs come to The Grove tomorrow to avenge the humiliation which kick started our season and decimated theirs. What a day. 2-0 down, only to come back and smash them by three. I was there. It was one of my favourite

Hangeland should be a January target | Huntelaar and Llorente on free transfers | Jack backs Arsenal boss

Published on 2012-11-15 03:28:13

When they speak about record viewings for international games, I wonder if the people bleating on about the figures ever correlate them with 1) Terrestrial TV 2) The fact there’s no choice. I tuned into England last night, mainly because I had

Three at the back for Arsenal, can’t see it myself | Edin Dzeko rumoured to be on the move

Published on 2012-11-14 03:17:12

Today is Wednesday and I have loads of work to do. So I’m going to say this will be short. So a couple of things I missed the other day due to so much going on. Carl Jenkinson He signed a new 5 year deal with the club. Obviously, he’d pla

Arsenal in for more realistic transfer targets | Madrid in for Zaha at £20m… seriously? | Arsenal not paying corporation tax?

Published on 2012-11-13 03:17:17

Good morning Grovers! What have we to talk about today? Loads I reckon. Let’s see how this pans out. Firstly, the news that Arsenal target Zaha (he has a good name) is now apparently attracting the interest of Jose Mourinho. You can just see

Edison Cavani in £30m deal shocker (False) – Arsenal to get £35m warchest (False) – Zaha likely a done deal (True)

Published on 2012-11-12 02:18:00

So amongst all the doom and gloom of yesterday lay a nugget. A nugget of excitement. A nugget of transfer dynamite. Arsenal are in for Edison Cavani this January. All £30million of him. Why? Because Arsene Wenger wants him. That’s why. He̵

Has Arsene Wenger taken this Arsenal project as far as he can?

Published on 2012-11-11 03:05:05

There were few things that impressed me yesterday, outside a top performance from Olivier Giroud and the impeccably observed minutes silence for Remembrance. I asked some big questions about the squad before the game. I asked some big questions abou

Arsenal need to make a Fulham statement | No booing or negative songs please…

Published on 2012-11-10 03:57:46

Wet, windy and cold. Proper footballing weather outside today. Not for the feint hearted. Fulham come to town today. Well, they don’t really come to town, it’s only a few miles. Will they fly? Depends how busy the trains are I suppose. Wi

Arsenal sniffing around Europes top scorer | Wilshere called up, but I think that works for us | Chamberlain should be available

Published on 2012-11-09 03:35:01

Lets plunge straight into the bad news this morning. Yep, Jack Wilshere has been called into the England squad to face some teams I have little or no interest in. Arsene Wenger is obviously not happy, he feels he needs a rest as he’s physically

Arsenal’s Jack wonders if he’ll ever be as good | Podolski complaining about being played wide already

Published on 2012-11-08 03:30:43

Plenty to chew through this morning, the main topic is Theo Walcott. Jack ploughed into the debate with some intriguing comments. ‘I hope he does sign.’ What can I add to that? Blog over people. I’m done. Jack is taking over today.

Arsenal take a point at Schalke, but make no mistake, we’re a shambles at the moment

Published on 2012-11-07 03:30:16

Wenger made a number of changes to the side, that, if I’m brutally honest, should have been made against United at the weekend. He brought Theo Walcott into the fold outwide on the right. He shifted Vermaelen out to left, dropping the hapless s

Arsene critical of United performance and Santos | How do you think Schalke will pan out?

Published on 2012-11-06 03:26:57

Tonight Arsenal take on a Schalke side who beat us a home a few weeks ago. This game takes on extra significance because we’ve lost three of our last five  games, we’ve conceded 10 in the process, we’re flat on confidence and we

Theo Walcott considers leaving because of Wenger | What to do about Diaby | Fellaini & Cabaye on my Arsenal wish list…

Published on 2012-11-05 03:08:49

So The Sunday Times ran an article yesterday stating Theo Walcott was now giving serious consideration to his future at the club because of Arsene Wenger and his new strategy of coercing his best players into staying with the club. This strategy may

Santos shirt saga sums up Arsenal set up | Wenger has no answers as challenge dies early again

Published on 2012-11-04 04:50:50

In yesterday’s post I jotted down a number of fears I had going into the United game. Would Thomas Vermaelen be able to stem the individual errors? Would Podolski give cover to Santos Would Wenger resist the urge to play Ramsey again? Would The

Arsenal vs United Preview: Game set to be a classic | Walcott to be given chance to star?

Published on 2012-11-03 04:30:39

Good morning Grovers! Massively exciting game happening at Old Trafford today at 1245. It’s hugely nerve racking. I always think we’re going to turn them over but it’s rarely as simple as that. They’re the stand out team of th

Theo Walcott to Liverpool? Hardly a step up | Arsenal head to United, will Robin get the Nasri treatment?

Published on 2012-11-02 03:21:13

‘Errr, Arsene, what do you think the reception for Robin is going to be like?’ ‘Well sir, I think he’s going to get an absolute c*nting from the away fans and deservedly so. He’s a disloyal pig of a player and he’l

The Arsenal team for United is very strong | Theo Walcott – do you change your formation for him?

Published on 2012-11-01 05:01:36

So what did I learn last night? Trick or treating in a kebab house when you have no trick is basically a demand for free food. It doesn’t go down well. You still have to pay your £4 like the rest of the rabble. Someone who certainly wasn’

Theo Walcott on fire in 7-5 shambles of an Arsenal ESPN Classic

Published on 2012-10-31 03:59:59

Well you can look at that game and say… ‘Sh*t me, a Champions League side conceded 5 goals against relegation fodder?’ You could say… ‘My oh my, what an incredible come back from a 4 goal deficit!’ Or you could say

Andrey’s attitude never questioned? Really Arsene? | Gnabry and Eisfeld set to impress for Arsenal

Published on 2012-10-30 04:26:44

It’s Capital One Cup day people. That means we can all get totally over excited about a group of young players who will show off their potential, get us all excited, then disappear off to play for Bolton in three years time. Just kidding everyone… that never happens. Tonight is going to be quite interesting... Read more

What has happened to Diaby and Rosicky? | Arsenal need to learn how to play with Giroud | Stan’s team bombs in London

Published on 2012-10-29 04:25:15

Yesterday was eventful eh? Liverpool failed to gain any traction after squaring the game against Everton. Suarez cruelly denied a perfectly legal goal right at the death. Shoddy refereeing costs clubs seasons and managers jobs. It’s unbelievable that in one of the most well funded games on the planet, we’re still relying on the naked... Read more

Arsenal lacking quality specialists as we struggle to break down QPR

Published on 2012-10-28 04:56:23

Three points are three points. No one will ask how you landed them at the end of the season. What they might ask is why you didn’t challenge for the league. I think today, many factors that make up the answer to that question were on display in all their raw glory. QPR met the... Read more

Arsenal host QPR: Jack Wilshere and the temptation of a start

Published on 2012-10-27 03:39:41

Good morning fans of the Grove and welcome to a very crisp and cold Saturday morning! This is the first really wintery game we’ve dealt with, so wrap up warm if you’re heading in to day because it’s going to be freezing! Before we crack into the prematch stuff, the big two stories doing the... Read more

Arsenal AGM: Wenger had £70mill to spend | Stan Kroenke won’t deny he’ll take money out of the club

Published on 2012-10-26 02:48:36

I’ve had the privilege of being able to make the last 4 or so AGM’s as a proxy to Geoff. As he’s said on many occasions before, he’ll hold onto that share until the bitter end. Most Gooners now who own one don’t care so much about the money, it’s about the fact they own... Read more

Arsenal chase Champions League game with an untested 17 year old… an all time low

Published on 2012-10-25 02:36:28

Arsenal headed into the Schalke game of the back of a flat tepid performance against a team who will barely survive the top flight this season. My big question after that match was how would we bounce back? Was there a new found determination in this team not to get side tracked by major set... Read more

A black footballers union? Are you mad? Surely that’s racist? Tonight’s the night Arsenal.

Published on 2012-10-24 02:58:07

Arsene Wenger didn’t come out and say it, he meant it so he and I agree on something at long last! If I started a White footballers Union I would be called a racist, or does racism only work one way? I’m sure that Rio Ferdinand didn’t actually say it, but if he did then... Read more

Jack’s back in the groove, boy do Arsenal need someone, and fast!

Published on 2012-10-23 03:09:33

Jack Wilshere came through a tough game against Everton yesterday and got two assists for Tommy Eisfield, at last, get him in the team quick Arsene, you need someone to get this team firing, perhaps our new number 10 is the man for that job. This team needs a midfielder with grit that makes the... Read more

‘The gap is very unpleasant’ says Wenger, ‘really’ says Geoff.

Published on 2012-10-22 03:01:59

Ok so after 5 positive posts I’m afraid today I have to get a few things off my chest. Forget the fact we are in are in 9th place in the league. We are two points better off than we were this time last season, you know when we were in crisis. Some may say... Read more

Arsenal squad building complacency bites again

Published on 2012-10-20 15:12:23

Quite difficult to stomach losing a game as relatively straight forward as Norwich. Why? Norwich didn’t turn up. I’m not here celebrating a top notch ‘outshining’ here, we’re instead staring down the barrel of a ‘how can we be called contenders with a showing like that’ type performance. I don’t mean to go over old... Read more

Jack’s back for the Arsenal, but will he play? A big win predicted today.

Published on 2012-10-20 02:56:33

Good morning you football starved fans of the greatest team the world has ever seen, the Arsenal! Today we play our first game in 7 years, today we go into the unknown countryside of Anglia, or Scotland, or wherever it is, it’s a long way and they all speak funny up there. If you are... Read more

Why can’t Arsenal sign a Striker now, Podolski was announced out of the window wasn’t he?

Published on 2012-10-19 03:40:32

I asked the question yesterday but got no answer, how is it we signed Podolski mid season, outside a transfer window, and got away with announcing it? Now unless we signed him in January, I can’t work out why we were allowed to do that in the second half of the season. Though we could... Read more

Will the penny ever drop Arsenal? Fans actually do make the difference.

Published on 2012-10-18 02:57:33

Are Arsenal about to smash a transfer record?

Published on 2012-10-17 02:59:59

Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos is the latest name we are linked with, he looks a bit like a one trick pony with what I can only describe as his specialist flick overs, not massively tall but was a Tottenham target. He plays for Internacional in Brazil, incidentally I watched Internacional play Corinthians in... Read more

Watching England will soon be like watching Arsenal. Anyone fancy Suárez?

Published on 2012-10-16 02:48:53

Jenkinson choosing England over Finland is indeed good news, not for Finland but for us, it reminds me of the day under George Graham when we had 6 Arsenal players in the England team. We now have Gibbs, Jenkinson, Theo, Oxo and Jack Wilshere in the England set up so if Afobe steps up we... Read more

Wenger’s got £35mil to spend, oh and the moon is made of cheese, or is it?

Published on 2012-10-15 03:27:03

If I had a penny for every time Arsenal Football Club announce to the world renowned Daily Star that Wenger has a war chest I would be even richer than I am (kidding). I really don’t know why they do it because even if they offer it to him he won’t spend it because that’s... Read more

Demba Ba for £7.5million… yes or no? | 18 goal Lopez linked | Theo Walcott coughing up blood…

Published on 2012-10-14 03:36:57

Good morning Grovers! So the good news today is that Theo Walcott has in fact not broken his ribs. He’s bruised his f*cking lung. Do what? I asked myself in my finest Essex twang. Yep, coughing up blood, which sounds horrendous. Hopefully he won’t be mentally scared by the challenge and we can have him... Read more

Bad news for Theo | Promising game from Chamberlain

Published on 2012-10-13 03:26:06

Good morning Grovers! I hope you’re enjoying your Saturday morning. England fans will be over the moon after watching their country take out European superstars San Marino last night. I actually had the pleasure of a ticket. I sat in Club Wembley and I’m pleased to report that the view was pretty spectacular. Getting into... Read more

Podolski and the change in attitude of the Arsenal squad | Some striker talk

Published on 2012-10-12 03:24:12

Good morning Grovers, today is one of those days with pretty much next to no news. International break sucks the life out of the fans and rusts the cogs of the news network. People get so depressed about having to watch San Marino, they can’t even be bothered to rustle up a shocking headline about... Read more

Koscielny picks up knee injury… | Arsenal in the hunt for big name striker | Gazidis says there is light at the end of the tunnel

Published on 2012-10-11 03:42:30

Good morning one and all. Today, we have an interview from Ivan Gazidis to smash through. It’s so gushing, I actually  had to read it sitting next to strategically placed waste paper bin. Seriously Ivan, you’ve out done yourself this time. “I don’t think Arsene is conservative, I think he is extraordinarily brave. I think... Read more

Where will Jack Wilshere play? | Sagna full of praise, but will he get his place back? | Usmanov and his £4billion windfall

Published on 2012-10-10 03:01:38

Welcome to a very cold Wednesday morning! What’s on the agenda today? Same thing that’s going to be on the agenda everyday for the next two weeks. Tracking the daily progress of Jack Wilshere and Bacary Sagna. Well, I can safely report that both of them are still on track. Arsenal are looking to fix... Read more

Arsenal wrote off Park Chu Young for £5million as we could prove to HMRC he was useless | Finances analysed

Published on 2012-10-09 03:20:46

Good morning people of Le Grove! Loads to smash through this morning. First up, let’s get the playing news out the way, the most overhyped return from injury since the 15th relapse of Abou Diaby in 2009 played out its second chapter yesterday when Jack Wilshere returned to reserves to play his second game (I’m... Read more

Magical Santi the best buy of the summer | Giroud proving doubters he’s no Chamakh | Per Mertesacker: Defence winning games

Published on 2012-10-08 03:23:34

Welcome to Monday morning! I hope we’re all feeling grand? I didn’t get the chance to report my thoughts on the match, needless to say, I thought it was a fantastic performance from the boys. West Ham were dominated for the most part. I thought there was something special about our play I haven’t seen... Read more

Happy Hammers get hammered by an even happier Arsenal

Published on 2012-10-07 02:02:08

Well a day of mixed emotions really, we went one down to a well taken goal but when you have a keeper that dives at the floor and stretches his arm up aka Fabianski you are never going to get to a shot that’s roofed into the net. Never mind, this is not the day... Read more

West Ham vs Arsenal preview | Giant German is back

Published on 2012-10-06 03:42:00

Good morning fans of Le Grove, it’s our first match against West Ham for a while. It’s a fixture I personally always look forward to in the football calendar. Arsenal were the closest stadium to where I was born, West Ham were the closest top flight club where I was raised. Most of my pals... Read more

Was Per Mertesacker really ill? | Rambo stripped of captaincy | Bould comments on Gervinho

Published on 2012-10-05 03:11:43

Good morning everyone. I’m hungover today, so this will be short and probably not that sweet. First up. Per Mertesacker is back this weekend after recovering from flu. I’m not sure I buy into this story. Firstly, you don’t have flu for 4 days, secondly, it takes quite a while to recover from it. That’s... Read more

Gervinho sparkles in Arsenal handbrake win against Olympiacos | Koscielny and Vermaelen a cause for concern again

Published on 2012-10-04 02:15:27

I slipped into the ground nice and early last night. My phone worked for precisely 17 seconds, then I was in. As part of the Arsenalisation of the stadium, it’d be nice if you could get wifi or a signal. Replays on your phone would be pretty exciting as would the ability to catch up... Read more

Arsenal award Ivan Gazidis a 36% payrise and a £675k bonus for delivering what exactly?

Published on 2012-10-03 02:24:07

The big talking talking point for many Gooners this morning is the monster salary Ivan Gazidis has been compensated with over the last calendar year. Based on tepid commercial improvements of £5.5million and zero on pitch success, he’s been awarded a 36% increase on his base salary to £1.36million as well as an additional £675k... Read more

Could Vermaelen cover for Diaby? | Jack Wilshere passes first test | Arsenal over reliance on kids?

Published on 2012-10-02 03:24:16

Welcome to another fine edition of the Tuesday Le Grove post. Yesterday’s entry sparked quite a lot of debate. Some agreed, some disagreed, some just wrote some bad words and cast then off as opinion. Geoff really needs to tone it down in his e-mails. I think I need to clarify one thing from yesterday’s... Read more

Thomas Vermaelen captaincy regret? | Wenger identifies a major problem after 6 years | Arsenal fans singing shame

Published on 2012-10-01 02:23:58

Let’s hack straight into the big issues this morning. Thomas Vermaelen and that captaincy. What a bother eh? I love the guy as a man and a player, however, as a defender, he’s been found wanting on numerous occasions over the past 2 seasons. The weekend didn’t see his finest performance, shipping two freekicks in... Read more

Wenger gambles on logic and fails – Season gambled on Diaby also looks a fail

Published on 2012-09-30 04:15:31

Today saw two ideologies go up against each other. Logic versus form. Logic stated we needed to play two mobile defenders at the back who could deal with the speed of Chelsea’s passing and movement. Form stated Mertesacker has had a flying start to the year and that Giroud and Walcott may have deserved a... Read more

Arsenal drop Mertesacker for mobility and pace | Theo Walcott’s confidence or Chambo’s possession? Or neither?

Published on 2012-09-29 02:52:56

I’m up early and ready to roll today, I hope you are too. Today, Arsenal host Chelsea in the biggest grossing Premiership game in history. Hopefully, the boys will make it worth every penny by taking 3 points from the leagues early leaders. We’ll be facing up to a new look Chelsea side this year... Read more

Arsenal have £70million in uncommitted funds (transfer kitty) – Chelsea game will be biggest grossing in history

Published on 2012-09-28 03:24:19

FINANCIAL REPORT DAY EVERYONE! Yeah, that day of the year Arsenal fans collectively say… ‘God damn i t we’re a classy club… and my god, I’m proud we’re run the way we’re run’ Well people, on the one hand I’m pleased we’re run in a self sustaining manner. We’re not heavily indebted, we’re not getting... Read more

Shareholders Letter – Ivan Gazidis talks Arsenal financials

Published on 2012-09-27 10:40:28

CEO Quarterly Report – September 2012 Announcement from Ivan Gazidis about this year’s annual accounts Dear Shareholders, Welcome again to the Quarterly Update for the Shareholders’ Portal, for up to and including September 2012. On Thursday 27th September 2012, we announced our Financial Results for the year ended 31st May 2012. All Shareholders will be... Read more

Theo Walcott is the new Thierry Henry – Arsenal destroy Coventry and make it 12 goals in 2 home games

Published on 2012-09-27 03:03:50

Oh Theo, you do know how to make me look a fool. You do just enough to convince me you’re the next Thierry Henry, but you don’t do enough to win me the cash I had wagered on you banging in a hatrick. I have a sneaky suspicion you did that on purpose… but I’ll... Read more

Arsenal kids take on Coventry – Who are you looking forward to seeing the most?

Published on 2012-09-26 02:51:24

Good morning friends of Le Grove. Today, we’ll , mostly be talking about young boys. No, not the Swiss champions, I’m talking about the young boys looking to prove they have more about them than a Carlos Vela chipped goal. Tonight we take on the mighty Coventry. Ahhh, remember the days when they were a... Read more

Theo Walcott reminds me of Michael Owen | Wenger more ruthless this year? | I know Almunia’s pain…

Published on 2012-09-25 02:47:25

Morning Grovers, this is going to be relatively short today as I’ve broken a typing finger playing a mixed sex sport I really shouldn’t have been. So much shame this morning… it’s like rupturing an achilles tendon reaching for the Betty Crocker cake mix in the supermarket… Anyway, before we get cracking today, I just... Read more

Arsenal take a valuable point at City | We’ll push for a striker in January if we’re in contention | Jack starting contender after international break

Published on 2012-09-24 03:35:53

Nerves were jangling pre-match. Thomas Vermaelen was missing due to injury and Aaron Ramsey had managed to land himself a starting position in the front three. Midfield stayed the same and Vito Mannone continued with the number one jersey (not literally before anyone corrects me). The opening ten minutes were pretty cagey. Sloppy passes from... Read more

Arsenal enter the cauldron today, we need to establish our credentials, destiny is ours!

Published on 2012-09-23 03:01:48

Southampton, the team we beat 6-1 last week beat Villa 4-1 yesterday, and don’t forget Villa are no mugs, they beat us about 19 years ago. I know that because I have a good mate that supports them and he often reminds of that fact. He also bets me every year they’ll finish above us... Read more

Arsenal finally have a team of fighters now the big time Charlie’s have gone.

Published on 2012-09-22 03:32:13

Right as Pedro is in West Virginia listening to Banjo ballads whilst tasting tree bark, you have me for the weekend, today I want to talk about this new look team and what I think the difference is this season. Theo Walcott must sign or be sold by this January in my opinion. I have... Read more

Jack Wilshere looking angry | Podolski adapting well and efficient | Manchester City up this weekend

Published on 2012-09-21 03:09:43

Question of the day: Is Vito Mannone good enough to be Arsenal #1?

