After Arsenal’s defeat at Tottenham, a number of football writers turned their attentions to Mesut Ozil and his contribution at White Hart Lane. Wheeling out all the usual, tired cliches that are no more grounded in reality than Tottenham’s delusion that they can win the Premier League title, Lee Hurley couldn’t hold it in. He […]

Arsenal lost at Tottenham and that was no surprise to anyone. Despite having a deeper squad and better players, they should have been able to put up some sort of a fight, so why couldn’t they? After the latest Arsenal embarrassment, Matthew Wade looks back over the game and ponders the difference well-selected players who […]

When Arsenal lose to Tottenham the natural reaction is to get angry. Not this time. This time we’re just sad. This pod comes from Lee Hurley’s post-match head as he wonders if the players will turn up in the FA Cup final because they’re selfish and want a medal rather than all that bothered about […]

The very first man to have the number 7 on the back of a red Arsenal shirt was flying winger, Joe Hulme. Most fans of the club have probably never heard of Hulme, but his contribution to the most successful period in the club’s history was enormous. So who was this wonderful club servant whose […]

Arsenal beat Leicester 1-0 at the Emirates thanks to Nacho Monreal but all the talk is about Mike Jones and Alexis Sanchez.

Mental strength – two words guaranteed to make any Arsenal fan laugh or shake their head. But against Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday we saw actual mental strength from this Arsenal side. Was it just a one-off because a final was at stake, or have this Arsenal side realised that they aren’t so special […]

Pep Guardiola was quick to call Arsenal out for their long balls and defensive approach after their defeat at Wembley as he sounded like Arsene Wenger complaining about West Brom. In this pod, Lee Hurley ponders why he should just suck it up and why Arsenal fans should enjoy this post-Wembley glow for as long as […]

Arsenal head to Wembley this weekend and some people want to take their protest banners along. Aren’t games like this the reason we all invest so much in football? Isn’t the chance to get to a major final what we want for Arsenal? Lee Hurley goes on a free-form rant about the stupidity of protesting […]

Anita used to be the most positive Arsenal fan on the planet and nothing could shake her faith in Arsene Wenger…until this season. This pod comes from Anita Sambol’s sad head and is read by Lee Hurley. Enjoy in the player below, download, subscribe in iTunes (or all other podcast apps, just search ‘Daily Cannon’). You can […]

Just under 130 men and women have pulled on the number 7 shirt at Arsenal since shirt numbers first became a thing, introduced by our very own Herbert Chapman who had to fight the FA who were opposed to such a radical notion.