Lee Hurley Archives: 09/2017

Jack Wilshere wants to stay at Arsenal despite reports linking him with a free move away this summer.

Theo Walcott turned down the chance to claim some personal glory with a hattrick in order to allow Olivier Giroud to finally net his 100th Arsenal goal.

Arsenal have unveiled a new sensory room at the Emirates to help fans with ‘profound special needs’, their families and carers enjoy games at the stadium.

Arsene Wenger believes the Champions League has lost some of its sparkle because most people are only watching ‘one or two games’.

Jack Wilshere is apparently still angry at Arsene Wenger for sending him out on loan last season, despite the fact that Jack admitted he was the one that wanted the loan move in the first place.

Let’s face it, these days there is really no more debate to be had. The AKB v WOB has been so one-side as to make Arsenal away against a top six side seem like a level contest.

Mystic Weg, also known as Arsene Wenger, has predicted that football will see the death of mega transfer fees as players auction themselves as free agents instead of being sold.

The FAWSL is back this weekend, and Arsenal get their 17/18 campaign underway on Sunday.

Olivier Giroud’s scorpion kick has been nominated for FIFA’s Puskas Award, despite idiots not even voting it Goal of the Month or Goal of the Season on the BBC’s Match of the Day.

Chelsea will be without Danny Drinkwater until October after the midfielder was ruled out with a calf problem.

Who doesn’t love a trip to Chelsea for an early Sunday kick-off?

Arsene Wenger has delivered an update ahead of the game against Chelsea this weekend, stating that Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil ‘should be alright’ to feature’.

Per Mertesacker is under no illusion what Arsenal need to do to make sure they take their Wembley form against Chelsea to Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal and Cologne have both been charged by UEFA after crowd trouble caused their Europa League kick-off to be delayed by 60 minutes.

Bundesliga journalist, Archie Rhind-Tutt, has taken to Twitter in an attempt to change the narrative building around Koln fans that they went on a ‘rampage’ through London, saying that the overwhelming majority enjoyed the game peacefully and were not aware that stadium arrangements in England were different to what they are used to in Germany.

Arsenal have issued a club statement to try and clarify events on Thursday night which saw kick-off delayed by an hour and FC Koln fans invade all sections of the Emirates.

Mohamed Elneny got a rare start for Arsenal against FC Koln on Thursday night and the Egyptian spoke after the game about the delay, the competition itself and facing Chelsea this weekend.

Arsene Wenger said that his side ‘waited patiently’ for kick-off in their first ever Europa League game, which was delayed by an hour as the German fans caused all sorts of chaos inside and outside the stadium.

Arsenal made their bow in the Europa League and wasted no time in showing the competition exactly what it can expect from the side with the highest co-efficient by a distance.

Arsenal’s game against Koln has been delayed by at least one hour after thousands of German fans turned up without tickets, blocking Arsenal fans from entering the stadium.