Published on 2012-09-20 03:05:26

Football news is odd. You have two weeks of nothing to write about, then the good stuff returns, then inexplicably, all you’ve got to talk about is Vito Mannone and his fight to become number one. So I won’t disappoint here, I’ll wade right in to the story. This is what he said… ‘The boss... Read more

Arsenal win ugly in Montpellier | Podolski finding his flow | Gervinho scoring ugly

Published on 2012-09-19 02:43:29

Away match Champions League football has always been a painful experience for Arsenal fans. It took us years to fully master it, so when we beat the French Champions 1-2 at a hostile ground, you’re not going to get too many complaints from me. The only given in the Champions League is you beat everyone... Read more

Does Arsene regret not buying a back-up keeper? | Theo still not signed | Steve Bould takes over from Arsene

Published on 2012-09-18 02:57:38

The big news this morning centres around our Polish number one picking up another injury. He won’t be traveling to Montpellier tomorrow as he has an ankle issue. Some sharp viewers have noted he clasped his ankle after cocking up at the weekend. Does that rule out this being a Manuel Almunia finger injury? I... Read more

Jack Wilshere back in training | Arsenal have best shots to save ratio in the league | I like Cazorla more than Cesc

Published on 2012-09-17 02:47:00

Welcome to Monday everyone. What a great weekend eh? Nothing like going to see a game in the sun. A game in which you spank your opponents out of sight within the first half. Far less pressured than watching some of those nasty games against lowly opposition last year. So, where are we? Well, we’ve... Read more

Robin Van Who? | Arsenal smash six past sorry Saints | Keeper confidence crisis

Published on 2012-09-16 03:00:59

Morning Grovers! How much can one man get wrong in a post? I thought Koscielny would play, I thought Ramsey would get a start and I thought Giroud would play central! Turns out my thoughts were wrong. I’d like to blame the beer, but a good drinker never blames his can. So onto the game.... Read more

Giroud to deliver today | Chamberlain to break out of average

Published on 2012-09-15 05:19:59

Today Arsenal play host to a newly promoted Southampton.  The sun is shining, we’re in great form, so I’m hoping for a pleasing outcome. Playing fresh Premiership meat tends to cause us problems, so I won’t be taking a complacent attitude to the game today. I also won’t pretend I have any knowledge around their... Read more

Sagna given the green light to leave | Drogba unlikely to be joining us

Published on 2012-09-14 03:55:00

Morning everyone, I’ve got a beast of a morning on so I’ll have to be super quick and return with a post a bit later. Wenger has given Bacary Sagna a bit of a telling off in public for his outburst in the press earlier in the week. “I believe any player or any employee... Read more

Does Arsene Wenger deserve a new 4 year deal?

Published on 2012-09-13 03:19:19

We’re nearly there people… the boredom of international football and the horrible two week break from the Premiership is nearly over. Normality can resume. So what’s on the agenda today? Contracts. In particular. Arsene Wenger’s contract. Yes, with two years to go, Ivan Gazidis has come out with a typically gushing interview about Arsene Wenger.... Read more

Drogba would be worth a punt | Robin Van Persie injured | Arsenal’s options outside Diaby

Published on 2012-09-12 03:09:00

A very quick post from me this morning, mainly because there is little of interest to report on. International week sucks the joy out of everything. A load of our players had run outs and I could go  through their performances, but I know how boring that can be. The key takeaway is that no... Read more

Diaby crocked, again, I’m totally shocked | Giroud getting tetchy about that Van Persie thing

Published on 2012-09-11 03:25:57

Well played Andy Murray. After his teary PR coup at the Olympics, he finally took his chance of Grand Slam glory in Flushing Meadows last night. Well played. He’s a Gooner, so it’s a shared victory. Off tennis, onto the hard football sustenance you come here for everyday. Where to start? Hmmmm…? No sooner had I said... Read more

Shut it and fight for it Coquelin | Hodgson and his Chamberlain stick approach | I’d have Cesc Fabregas back in a heartbeat

Published on 2012-09-10 03:05:27

Good morning Grovers, I hope everyone enjoyed the Coldplay gig last night, the closing ceremony of the Paralympics rounded off a beautiful event in Britain’s history. A successful games across both categories, no transport collapse, no attempt to tarnish the games by evil doers, no real scandal… a nation and a capital united in community and pride.... Read more

Sagna was just talking sense. I agree with him.

Published on 2012-09-09 03:01:46

My take on the whole Sagna interview was one of disbelief, not from what he said, I mean he just couldn’t believe what Arsene had done, his disbelief!. Now I think he was upset that Song had been shipped out but that is a decision I support Arsene on, I hear that there was a... Read more

My take on Robin and Song and I’m resting my defence.

Published on 2012-09-08 05:23:56

Enough has been written already about Robin and Song departing, but not by me, and I was particularly peed off with the Barca being the best team in the world comment, so this is my take on it and the last time it will be mentioned. And I never got a chance to say goodbye... Read more

Bacary Sagna tells it as it is | Premier League have a crack at FFP | Wenger praises Steve Bould… kind of

Published on 2012-09-07 03:26:11

Good morning Grove fans! Firstly, a big thanks to all the people who dropped birthday messages yesterday, you’re all so very kind. Not generous though. Where was my iPad? Where was the token gesture of a Kindle… you know, the one that I’d have rejected with a patronising laugh. ‘I don’t care if it holds... Read more

5 years old today! Also co-incidentally, it’s the mental age of some of Talk Sports finest!

Published on 2012-09-06 02:57:51

So today Grovers we are 5 years old, big landmark for a blog, we are sometimes seen as anti Arsene, but let’s not forget this blog was named Le-Grove as a tribute to the French influence and the first post I wrote was congratulating our manager signing an extension to his contract. So this blog... Read more

Peter Hill-Wood defends Arsene and Arsenal – shock / horror | Steve Bould fan club grows and grows…

Published on 2012-09-05 03:36:23

Arsenal let Peter Hill-Wood out of the Diamond Club bar to speak to the evening standard. He did a quite amazing job of pulling together all his best quotes of the last ten years. He’s the original AKB. ‘Arsene has an economics degree’ ‘He’s been out most successful manager of all time’ ‘We don’t want... Read more

Spanish Law changes make Ronaldo and Messi Arsenal targets… right? | Defence and midfield assessment

Published on 2012-09-04 03:26:30

I moan about this every year, but seriously, who in their right mind thinks an international break three games into a season is acceptable in any way, shape  or form? Firstly, 90% of football fans don’t care about international friendlies. Secondly, we’ve over indulged in low quality international tournaments already. The Olympics and the Euros... Read more

Diaby banishes the ghost of Alex Song | The power of the Arsenal collective over the individual

Published on 2012-09-02 16:48:15

When the Arsenal line up was announced, I was quietly confident we could despatch a Liverpool side lacking in confidence. The team looked balanced with a slightly more defensive edge than we’ve seen in seasons past. The back 5 remained the same with Mannone getting the nod over the injured Chesney. Midfield consisted of Arteta, Cazorla... Read more

Our first team is a match for anyone, Giroud will be a demon but can we stay fit?

Published on 2012-09-02 03:17:50

Ok after my post of yesterday I will look at the positive side of the team. I firstly have to say I had around 6 people on yesterday that didn’t agree with me, but let around 60 new people on that did, plus of course our regulars, so I believe yesterday hit the spot. If... Read more

So apparently there were no super class players out there and that’s why we signed no-one.

Published on 2012-09-01 03:00:52

The reason we only sold Lansbury, Bartley and Vela is because no one else out there thinks that Denilson, Chamakh, Park, Bentner and Squillaci are worth buying, no one of course apart from the nutter that is managing Arsenal football club. He thinks they are world class because he paid them so much when they... Read more

Transfer Deadline Day is here: Essien, Dempsey or Tiote? Feeling inspired people? I’m not…

Published on 2012-08-31 02:57:02

Transfer deadline day is here and my oh my, could I not be any less excited about it. Wenger has literally crapped all over my summer dreams of having a squad strong enough to challenge for the league and if rumours are to be believed, we’re likely to finish the period making a healthy profit by... Read more

Theo should sign or be sent to the reserves all year… make a stand Arsenal. Don’t be bullied by mediocrity.

Published on 2012-08-30 03:34:27

‘Errr… yeah, Theo… you know that thing that I wrote  yesterday?’ ‘Pedro, I understand, heat of the moment stuff, you were angry… you didn’t mean it?’ ‘No Theo, I meant every word, I just didn’t want things to be awkward for us this season if you stay’ That’s how the conversation between me and Theo... Read more

Why I’m celebrating Theo not signing on | Arsene needs to assess the lack of belief in his ways

Published on 2012-08-29 03:03:59

Ceeeeelebrate good times COME ON! What? Oh… why am I typing out song words? Theo Walcott rejected our offer of a new deal yesterday. We offered £75k per week, his crew wanted £100k per week. A impasse was met. The story was leaked to the press. So basically, a few days from the transfer window closure,... Read more

Mbiwa and Angel for RB/CB position | Two Arsenal strikers set to move | M’Vila going somewhere

Published on 2012-08-28 03:23:25

Plenty on the agenda this morning as we kick into 4th gear heading into the final straight of this long, harsh and very boring transfer window. Before we jump into that, Wenger and Arteta have been defending the striker situation we’re in. As I mentioned before the Stoke game, if we failed to score, people... Read more

Arsenal want to buy in 4 positions – We have until Friday 23:00 to make it happen

Published on 2012-08-26 11:56:45

There are two ways of looking at yesterday. Both covered off by Mikael Arteta in his post match interview. 1) The result wasn’t good enough 2) Positives can be taken I don’t want to slip into the mediocre acceptance speech many Arsenal fans perform after a draw against Stoke. We want to win the league... Read more

Tiote the destroyer on the radar | £20million Frenchman interest | Arsenal to do battle with Stoke

Published on 2012-08-26 03:53:27

Sunday morning is here, we’re heading up to Stoke and thankfully the weather isn’t sub zero for once. When the sun is shining, it’s like we’ve already earned ourselves half a point. It’ll still be a massively tough game for us. Tony Pulis will have been working away all week in his tactics cave trying... Read more

Obsessive Accountant Disorder – are you affected? | M’Vila talks to Chelsea? | Walcott important for wrong reasons

Published on 2012-08-25 03:08:59

Good morning Grovers and welcome to the Saturday episode of Le Grove. I hope you’re well. The weather outside to all non-UK residents is an absolute shambles. Seriously grey, seriously Premier League football style, seriously inducing me to come out of retirement and play some soccerball over the park. Anyway… onto all things Arsenal. Yesterday... Read more

Sahin deal collapses – do Arsenal have options? | How will Cazorla deal with Stoke?

Published on 2012-08-24 03:25:05

So the Sahin deal collapsed yesterday with Liverpool offering to pay more of his salary and agreeing waive the purchase clause. I’m pretty annoyed that we’ve missed out on a top quality player. I can appreciate it’s no good baking someone really talented into your team only for them to leave the next season, however,... Read more

Jesus Navas rumours return | Sahin choice is a no brainer | Arsenal widemen issue

Published on 2012-08-23 04:06:18

Good morning everyone! I thought once the season was underway, churning out blogs was going to be a touch easier. Well, so far, it hasn’t been. News  is slim on the ground. It’s getting to that stage of the transfer window where I wish it would just shut and we could know exactly where we... Read more

Andre Santos shows off new car to Police | Sahin deal done with purchase option set | Chamakh looks set to stay at Arsenal

Published on 2012-08-22 03:18:15

Well we’ll start the morning off with the bad news. Andre Santos made the front page news for being an idiot this morning. A 130mph car chase with the Police ending in the eventual arrest just outside London Colney. The Sun reckon he could face two years, forgetting that to pick up a sentence like... Read more

Alex Song was dying to sign a new Arsenal deal… yeah right! | Vantastic United result | Sahin and M’Vila deals up in the air

Published on 2012-08-21 03:20:54

Morning football friends of the globe. How are we today? Slightly smug I hope. Even if that smugness only lasts a week, it’s still worth actioning your worst behaviour. It’s not often we sit ahead of United in the league. You could do many things this morning, I’d recommend this one. That’ll do the job.... Read more

M’Vila is moving… but where? | Nuri Sahin edging closer to Arsenal | Llorente linked again…

Published on 2012-08-20 02:36:23

Lots of hot debate went off in the comments section around the direction of the club so far this summer. Some feeling we’ve done well given the inevitable circumstances, others feeling the perpetual cycle of losing our biggest names has to come to an end and this summer is a stain on the managers record.... Read more

Arsenal vs Sunderland Report | Alex Song leaves with Sahin to replace | Maybe one more after that

Published on 2012-08-19 04:02:14

What a day for a season opener yesterday was. Some seriously intense weather followed us around all day which made for a pretty positive attitude among most Gooners I was speaking to before the game. I made my way into the ground early to soak up a bit of atmosphere and find out what was... Read more

Arsenal vs Sunderland preview | The training ground vibe | Shipping out those that don’t care

Published on 2012-08-18 04:24:49

Good morning friends of the Grove! I trust you are well, how could you not be? Today is the day it all kicks off again! Today our lives become normalised. FOOTBALL IS BACK! So let’s get down to business, we’ll have an informed chat about what’s going on at the club and what you can... Read more

Ligue One left back approached | Song deal looking a formality | Bartley leaves | Who is excited about Arsenal?

Published on 2012-08-17 02:32:53

Did someone just open the retail arm of the Arsenal business to include players? One minute we’re struggling to sell players who are out of contract, the next the floodgates open! Yesterday saw the comfirmed departure of Kyle Bartley. How this happened is a total mystery. One minute he’s being welcomed into the first team... Read more

Robin Van Persie leaves – Thoughts on PR, Arsenal, the manager, United and the money

Published on 2012-08-16 03:46:38

Morning Grovers. Yeah, that’s right, no ‘good’ in that opener because today is what I would class as a black day for Gooners the world over. Manchester United yesterday announced to the press that they had agreement in principal to take our captain to Old Trafford, pending personal terms of course. I spoke to someone... Read more

Hernandez as part of the Robin deal? Would you? | Alex Song suitors in town to do a deal with Arsenal

Published on 2012-08-15 03:27:48

Morning Grovers, apologies for the late posts over the past few days, I’ve been struck by illness. This is new to me. But fear not Geoff has had words and I will be manning up. Onto the football. BARCA are in town to nab their man. Yes, they want Song and yes, we’re willing to... Read more

Le Grove Fantasy Football League – Get joining!

Published on 2012-08-14 05:10:09

Right everyone, second post of the day, this one isn’t for commenting on. This is about Fantasy Football, I’m sh*te at it, but some of you are pretty talented at the game. I hope your parents are proud. So, here are the instructions. Click ‘http://fantasy.premierleague.com‘ Sign up to it Design your team Join the league... Read more

Alex Fynn Podcast lands | Robin Van Persie deal force Fergie call | Song / Arsene claim all is well… yeah right!

Published on 2012-08-14 03:57:52

Good morning Grovers! We have plenty to churn through today. The Olympics might be over, but the football season is nearly upon us. Why the hell there are internationals going on is totally beyond me. The people running the game seem to have not one ounce of common sense when it comes to scheduling. There... Read more

Top, top performance from new stars but poor, poor showing from some of the fans.

Published on 2012-08-13 02:49:11

I watched the game full of anticipation and to be honest a little excitement. Our new boys started with Cazorla, Giroud and Podolski all looking very impressive. Cazorla, although short looks like he will be the player we have always wanted, like Cesc but without the shite DNA. Giroud could have scored 3 if not... Read more

I am finally a happy camper again, it looks like we got our Arsenal back, well done Arsene.

Published on 2012-08-12 02:36:56

Before all the AKB’s get too excited, what Wenger has finally done is what people like me have been begging for, for years. Buying some grown ups, getting what we need and spending our budget. He hasn’t done it because I’ve been blogging, he’s done it because he wants to win trophies, he’s done the... Read more

United using Robin as IPO pawn? | Vela leave… so do the good times | Theo stag do

Published on 2012-08-11 03:27:27

So little going on in the world of Arsenal. I’m not going to lower myself to hammering through pictures of the players at training camp like some sort of pervy school girl. I don’t care if Robin didn’t go in the pool, nor do I care about Andrey Arshavin’s cellulite problems. They’re of no interest.... Read more

Arsenal stuck in the failure loop | Robin and United deal no closer | Make him stay…

Published on 2012-08-10 04:13:36

Nothing more boring than waking up and the world of news hasn’t moved. Robin Van Persie is still no nearer his move to United and we still have to plough on with this story hoping for a conclusion that doesn’t leave us in a worse position come the start of the season. Everyone has a different comment... Read more

United don’t sign players over 26 | Is Robin Van Persie about to face the Nasri treatment?

Published on 2012-08-09 01:55:46

What’s that sound? Oh right… Gooner expectations crashing back down to earth like a meteorite. Football is an emotional rollercoaster, one minute you’re on top of the world, the next minute, the Manchester Evening news is telling everyone Robin Van Persie is going to sign for Manchester United today for a substantial fee. We can... Read more

Defensive midfielders… the choices and why Arsenal need one | Alex Song stories hotting up | Cazorla is here!

Published on 2012-08-08 03:01:48

We’ve only gone and done it… we’ve only landed Santi Cazorla… a year after first expressing an interest, Gazidis and Dick Law have pulled it together and nabbed their man for the criminally low price of £12million! That price should rise if we win the World Cup or the European Championships, but we’ll worry about... Read more

Barca pleading poverty with £15mill Song offer | Cazorla signs & heads to Germany with Arsenal | Nik Bendtner left at home

Published on 2012-08-07 03:50:34

Good morning Grovers, things are moving in a decidedly positive direction. We’re winning the summer as things stand and we’re getting ever closer to kicking off the new season. The losers this morning? Well, they’ll be Nik Bendtner and Squillaci. No trip to Germany for them. No hanging out with Arsene in the bar until... Read more

Arsenal sniffing around right back | City give up on Robin Van Persie | Cazorla deal still not done… Zzzzzzz!

Published on 2012-08-06 02:42:35

Morning Grove fans, apologies for the lack of a normal post yesterday. A mix of technical problems and Geoff’s selfish holiday booking meant there was nothing from me. A big thanks to Sam for his guest post. So what did we miss? Loads apparently. Steve Stammers reckons Robin is going to perform an amazing u-turn... Read more

Guest Post: A message to Robin

Published on 2012-08-04 04:26:52

Today’s guest post is brought to you by music man Sam Duckworth. You can check him out on iTunes or follow him on Twitter @forgetcape. It must be a hard summer for Robin Van Persie, in some ways he couldn’t have timed it worse. The best athletes in the world are also in the form... Read more

Robin impressed by Arsenal ambition | Llorente booed by fans | I have a Cazorla song

Published on 2012-08-04 04:08:14

Morning sports fans! Not much has changed since yesterday morning. We’re still moving for shiny new players and things with Cazorla sound like they’re nearly sorted. He met the players yesterday over a bottle of Lucozade. There’s a hold up in making it official, Malaga are in a right old state so that’s to be... Read more

Song to Barcelona… | Santi Cazorla signs for record fee | Sahin still on radar

Published on 2012-08-03 03:40:34

Well this week has been exciting so far. Cazorla is apparently in town for a medical today after being given absence of leave by Malaga yesterday. He’ll be coming over to us for about £16million on a £70,000 a week contract. That pretty much smashes our transfer record and the fact that the guy is... Read more

Cazoooooorla! | Sahin still strongly mooted for a loan | Arsenal winning the summer

Published on 2012-08-02 03:25:11

Happy Thursday to you all! Things are hotting up in the battle of for the signature for Santi Cazorla. I love waking up and seeing the same websites churning out literally the same story day after day in a bid to maximise revenue. Santi Cazorla due in London for medical Santi Cazorla in the car... Read more

German puts pen to paper | Barca put Song on shortlist | If Arsenal gave Wenger share options, would you be happy?

Published on 2012-08-01 03:38:11

How’s it going everyone? I came to work on the central line this morning from Bow Road… it was so empty I could have landed a seat. So much for the great train rush. I feel like the Government has fooled the nation. Why did we go on holiday when there were empty trains? I... Read more

Manchester United has been pillaged | Cazorla / Malaga deadline day | Boring, boring Arsenal working out… for now

Published on 2012-07-31 03:17:33

Welcome to Tuesday. Rainy Tuesday. Very un-Olympic! First on my agenda is a little bit around the world of football and finance. United are set for an IPO and the fans trusts around the clubs are absolutely outraged. As we’ve touched on before on Le Grove, UEFA have been very quick to stop incredibly rich... Read more

Two in / three out | Miquel and JD a disaster | Brand awareness tour no good for Arsenal defence

Published on 2012-07-30 03:10:26

Good morning Grovers, last morning (Why can’t I say last morning?) was one of the first preseason games I’ve had the pleasure of in full. It wasn’t much of  pleasure if I’m honest. It was a turgid performance in the main and we were made to look second best on many occasions by a rank... Read more

Victor Wanyama: The cut price M’Vila | Sahin and Cazorla would be amazing | Kitchee game on now!

