By Myles Palmer _________________Arsenal 5 Newcastle 0_________________Arsene Wenger said this result was a turning point in the life of the team.As he sometimes does after a thrilling victory, Arsene spoke candidly about the weak points of his team. He also…
By Myles Palmer Arsenal 5 Newcastle 0 _____________________ The goals came in the 13th, 16th, 53rd, 86th and 90th minutes. 1-0 HENRY : SIMPLICITY Tony Adams played a 55-yard pass down the left, Henry’s sublime first touch took it inside…
By Myles Palmer Arsenal 5 Newcastle 0 The goals came in the 13th, 16th, 53rd, 86th and 90th minutes. 1-0 HENRY : SIMPLICITY Tony Adams played a 55 yard pass down the left, Henry’s first touch took it…
By Myles Palmer On the way home from Highbury I wondered about the ten minutes between the Bayern goals. What had Arsenal done in those ten minutes? My video post-mortem told the story. I studied those ten minutes in forensic…
By Myles Palmer Arsenal 2 Bayern Munich 2 I have just four comments about this game. 1. Arsenal and Italian referee Stefano Braschi were mugged by crafty Bayern divers. 2. Lee Dixon would have headed away Mehmet Scholl’s equalising free-kick.…
By Myles Palmer Ashley Cole may come in for Silvinho, but Luzhny has played for Dynamo Kiev against Bayern and could be used at left back. Cole could handle a Champions League home game, but it would be unlike Wenger…
By Myles Palmer Arsenal 1 Southampton 0 _______________________ Tony Adams’s bruised toe turned out to be soft news.Adams played. The team sheet reflected the need for a Champions League rehearsal as well as the need for three Premiership points. Teams…
By Myles Palmer I’m thinking about soft news and hard news this morning. I want hard news and there is no hard news until 2.30 pm. Soft news is trivia and gossip and speculation. Soft news is opinions.Soft news is…
By Myles Palmer From Gareth Masters Myles, I have been an Arsenal fan all my life and I would like to say that your writing on them is the most incisive and knowledgeable I have ever read,and your reading of…
By Myles Palmer Leeds 1 Arsenal 0 Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord will only become a credible partnership when they both score goals in the same game – and make each other’s goals. Wiltord works from the flanks. Sometimes he…