Lee Hurley Archives: 01/2020

Jermaine Pennant was removed from a Sky Sports News section after fans on Twitter complained the former Arsenal and Liverpool man was drunk.

The magic of the FA Cup will be ruined further after the FA agreed to spread fifth round ties over five days, including three weekdays instead of the usual two.

Pep Guardiola has called on English football to scrap the League Cup after injuries to Marcus Rashford and Harry Kane in comments I can only imagine being taken completely differently had Arsene Wenger uttered them a few years ago.

An FA charge against Mark Sampson that he used racist language (again) has been dropped as ‘unproven’.

Arsenal’s match against Southampton has been moved after TV companies made their latest round of selections.

The FA and Premier League are seriously discussing rewarding clubs post-Brexit with credits to allow them to buy more foreign players if they field more English ones first.

Arsenal will travel to Bournemouth on Monday night for a match refereed, again, by Martin Atkinson, while Mike Dean will run the VAR. One week…

Cadena Ser in Spain report that Dani Ceballos is seeking to end his loan with Arsenal which builds on reports we covered earlier in the week from David Ornstein.

Stuart Attwell took charge of Arsenal’s game against Chelsea and maintained his record of being Arsenal’s worst referee in the Premier League.

Hector Bellerin was naturally happy to see his side come back twice against Chelsea despite playing away from home with 10 men for over an hour and after the game he spoke to the media, including a reporter from Croatia.

Arsenal played the majority of their match against Chelsea with just 10 men yet some how the Daily Mail managed to come up with player ratings that just don’t make sense.

Mikel Arteta picked out Alexandre Lacazette for special praise after Arsenal’s battling 2-2 draw at Chelsea with just 10-men.

Arsenal will not be going back for Wilfried Zaha this summer with the Crystal Palace man happy to wait for a club like Chelsea or Spurs to come for him at the end of the season.

Carlo Ancelotti called on Theo Walcott to show more bravery and be an example to the youngsters at Everton but I’m not sure that’s something…

When Arsenal played Sheffield United back in October, 76% of fans believed Mike Dean robbed us of a penalty, something he did again when the sides met this weekend.

Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Arsenal fans after their 1-1 draw against Sheffield United on Saturday.

Even though Arsenal weren’t at their best against Sheffield United on Saturday, had they been given a stonewall penalty when they were 1-0 up then the result would have been a different matter altogether.

Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa was left to regret his decision not to use Eddie Nketiah more this season as his side lost to QPR and wished the forward was still at the club.

Arsenal will face Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon with Mike Dean in charge, Lee Mason as the fourth official and Martin Atkinson running the VAR.

Arsenal have reportedly started talks with PSG’s left-back, Layvin Kurzawa, who is out of contract in the summer, over a 5-year-deal.