Published on 2012-07-29 04:14:52

Morning Gooners! Apologies for the late post, it’s Sunday, I’m still recovering from watching a lot of womens volley ball last night. My gosh, aren’t those girls athletic? So, so athletic. Oh, and technically athletic… sorry, I mean gifted. Just on the Olympics, I thought it was disgraceful to see empty seats for the swimming.... Read more

We only lost 2 nil, but we played well. And it was City. Get a life doomers.

Published on 2012-07-28 02:59:43

So there we have it, we only got beaten by Man City 2 nil, but Arsene learned a lot from his team. He learned that like last years team this one also has no chance of winning the league. Still at least we hit the post, and if anyone says ‘aah but we didn’t have... Read more

Jack back for Arsenal in November? | Happy Olympic day! | Cazorla competing with Jack? Not for me…

Published on 2012-07-27 04:16:16

THE OLYMPICS START TODAY. I’m so damn excited. It might be the calm before the storm, but London, despite contant rumour, did not explode this morning. It’s not even busy. I must say, I can’t wait until it’s all over and this conversation can stop happening… ‘Trains were busy today Dave’ ‘Really? Can you imagine... Read more

Cazorla deal nearing a close | Robin training with a good attitude | Would you relegate Spurs given the chance?

Published on 2012-07-26 03:19:32

Gooooood morning sports fans. It’s Thursday, which is Friday eve. Which means it’s Olympic opening ceremony eve, which is a pretty good excuse to go out and have a few summer time beers this evening. I hope LOCOG don’t find out I’m hosting a Gold Medal Olympic Breakfast meet up in association with every major... Read more

Is Coquelin our answer to M’Vila? | Should we sign Niang if we have Afobe? | Arsenal are in for Cazorla…

Published on 2012-07-25 03:08:23

Good morning Grovers. I’m nursing a massive hangover. Not from beer. From joy. Why? We won yesterday. That meant more to me than most things have so far this summer. It means we’re on track to dominate global football this year. I didn’t actually watch the game, unlike 90% of the people I follow on... Read more

Santi Cazorla would surely be a Theo replacement? | Diaby gamble is lazy and unambitious

Published on 2012-07-24 03:12:34

Good morning Grovers! After 4 days out it was exciting to return to a sum total of no news on the transfer front. Top work Ivan and the gang! That said, at least the no news included no movement on Robin Van Persie leaving for sunnier climes. Just before I crack into it, I was... Read more

When fit Diaby is the first name on the French team sheet, really he said that!

Published on 2012-07-23 03:17:46

Now I know he lives in his own little world. First name on the team sheet. What above Gourcuff, M’Vila and Ribery, Menez, Ben Arfa, Valbuena,Nasri, Diarra and Cabaye? Oh so sorry I probably missed a few out there. Now that’s what we’re faced with, a manager that thinks his crocked midfielder is the best... Read more

If transfers happen, they happen says Wenger, does that mean we will sign new players?

Published on 2012-07-22 02:42:24

He preceded that by saying he was still determined to keep hold of Robin and has stuck a £30mil price tag on him, good and so he should, but if Man U have actually bid £6mil for him that really is insulting isn’t it? I mean who would bid £6mil for a world class player?... Read more

Arsenal, the only team in the world that could win the league with players we’ve sold.

Published on 2012-07-21 03:39:30

Players we’ve sold that have asked to leave because they want to win trophies that is. Robin says he wants to leave even though he has a year left on his contract and we seem yet again only too keen to accommodate his wishes. Wenger, you are a very weak willed man, stand up for... Read more

Arsene, there’s nothing logical about a business model which hinges on losing your best players every year

Published on 2012-07-20 03:19:15

Morning Grovers! So it looks increasingly like my story about our transfer budget being under £25million was true. Wenger has barely spoken to Arsenal.com and he’s ankle deep in Groundhog crap (Time Out Hong Kong… are you serious Arsene?). So let’s pick through his comments… ‘Firstly, I must say that not being able to match... Read more

Robin to United? That would kill me…

Published on 2012-07-19 01:32:34

Morning sports fans. It’s sunny, I’m on a train to Wakefield, life couldn’t be better! Well, it could be, Robin could sign a contract, the papers could stop talking about these irritating showdown meetings we’re having with all of our players and we could go out and spend some money to bolster our set up.... Read more

Arsenal to strong arm Robin into staying: Why keeping him could work…

Published on 2012-07-18 02:59:42

Well hello and welcome! After renouncing my love for Robin yesterday and casting him off into the ‘I never liked you anyway’ bin, I’ve awoken with new hope today. A new hope that things can be resolved. I’ve opened my eyes people. Opened them to the bargaining position Arsenal are in. I have a small... Read more

Niang courting interest | Lewis Holtby on radar | Paulinho on as we bid £9mill | Wenger sings East 17 to Robin… acoustically

Published on 2012-07-17 02:39:33

Good morning Grovers, I hope you’re well on this sunny day. Speaking of which, if anyone works at a product development lab for a deodorant firm, how about you stop thinking of ways you can keep people smelling fresh for longer and longer periods (if you’re not washing for 72 hours, you’ve got a problem) and you... Read more

Koscielny to Barca for £14mill | Theo to Liverpool for £20mill | Anyone to Arsenal by chance?

Published on 2012-07-16 03:06:06

So I missed the news round up yesterday so we’ll briefly touch on the game at the weekend. I didn’t see it, but we won a trophy. Could this be the kick start of the revolution? I hope so. The Memorial trophy is the big time. I feel we’ve arrived. Gervinho banged in a goal... Read more

Guest Post: So. Much. Anger.

Published on 2012-07-15 02:06:28

‘An Arsenal fan writes something about signing new players’. Oh, how original. Around this time last year, I was on here authoring a lovely story which covered my little brother going to his first Arsenal matches, whereas now I’m spewing bile over our inability to hold on to good players and replace them with better... Read more

Gansom has mad skillz | Robin is weak on his own | Arsenal tier ticketing system

Published on 2012-07-14 04:44:05

Morning Grove fans. How’s life treating you today? A bit miffed that the weather is more inconsistent than Wayne Rooney’s hair line? Yeah. Me too. More to the point, I’m upset we’ve still not sorted out these squad issues that are so patently obvious to the world and its dog! Anyway, let’s crack on with... Read more

Time for decisive action from Wenger before these two get away.

Published on 2012-07-13 02:56:15

Am I the only one that doesn’t mind the away kit? I know Pedro sort of said he liked it but I really do! I really dislike the home kit but the away one is different. In fact the home kit has this Arsenal board obsession with navy blue that is beyond me. And you... Read more

Steve Bould training defence… seriously | New Arsenal kit analysis | Defender promoted to first team

Published on 2012-07-12 02:24:58

Good morning best friends of the Gooner web. Today we’ll be talking about Arsenal. Just for a change. First up. I want to say a big fat congratulations to the Arsenal retail team. I told you a few months ago that when I met the Retails Director I demanded that there be a disruption factor... Read more

Robin Van Persie story news to those at the club | Chamakh too pricey to move | Bould looking focused

Published on 2012-07-11 02:28:47

Ahhh, nothing like harking back to the days when your music taste was truly abysmal. Why are we looking at a picture of Usher doing a U-turn this morning? Well, the famous song and dance reminded me of the possible manouverou Robin is considering at the moment. Here’s how the the tale goes… Sky release... Read more

AST meeting: Arsene Wenger still mega popular | The FFP + sustainable business model yarn is dead | R&W speak up

Published on 2012-07-10 02:30:09

Last night I attended the annual survey reveal at the AST event in Holborn. They survey 1100 of their members, they get back around 600 of the surveys, the results are whacked in a document and we all preside over the contents and have a discussion around what’s important to the members. Now I know... Read more

Protecting Stan Kroenke | Player motivation and where it comes from | Arsenal preseason starts

Published on 2012-07-09 03:11:29

Good morning and welcome to Monday! Straight into the mixer today. The Arsenal players who weren’t at the Euros return to the club today to begin preseason training. Anyone who has played Sunday league football will know that this is a period that causes great upset. It’s a time when you go back and compare... Read more

David Villa is the perfect Robin replacement | Clint Dempsey in at Arsenal?

Published on 2012-07-08 03:02:49

So the story we ran yesterday caused quite a lot of debate in the social space. In the main, most people understood the point I was trying to make, those who didn’t generally all fell off the concentration bike in the same place. Just a quick recap. A. I wasn’t questioning the accounting of people... Read more

That £52million you thought Arsenal had to spend… well, think again.

Published on 2012-07-07 03:16:54

Welcome to Saturday. Flood warnings in 100 places around the UK today. Stay safe people. Stay safe and stock up. The water will be fresh and you never know when they might whack a hose pipe ban on us next. If in doubt, sell it with a 70% mark up and donate the profit to... Read more

Red & White Holdings: Opportunism leaves sour taste as Usmanov letter delivers some brutal truths

Published on 2012-07-06 03:19:26

When it rains, it pours… that’s metaphorically and that’s the picture outside my window on my day off. If it wasn’t bad enough having to experience another of our best players writing out his own marching orders, yesterday, Red & White took time out to dabble in a bit of opportunistic ‘kick a club when... Read more

Robin going – don’t protest it Arsenal – sell him – replace him | Make Arteta the new captain

Published on 2012-07-05 02:43:56

No sooner had I slammed the modern day footballer and Arsene Wenger for his backward policies on transfers, our captain, our beloved leader hammered the club in what can only be described as a totally damning statement. Robin spoke to the fans on his own personal website. He stated that after a meeting of a... Read more

Wenger begs Robin to stay at Arsenal | Yann M’Vila dancing alone | Lloris not coming… sorry

Published on 2012-07-04 03:30:05

Happy morning everyone. These summer days are just amazing eh? Knowing the reservoirs are brimming fills me with a huge amount of satisfaction. God bless the rain and the fine harvests it brings. Onto football. If only the rain could supplement the growth of a decent football story to report on. It’s so quiet out... Read more

Robin Van Persie for £8million | Joel Campbell to Champ Man classic team Betis | Rambo selection damages Arsenal preseason

Published on 2012-07-03 03:27:34

Well, well… if it isn’t Arsenal getting played at the game we love so dearly. Not football people. I’m talking hardball. Juventus yesterday posted an offer through the door for our captain. This offer was so derisory, you’d imagine even Robin was quite offended by it. The Italian champions offered a whopping £8million for the... Read more

Spain destroy Italy with master class | Theo noises point towards move away | Lloris deal nonsense

Published on 2012-07-02 02:57:56

Well that was a fun night, no sooner had Wenger berated Spain for betraying their philosophy, football fans were watching one of the most accomplished big stage performances in history. A quite incredible display from the greatest international team of all time. The Spaniards tore Italy apart with sublime passing, fantastic finishing and an unbelievable... Read more

Theo to Spurs… he wouldn’t? Would he? | Should Arsenal buy in Jack Wilshere cover?

Published on 2012-07-01 04:25:57

Good morning Grovers! Apologies for the late post. I’ve been coming to terms with the story about Theo Walcott interesting Spurs new manager AVB. A first I was like… ‘errr, no way, he’s an Arsenal player’ Then I was like… ‘No actually, this could like totally make sense’ Why does it make sense? Well, a... Read more

Arsenal sign 6 new boys | Viviano the keeper on the radar | Yossi is off

Published on 2012-06-29 20:52:10

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a delightful Friday night. Chances are I did which is why I prepared this well in advance of today. If something major happened… like signing Lionel Messi — I’ll get on it a bit later. As nothing like that has happened as of Friday, I’ll just report on... Read more

Arsene moves into voiceovers | Robin to PSG… obviously

Published on 2012-06-29 03:19:01

Welcome to Friday everyone. A day where we round up the goings on of the week and tell jokes in the comments section. Do check them out if you haven’t in the past. Some really top efforts you can re-purpose as your own over work drinks. Be careful though. They’re not HR friendly. Into the... Read more

Robin Van Persie thinking of staying on. Should Arsenal keep him / flog him?

Published on 2012-06-28 03:19:54

This is the quietest day of the summer so far. Nothing. No real transfer stories, no scandal… nothing new on the Nando’s menu! So we’ll start the day off with the game last night. Wow. Technically amazing football can be dull! It was a bit of a tactical slog. A few chances, a few good... Read more

Olivier Giroud talks weapons… | Robin Van Persie reportedly agrees wages with City… how?

Published on 2012-06-27 03:11:27

Olivier has landed and he’s already talking about his weapon. Typical Frenchman. I like his attitude though. According to the ladies and some of the men I know, he’s bringing sexy back into the Arsenal dressing room. He’s confident and self assured and he’s over here to make a massive impact on our first team.... Read more

Send Aaron Ramsey out on loan | Bendtner interesting the very best | Left back issues

Published on 2012-06-26 02:43:52

“The interest is overwhelming, just as it should be after the way Nicklas performed at Euro 2012.” Overwhelming eh? Exciting times for Nik B. I can imagine Milan, Madrid and Barca have been sending their A-team over to negotiate a deal with Nik B. The only sticking point according to Pam is that Nik B... Read more

Preseason preparation looking good as Giroud comes in | Ashley Cole – I owe it all to Adams

Published on 2012-06-25 03:58:44

Deary me England. You always do it to us. Penalties. So poor. Every time. England invited Italy to partake in some good old fashioned North West relegation fodder football yesterday and performed well enough to narrowly take the game through to a penalty shootout. Up stepped Ashley Young who smashed his shot against the bar.... Read more

Wenger offered £70mill a year somewhere? | Olivier Giroud gives away his next club…

Published on 2012-06-24 03:00:21

The Spain vs France game hardly lived up to the billing. The French never came out of the blocks and Spain rarely stepped out of 2nd gear. It was just a bit of a run of the mill game. We didn’t really see anything too spectacular from M’Vila. It didn’t help he was playing in... Read more

Bendtner off to Spain | Denilson back to Arsenal… *sigh* | £26million in the Bank of Arsenal

Published on 2012-06-22 19:54:48

; How’s it going everyone? Feeling grand this morning? I hope so. Kicking on straight with the news that’ll fuel your day! Bad times to start with. Denilson is coming back to the club. Sau Paulo won’t pay £4.9million for a player who only has one year left on his deal. I don’t blame them.... Read more

TREBLE Oxlade-Chamberlain’s wages? | Robin deal still sitting there | Giroud Arsenal deal nearly done!

Published on 2012-06-22 03:27:50

Lots of news to power on with this morning. Lots of extctremely exciting news if I’m totally honest. First up. Giroud. In the bag by the sounds of it. Wenger had this to say… “Giroud didn’t play much (at the Euros so far), but he’s going to be an Arsenal player 90 per cent next... Read more

Matty Flamini – Would you have him back? | Yann M’Vila – we’re your only option | Giroud has NOT signed for Arsenal

Published on 2012-06-21 03:54:13

Welcome to Thursday everyone. It’s my birthday today. I’m 28. Basically, in footballing terms, I’m Robin Van Persie for another month. Except I’m not entering the last year of my deal and no one is offering me £200k a week. I’m desperately regretting my choice to focus my efforts as a youth on computer games, beer and... Read more

Caramello purchase close | Robin Van Persie not going to Italy | Arsenal’s Tesco Club Card

Published on 2012-06-20 03:11:26

Goooooood morning everyone! So, international fans, how do you feel? You know… about England being the best team in Europe and probably winning the whole Euro Championship? Pretty awkward I’d imagine. Pretty damn awkward. Especially with that team. The game was pretty good value for an international last night. James Milner has obviously snapped Hodgson... Read more

Exclusive Olivier Giroud songs | Robin for £15million? | Why Chamakh is crap

Published on 2012-06-19 03:21:52

Good morning Grovers! So it’s all about the good times today. Rumour has it we’ve tied up a deal to sign Olivier Giroud for around £12.6million. What a bargain eh? I have no idea why French clubs agree release clauses, they only seem to benefit one party. Whatever the reason they do it, I’m glad.... Read more

Robin Van Persie to go… if you’ll offer £30million | Theo to go… home | Carlos Vela to go for a pittance

Published on 2012-06-18 02:26:48

I’ve been out the game for a while and it seems nothing has really changed on the Arsenal front. 1) The same players we’ve been chasing since July 2008 are still no closer to signing. 2) The same players who we’ve had contract concerns about since July last year still haven’t put pen to paper... Read more

Yann M’Vila wants to join and Theo plays a waiting game. And what exactly is financial prudence?

Published on 2012-06-17 05:21:44

Well there’s a surprise, Theo will wait until Robin moves before he decides. If that isn’t a ringing non endorsement of everything Wenger has built over the last 8 years then I don’t know what is. Theo I don’t blame you, Robin I would do the same and that could explain why we are not... Read more

Theo Walcott is England’s saviour and now Ukraine only need a point for England to qualify

Published on 2012-06-16 02:39:47

So after Theo Walcott became Englands saviour as has been said many times on here before, and yes I did go and check the archives. – England are very close to qualifying At times out there watching England’s defence was like watching Arsenal’s, but if we can score more than the other side, then we will persevere.... Read more

Bastia in for Squillaci and Arsenal in for Neymar

Published on 2012-06-15 03:02:28

Well there is more chance of us signing mercurial front man Neymar than Squillaci going to Bastia. Bastia are a second division French team, how on earth would they be able to afford what we pay Squillaci. He made a substitute appearance once last season, he’s paid over £50k a week, 3 times what Giroud... Read more

Forget Giroud, get Niklas Bendtner, Denmark play him in the middle.

Published on 2012-06-14 03:04:46

It would be wrong of me not to mention twitchy over at shite Hart Lane, poor Harry! Why oh why? He begins the year charged with tax evasion, 10 points clear of Arsenal and nailed on for 3rd, then within a month he gets off tax evasion OJ style, flirts like a tom in a... Read more

Arsenal’s Park apologises to Korean fans for letting his country down, apparently Wenger’s up next!

Published on 2012-06-13 03:09:05

It does make me laugh when I see headlines like ‘Arsenal’s Park…’ Arsenal’s park? He hasn’t even played a game for us! What a joke signing he was, well cruel in my book because not only has his career taken a nose dive, his own countrymen has gone off him as they think he has... Read more

Giroud to replace Chamakh (YESSSSS!) | Llorente should replace Robin at Arsenal should worse happen

Published on 2012-06-12 03:07:22

It’s so damn exciting this morning. We’ve got one quote for you that is both positive inwards and outwards. “Giroud loves England as well as Arsenal. We know Wenger wants him in his team. If they make an offer that’s probably where he’ll go,” “It’s likely that Giroud had to go to Arsenal. In this... Read more

Olivier Giroud deal being lined up | His strengths and why he’ll work for Arsenal

Published on 2012-06-11 03:13:09

Exciting news emanting from France suggest Arsenal are in for Montpellier’s French scoring sensation Olivier Giroud. The man who has had a similar rise to prominence as Koscielny is rumoured to be in talks with us for a princely sum of around £12million. Some people fear he’s just another Chamakh, to them I would say... Read more

£10million for Djourou? Bite their hands off Arsene and I’ll pay his bus fare!

Published on 2012-06-10 03:01:01

Reports are emerging that someone out there not only want to buy Djourou, they actually value him at £10million. You do wonder if whoever it is, are impaired in some way but if the rumours are true we should pay his bus fair now and bite off their hands. We should also ask them if... Read more

Chezzer howler costs Poland, Arshavin puts his price up and Rogers want Bendtner!

Published on 2012-06-09 03:35:41

Morning Grovers, I hope your all kept your feet on the ground after the winds of yesterday, it was 30 degrees in Spain so I had difficulty relating to it, still I fly home today and my lawn will be about 2 feet long so I’ll get mine in about 6 hours! I’ll start with... Read more

M’Vila isn’t Arsenal’s first choice defensive midfielder | Ivan, £10mill was chump change 10 years ago

Published on 2012-06-08 03:24:45

Good morning Grovers! Well, it’s not a good morning. It’s a horrible morning. It’s quite possibly the most miserable start to a June I can rememeber. And that’s forgetting the weather… Badum tschhhh! Just jokes people. It’s all deadly quiet on the transfer front. Arsenal and their master plan of waiting for the rest of... Read more

Ivan Gazidis suggests gambling on kids is the future | Arsenal are the benchmark of Europe

Published on 2012-06-07 03:02:22

Arsenal put on their annual Ask Ivan Q&A session. Firstly, we have to give credit where credit is due. The whole commercial team was out dressed in suits ready to answer questions from the public. No other club engages with fans like that. Secondly, Ivan took on some pretty hardcore questions. He might have diluted... Read more

Ivan says decision made on Robin Van Persie Arsenal future

Published on 2012-06-06 02:48:45

… and we’re back, starting our week on a Wednesday. I wish all weeks started like this. This evening I have the pleasure of attending an Ask Ivan Q&A with the AST. This year he’s not taking open questions from the floor so he can research the topics and give better answers. What? That’s perfectly... Read more

Another out the door at Arsenal, still no one in though. Are we keeping our powder dry for a reason?

