The great Herbet Chapman once said football is a simple game, the team that scores the most goals wins. With that in mind Happy St Totteringham’s Day and the ratings follow   ..read more

A great win by Arsenal against a poor Chelsea side. At one stage the Arsenal crowd amused thmeselves by olaying Chelsea whenever they strung a few passes together., well it was 5-0 and could have easily been more ..read more

It is the worst performance of 2024 to-date, and showed a sign of nerves and inexperience, paying too much respect to Bayern Munich. It was actually our strongest team, the team that shot us to the top of the table last weekend ..read more

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The Beginning When Pep Guardiola took charge of Barcelona in 2008/09, it was a shambles. He quickly got rid of Ronaldinho and Deco. Eto’o got a stay of execution and was sold the next season.  During his era, 7 out of starting-11 were La Masia products. And his midfield of Iniesta-Busquets-Xavi-Messi utterly dominated midfield. One little known fact was that at La Masia, Guardiola was the model “4’ which subsequent youngsters like Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Fabregas were coached to play like Guardiola. Hence, during his reign, Guardiola’s teams were also known as “a team of midfielders ..read more

Player Ratings for Arsenal's 6 - 0 win at Sheffield United Who should be Player Of The Match ..read more

                                  When evaluating our players I’m more positive than many posters on Arsenal Times ..read more

With Barcelona needing a new manager at the end of this season, everything about Mikel Arteta makes sense as a candidate. He is a product of their academy and when Barcelona call you home, people tend to answer. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and if they do flutter their eyelashes toward our manager, don't blame him if he's seduced ..read more

I don’t get to go to many games and was nervous about this one. But the performance as well as the result was great. The incredible effort , running and pressing was a joy to see. So here are my Rarings ..read more

I see a lot of unrest where Arteta is concerned and whilst I understand some of the frustration where we have stalled on progress this season, you have to remember where we have come from to get to this point ..read more