By Myles Palmer ____________________Arsenal 1 Ipswich 0__________________________Goal : Thierry Henry, 66m.__________________________Ipswich were busy, compact, mobile and played 4-5-1, so I knew Arsenal would struggle.In fact the whole day was a struggle. I had a sore throat and was only functioning…
By Ian Grant PLAYERS Patrick Vieira has been banned for one match and fined £10,000 and will miss the match with Ipswich Town – following the ‘incidents’ at the match at Leeds. Although Thierry Henry is currently on a goal…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSAccording to reports, Arsene Wenger will try to talk skipper Tony Adams out of retiring in 18 months’ time – because he claims there is a real shortage of good young English defenders.Tony Adams hinted: “It will…
By Myles Palmer This two-day FA hearing of Wenger’s appeal against a 12-match ban is too,too ridiculous.Arsene does NOT assault people.Yes, he was angry after Vieira was sent off.He was very angry after losing a match Arsenal should have won…
By Myles Palmer __________________________ Arsenal 2 Bradford City 0 __________________________ Ashley Cole had a smashing game but his first good cross showed us what a pantomime this game was going to be. Thierry Henry took a swing at the cross…
By Myles Palmer A wonderful home draw in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup! I said Arsenal’s luck was changing. Chelsea ! An exciting game in prospect.Unlike QPR this match should make the heart beat faster. The 1-1 draw…
By Myles Palmer _______________ QPR 0 Arsenal 6 _______________ Arriving at Loftus Road for a 19,000 sell-out FA Cup Fourth Round tie was pretty strange. There was no buzz, no Cup fever, no anticipation.The relegation zone does that to fans,…
By Ian Grant The publisher came in and said to the pool of writers, who wants to write about football? Two of us agreed. He’d just won the contract to do Queen’s Park Rangers paper, The Ranger. Guiness had just…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSArsenal face a Home Office inquiry into their £1m signing of the Lithuania striker Tomas Danilevicius. He holds a Greek passport and is classed as an EU player. But it is claimed this document is false. But…
By Myles Palmer Am I optimistic? Yes. Why? Because Arsenal have won only three of their last 11 Premiership games. They are better than that. Arsenal have to be better than that. I expect them to beat Leicester now that…