Published on 2012-06-05 01:28:07

According to the Daily Star, the mouthpiece of our chairman we have sold another promising youngster, this time it’s Oguzhan Ozyakup. Although we find ourselves waiting years for a kid to come good only to sell them, I’m glad because we are lowering the wage bill, I only hope we sell a lot more. We... Read more

It’s time to stop buying French players Arsenal. Let’s go Dutch and certainly not English!.

Published on 2012-06-04 02:42:19

First thing to tell you there that there is no word in the Netherlands that is Dutch, it’s what the people on the Eastern seaboard of England called them when they arrived to trade in the middle ages, they were asking them if they were Deutsch. That then morphed into Dutch. We have too much... Read more

Eden Hazard, you’re having a laugh! Go and get Afellay and do it today Arsene!

Published on 2012-06-03 02:59:08

Well last night saw the much fancied Belgium’s arriving at Wembley, with a team of stars such as Dembele, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Fellatio and of course, new world superstar Eden (pig-in-the-trough) Hazard. Against an England team so patched up they had to field 18 year old Arsenal sub Oxo Chamberlain and spud bit part man Jermaine... Read more

Time to put Arsenal first Arsenal

Published on 2012-06-02 03:07:20

Strange thing to say I hear you say, don’t Arsenal always put Arsenal first? No is the simple answer, they put the board members and the club management first, then the players welfare second, then the club third. Don’t even get me on where the fans come in. The reason we need to start putting... Read more

The picture exclusive you’ve been waiting for | Yann M’Vila crocked | Kagawa still hasn’t moved???

Published on 2012-06-01 03:20:55

Well, as you can see, my morning got off to a flyer. The rumoured breakfast bap from Nando’s I spoke about last week appears to be true. The chicken sausage sensation was the biggest move of the summer so far and on that I feel is going to raise the spirits of the Arsenal fans... Read more

Vermaelen signs a forever contract.

Published on 2012-05-31 05:00:33

News, news, news… where did you go? I can’t keep opening every post with this… but it’s true, there is nothing going on. What happened to the journalists? They’re supposed to make things up when things are quiet. Then we can jump on what they’ve made up and bemoan the lack of credibility on Fleet... Read more

Kagawa snubs Arsenal | Euros close off window to buy for a month | Benik Afobe can dance

Published on 2012-05-30 03:06:44

Wednesday is here, the weather is still making the week so sweaty I had to make a mid-morning H&M pit stop yesterday to slip into something slighty fresher. 72 hour deodorant makes so much more sense now I work in London. It’s just a shame half the people on public transport haven’t seen the light... Read more

De Jong – Master stroke or Arsenal M’Vila price tag cop out? | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain praise

Published on 2012-05-29 02:50:57

This summer is going be tough people. I forgot how painful it is to craft 600+ words out of nothing every morning. Things really are very quiet at the moment. We’re not being heavily linked with any players and there’s not exactly a lot of scandal going round. So I’ll make the most out of... Read more

Johan Djourou does the right thing | Wenger thinks Robin is staying at Arsenal… is he right?

Published on 2012-05-28 03:10:48

Happy Monday everyone! A day on from the news that Robin had told the club he was off, Arsene Wenger waded in with a comment that would appear to counter that idea.  ’I am confident you will see Robin van Persie in the Premier League and I am very confident you will see him in... Read more

Site back up: Robin leaving – it’ll be ok, here’s why

Published on 2012-05-27 06:23:57

Afternoon everyone, apologies if the site went down for you. It was a memory problem I’ll get sorted next week. We’re back up and running. Here is the article if you missed it. http://le-grove.co.uk/2012/05/27/robin-van-persie-closes-door-on-arsenal-deal-what-the-numbers-say-about-his-value/

Robin Van Persie closes door on Arsenal deal | What the numbers say about his value

Published on 2012-05-27 03:51:16

Good morning fans of Le Grove. It’s excellent to have you here this morning, it truly is. Did you watch the England game last night? Wasn’t it a bit like watching an injury ravaged Bolton side from the mid 2000′s? That’s what it felt like to me. Sloppy, flat and lacking in ambition. I mean... Read more

Sagna: He’s an Arsenal fan, just like the rest of us | Robin: Club & fans in the dark

Published on 2012-05-26 03:57:35

Sometimes, as an average fan of football club, you wonder to yourself… what are the players thinking? Whenever they come out in the press, they’re pretty quiet about their wants and needs when it comes to the squad. You rarely get a straight answer. It’s all rather boring. That’s why Sagna and his radio interview... Read more

Kagawa is on the radar | Steve Bould quotes as expected | Positive Arsenal vibes about the summer

Published on 2012-05-25 03:55:56

Good morning Grovers! It’s a quick post from me today as I’m literally melting away at my desk. The devastating news today is that we’re not one of the clubs Eden Hazard wants to play for. The young Belgian winger has stated that he’s only interested in moving to Chelsea, City or United. Those are... Read more

Arsene, if you want to buy in the chav bargain basement, buy the right ones.

Published on 2012-05-24 05:53:23

So I wake to news that Salomon Kalou is no longer wanted by the chavs, good, so why would we want him? If we are going to buy off them then Sturridge, Torres or Bennayoun would do. Yes Bennayoun, I know he’s getting on and gets the odd injury, but he showed more fight than... Read more

Almunia is gone! HOORAY! | Etienne Capoue linked after Le Grove scouting mission | Ryo to Bolton again?

Published on 2012-05-23 02:46:09

A bloody great start to the morning… finally, after what seems like an age… Arsenal have shifted on the worst first team Arsenal keeper of all time. He leaves after taking every penny of his £50k a week contract. Good riddance. He was poor from the start. Jen Lehmann called it right before he was... Read more

Arsenal to swap Chamakh for Ljajic… hmmm? | Sack the board! | Joel Campbell + Ryo run down

Published on 2012-05-22 03:10:42

This off season, though only about a week in, is the equivalent to squeezing the juice out of a sun dried tomato. All has gone silent in the world of transfers. Both on the outgoing and on the incoming. This doesn’t bode well for the sanity of a lot of Gooner’s. We’ve been here so... Read more

Anzhi offer Robin £300k a week | Why Spurs weekend demise is brilliant | No news on Arsenal target M’Vila

Published on 2012-05-21 03:33:15

Welcome to Monday. Did everyone have a super weekend? I hope so… I truly hope so. Onto football. First up. It’s two days on and I’m actually starting to think I’m enjoying Spurs being out of the Champions League more than the bother that Chelsea won it. Sure we’d like to have been the first... Read more

Spurs play Europa league next season… hilarious.

Published on 2012-05-20 03:00:06

A short post from me this morning. There’s not much going on in the world of Arsenal. There’s a lot going on in the world of English football. Firstly, Sam Allardyce has made a return to the Premiership with West Ham. They took out Blackpool in the play off final  yesterday. It wasn’t convincing, but... Read more

Robin looking for £275k per week | Yann M’Villa to make announcement shortly

Published on 2012-05-19 03:02:49

It really is slim pickings today people! There’s very little going on in the world of Arsenal outside of the Robin saga. What we know is that talks have broken down. He’s not going to sign on for us. The best we can hope for is that he stays on for the final year of... Read more

Patrick Vieira tells it as it is. Deal with it people | Robin and Theo stall on Arsenal deals

Published on 2012-05-18 03:05:17

This is what makes me laugh about project youth. Loyalty swings one way. Arsenal… Put players who aren’t ready into the first team Sacrifice trophies Persist with players that aren’t ready for 200 games Pay players that aren’t ready based on potential Then when they come good… those players do one. Apprenticeship done. Scrap that… how can... Read more

No deal for Robin. WHAT! | Some Arsenal options | Oxlade-Chamberlain travels to Euros

Published on 2012-05-17 02:50:23

Well, well. Failure from the Arsenal Directors. A day after the contract talks have taken place, I’ve seen no evidence of a signed deal. What’s up with that? What are we paying you for Ivan? There are various rumours flying around the web about how the talks went. I believe none of them. It looks... Read more

Le Champ of the season suggestions please | Errr… something about Robin Van Persie

Published on 2012-05-16 03:01:15

Welcome to Wednesday. Turns out Robin is having his meeting today. Whoops. My theory about his contract came a day early. The problem with that is now I don’t really have anything to talk about today. Which is irritating to say the least. Well, as it’s the end of the season, in traditional Le Grove... Read more

Hoilett on his way out | Van Persie deal day today | Vertonghen talk is very off…

Published on 2012-05-15 02:56:51

Good morning Grovers. Today is a very important day in our summer. Robin Van Persie sits down with Ivan, Big Dick Law (perhaps we can’t do football naming conventions for our directors) and his agent. Darren Dein will obviously be there… like a shark detects blood in the sea, Darren Dein can sniff out a... Read more

Arsenal take third | Robin comments concerning | Kieran Gibbs… you little beauty!

Published on 2012-05-14 03:10:09

There it is people. One of the most painful season I can remember in a long time. Over. Finished. See you later. Consigned to forgettable history. There are positives though. We finished in third place. That has been our goal since February. We also over turned Spurs. Which again, was a massive achievement considering how... Read more

WBA vs Arsenal Preview | Gervinho or Chamberlain? | Tattoo concern

Published on 2012-05-13 03:00:09

Not sure whether my brother is correct, but he informed me last night that Chezzer was fit for today. He’s not an insider, but he can work the Internet like the best of them. Great news if he is. He may have had an inconsistent season, but he’s sure as hell been a massive improvement... Read more

Laurent exonerated | Wenger at it again: 2 Arsenal signings, Diaby is coming back…

Published on 2012-05-12 03:01:53

Happy Saturday everyone. It’s a bit of quiet day on the newsfeeds so not an awful lot to report on. Key issues to deal with are that the back page headline in The Sun yesterday which said something like… ‘The moment we lost belief in the manager’ … From Laurent Koscielny. Well, it was kind of... Read more

Steve Bould confirmed by Arsenal | Kagawa for £7million? Really? | M’Vila denial…

Published on 2012-05-11 02:54:35

Happy Friday to you all! A quick post from me today because the b*sta*ds at work are taking advantage of me being in early… First up. Steve Bould is our new assistant coach. Well I never… Arsene Wenger is pleased to have nabbed his man and had this to say on the appointment. “His qualities... Read more

M’Vila Arsenal deal waters very muddy | Robin Van Persie given Peter Hill-wood kiss of death

Published on 2012-05-10 03:34:19

So I put up this seasons transfer exits list and it sparked much debate in the comments and on the wider web. People seem to be transfixed by this issue of salary and price. Now, in some instances I agree. We do pay our drossy players too much. Diaby earns £60k a week. Really though,... Read more

Arsenal can free up £61mill + £600k p/w in wages | Avenging the loss of Juan Mata this summer

Published on 2012-05-09 03:23:29

So the big, fat, exciting news that had us all glued to whatever social network was talking about it was the story of Yann M’Vila. The journalists finally caught up with the story and suggested the deal was going to be struck at £17million. Julien Laurens, who apparently has a a direct line into M’Vila... Read more

Yann M’Vila rumoured deal close | Steve Bould and his potential impact | Alex Song to leave Arsenal?

Published on 2012-05-08 03:33:37

Good morning Grovers! So that was exciting news yesterday… It was like Ivan read my first post headline and sorted everything out. Steve Bould becoming our assistant manager is an absolutely great piece of news. He’s younger, hungrier and will no doubt carry more of an presence than Pat Rice has over the last 3-4... Read more

Steve Bould is the new Arsenal assistant manager.

Published on 2012-05-07 06:13:37

I’ve had it on the superb authority that Steve Bould is our new assistant manager and Neil Banfield has been moved into a first team coaching role. More tomorrow.

Steve Bould is our biggest summer signing

Published on 2012-05-07 02:16:56

Nothing like a Geoff post to get people talking eh? Wow. Who knew an opinion could draw out such extreme love (250 shares from the site, I had about a thousand @ mentions on Twitter , plus 785 comments on a Sunday) and extreme angst in 70/30 (70 in favour) proportions. I didn’t agree with... Read more

Robin, please leave, you have my blessing, oh and take Wenger with you.

Published on 2012-05-06 03:01:04

So Pedro, who went yesterday is so distraught he asked me to do the post match report. He so stuck by Wenger, believed all his lies about strengthening and renewed, sucker. Well there will be no match report, I am using this post to ask Wenger to sod right off and take Kroenke and his... Read more

Robin stays, but might not sign? | Pat Rice: Arsenal legend leaves | Frimpong, cancel that Twitter account

Published on 2012-05-05 03:02:24

A Saturday early kick off. Actually my favourite time for a game because it gives us all the rest of our day back. If we win, it also takes the pressure right off. We can watch the FA Cup final knowing we’re only one more game from finishing the season in 3rd. Talking of the... Read more

Robin sounds like he’s staying at Arsenal… | Wenger loves a German | Arsenal to Nigeria

Published on 2012-05-04 03:30:44

Good morning Grovers! I hope you’re well this fine Friday morning. I spent the evening at the FWA Dinner… and had the pleasure of listening to Robin do us all proud with a fine speech after his award. Such a shame I can barely remember any of it, but the jist of it for me... Read more

Robin montage and mixtape sorted | Arsenal striking solutions for next season sorted

Published on 2012-05-03 03:30:41

Welcome to a wet and windy Thursday. I hope your trip into work was as disgusting as mine. Right, first up today we might as well talk about stuff that isn’t relevant to Arsenal. Jose Mourinho took Madrid to their first league title in a whole usurping Barcelona in his second season at the club.... Read more

Arsenal target Yann M’Vila is a slapper | What would you say to make Van Persie stay?

Published on 2012-05-02 03:32:15

Welcome to Wednesday everyone. Fresh off the back of the signing of Podolski, rumours hit the newsfeeds that next on our list was Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen. As far as I could see, there was no basis for that rumour. It just seemed like people trying to make  a name for themselves on Twitter fueling... Read more

Lukas Podolski: An early sign times are changing at Arsenal | More to follow?

Published on 2012-05-01 03:07:13

Good morning Grovers! I’m in jubilant mood this morning because Arsenal have satisfied my lust for new players well before the transfer window opens. Superb eh? An actual signing… before June 1st. Are we learning lessons or are we bracing the fans for a departure? I think we’re learning lessons… get your business done early.... Read more

Exclusive (seriously exclusive & candid) Bacary Sagna interview

Published on 2012-04-30 03:00:42

So today’s post has been taken care of by Bacary Sagna. He is an ambassador for the Charity Grassroot Soccer. They use the power of football to teach kids to make the right decisions in life. I met Nik Haigh, the European Director of the charity in Covent Garden a few months ago and I loved... Read more

A point worked out but Arsenal still not good enough by a long way

Published on 2012-04-29 02:59:38

We went to Stoke with a pretty experienced line up. We were at a disadvantage as we didn’t have Theo or Arteta. We slipped Gervinho into the starting 11 and played Benny over the over side. Midfield consisted of Aaron, Song and Rosicky. The game got off to a typically thuggish start, Whitehead, who looks... Read more

Great news, were getting M’Vila, or Martinez or Biglia or Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Published on 2012-04-28 03:32:08

Ok so we may not be able to buy M’Vila because he will be too expensive at £22 million, so we will go after Martinez, only he has a buy out clause of £32 mil so we’ll go for Biglia who will cost a lot less. We’ll keep Song though and with the addition of... Read more

Yann the man we need in the bag | Diaby to miss another Arsenal game | Pep for next year anyone?

Published on 2012-04-27 03:24:27

Friday here, at last… the weekend can nearly begin. Firstly though, we have to get through this post. Top of the agenda is transfer talk. Yann M’Villa is hot on the feeds this morning. Some are reporting we’re at an advanced stage with talks, others say we have to be careful because Bayern and Inter... Read more

Barca say no… | Third is the new fourth for Arsenal | Wilshere plays it sensible

Published on 2012-04-26 03:46:11

So there we have it, a Chelsea vs Bayern Munich final. Still a big ask from our classless West London neighbours… they’re missing 4 players through suspension and two through injury… but I’d fancy them against the Germans over the might of Madrid. That means that finishing third is of huge importance. We’re going to... Read more

The Arsenal crab machine returns | Chelsea choker | Jack the Olympian…?

Published on 2012-04-25 02:48:41

Ahhh well, I had a feeling Chelsea might come away from Barca with a win. It seems caretaker managers have a bit of a record of getting to finals with those lot. They put on a resolute display, rode their luck massively, then took advantage of a keeping error. A huge win for them which... Read more

Podolski signs again? | Robin to Juve… do me a favour! | Diaby to takeover from Ramsey?

Published on 2012-04-24 03:18:29

Well good morning to everyone. This is my first post back since vacating London on a 4 day bender scouting mission in Copenhagen. I took in the Koebenhavn vs Hoorsens game on the Sunday and I can report back that most of their players are very average. There was however, a very tasty looking left back. I... Read more

Robin does us proud, Arsenal finally win a trophy!

Published on 2012-04-23 02:54:13

Well done Robin, you got what your play deserves and finally won what we can claim as a trophy, the first since Thierry Henry won it in 2004. I have to say you had it coming and I’m glad you weren’t pipped at the post by one of Mancini’s mercenaries. Talking of which at least... Read more

Its all very tight, but if Arsenal win all 3 games we’ll finish 3rd

Published on 2012-04-22 02:53:11

It’s as simple as that, win them and we can’t be caught, unless Newcastle trounce Chelsea and City 10 nil apiece! It’s great that it’s in our hands but with Stoke and West Brom away and Norwich at home, we could lose all three! However, I think we’ll get third. So what happened yesterday? No... Read more

Robin odds on for Player of the year, today he will show the world why.

Published on 2012-04-21 02:57:37

So RVP is a shoe in for PFA Player of the year this Sunday and the Football Writers player of the year the following week. Today we need to see why Robin, do us proud! Jack won’t get the young player as due to overuse he missed the season, Oxo won’t get it either so... Read more

Ramsey in midfield as we have to be careful with Diaby, aren’t we always?

Published on 2012-04-20 02:55:23

So the official line is we have Diaby back, but we have to be careful with him, correct me if I’m wrong but haven’t we be careful with him since he joined us? He doesn’t seem to have any shame, he really ought to give his salary back, he sure as hell has never earned... Read more

Vertonghen club begging again | Song to Inter? | Diaby puts in a shift… could he be the Chelsea answer?

Published on 2012-04-19 02:43:47

So last night went pretty well for Arsenal. I had a feeling Chelsea were going to do something against Barcelona and they did. They put on a miserable tactical masterclass and nicked a goal. They head into the Camp Nou with a one goal lead. We’ve been there before. We know what Barca can do... Read more

The Arsenal centre midfield conundrum | Robin goes to negotiate Barca deal at London hotel

Published on 2012-04-18 03:19:43

There’s no time for moping people. We’ve got important games to think about and important decisions to guide the Boro Piromac and Wenger on. First up is the obvious. Who replaces the crocked Arteta? Well for me, I doubt it’s even a question. The only fit, slightly experienced option we have in the middle of... Read more

Arsenal can’t raise themselves for poor teams | We were leaderless when Arteta left the pitch

Published on 2012-04-17 03:20:34

The season that just keeps on giving gave some more yesterday as Arsenal sunk to new lows in a topsy turvy season when they dropped 3 points against a lowly, yet resurgent Wigan side. That’s our tenth defeat of the season. What an achievement. It’s our second defeat in two weeks. The other one coming... Read more

Success or Champions League poll results in | Wigan game takes on massive importance

Published on 2012-04-16 03:07:22

Well, yesterday’s FA Cup semi final between Spurs and Chelsea threw up some controversy and a pretty hilarious score line. Firstly, Chelsea fans disgraced their already hated club with a disgusting lack of respect for the minutes silence the FA were holding for the victims of Hillsborough and the Italian Serie B player who died. A... Read more

Arsenal fans, what would you prefer, two cups or Champions League football?

Published on 2012-04-15 03:00:56

So Liverpool march on to the FA Cup final, Andy Carroll justifies every penny of his purchase price and King Kenny gets a shot at a Cup double come what May (and keeps his job for a year). I know there are plenty of Arsenal fans looking on in envy. Geoff is one of those... Read more

Is the JD contract story mainstream? | FA Cup fatigue please | Jack slow with the progress!

