Lee Hurley Archives: 03/2020

Mikel Arteta was happy with what he saw from Pablo Mari against Portsmouth as Arsenal made their way into the next round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win on Monday night.

February was a largely positive month for Arsenal until we got to the end of it, so let’s take a look back over its 29 days and see who stood out with our February player ratings.

Premier League referees will finally use pitchside monitors properly from next season to rule on offside calls as well as red cards.

The Premier League will review how they use VAR for next season and the offside rule will be changed to give the advantage to the striker – something it was already supposed to be doing.

Mikel Arteta has admitted that being out of the Champions League for three seasons has caused ‘really big damage’ to the club which makes you wonder just what a fourth would do…

Mikel Arteta has admitted that Arsenal won’t know what will happen with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s future until the end of the season.

Portsmouth boss, Kenny Jackett, thinks that the ‘Fratton Park faithful’ can help Portsmouth beat Arsenal on Monday night when the two sides meet in the FA Cup.

I love Robert Pires, but I love Dennis Bergkamp more, so I’m going to try to be nice about what follows…

Andy Massey has said goodbye at Liverpool meaning Arsenal are now likely to lose top doctor, Gary O’Driscoll.

Arsenal’s Jen Beattie has withdrawn from the Scotland team although it is not clear what the problem is.