Published on 2012-04-14 04:15:44

It’s another one of those boring weekends where we don’t have a game. This is semi final time and today we can look forward to Liverpool taking a spanking off Everton and tomorrow we can look forward to a long hard fought 120minute battle of Spurs and Chelsea. I have no idea who I want... Read more

What have all our good players got in common this season Arsene? Their age. | Song’s magic shoes exclusive

Published on 2012-04-13 03:00:07

This year Robin Van Persie will be 29, Rosicky 32 Benayoun 32, Arteta 30, Kozzer 27, Mertesacker 28, Vermaelen 27, Santos 29 and blimey, even Alex Song will be 25 and he is the current poster boy for project youth. All the above players have been the bedrock of consistency this season when playing and fit,... Read more

Robin to be offered £8.26mill a year to stay | Wolves slayed by Arsenal / 3 points retrieved

Published on 2012-04-12 03:15:20

So I predicted easy and what did we get? Easy. Wolves aren’t a good team. We are a team on form. We rightfully put them to the sword. It was a professional business as usual type performance. Theo Walcott raced into the box early on and was taken down by Bassong. Red card for the... Read more

Arsenal must take 3 points at Wolves | Mertesacker going nowhere | Yossi decision soon

Published on 2012-04-11 03:08:46

Wednesday is here and we have a very important match to deal with all the way up in the midlands at a place called Wolverhampton. Quite literally, one of the worst places I’ve ever been. Outside Merseyside, there aren’t many places that refuse to let me pump petrol before I pay. Wolverhampton was one of... Read more

Could Clint Dempsey replace Yossi? | 3rd is back in Arsenal’s hands again

Published on 2012-04-10 03:08:16

Welcome to Tuesday, first day back for most in the UK. Normally a cause for great sadness, not today my friends, for the weekend was kind to us! Jesus answered my Easter wish list and delivered a bounty of unrivalled goodness. First up yesterday we watched Norwich take the lead against Spurs early on. Things were leveled amidst controversy.... Read more

Rosicky, Arteta and Yossi show the Arsenal youth how to press | 3rd back in our hands as we take out City

Published on 2012-04-09 03:43:19

Well everyone, I’m sorry to have to deliver yet another sugar coated post to you, but for me, yesterday’s game totally merits it. The requirements were simple yesterday, we needed to at least match the Spurs result from the day before. That, or better it, which was going to be tough. Arsene Wenger lined up... Read more

Campbell thinks Bergkamp / Vieira could come back | Form suggests Arsenal have a good chance against City today

Published on 2012-04-08 03:43:42

Blind faith just knocked on the door and told me there’s a very good chance we could win today. I know you shouldn’t speak to strangers and you definitely shouldn’t believe what they’re telling you even if they are offering your sweets, but I’ve taken his good vibes on board and I’m feeling pretty confident... Read more

Wenger must be a sage, he is predicting a Manc title win! He can add that to shirt design.

Published on 2012-04-07 02:49:00

Okay, if you are all expecting a sugar coated Pedro post, look away, this is a Geoff post and I’m not on whatever Chamakh and the other useless Wenger signings are smoking. So we all know the power Wenger wields at Arsenal but does he now design the kit? If the leaks we see everywhere... Read more

Short post on Wenger, Theo and Diaby

Published on 2012-04-06 03:35:57

Morning all! A very quick one from me today. Basically, Wenger responded to my post yesterday stating we shouldn’t rely on Chelsea fatigue. Well, JT is out with cracked ribs… so I’m sticking to my theory. The boss wants Theo to land double figures…and Diaby is thankful for Wenger’s faith. Nice! Wenger also had this... Read more

M’Vila does too much up the field | New Arsenal home kit shocker | Jack Wilshere omitted from reserves

Published on 2012-04-05 02:54:36

Welcome to Thursday, even though technically, it’s a Friday for people of Britain because it’s a public holiday tomorrow. That means you’re entitled to start winding down today. May I recommend you join in the comments section here? It’s a superb way to get paid to talk about Arsenal. Football. Yes, we have stuff to talk about... Read more

Montpellier Chairman talks about Arsenal Giroud interest | Vertonghen better than Vermaelen?

Published on 2012-04-04 03:14:40

Goooooood morning sports fans! I have very little to go on again this morning. No coin throwing. No shisha pipes. We’ve already taken the mick out of Geoff. How about a bit of football speak translation? Chamakh is in the press this morning with some superb quotes about Arsenal and I thought it might be... Read more

M’Vila is going to be expensive | Jens Lehmann and his superb quote | Chamakh smoking shisha…

Published on 2012-04-03 03:00:29

Well, well. You know you’re in trouble when the biggest story of the morning is a QPR getting banned for throwing a coin. I must say, I’m staggered someone can throw that accurately from the crowd. I’m assuming he was grassed up by shocked on-lookers, because how you’d identify a thrower with QPR’s 1942 CCTV... Read more

Yann M’Vila drops biggest hint yet | Wenger in brutal assessment | Arsenal refocus for City game

Published on 2012-04-02 03:11:33

Good morning Arsenal fans! Not much in the way of opposition results yesterday to raise the spirits, although the impending match against Manchester City should at least refocus the fans and the team for the coming week. We lost to QPR, it was a sh*te result, but we can’t afford to get down in the... Read more

Wenger baffles with team selection | Vermaelen switches off twice to cost us

Published on 2012-04-01 03:50:19

So there we have it, our seven game winning streak has come crashing down with an almighty thud against a team my QPR supporting guest blogger was almost certain they had no chance of winning. We’re at that point in the season now where you can’t look at that result with anything other than total... Read more

The ‘Not Robin’ Award winner announced | Arsenal vs QPR preview

Published on 2012-03-31 03:48:12

Good morning Grovers! The weather has decided to take the weekend off, but it’s holding up well enough not to ruin your day if you’re lucky enough to have a ticket to today’s away game over in West London. It’s the 11th anniversary of the passing of David Rocastle. I highly doubt they’ll be doing... Read more

Welcome to the ‘Not Robin’ Awards. Please cast your vote

Published on 2012-03-30 03:54:17

Morning Grovers, no messing around today. There’s no news, so instead, this post will be about the ‘Not Robin Awards’. It’s basically our player of the year outside the most obvious candidate to win it. Arteta The Spaniard came in on deadline day on a slightly lower deal than he was on. He’s generally played... Read more

Gazidis hides Denilson’s passport | Chamakh sparks PSG interest | News at all time low

Published on 2012-03-29 02:50:32

There really isn’t much to talk about today. Generally a sign things are going well. Most of the stories seem to be centered around who is leaving this summer. Two players I think everyone would be pleased to see the back of are hogging all two of the headlines this morning First on the this... Read more

Almunia, Chamakh and Park-to-go | Vertonghen, Podolski and M’Vila to join

Published on 2012-03-28 02:54:27

The newspapers are bustling with tales of excitement this morning. I’m not going there first though. Instead, I’ll give you the bad news, then ease you into a crescendo of meaty transfer goodness towards the end of the post. Mario Gotze has sadly signed a contract extension with Dortmund. This shouldn’t come as a surprise... Read more

M’Vila to Arsenal talk hots up | Frimmers to quit… Twitter | Alex Song offered new deal

Published on 2012-03-27 03:37:52

Welcome to Tuesday everyone, I hope Monday was good to you. Straight into gossip this morning because I love it and I’m pretty sure you do too. Word on the street is that we’re looking to bring in Lucas Biglia or Yann M’Vila in the summer. I reckon the first choice is the Frenchman. We... Read more

3 issues potentially holding up Podolski deal | Racist arrested | Wenger explains blip

Published on 2012-03-26 03:07:40

Happy Monday one and all. The clocks going forward an hour was exactly what I needed after a weekend of extreme boozing. Still, there is plenty to be joyous about in the world of Arsenal at the moment. Even stronger hints about Podolski have emerged from the club over the weekend. Wenger has again gone... Read more

Magic man Song adds another assist | Arsenal move clear of Spurs and Chelsea

Published on 2012-03-25 03:20:10

The clocks have gone forward, spring is absolutely here and what a day for a game of football yesterday was. By English standards, the heat was blistering, which as we all know, suits the Arsenal boys perfectly. The prematch didn’t exactly start well, Koscielny picked up some sort of illness (injury?) , so we lined up... Read more

NEWS IN: Wenger wants quality signings for Arsenal

Published on 2012-03-24 04:27:03

“We will not be a lot on the market, quantity-wise I mean. Quality-wise, certainly,” Hold on Arsene? That’s not what the fans want. We expressly demand every summer that you go out and sign 9 rubbish players over 4 good ones. So I’m a little disappointed in your comments. The good news is that two... Read more

‘We have regained credit with our fans’ | Vermaelen is a frustrated striker

Published on 2012-03-23 03:52:44

Never a truer line shared Mr Wenger. One thing I’ve always believed with football fans and players is that support is a two way thing. Fans pay big money to watch good football. Well, in an ideal world. However, if you’re not getting good football, fans also respond well to players who show passion and... Read more

Arsenal take the spoils and third place as Spurs and Chelsea drop points

Published on 2012-03-22 03:56:15

I’m not sure what’s happening. It’s like all the pain and suffering we went through early season has been recognised by the footballing gods and now they’re offering us an olive branch. Once again Arsenal took three points. Yet again, those three points were made to look all the more glamorous against the back drop of some... Read more

Everton come to town as Arsene challenges the squad to show mental strength

Published on 2012-03-21 04:00:30

Good morning Grovers! Football is back this evening as we take on a tricky tie at Everton. David Moyes did us a huge favour last week when he took three points off Spurs on his tenth anniversary as manager. It was a game Everton scarcely deserved to win, which made the result all the more... Read more

Podolski Arsenal move is on | Park Chu-noooo price upped | Robin not target for Barca / Madrid

Published on 2012-03-20 04:00:30

Welcome to Tuesday everyone. One day before we play Everton. It feels like an age since we last played. I feel rested as a fan, I’m sure you do too… maybe you’ve been a bit irritable, perhaps you’ve been taking the lack off football out on your family pet, if you have been, that’s wrong... Read more

Podolski? I told you so | Vertonghen I hope so | Hazard most definitely no…

Published on 2012-03-19 04:12:46

So all those people that were convinced we had signed Podolski may have been wrong. Arsenal did their usual bit where you weren’t sure and thought Wenger was playing it cool, well I believed the stories were made up by our ‘make up a renewal story’ department, and news of him wanting to go to... Read more

Incredible. Amazing. The belief is back… Arsenal gunning for 3rd + Great fan video!

Published on 2012-03-13 04:17:30

Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Everything about last night will stick in the memory for a long time. It’s hard to shoe horn enough superlatives into a blog post that accurately describe just what that late Thomas Vermaelen goal meant to all those who hung on until the bitter end in the hope of a late, late... Read more �

Robin is far too good for classless City | Arsenal host Newcastle in BIG game.

Published on 2012-03-12 03:52:40

… and a big fat welcome to Monday morning. The sun is shining, we have a massive game tonight, all is good in the world of your average Arsenal fan! We host the mighty Geordies who’ve travelled down from the Sports Direct Arena to join us for an evening of top four football contention. I... Read more �

Someone call the Police, I can hear our neighbours choking! | Gunning for third…

Published on 2012-03-11 04:33:57

There are few things I cherish more in life over watching Spurs take a beating in a crucial match. Yesterday it was David Moyes’ 10th anniversary in charge of Everton so you kind of sensed this one might not go the way of the Hotspur. They lined up strongly but never really moved out of... Read more �

Wenger talks about Podolski | Club insistent Robin is not going to City

Published on 2012-03-10 03:13:30

Welcome to Saturday everyone. It’s a bit grey and cloudy. In my personal opinion, I’d say that’s probably more the down to there being no Arsenal to watch this weekend. I feel grey and cloudy inside. Still, there’s plenty of news to chew through this morning. First up, Andre Santos is available and fit after... Read more �

Podolski Arsenal deal agreed. B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T | Next up? A player from Ligue One

Published on 2012-03-09 03:35:19

Good morning friends of Le Grove. I’ve been off the radar for much of the week. Things have changed. I now live somewhere new. My laptop broke. My opinions on quantitative easing have hardened and Arsenal continued their excellent run with a hard fought loss at the Emirates last week. The last point wasn’t much... Read more �

Juve want Song and he may go as he hasn’t won a trophy for 7 years, ha, ha how funny is that Arsene?

Published on 2012-03-08 03:00:40

Now wouldn’t that be amusing Arsene? Your new post Cesc poster boy for project youth wanting to leave because he’s fed up with waiting for a trophy. So that would be something, Nasri, Clichy, Adebayor, Kolo, Cesc and now Song, all wanting to leave or leaving, so we get them all for years growing up... Read more �

Never was there such a close run thing. Arsenal vs Milan report

Published on 2012-03-07 03:05:40

That’s what the Duke of Wellington said after the battle of Waterloo, unfortunately for Arsenal, we lost last night but the boys gave it a damn good go, if only they could have nicked one more goal then Milan would have collapsed. Thing is there was nothing left in the tank and when Chamakh and... Read more �

Well maybe after tonight beak face you’ll wish you did play for Arsenal!

Published on 2012-03-06 03:01:18

Ibrahimovic delights in telling the world that he turned down a move to Arsenal once, really? I heard he refused to take a trial, a bit different, if we signed every player that thought he was too good for that we would be in big trouble. I heard that he was turned down because he... Read more �

Spurs in free fall | Do Arsenal forfeit the Milan game? | Jack is on his way back, but please, not too soon!

Published on 2012-03-05 02:23:17

The weekend was a bit weird. I feel like the whole footballing world clubbed together for Arsenal fans to give them a little joy. You know, like we’ve just been dumped by our partners under Rohdri Giggs like circumstances, and the lads over at Footballing Gods HQ have sorted us right out. So let’s list put... Read more �

Robin and Song can do no wrong! | Another Liverpool / Arsenal classic

Published on 2012-03-04 03:30:37

Most of my childhood felt like it was spent dreading playing Liverpool. Sure there were the heroics of 89, but I was only about 5 back then. After that, it felt like every time we played them, we’d take a beating. It was only yesterday I had a think about some of the absolute classics... Read more �

Arshavin still has a future at Arsenal, ha, ha Arsene, its the way you tell ‘em!

Published on 2012-03-03 02:59:26

So Arsene Wenger says Arshavin is still an Arsenal player and has a future, at 30 years old you have to play to get your confidence back, oh so why don’t you loan out Squillaci and Almunia and if you need to play to keep up confidence then whats the deal with Chamakh and Park?... Read more �

Liverpool vs Arsenal: The key battles

Published on 2012-03-01 18:38:48

This Saturday welcomes in a game of proportions so huge, it makes Kolo Toure’s backside look positively tiny. Beating Liverpool effectively eliminates them from the top 4 challenge, leaving us with only Chelsea and hopefully an imploding Spurs to contend with. Big Kenny will feel like he’s on the front foot with the scousers after... Read more �

Le Grove Podcast #2 – Talking to Matt Scott about Songinho, the £100mill budget and Theo Walcott centrally

Published on 2012-03-01 03:47:59

Le Grove took time out to speak with Telegraph journalist / Talksport pundit Matt Scott last night. We discussed the finances of the club, FFP, Alex Song in the Cesc role, Theo more centrally and whether the club can take 4th this year. Apologies for the sound quality. I don’t own a studio. A big... Read more �

Theo could be the answer to our problem up top, Bendtner madness and a warning to Ivan.

Published on 2012-03-01 03:05:54

I have said since we signed Theo he would one day be England and Arsenal’s saviour, not because he tore twitchy a new one on Sunday and not because Martin Samuel latched onto it, but because he started life as a striker, he isn’t a winger because he can’t cross the ball, Chamberlain and Gervinho... Read more �

Podolski a sign of things to come? | Global commercial potential, how we stack up against our rivals

Published on 2012-02-29 03:08:32

Well good morning everyone! Day 3 post-Spurs and I’m still enjoying the feeling, amazing what a North London annihilation can do for the soul! News today centres around Lukas Podolski and our early moves to snap up some players. Now, if you’ll rememember correctly, I did tell you plans we’re afoot 5 days ago. I... Read more �

Rainy day fund self-fulfilling? | French striker with tremendous leap on radar | Theo to Spurs?

Published on 2012-02-28 02:52:38

So we’re not playing Milan tonight? Thanks for telling me. I’ve packed my Arsenal bag and everything. What a muppet. So how have the last 24hrs treated you? I hope you’ve had fun. I have. I’ve been called all sorts of horrible names by Spurs fans… and I’ve enjoyed every one of them. I couldn’t... Read more �

Arsenal DESTROY Spurs in Emirates thriller.

Published on 2012-02-27 03:35:00

Talk was pretty tense before the game in the bars and pubs around the stadium. Most of the focus on the game didn’t centre around form, it was more focused on the ‘who knows’ factor we all love about the North London Derby. Inside the stadium, the atmosphere was buzzing, people were singing and we’d all... Read more �

Monkey head says Spuds are top dogs and Liverpool warned, don’t do a Wenger!

Published on 2012-02-26 04:54:11

Don’t do a Wenger, so now it’s a term used by others meaning bottler or failure, when you got caught speeding in my day they would quip, who do you think you are, Stirling Moss? Meaning  you are going way too fast, nowadays people are warning Dalglish, don’t do a Wenger, meaning don’t blow the... Read more �

The reason Arshavin asked to move revealed | Another shocking piece of Arsenal mismanagement

Published on 2012-02-25 03:37:14

Good morning Grove fans! So the news of Andrey and his move out of the country back to his homeland filtered through to the web yesterday. Personally, I was totally surprised by the exit considering the total lack of creativity around the squad. I hadn’t heard anything around the Andrey loan exit, but I was... Read more �

Arsenal making transfer inroads now… | Ivan, flowers and gifts don’t replace actions | Chamberlain not in seniors

Published on 2012-02-24 03:24:09

Well, well Ivan. This is interesting. If I was to make analogy, this morning, it feels like you’ve been caught out by your wife (see fans), and to make it up to her, you’ve left £100million transfer fund on the kitchen table, frozen her season ticket price and flown in her old man who hasn’t... Read more �

£100million for Wenger to spend this summer + maybe £33million on wages if we’re lucky

Published on 2012-02-23 03:08:35

Well good morning to everyone! It’s Thursday, it’s balmy and warm outside and I’m writing this on a train that’s forgotten to turn the heaters off. It doesn’t matter though, for there is much news to consider today! First up is the story that Usmanov is hoovering shares up faster than Adrian Mutu deals with... Read more �

Why didn’t Arsenal look at Saha? | Thierry Henry rumoured accommodation costs | Beating the enemy

Published on 2012-02-22 03:16:08

Good morning Grove fans! After 3 solid days of mostly bad news, it was great to throw on an illegal stream and watch Chelsea take a spanking from a pretty average Napoli side. Cavani showed why he’s one of the most fantastical strikers in the whole wide world and AVB showed yet again, that he... Read more �

Arsenal spend £10mill on loyalty bonuses and agent fees | Hamstrung for years by Arsene?

Published on 2012-02-21 03:22:56

Good morning Grovers! I attended the monthly AST meeting last night to find out what the low down was in the world of Arsenal. Truth be told, there wasn’t a whole load of new information if you’ve followed the snippets we’ve shared from them over the last year, but that didn’t matter. Yesterday for me... Read more �

Pat Rice & Boro Piromac… what are you doing? | Wenger lowers expectations again with weak comments

Published on 2012-02-19 15:47:18

I don’t take time out to read too many of Wengers press conferences these days. They’re too repetitive to take note of. I did however catch the a quotes from Saturday nights. ‘At the moment I get many lessons from many people who have managed zero clubs and zero games and zero European games.’ Right... Read more �

Groundhog day: Arsene oversees another disgraceful February collapse…

Published on 2012-02-19 03:30:57

No one does a February collapse quite like Arsene Wenger. No set of fans do predicting a collapse long before it has happened quite like Gooners. If you set up with a tiny squad that lacks quality, these things happen. We’re in February, the players are battered physically and they’ve lost all their focus mentally…... Read more �

Last chance saloon today, and time for fan power Arsenal, don’t let a Yank club collector grind us down.

Published on 2012-02-18 03:17:15

I have to say I hope you all take what Arsenal are saying about transfers with a pinch of salt, they are liars and they do this every year, and every year we fall for it, he thinks he can throw you all a scrap and you will feed off it, like grateful dogs, well... Read more �

Arsenal are screwed this season, time to put it right Wenger, before you get sacked.

Published on 2012-02-17 03:06:06

Only the most optimistic of Arsenal fans can think we’ll win anything this season or that we will finish in the top four, and if we do for what exactly? To watch the annual ECL humiliation like we did on Wednesday? So the most important thing our club says we must do is to qualify... Read more �

Arsenal schooled in Champions League football… pretty embarrassing stuff.

Published on 2012-02-16 03:26:41

Arsenal were schooled like Champions league novices last night. Tough to take when we’re constantly bragging about how often we’re in the competition. It felt very similar to the season we booked out Wembley and too a beating from Fiorentina or the more recent hammering by Bayern Munich. We were out fought, out thought and... Read more �

Arsenal hope to show Milan English football is still dominant | Spurs success is a blip at best…

Published on 2012-02-15 03:19:18

It’s last 16 day and we’re all excited because the only two English teams in at this stage are us an Chelsea. Arguably the two form teams in league. Contractually that means we’re obliged to rescue the Premierships reputation with a fine win away at one of the most decorated clubs in European football. Piece of cake... Read more �

5 Strikers Arsenal could/should have signed | Hazard smokescreen? | Mertesacker, Jack and Gibbs updates…

Published on 2012-02-14 03:11:53

So I thought I’d start this morning by alerting you to the progress some of the strikers we were talking about last year. Llorente Games: 29 Goals: 19 Assists: 1 Cavani Games: 24 Goals: 16 Assists 2 Gamiero Games: 23 Goals: 10 Assists: 1 Falcao Games: 25 Goals: 17 Assists: 1 Hulk Games: 19 Goals:... Read more �

Sessegnon linked | R&W increase Arsenal stake to 30% | Vermaelen hates being a left back

Published on 2012-02-13 03:20:13

Red & White are back in the news again after apparently acquiring enough shares to break the 30% barrier (Tim Payton believes between 25 and 125 shares have changed hands for £16k which if Stan sold at, he’d make £150m profit!). There’s a league ruling that says if you hit that mark, you’re entitled to... Read more �

Thierry signs off with a LEGEND stamp | Arsenal show how to smash a ball at an opponents legs

Published on 2012-02-12 04:16:59

Arsenal lined up exactly as I expected. Pretty much our strongest 11 were sent out to dispatch with Sunderland. Kieran Gibbs wasn’t deemed sharp enough to start which was probably a very good move. Our midfield saw Rosicky start over Ramsey and the forward 3 of Theo, Chamberlain and Robin were given another go. The... Read more �

Arsene… leave the commercial side alone! | Robin denies interview, not moving | Sunderland – Arsenal preview

Published on 2012-02-11 03:23:44

Morning everyone! Nothing like waking up to yet another lecture from Arsene Wenger on profit and how to run a good company. Yeah, Arsene is spouting off again in the press trying to justify his lack of expenditure by bending the truth about what has to happen at the company he’s running on a commercial... Read more �

There are loans and there are loans. Let’s look at Arsenal’s…

Published on 2012-02-10 02:51:07

First of all let’s talk about our loans, the biggest one is for the stadium and this one was necessary in order to bring in the income to make our team the best in the world of football. The downside is it seems we have to pay for it first. So this is a long... Read more �

Dirty Harry does anal Arsene and Arsenal a massive favour!

Published on 2012-02-09 03:01:58

How so? Well let me first of all qualify ‘Dirty Harry’ before his lawyers start licking their lips. Yesterday he won his court case against the revenue for tax evasion, well we live in celebrity Britain and like OJ in the USA, Harry is untouchable. Although I do have some sympathy for him with the... Read more �

Here Arsene, let me tell you a few signs of intelligence in life that you are sadly lacking

Published on 2011-07-05 03:02:22

First of all let me say that is probably the most condescending comment you have uttered. How arrogant you truly are to decide what is intelligent in life when you appear to do so much the footballing world sees as unintelligent. Before some out ther

Exclusive: Official leaked data on Arsenal fan opinion sourced | Transfer ins and outs

Published on 2011-07-04 03:08:54

Good morning Grover’s. A couple of days ago, some leaked data made it into the hands of Le Grove. Has Pam involved herself in some sort of break and enter scandal, I’ll leave that to the police to decide. Anyway, here is the jist… w

Samir gearing us up to leave | Should Arsenal be self sustaining?

Published on 2011-07-03 04:06:03

You always think it’s going to work, but sustaining your body on Pringle’s and beer for a night doesn’t work. My god, do I feel like a sack of crap this morning. I feel worse then David Hayes ego must do. What a shame eh? The man we

Gary Cahill spills the beans over a shot | Another Arsenal player wants out?

Published on 2011-07-02 03:32:28

Good morning Grover’s, this really is becoming a bit of a struggle… July 1st has passed, all the action that we were promised last week didn’t materialise, so we head into the next two weeks still without any signings in the bag. No

Alvarez shirks physicality and can’t last 90minutes… | Ivorian signs today | 2 of the best to leave?

Published on 2011-07-01 03:13:51

Rome isn’t just burning… it’s just been hit by a nuclear bomb. Well, that’s how it’s felt over the past couple of days. Online chatter is desperate, it’s angry and it’s quite sad our club has put us in this a

Player tweets he’s on his way! – Mini Cesc update – The truth about Arsenal Colney medical

Published on 2011-06-30 03:00:44

Wow, things really do move slowly when you’re an Arsenal fan. Transfers aren’t simple unless of course you are any other club other than Arsenal. Sunderland like Connor Wickham, they sign him. United need a keeper, they sign one from Athl

Is Cesc right for the Premiership?

Published on 2011-06-29 03:00:54

It’s deja news again today. Cesc and Nasri are reportedly leaving for pastures new, Gervinho is flying in to sign with us and Gary Cahill is close. Wow, you couldn’t have cut and paste that last sentence from at least 3 posts in the last

Arsenal’s Cesc debacle is getting boring, Nasri is staying, how do I know? The Kit…

Published on 2011-06-28 03:07:34

Talking of which I have to say I love the new away kit, about time, something I can wear! I really like it, it has no redcurrent. And yes, it’s all about me!!! Thing is with Arsenal they are so tight, they never want to have players model it th

Juan Mata: The Marquee signing | Helping shift Denilson | Captaincy issue

Published on 2011-06-27 03:23:26

What you might not know about me is that I’m a bit of a salesman. I used to work in a sports shop, I was the regional champion selling shoe protector. I was pretty much solely responsible for extending the life of  thousands of Reebok Classics

Arsenal lose out on Loaf | Cesc and Nasri making exit plans | Jack re-signs… again

Published on 2011-06-26 03:39:02

My god, this whole transfer process really is getting on my wick. What’s going on here? How many clubs are in for Gervinho? One. How hard can it be to say, here you are Lille, here is £12million, please can we have your player. Don’t wor

Major South American deal nearly done / Warming away day diary

Published on 2011-06-25 03:09:17

It’s Saturday, you don’t deserve another post about players we’ve nearly signed. According to reports, the Alvarez deal looks as good as done. That’s absolutely marvo, thanks to Pam for letting us know that deal was still on.

Exclusive: We beat United, City, Spurs, Liverpool + Chelsea at something… but what?

Published on 2011-06-24 04:00:19

So it’s terribly dull at the moment, there are more insiders out there this year than there are in Broadmoor… and after a few weeks, even reading their fantasy stuff becomes boring. Then it got me thinking, all the insiders publicising th

The Arsenal board are just cowards, we are being humiliated and Wenger is clueless …again.

Published on 2011-06-24 01:52:12

First of all let’s address the latest derisory offer for Cesc of £27mil coming in, and all our board say is ‘come back with a sensible offer’ Why do Arsenal always take it up the rear end? That’s not being above the parapit,

Samba in contract chains / Jagielka to the rescue | Villas-Boas verdict | Crap fridge

Published on 2011-06-23 03:25:44

Blackburn Rovers for Chris Samba must be like the ugly girlfriend you’ve been planning to leave for a while suddenly telling you she’s won the lottery… except even then, you still don’t fancy sticking around. That doesn’

So today it’s Fellaini, Sissoko and Falcao, but what happened to Jay from the Inbetweeners?

Published on 2011-06-22 03:23:19

Remember him, Michael Johnson, what happened to our interest in him? I heard Wenger thought he was Jay in the Inbetweeners and went right off him because he lied about his sex life all the time. Oops… We were also after his mate, Micah Richards

Usmanov: Naughty things he could do | Alvarez deal nearing? | Spaniard stays!!!

Published on 2011-06-21 03:24:20

Good morning people of  Arsenal Blog, Le Grove. I trust you are well, today I reach the grand old age of 27… I’m the same age as Robin Van Persie. Sure he has more money than me… but I have less grey hair and a better right foot. D

Ex-target made available | Potential English signing causing a riot | Cesc on way?

Published on 2011-06-20 03:22:55

Good morning Grover’s! So, not much going on in the world of newspapers this morning… Barcelona have come to the table on Cesc Fabregas according to Peter Hil-wood. They’ve dropped us a call but they haven’t made an offer. It

Enrique, Samba and Parker hotting up, but still no takers for our talented kids, surely not?

Published on 2011-06-19 03:04:52

Jose Enrique Sanchez Diaz, the Spanish left back is being suggested as a replacement to Gael Clichy, I don’t know too much about him other than he is a year younger and is in the last year of his contract at Newcastle, the team that came back f

Arsenal sell for £25mill | We know the positions, so who are the players?

Published on 2011-06-17 12:36:51

Where to start eh? I leave the country for 2 days and nothing happens, in fact the only exciting thing I can report is that my iPad has learnt the spelling of Gervinho… Well that’s a lie, the massive news this morning is Arsenal have kill

Sandro Rosell tells Cesc he’s worthless and worn out and if Nasri’s a greedy little piggy, blame management, they taught him. And the worst kept secret in fixtures? Newcastle away first up!

Published on 2011-06-17 03:10:53

Let me begin with Barca’s Rosell, he says that one year on, one year after he unsettled our skipper, he thinks he’s worth less money, or another way of saying his value has gone down and he has a years worth of mileage on his body clock.

Cesc and Nasri give it one more year and we will buy Samba, Gervinho and Cahill

Published on 2011-06-16 02:58:30

So we wake up to the news that our captain has said in Spain he is happy at Arsenal and unless he’s told otherwise he will be staying, top, top man Cesc, I love you all over again! Nasri has agreed to stay another year to see if Wenger buys wha

Gazidis wasn’t lying – 4 Targets we’re going for / The exits you’d hoped for

Published on 2011-06-15 03:00:01

So when Ivan said he was moving for players now, he was telling the truth. He’s been busier than Ryan Giggs over the past few days and it looks like the fruits of his efforts are coming together. I don’t often throw names out there that I

Phil Jones offer exposed | Ivan Gazidis reveals horrifying Arsenal truth…

Published on 2011-06-14 03:30:49

… he sure did, and it wasn’t pretty reading. Firstly, according to Mr G, the season ticket price rises had to come, all the other clubs were doing it and due to peer pressure, Ivan felt he had to make the move. Not just that, utilities bi

3 ‘top quality’ signings this week | AST Meeting questions | Samir given what he wants?

Published on 2011-06-13 03:11:11

I’ve read through the 957 comments posted up on Thursday afternoon and the truth is I’m really struggling to pick out one question out of so many fantastic entrants. The best questions fell into the following groups. What the hell is goin

3 English defenders linked to Arsenal | Nasri bribed with VIP role?

Published on 2011-06-12 03:58:23

The sleep I had last night was world-class, I nearly slipped back into it this morning when I logged into news now. Players we’re linked to today - Scott Dann – Birmingham – Part of a relegation centre back pairing Roger Johnson 

Arsenal to make it 4 Barcelona stars | LG scout potential star | Jenkinson makes superb start

Published on 2011-06-11 03:16:23

I needed a Saturday to give me a break from all the fevered transfer speculation. Yesterday it emerged from make believe land that Gervinho was in talks with Manchester City and Arsenal. Apparently City want to pay  €168k a week (I hope some of

Wojciech Szczesny to be ousted as number 1 | Massive transfer day | Arsenal clear out to begin

Published on 2011-06-10 03:10:51

So much going off this morning. Firstly Nasri is believed to be considering a move to United. He’s apparently disillusioned with the lack of success at Arsenal. Fair shout so are the fans. However, if he can’t see he has been part of the

Jenkinson is the first summer signing… £15million man on the way next!

Published on 2011-06-09 03:13:12

Yesterday marked the first signing of the summer and it was Charlton’s right back Karl Jenkinson. We brought him in for £3million off the back of 9 appearances in League 1. Now, in Wenger money, that seems quite expensive. Speaking to people a

Competition: Win a question to ask Ivan Gazidis | Nasri lets rip at muppet fan… | Henderson £20mill?

Published on 2011-06-08 03:09:36

So, sifting through 400 sites all regurgitating the same news was boring this morning, so I’ve elected to talk about the AST meeting on Monday. For 30 shiny pound coins I have the opportunity to ask Ivan Gazidis any question I want, pretty good

Nasri demands Wenger shows ambition | iPad winner announced | Low down on Henri

Published on 2011-06-07 03:17:41

Gutten tag Grover’s, and welcome to Le Grove, first up today, someone from Norwich e-mailed from their Barnberry to give me a little bit of insight into Henri Lansbury, because I’ve got to be hoenest with you, Norwich games weren’t

Would you be bothered if Nasri left? | Poisonous hotdog horror avoided thanks to financial prudence

Published on 2011-06-06 03:25:52

News leaked through to Gooners across the planet yesterday that Samir Nasri might not sign a new contract, even worse, he wouldn’t answer the question about United because he wasn’t sure if there was concrete interest. “Do I want to

Cesc gift information | Transfer targets update | Henri to stay on at Norwich?

Published on 2011-06-05 03:24:00

Good morning sports fans, this will be short and sharp because I have a serious hangover to deal with this morning. Things aren’t looking pretty. Tesco’s Red Stripe offer has severely incapacitated my writing skills. First up, the Cesc Fa

FOR SALE: DENILSON… enquire within! | Theoooooooooo!

Published on 2011-06-04 03:11:38

My oh my Denilson, nothing smacks of desperation quite like telling the world twice in a week you’re looking to leave. I imagine the problem is a little like this… Denilson told his agent he’d read Tribalfootball last year and he kn

Arsenal win another trophy | Nigerian superstat on his way for small fee!

Published on 2011-06-03 03:55:33

As you know, last season Le Grove partnered with website best friends, the Metro, for a Fantasy football league. They gave us an iPad for the winner of our league, that iPad will be despatched to the winner very shortly. I don’t have the result

Project Youth has backed Wenger into a ‘must buy’ corner

Published on 2011-06-01 17:21:56

‘For our fans the frustration was that we were so close to convincing everybody of how football can be great, but in the end not being able to deliver. I would call it disappointed love. It was cruel and sometimes you get excessive responses to

Denilson / Bendtner attracting interest… | Jack talking up black arts | Berbatov & Drogba considered?

Published on 2011-05-31 23:26:02

Arsene Wenger taking a holiday in South America is about as exciting as it gets on the news front. Mind you , I’m not holding my breath, we always get excited about Arsene’s working holidays… Remember when he took his cheque book to

Almunia spotted in Ibiza | Neymar / Hazard should be on agenda

Published on 2011-05-31 02:34:32

So… There I am, cutting some shapes in Ibiza and in rolls Mr Almunia, minus his stupid cat dog. He was pretty upset about his poor form this year but as long as he has a bottle of bleach and some accepting friends, he’s happy. Farewell si

Finally Wenger lets Randall go, could he at last have seen the light?

Published on 2011-05-30 02:48:46

So news today is that our leader has finally realised what we all did 5 years ago that Mark Randall will never make the big time with Arsenal. Why oh why did it take that long to work out boss? Now please understand that like many other young men at

Gameiro or Falcao? Shopping in Primark and not the Nike store for trainers, that’s the difference.

Published on 2011-05-29 03:18:47

Now I know I ran a post this week on not signing someone called Kevin but honestly, he would be no good for us as he shoots too much and doesn’t like to pass the ball into the net. I like him, I think he looks sharp as I do Falcao, but… F

Time for a clear out Arsene, cut the wage bill and release some funds.

Published on 2011-05-28 01:49:03

We are being understandably linked with anyone that has a pair of boots and is better than Denilson, which as you can imagine is quite a lot of people right now. I know who I would like and that list includes Hazard, Benzema and Cahill but realistica

Jack Wilshere? What does he play Football manager or something, what does he know?

Published on 2011-05-27 02:58:08

I thought it was amazing to read the comments made by young Jack Wilshere and the advice he is giving to the Mancs about the CL final. He says you have to defend or you won’t get near them and you have to get in their faces and shut them down,

Please don’t sign someone called Kevin, but someone called Carol will do very nicely Arsene!

Published on 2011-05-26 03:23:55

Yesterday was a post born out of years of frustration, today is one born more from hope and expectation. Rumours that we are back in to Leyton Orient for Kevin Gameiro and some freebie have to be wide of the mark, even our manager wouldn’t be s

We won nothing and finished 4th so what’s the difference between me and Wenger?

Published on 2011-05-25 03:00:49

About £7 million a year, because I said that without signing decent players and buying cheap unproven French players instead, that’s what would happen. And I was right, so when people ask me if I could manage Arsenal better, the answer is well

Scott Parker move imminent? | Two to leave… | Ryan Gaggs exposed | Jack Wilshere update

Published on 2011-05-24 03:00:14

Scott Parker would be nice, but let’s not kid ourselves he’s the answer. For me, he’s corrective eye surgery when you’ve got a face like Micky Rourke. I like his fighting spirit, I like that he’s got it all to prove agai

Wenger is delusional… | Cesc Fabregas is a disgrace | Finally… our season is over…

Published on 2011-05-23 03:07:12

Season over… thank god for that. He let us down on the rapture, but at least he finally took a paving slab to our season that seems like it’s been on its last legs forever. The game was bland and uninspiring as ever. We conceded first as

Madrid playing the game | Wilshere dropped? | Wenger’s excuses don’t add up…

Published on 2011-05-22 03:35:17

Fulham up today… it’s such a non-event, I can hardly find any information about it. I believe Cesc Clichy and Nasri are all out. No coincidence they are the 3 with future question marks over their names. Then there are doubts over JD, Koz

Arsenal win secret treble | Englishman on the radar, should it be two though?

Published on 2011-05-21 03:52:11

Arsene has been creating competitions for Arsenal again and I’ve got to say, I’m feeling plenty chipper this morning! We’re the best away team in the world, we’re the only team to have beaten both the Champions League finalist

Superstar Arsenal player set to move on in shock departure…

Published on 2011-05-20 02:41:18

Goooood morning sports fans! First up, Denilson is off! The best news I”ve heard since yesterday when I was invited to one of my German suppliers sales expo’s. After many years of being subjected to his pathetic style of crab football, hi

Song finally off? | Vela following him… | Samba considering switch!

Published on 2011-05-19 03:03:46

Just a quick post for you this morning as I’m pretty damn hungover! Alex Song, after 5 odd years at the club, has finally managed to land himself some newspaper inches with Inter Milan supposedly throwing their hat in the ring to sign the defen

Arsenal make multi million pound approach for huge 25…

Published on 2011-05-18 03:00:57

… storey building. With a planning application. To the council. You know, so we can shake off that image that we’re more about property development than on the pitch development. I’m so pleased. I’ve heard when our commercial

3 pressing Arsenal summer issues + transfer rumblings…

Published on 2011-05-17 03:12:46

Perhaps that new 125 year anniversary logo and motto should have been replaced with a fast forward button and the words, ‘Next year, we will learn.’ Try as they will, Arsenal just haven’t got the hang of this PR malarkey. We donR

May Judgement day: I booed the Arsenal players and the manager.

Published on 2011-05-16 03:16:12

It’s May, the final game of the season has passed and I’ve had enough of Arsene Wenger. No longer can I stand by a manager I once regarded as the greatest in the world. Yesterday kind of summed up our squad, our club and our p*ss poor mentality.

Disrespectful Szczesny comments | United and City show the way… choker.

Published on 2011-05-15 03:00:56

Ahh well, there you have it. Manchester City prove that money can’t buy your friends or respect… but it sure as hell can buy you trophies. Manchester United showed that talent alone is never enough to win the league, you need hunger and d

Robert Pires is a racist…

Published on 2011-05-14 03:00:09

Just kidding! It’s a familiar retort we at Le Grove face when we call for some English grit in the team, that’s why I think it’s fantastic that Robert Pires has come out and backed the theory. ‘Now he also needs more English p

Chamakh has the wrong attitude… | Parker on way? | Love letter exposed…

Published on 2011-05-13 03:00:13

There’s quite an interesting interview with Chamakh on the Mirror site this morning. He talks about our season collapsing after the Carling Cup final, the disappointment and the subsequent 3 month hangover associated with it. I’m not sur

Cesc to leave… Nasri to follow?

Published on 2011-05-12 02:42:30

So rumours are hotting up about Cesc Fabregas and his much mooted move away from the club. Manchester City have thrown their hat in the ring in typical nouveau riche fashion. Mancini said Cesc is his ideal man, they told Arsenal that in no uncertain

Brazilian interest mounts | Who is your Arsenal nearly 11? | Roma star linked

Published on 2011-05-11 03:00:18

There’s nothing quite like a night of free booze to kick off your morning… so this is going to be quick—ish. First things first, we always have that moment in a season when Arsene tells us that he missed out on the seasons sensation

Is Arsene Wenger a bad manager?

Published on 2011-05-10 03:08:52

‘We have our plans and we know what we will do’ Is the above quote the one we’ll all hang from this summer? It’s a familiar line, one I’d throw on the pile with, ‘I’m taking my cheque book to the finals’

So this is the best squad you’ve ever had eh Arsene, can’t wait till next season then!

Published on 2011-05-09 03:33:32

So we officially have conceded more goals from set pieces than any other team, and Wenger thinks that this is the best squad he has ever had eh? So from what he says it means we’ll be bringing in no monsters at the back as we don’t need t

New Arsenal Away Shirt sneak peak | Turkish centre mid available | Targets play well!

Published on 2011-05-08 03:36:06

Stoke away in the Premiership. Never a nice game. According to those in the know, not only are they one of the nastiest clubs in the league to play against on the pitch, they’re also one of the most unfriendly off it. The dressing rooms are pok

Wenger: If I buy, I kill a player | RIP Seve Ballesteros, a true legend of sport

Published on 2011-05-07 03:01:15

Oh Arsene, give it a rest. No one is going to fall for your nonsense this year… ‘We have mixed messages from people because we are always told to buy but then I’m told I don’t play my players enough. If I buy a few I will have

Cesc to Madrid: The low down | Young Brit linked with Arsenal | Dirty UEFA

Published on 2011-05-06 03:00:42

As this post flies out, I’ll be heading out to Puerto Banus to drink beer and play golf for the weekend. Gutted if you’re stuck in an office. You deserve it. Just kidding of course! I read that Blackburn’s Phil Jones has been makin

Arsenal run over the golden goose, then reverse back over just to make sure

Published on 2011-05-05 03:02:01

So Arsenal press ahead with the 6.5% increase in season ticket prices we told you about first a few months ago. Disappointing that the club that can’t stop going on about how classy it is decides that hitting the fans in the pocket is what it&#

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn’t it Arsene?

Published on 2011-05-04 02:56:54

We have the money so will we finally spend it? What do you think about this? Sell Eboue to the Italians for £9 million. Then we could buy Matuidi. Then buy Eden Hazard and Sakho. Now you all may think that would cost us a lot of money and there are

Talented RB/CB deal mooted | Rambo possibly the future…

Published on 2011-05-03 03:00:20

So… nothing to moan about. How boring. Just kidding, it’s been a rough old couple of months for Gooners up and down the country… even around the world. The good news is the big game hoodoo won’t be quite so bad at the start of

Arsenal restore a bit of pride… things still need to change though

Published on 2011-05-02 03:25:55

Having a season ticket can be a slog at times. Going to see your team turn in poor performance after poor performance can be quite a struggle when it’s a consistently bad run. I appreciate we don’t have it half as bad as other clubs, but

The inside vibe on Cesc’s future | Arsenal owe United a beating for the fans

Published on 2011-05-01 03:00:08

Secret Squirrel… So I had a conversation with Pam yesterday about many top-secret things, needless to say, on the Arsenal front, stuff is being taken care of this summer, so rest assured. We spoke about exciting topics such as the potential swi

Some secret new Arsenal kit gossip!

Published on 2011-04-30 03:09:37

So… Pam has been on a secondment to Nike of late and she’s only managed to sneak into the chief designers office and steal me some notes on the new kit! The strange crest that we’ve seen floating about  the net (here) might not be

Wenger thinks things will change with more of the same…?

Published on 2011-04-29 03:00:25

So the press conference went off without a hissy fit yesterday. Arsene Wenger claimed Arsenal would not sell in the summer. People who work at the club told me last year that Wenger was adamant he wouldn’t sell Cesc unless the asking price is m

La Liga stink out Europe | Sceptical about Vermaelen | Pat Rice news

Published on 2011-04-28 03:00:53

I’m sitting in a service station, 14 Japanese teenage tourists are playing on  a teddy picker screaming like Wayne Rooney had just walked into their dorm naked with a £200 pack of fags in his hand. Quite bizarre, quite irritating… Anywa

Cesc could be on his way to loaded Barca…

Published on 2011-04-27 03:53:36

So I had my say on any potential protest yesterday, I engaged a little with a few of the people running it and I’ll stick by my guns when I say I’m still not sure the anonymous organsisers or many of the followers are clear on what they&#

So Arsenal fans… are you going to protest?

Published on 2011-04-26 03:00:10

You can’t hide from it, people are talking about it all over the web, in comment sections, on twitter… it’s the planned demonstration planned by Where has our Arsenal gone (WHOAG). It’s happening at 1430 on the 15th of May b

Bolton flatline an Arsenal season on life support. Project Youth fails again…

Published on 2011-04-24 10:58:07

So there we have it. The 5 year plan is up. Arsene Wenger’s team of expensively assembled children flunked out of their 4th trophy of the year. Project Youth was left crying into a muddy puddle of failure somewhere on the outskirts of Bolton. A

Wenger loves buying players | Bolton away – not as scary as the old days!

Published on 2011-04-24 03:22:51

Good morning all! So I hear people have been moaning about my spreadsheets? Jealousy is a strange thing, I knew if I showcased my number crunching skills online it might get a few people’s backs up… good job I didn’t drop a pivot ta

Arsene Wenger ready to serve up another quiet summer

Published on 2011-04-23 03:36:34

Good morning and welcome to this morning’s slightly hungover post. First up, I was in a pub in Enfield yesterday recording a podcast with the boys from the Football Rascal. Surprisingly the area was swimming with Spurs fans. The barman came ove

Cesc Tape scandal blows up | How to cope with the Spaniards departure

Published on 2011-04-22 03:42:30

So a few things to power through this morning! Firstly, I thought the whole ‘Cesc tape’ thing yesterday was very interesting. Arsenal contacted me to tell me the tweet about them signing off the interview was false. They didn’t sign

Arsenal contact Le Grove Re: The Cesc Interview

Published on 2011-04-21 07:59:52

So the Arsenal communication team have been in touch. The tweet I referred to this morning about Arsenal signing off the interview was incorrect. They never signed off the interview because they were never given the opportunity to see the final wri

Youth kills title dream as psychologically traumatised Arsenal flunk Spurs test

Published on 2011-04-21 02:59:47

Well, if I’m going to take a positive out of anything this season it’s the fact that if there is a Premiership classic to be had, you can be damn sure we’ll be involved in it. If we’re not losing after going two goals up at ho

Jesus + Arsenal are the same | Spurs Preview | Fabregas demands change

Published on 2011-04-20 03:38:43

The Cesc story… Our Captain has been opening his big Barca pining gob in the papers again (Guardian). He reckons his words have been twisted, I’d be inclined to say they haven’t. If someone takes actual quotes and attributes them in

Who Arsenal are keeping, who we should bin + potential transfer targets

Published on 2011-04-19 03:06:59

There’s nothing quite like the predictability of an Arsenal post match PR campaign. ‘We must win the next game for the fans’ ‘The title is still on’ ‘The players have the belief and will not give up’ Been the

Arsenal chokers say goodbye to the Premiership as the rot continues…

Published on 2011-04-18 03:31:12

Sometimes I feel like I’m getting old. In fact, I know I’m getting old and it’s down to Arsenal, yesterday the only solace I could take from the day was spending a delightful afternoon in the sunshine. I was half expecting a resurge

Kroenke flexes his muscles, at last! How to play Barca a man down and an Arsenal win today is a must.

Published on 2011-04-17 03:18:21

So it appears that Stan the man has told the Emperor that he has to go on a money spinning pre-season tour to the USA, at last someone has told the manager to mangage and leave making money and branding to the people who own the club, if it’s t

Flappy aside all our players are back in training, Arsenal have options for the run in, Vermaelen will be back for United.

Published on 2011-04-16 02:54:50

Is that a good thing though? Yes of course it is! With Liverpool up next followed quickly by the Spuds, we have the players available to mix it, not sure I would though, me, I believe in keeping a winning team going. I think the news that we have Son

Flawed genius or just plain dumb? A must win game for Arsenal on Sunday

Published on 2011-04-15 03:15:13

I was thinking about all the excuses the press give for people like Rooney, Best and Merson, they say flawed genius, we have modern day ones like Gascoigne, Tyson, Woods and John Daley, but is it flawed genius or is it dumbness. Now I won’t hav

Danny Fizman… Arsenal Legend and true gent, thanks for the memories | Injury updates and other stuff

Published on 2011-04-14 02:56:26

Yesterday evening, Arsenal announced the sad news of Danny Fiszman’s passing. He fought a long and hard battle with cancer which he lost on Monday. Kind of makes the whole takeover feel a bit distasteful. Images of a man signing away his life&#

A message for Stan Kroenke from Le Grove, sack Peter Hill-Wood and win the stupid Arsenal fans over

Published on 2011-04-13 03:00:40

Stan, if you care about the club, if you care about the traditional and the Arsenal way and if you want to get off to the perfect start, then sack the Vice Chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, he’s out of touch, disliked intensely by the fanbase, disresp

AST AGM – Stan Kroenke vs Usmanov + some very interesting stuff

Published on 2011-04-12 03:38:39

Geoff normally lets me go to full-blown club AGM on his behalf, they’re pretty boring so I wasn’t really sure what to expect of the AST’s version. I arrived at a rather swanky building, greeted by none other than my good friend Pero

Stan Kroenke takeover low-down | Guess who might be on his way back?

Published on 2011-04-11 03:47:16

So one minute everything is looking pretty stable on the ownership front, the next, we hear via Sky News reporter Mark Kleinman that Arsenal are in advanced talks with Stan Kroenke to takeover greatest footballing business model on the planet. Exciti

Arsenal Beating Blackpool: Standard, right?

Published on 2011-04-11 03:04:56

Since taking myself off the market in my personal life on February 4th, it’s been a pretty rough ride Arsenal wise. We drew against Newcastle 4-4 and from there on in, it’s been mostly down hill. We’ve exited 3 competitions and our

Disgraceful Peter Hill-Wood comments enrage Arsenal fans globally

Published on 2011-04-10 03:00:32

Let’s not beat around the bush here, the last few weeks at Arsenal have been nothing short of a PR disaster. We’ve dropped out of 3 competitions, our ownership problems look like they’re tragically now being forced onto the agenda,

What is success? It’s to do the best you can with what you’ve got.

Published on 2011-04-09 03:10:38

Sorry Arsene, it’s not, that’s a massive kop out, in football, success is winning and landing trophies, just the answer you got from a reporter at the press conference, the one you chose to ignore. Well I looked up Success in several dict

We need to win them all now if we stand any chance, if we don’t we may only finish 4th

Published on 2011-04-08 02:49:40

That’s the reality folks, if we want to win the league, we have to win all the remaining games starting with Blackpool on Sunday. I don’t think we will do worse than 4th but who knows? The spuds look like they are about to exit the Champi

A message to Danny Fizman, all the very best from Le Grove.

Published on 2011-04-07 02:52:59

Ok let’s deal with these board room rumours, first of all my best wishes to Danny Fizman and his battle with cancer, that puts winning the league and boardroom shuffles into perspective, good luck Danny, I hope you get through this. What you ha

Adebayor: I’d have him back | Spurs exposed as poor | Pressure Wenger

Published on 2011-04-06 03:00:27

How does that feel Spurs fans? Ex-Arsenal donkey puts two past you in the Champions League… for Real Madrid. That’s like finding out you Mrs has left you for the domino’s sandwich board man. A highly enjoyable game to say the least,

Arsenal fans: Top 4 or trophies? | Shocking Charity letter… | Standing section update

Published on 2011-04-05 03:00:47

So I said yesterday that Alex Song was complaining about his knee and now he looks set to miss the next month of the season. There have been questions about his committment going off in the background and now we look to have surrendered the league, i

Civil War in the stands | How to free up £80million | Arsenal Injury updates

Published on 2011-04-04 03:01:14

So I had a ring around some of the people I know who work with or closely round the club just to pick up the vibe around the club. First is the good news that JD’s tweet about him being back for the Liverpool game is still well on track, there

Time for a change at Arsenal…

Published on 2011-04-03 03:31:48

Well, there we have it. Another season, another predictable disappointment. You know what made it sadder? This was the first game since the ten-year anniversary of David Rocastle’s death and the players couldn’t motivate themselves to do

Blackburn – Cup final #2 (retake) | Play like you mean it…

Published on 2011-04-02 03:00:55

Right, the first of our 10 Cup Finals didn’t go so well. Solution? New cast… Tomorrow we’ll be pulling Denilson off set and replacing him with A-lister Cesc. Trouble with the Spaniard is that he’s been listening to the hype,

Wenger vows to spend £100mil in May and re-signs French crock Jeremy Aliadiere.

Published on 2011-04-01 02:59:29

Ha, ha April Fool suckers! Er, no actually it wasn’t, yes it’s true Arsene Wenger has unbelievably let Jeremy Aliadiere back in and he played for the reserves the other day, and shock horror, didn’t get injured. Now I understand he

Arsenal player of the year… the candidates | Rocastle tribute | 0800-WENGER

Published on 2011-03-31 03:15:11

Morning Grovers, we have a split post between Pedro and Geoff today… enjoy! I’ve been thinking about Arsenal’s player of the year so far and there are a number of obvious candidates. Samir Nasri would be most people’s based on

Snobby Arsenal fans | Player review and potential transfer round up!

Published on 2011-03-30 03:17:56

Good morning Knights of the Grove table… last night was international night and I actually put myself through a very entertaining England game. I’m quite excited about the future of English football. It feels like possibly the most vulgar

Maarten Stekelenburg admits he quite fancies us | Clichy on way out?

Published on 2011-03-29 04:00:31

Hot on the lips of many Gooners at the moment is the topic of the keeper. Many fans the world over seem to be keen on us adding an experienced goalkeeper to our ranks for next season. Not just an experienced player… a player who would command t

Never mind about the potential, sign the players that will make a difference now, we have the money Arsenal.

Published on 2011-03-28 02:51:32

I watched Neymar tear Scotland a new bottom, I’ve watched Hazard do likewise in France and I saw what the German midfielder Shweinsteiger did in the world cup, add Sakho or Mertesacker to that and we will take the league by storm, that’s

I love Cesc but I can’t understand how it works, and he’s becoming a Van Persie, Arsenal to make tough decisions.

Published on 2011-03-27 04:16:27

My Sunday story is about Cesc, Wenger is determined to keep him even though it looks tough, he won’t exchange him for Afelly plus cash, he doesn’t want the money, upwards of £50mil and will continue to build his side around his wonderboy

We get to see the future of Arsenal on display today, enjoy!

Published on 2011-03-26 04:13:35

England play Wales today in what looks to be Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere versus Wales captain Aaron Ramsey! I’m actually looking forward to watching a game that I don’t care who wins, as long as Arsenal do, it’s win, win for me! I

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink! Arsenal’s on pitch dilemma.

Published on 2011-03-25 03:34:51

That was a piece stolen from a book written by Paul Mariner, ex Gooner. Let’s all count the international captains we have, Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie are our captain and vice captains, we know that, but who are our international captains?

Jack, Aaron and who? | Gazidis, help Arsenal bring back safe standing for the masses!

Published on 2011-03-24 04:17:33

Interesting that we still have the title in our own hands this season, shock horror we can win this, maybe our boys are planning on peaking at the right time or have we a midfield so bare we are going to struggle? Here is my take. We can do nothing a

Sack the club: LIKE | Samir social problems | Defender on the way?

Published on 2011-03-23 04:17:25

Good morning Grovers! Geoff is in Slough today, so you’ve got me again. A big fat ‘gutted’ to Geoff, Slough is about as pleasant as a DIY root canal. Anyway, plenty to crack on with this morning I tells ya! Firstly, the very excitin

Arsenal, it’s not over yet but time for a clear out, this is how I’d roll!

Published on 2011-03-22 03:59:58

Ok so apart from the Wilshere peeing bit the rest rings true, Jack is young but immense and the real Arsenal improvement this season. Last week Mr Wenger was asked if he would be here next season, this is what he said… ‘You ask about my c

Kit leak: I’m feeling ripped off | Dirty Jack W | Some transfer thoughts

Published on 2011-03-21 04:20:01

Quick post today because I absolutely hammered your reading eyes with 1800 words yesterday! So, the main news yesterday was two-fold. Firstly, Chelsea beat Manchester City. David Luiz put on a masterful performance and showed Arsene Wenger the way in

Wenger boys flunk another Cup final | Almunia: Terminate his contract

Published on 2011-03-20 04:19:27

Here we go again! 1 minute we’re in contention for everything, the next, we’re out of everything! How familiar is the pattern? All it takes is a few key injuries we KNOW are coming and we’re lost. The performance out there yesterday

WBA: Arsenal’s 2nd Cup Final of the season. Make it happen boys!

Published on 2011-03-19 04:30:29

Sink or swim time today. This result could be 10% of what we need to do to win the Championship. If we falter today, kiss goodbye to the Premiership, we’ve already handed impetus to United, we don’t want to hand the title to them by givin

Vermaelen: The truth | Leadership and why Wenger is wrong | Silver hike

Published on 2011-03-18 04:28:40

So I went to the Isle of Wight yesterday on a scouting mission, I met a goat, two cats and a peacock that had unfortunately been run over about 6 times. I also met Giles Grimandi, sitting in the corner of the pub, drinking a pint of black sheep watch

The true cost of the Arsenal management, and why it will only be felt when Arsene Wenger has long gone.

Published on 2011-03-17 04:06:52

Before I begin, we won a game last night and beat Liverpool 2–1! Unfortunately it was only the rub-a-dubs. It seems like a long time ago since we won a game under this management doesn’t it? It was actually. Still nice to see someone in t

Man City Cheating Already? | Arsenal Player Injuries | Backroom Staff Conundrum

Published on 2011-03-16 04:00:17

So, turns out Geoff is still alive. I went round and knocked for him, no answer, so I firstly checked the shed, just incase he’d taken this depression too far, luckily he was ok. He had a conversation with Arsenal yesterday about the price rise

Season ticket stinger… | Mad Jens signs | Some great stats for you!

Published on 2011-03-15 04:34:28

So the worst kept secret since Wayne Rooney entrusted a hooker with £200 to buy him some fags is out… Jens Lehmann is back! I was told about it on Sunday, totally forgot about it amongst all the other stuff, then missed out on an exclusive Gu

What’s up with Alex Song? | Arsenal injury update | What happens next…

Published on 2011-03-14 04:01:30

The blues… I woke up Sunday morning and I felt pretty terrible, I thought it might have been the beer or the chinese I’d gorged on the night before, but I’ve woken up today with the same dull feeling in the pit of my stomach today a

Exclusive: Season ticket price hike revealed | Arsenal choke fest is 75% complete

Published on 2011-03-13 04:56:50

There we have it, 3 competitions down, one to go. Our choke has well and truly taken hold and I’m totally deflated. Arsene Wenger has sold us into a dream that we all knew his squad were not capable of fulfilling. Yeah, we might have believed f

Mad Jens back in town… | United host us today, pay back time

Published on 2011-03-12 03:00:57

Massive game today. Thought I’d state the obvious as many of you probably didn’t respect your bodies as I did last night. So you might have forgotten. I don’t have a hangover today. You do. Gutted is all I’ll say. Anyway, the

Are the signs pointing to us throwing United tie?

Published on 2011-03-10 11:54:40

Listen, I hope I’m wrong but hearing Arsene talking about Cesc being out and his past behaviour points towards that. I’d put your house on the line and say that I’m pretty certain Cesc will be available for West Brom the week after.

Injury update (Tommy V + Theo) | Time to move on…

Published on 2011-03-10 03:50:30

What’s that? Yeah, post number two churned out on a Blackberry. Geoff has obviously taken the Barca result harder than most…he’s gone AWOL. If anyone sees him, tell him I’ve docked him two weeks wages for bringing the blog int

Barcelona spank us | Wenger responsible for early exit | Cesc shame…

Published on 2011-03-09 03:15:03

After watching last night I’m not sure whether to be hugely embarrassed, disappointed, deflated, angry, proud in parts or totally robbed? I guess the first thing that we have to hold our hands up to is the fact that Barcelona aren’t just

Centre backs are out, Robin the Prince in with a shout… it’s ours for the taking!

Published on 2011-03-08 02:46:22

The good news is that Barca have no Pique and no Puyol, big result for a striker that needs to prove himself, Nikki B. I also heard a rumour that Victor Valdes may also be missing, hmmm, that means in theory they have lost 60% of their defence. For m

Major injury doubts | Season ticket price increase on the way? | United clanger!

Published on 2011-03-07 03:26:29

So there was something more impressive than me writing a post from my blackberry this weekend. Yep, Liverpool announced themselves back on the scene with a terrific 3-1 win over Manchester United. Who’d have thunk it? Dirk Kuyt with a stormin

Arsenal blow it again. Forget the excuses. This was predictable.

Published on 2011-03-06 03:58:13

This really will be a short post, hotel broadband systems are expert at letting you pay, not so expert at delivering when you need. A little like Arsenal really. We can sit here and lambast the referee for disallowing an offside goal and not giving u

Sunderland are owed some Arsenal payback + Hazard deal update

Published on 2011-03-05 03:00:38

So, today the Blackcats come to town. We owe them a spanking after a few naughty results we’ve had against them over the past few seasons. This years result was one of the most painful I can remember. We missed a penalty and the referee allowed

This Arsenal side has no spine

Published on 2011-03-04 03:42:14

Injury List so far :- Koscielny Song Robin Cesc Theo Vermaelen So the chickens appear to be coming home to roost… we’re in March and important players are dropping off the team sheet like nobodies business. The spine of our team is disapp

Easy peasy lemon squeezy Arsenal, next up the Mancs.

Published on 2011-03-03 03:01:43

So we had Ignasi Miquel again and we had newcomer Henderson on the left wing, not sure why as he’s a midfielder, but there you have it, the interesting way we pick a team. I like Miquel and think he’ll make it, he looks like a proper cent

Mancs open the door but will injuries to Arsenal prevent us walking through it?

Published on 2011-03-02 03:01:19

The news that Robin Van Persie is injured again should come as no surprise, although he is super talented and fab to watch, he is a crock, probably up there with the most crocked in world football. No the surprise here is we have no one to step up an

Arsenal are king of the cup finals, under Wenger, our record is nine.

Published on 2011-03-01 02:47:53

Trouble is we lost 5 of them, and that makes us the biggest non-winners of trophies in the last 14 years as well, not including titles we missed out on. So we win the FA Cup in 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2005, impressive. However we lost the UEFA cup final

Project Youth stutters, will Arsenal derail and fail now?

Published on 2011-02-28 03:21:06

I don’t really know where to go with a post like this… That Cup was probably the most bread and butter final we’ve had since we defeated Southampton a few years ago at Cardiff. We flopped on the big stage and we did in embarrassing

Arsenal have been pot-less for 6 years, this afternoon we’ll put that right!

Published on 2011-02-27 03:10:10

…Kay Sarah Sarah, whatever will be will be, we’re going to Wemberly, Kay Sarah Sarah! So who the hell are Kay and Sarah? Well I don’t give a monkey’s, this is Le Grove’s first Wembley final and we can’t wait!  We&

It’s Captain Robin for the Cup final, at last, a fitting vice captain! Come on Arsenal!

Published on 2011-02-26 03:13:18

I really wish it was Cesc, not because he is world class and we need him, not because he said win it for the fans not me, but because he is the closest we have to a Mr Arsenal, for me he has become the Tony Adams type of Captain we have been lacking,

Toral-ably boring story | Arsenal report a loss (GASP!) | Vote on your centre mid!

Published on 2011-02-25 03:00:37

It’s a double Arsenal blog here today as I’m handing over to Geoff to manage the weekend’s build up. Enjoy! Sorry, I’m really struggling to get as excited as everyone else about yet another 16 year old in our ranks. Barcelona

Arsenal Injury nonsense | Squillaci a great buy | Stoke taught a lesson

Published on 2011-02-24 03:07:07

My oh my, there is nothing quite like waking up to a morning knowing you’re going to have to lavish yet more praise on your favourite player. I took time out to say something nice about the Frenchman yesterday and as happens in all religions, y

Exclusive about, errr, you! | Staggering salary offer | Key injury update

Published on 2011-02-23 03:08:17

Good morning Grovers! It’s cold, it’s wet and we’re playing Stoke. In fact, looking out the window, it looks like the scummiest team in the North has brought down it’s dour miserable atmosphere along with it just to hack us al

Arsenal Revenue Gap: Consider it plugged. £21million sound good?

Published on 2011-02-22 03:54:45

So, it’s many fans favourite time of the year next week, that time we all become very excited about how well we are run as a club. As Arsenal prepare to announce not so record profits, it’s time to ponder the what the ramifications of kee

How’s your foot Arsene? Does it feel shot again? Arsenal Match Review

Published on 2011-02-21 03:15:12

It’s tough writing match reports like these because firstly I understand the importance of resting players at this stage of the season. Don’t forget, we’re the only club in all 4 competitions. Also, don’t forget that for the f

Arsenal look to batter the Orient and keep up the competition for competitions.

Published on 2011-02-20 02:08:24

What Arsene Wenger said was the problem with no competition, is players get in the comfort zone and that’s bad, the problem with too much competition is players get demotivated and that’s also bad, so he feels we are in a good place right

Orient tomorrow, let’s turn on the style Arsenal, pot a few reds!

Published on 2011-02-19 04:19:57

That witty little quip was of course aimed at Barry Hearn, the Orient Chairman, a very nice man I have to add, with a very dodgy handicap, yes I have played golf with him, I gave him 5 strokes and he shot a 79 on a very tough course, I’ll stop

Now the fuss has died down, get a life Arsenal fans, it was only Barcelona

Published on 2011-02-18 03:03:21

Ha, ha think about that, Barca Wednesday, followed by Leyton Orient, Stoke City and the Carling Cup final, wow, this is what it’s all about, playing our best team got us to the final, playing our best team beat Barcelona, playing our best team

Arshavin goal video exclusive (Superb) | Arsenal teach Barcelona lesson (Double superb)

Published on 2011-02-16 18:12:51

As I sit here, writing this post on my BB, wondering how the guy in front of me has managed to smell so horrifically of concentrated urine… I muse over the importance of that result and wonder if it’s the start of something special? Prepa

Arsenal, your fans need you, let’s see what you’ve got! COYR!

Published on 2011-02-16 03:01:37

Wenger said: ‘We are in an ideal condition to face them. We cannot complain, we have the belief, the confidence, the players available. That was not the case last year. We are in an ideal position to face them’ Arsene, I couldn’t ag

A little Project Youth of our own – read on…

Published on 2011-02-16 00:49:31

This is a call for any of you out there that believe in project youth, at the Arsenal, Project Youth means bringing in the best talent worldwide and turning them into Arsenal players, tomorrow we hope to see the benefit of that project when we this t

The Cesc campaign gathers momentum, come on Arsenal!

Published on 2011-02-15 03:00:07

After yesterday’s post when we were asking you and all the other blogs to sing a song letting Cesc know how much we love him, a few things came up, some surprising, and some not. The first surprise was my Spanish isn’t as good as I though

Gooners, do you want to keep Cesc? Then tell him!

Published on 2011-02-14 03:00:05

Click and print! Okay, I know what you’re all thinking, what the hell does that mean? Well as I speak fluent Spanish (I have a translator piece of software) and you mob don’t I can tell you it means ‘Hands off Cesc Fabregas’ Or at least I thi

Arsenal and the brave 300, this team is peaking at the right time!

Published on 2011-02-13 03:13:52

Well I’m writing todays post because Pedro is still in bed so you won’t get individual reports on players. Today was a landmark and saw Robin Van Persie get the 300th goal at the Grove, Gilberto got the first to equalise against Villa, Ad

Real to swap Benzema, Canales, Benidorm and £54mil for Cesc Fabregas!

Published on 2011-02-12 02:57:23

So this is it, will it be Chelsea or Benzema, Canales and a small province in Spain? My goodness what a complete crock of horse shite! So we have what? 3 months to the transfer window and they are talking like we’ve done a deal, my goodness in

JD back for Arsenal’s game against Barca (Diaby’s next team)

Published on 2011-02-11 03:09:30

So the good news is Johan Djourou could be back for the Barca game and may even be back for the Wolves game at the weekend. Me, I wouldn’t risk him against Wolves, not that I care more about the Champions league as I clearly don’t, I just

Jack off | Violent Brazilians | If Arsenal fans unite we CAN block a takeover

Published on 2011-02-10 03:10:09

Good morning Grovers! So, firstly, the fantastic news that JD is back from injury eight and half months earlier than he normally is. Amazing or what? They must be putting something in the water at Arsenal these days because you have to say, this seas

Thanks to Arsenal I look forward to watching England again!

Published on 2011-02-09 02:58:43

Now that Jackie boy, Theo and maybe even Gibbsy will be regular starters for the England team, I can finally come out and watch them again, during those dark days of Sven and the wags, through to the Capello years of giving Beckham 45 second caps, I

Theo aims to prove Capello wrong and I’m glad Nikki B is unhappy, I wish a few more were.

Published on 2011-02-08 03:16:20

Theo aims to prove his omission from the world cup squad was a mistake, NEWSFLASH Theo, it wasn’t, you were hopeless. Now that may seem strange coming from the man that once dubbed Theo ‘The saviour of England’ the same man that has

Arsene, the standard of the league is a god send…

Published on 2011-02-07 03:14:25

You are very lucky, I would have taken a draw at Newcastle, but not after we were 4 up at half time. We now have to take all the stick of off every supporter we play as the only team in history to lose a 4 goal lead, thanks a lot! Let me start by [..

Disgusting Dowd ruins game but Arsenal let themselves down badly

Published on 2011-02-06 03:14:22

Yesterday’s result will do one of two things to us. It will build resolve into the squad and we’ll use the injustice to kick on and win the league. It will destroy our confidence and we’ll stutter to a top 4 finish. This is a tough

Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas’s vile tirade at the ref was disgusting…

Published on 2011-02-05 03:05:18

… did we forget to mention it wasn’t at the ref? So now we have the real version of Cesc’s disgraceful and foul mouth tirade at the ref, it’s easy to see how Arsene Wenger said there’s no way our captain confronted the r

Arsene Wenger is influenced by the fans, it’s official and the ballet. What a joke Arsenal.

Published on 2011-02-04 03:09:41

So read the above story and see why Arsene is at last listening to the fans, not that I haven’t been saying for years playing the youth team will not only win nothing, it will kill their confidence, also winning any type of trophy will send a m

Exclusive: Record Arsenal profits to disappear + Wenger’s contract clarified

Published on 2011-02-03 03:00:18

So, two days into February and I’m already treating you up to some exclusive information I’ve weened from my new best friend Tim over at the Arsenal Supporters Trust. We’ve batted a few e-mails back and forth over the past few weeks

Arsenal deservedly turnover Everton after shocking referee decision

Published on 2011-02-02 03:04:06

Arsenal battled back from a majorly offside Louis Saha goal to win an incredibly important game at the Emirates. The Frenchman put Everton ahead in the first half after straying a yard into an offside position, picking up a poor Kozzer clearance and

Arsenal smash all records on deadline day, they didn’t disappoint!

Published on 2011-02-01 03:04:07

So we loaned out 3 players and got shot of one that we had been waiting for to be a star for what, 5 years? And for nothing, great. We were the only Premiership club to get no one in, not even on loan, the only club. Now whilst I don’t sanction

The warning signs are there for Arsene – what is the cost of inaction?

Published on 2011-01-31 03:07:13

3 days after Wenger telling the world that the quality levels in his squad are the best he’s ever had, we once again trot out against weaker opposition (53 league places weaker) and struggle like hell to turn them over. Huddersfield not only

Twitchy signs Llorente, Chavs get Torres, Arsenal old boy scores and we sign…

Published on 2011-01-30 03:10:09

…That’s right young imaginary world class centre back, Jack Shite, even 17 year old Chamberlain doesn’t want to join us, how predictable. Squillaci reminds me of when we signed Silvestre, he wasn’t good enough, got injured a l

Vela off, Chezzer confirmed numero uno, Almunia’s back and are Arsenal about to get fined?

Published on 2011-01-29 03:02:45

So to begin with Carlos Vela’s departure to West Brom on loan, didn’t Simpson go there once? Hmmm the word is the agent moved the goal posts at the last minute so Vela didn’t go to Bolton, strange that, I thought it was Vela that wa

New Arsenal defensive midfielder here | Arsene dreaming of that bonus again

Published on 2011-01-28 03:00:30

So we’ll kick the morning off with a final word over the sexism stuff. Today, the Sun newspaper went with a hit piece on Richard Keys wife being sexist on page five, turn to page 31 and there is a double page spread of 10 sexist jokes, asking t

Andy Gray and Richard Keys, the demon anti Arsenal Sky pundits have been fired, so is that Good?

Published on 2011-01-27 02:37:39

For the pro manc loving Fergie can do no wrong stance, yes. For their he’s just showing passion and letting you know he’s there comments, yes most definitely. But for an off air comment about a female lino not knowing the offside rule, mo

Nik on the wing… Arsenal win. Ratings and Review

Published on 2011-01-26 02:59:33

After Geoff’s impassioned plea for a resounding win, the least the boys could do was oblige. It was the biggest night of 2011 and possibly the biggest game in the universe at that given time. Could we shake off the embarrassment of the away los

Arsenal, your time has come, Arsene this is it, 90 minutes from Wembley, time to fulfil our destiny!

Published on 2011-01-25 03:00:40

Arsene, pin this on the changing room door, this is what it feels like to be an Arsenal fan, no transfer talk, this is a battle cry! So this is it, the match we have long waited for, the big one, the chance to go to Wembley, first of all though we ha

Arsenal kill economy | Andrey off with Bends | Cahill on? | SexiZZZm

Published on 2011-01-24 03:11:35

Good morning from a very wet and wintery Le Grove. The sun isn’t shining, the weather is being decietful and I’m getting ever closer to my yearly February meltdown. However, 2011 could be different. Arsenal directly affects my emotional w

Robin gets a hatrick, their keeper stopped the Arsenal getting a cricket score!

Published on 2011-01-23 02:19:59

Even Matt Le Tissier said we could have scored 10 more than we did, he also said Wigan got into our half once in the first half. We were so good I don’t think Chezzer had a shot to save, our defence is playing with a swagger because we finally

Woodgate to Arsenal, or could it be Adams? Will Arsenal surprise us?

Published on 2011-01-22 03:08:16

Ha, ha, I had to laugh when I read that little pearler, Woodgate to join Arsenal on loan, what about re signing Tony Adams instead? He’s here right now and probably better, what will they write about next? Arsene Wenger’s comments regardi

Arsenal to sign Cahill? In your dreams, guess who it will kill?

Published on 2011-01-21 03:12:40

That’s right, Johan Djourou and Koscielny, that’s what Wenger said, he doesn’t want to harm their progress. Yes I agree those two do look good and that partnership could indeed flourish and when Vermaelen comes back we really are sp

Wenger’s tactics bang on as Arsenal knock Leeds out of the FA Cup

Published on 2011-01-20 03:32:34

I have to try and bang this report out quickly today, I have to drive to Fakenham, can you believe that people set up business there? What a nightmare… Wenger sent out a team that had a mixture of brilliance and possible complacency written all

The manager thinks Arsenal have quality centrebacks already so it’s difficult to buy someone. What?

Published on 2011-01-19 03:02:28

So before I talk about the game tonight I wanted to share this little snippet with you. This is what our manager said yesterday, the day that Spurs signed Pienaar and Villa spend up to £24million on Darren Bent. ‘I cannot tell you at the momen

Dunne, Ciani, Mexes, Distin, Cahill, Mertesaker and today in the Metro, Steven Nzonzi, Will Arsenal make a move?

Published on 2011-01-18 03:02:19

Well are we being linked or are we being linked! I would discount the old and by that I mean Dunne, and Distin, I would rule out the average, and by that I mean Ciani, I would forget the English and the expensive and that means Cahill, and I’m

Arsenal will get Chamberlain, Vermaelen goes under and Walcott says Arsenal are back!

Published on 2011-01-17 03:15:41

It seems we have won the race to get 17 year old winger Alex Chamberlain from Southampton, am I pleased? Probably, at least it shows we are still rated by some, it means we’ll be getting a winger at last but it also means if it happens we won&#

Arsenal spank West Ham – Standard | Review and Ratings

Published on 2011-01-16 03:43:30

Highlights | Interview I could go into this match report like a child that’s just witnessed my first Arsenal demolition, but I don’t feel the the need to. Geoff rightly pointed out yesterday that we should beat West Ham by 3-4 goals.

Arsenal owe us a big victory today | The future that doesn’t always arrive

Published on 2011-01-15 03:23:12

Today the players that apologised for their dreadful showing against Ipswich have the chance to put things right and I am backing them to do just that, because if we can’t beat West Ham home or away, then we’ll win nothing again this seas

Arsenal financial info shocker / Sorry we let you down but only we can make this right

Published on 2011-01-14 02:58:48

Morning all, I’m back from my trip to Thailand and raring to go, I got back in time to listen to the match commentary against Ipswich, my cab driver was a really nice guy who used to play for Man City, he played in the same team as Rocky, who h

Upson signing should be a sackable offence / Ipswich ground hog day + Ratings

Published on 2011-01-13 03:28:01

Match Preview Yesterday ‘Most importantly, I want to see 100% concentration from the start. Switching off is complacency and laziness. That can’t happen tomorrow. I don’t want to sit here on Thursday morning spamming tractor boy comments ri

Arsenal to destroy Ipswich tonight and scout English starlet… match preview!

Published on 2011-01-12 03:00:32

So, I said the only way Tommy V was injured was if he picked up the problem over the weekend and that proved to be the case. “He had another setback on Saturday that we are concerned with.” So, bad news for our favourite  Belgian and maybe a

The King returns | Arsenal defender ok, I think | Starlet will definitely leave

Published on 2011-01-11 03:19:53

So, I don’t have it confirmed yet, but according to Arsenal.com, Tommy V is still pencilled in for  a January return. There seems to be a groundswell of people who are desperate to tell us that he’s out for the season at every opportunit

Squillaci pulls his left almunia | 5 defenders on Arsenal shopping list!

Published on 2011-01-10 02:50:34

I didn’t want to be the site that brought you the news, but information has reached my desk this morning that tragically, yesterday, whilst Wenger was watching Squillaci make numerous errors on the Leeds United replay DVD, the Frenchman’s

Arsenal have an INDIVIDUAL problem | Crazy transfer target mooted

Published on 2011-01-09 03:08:47

I’ve read people claiming that yesterday’s poor result was down to the team and it would be unfair to pick out individuals when critiquing the afternoon (as always…). Sorry, but I shan’t be having that. Yesterday’s issue

Arsenal take on resurgent Leeds… | Wenger leaves door open to superstar

Published on 2011-01-08 02:59:08

So we’re just a few hours away from opening our FA Cup campaign against a Leeds side hoping for promotion to the Premier League. We can laugh and joke about how easy this game will be, but we have to be honest with ourselves, this is going to b

Exciting youngster flirting with Arsenal again Drug scandal He’s on his way out!

Published on 2011-01-07 03:16:26

Good morning Grovers! When I watched the Arsenal game on Wednesday I drank 5 pints of Guinness and woke up fresh as a daisy, last night I drank 5 pints of Vedette (It meant nothing Peroni) and sadly, this morning it feels like someone beat me over th

Absolutely shameful. Arsenal vs Manchester City match review + player ratings

Published on 2011-01-06 02:51:55

There was a bit of relief worry when Fabianski was thought to be injured before the game. Luckily he wasn’t… The line up was unchanged from the Birmingham game, could we defeat the might of the petro dollar, could we pull away from the pa

Cesc warns Arsenal fans on Twitter we will see a new player today, but fear not!

Published on 2011-01-05 03:03:06

What? A new player and Cesc says don’t be scared! What is this all about? Wenger has already said Arsenal will not be buying a new player unless Tomas Vermaelen contracts bubonic plague. Le Grove can tell you it’s a new Alex Song hair do,

City lose their flair player, so advantage Arsenal!

Published on 2011-01-04 03:05:17

The latest news is that David Silva is out of the big clash and that has to be good news for the Arsenal, if it could just be arranged to bang Tevez on the head I will be celebrating earlier than expected! We are apparently after the 6ft 5in giant Pe

Arsenal’s Wellington off to Spain, back in 2 years! Just like Carlos…

Published on 2011-01-03 02:53:47

As far as I am aware Wellington Silva will have to go on loan to Spain for 2 years, I think it’s 2 and not 3 but either way it’s not going to be an exceptional talent visa that Denilson and Song got, not sure how those visas work out but

Arsenal contain Birmingham’s scummy tactics | Wenger makes 8 correct changes

Published on 2011-01-02 02:39:27

Just a quick report from me today, I’ll leave the discussion for you in the comments section. Arsene Wenger demonstrated clearly the difference between first team and the second team. He brought back all the players we needed back and they put

Arsenal say Almunia can go, Nordtveit is going but Eboue has extended his contract, oh well, Happy New Year anyway!

Published on 2011-01-01 03:01:31

So first things first Grovers, a very Happy New Year to you all, let’s hope it’s a good one, let’s hope 2011 brings us some silverware. News is David Beckham could be going to the spuds to join fellow old crocks William Gallas and J

Top 10 predictions for 2011 – Sulky players – The worst decision against Wigan

Published on 2010-12-31 03:16:24

Don’t you just hate top 10′s of everything? No? Just me… I sat in on an SEO course (work) for simpletons a few months ago, and when I say simpletons, I’m saying that one of the tips was to put a contact form on the site so peo