Five Days

The countdown is on… in five days time, I will be stood inside, or hopefully outside, the Herbert Chapman pub in a state of great expectation, beer sliding down the front of whatever shirt I happen to be wearing. Yes, after a summer filled with sport, it’s time for the national game to return to centre stage. Arsenal, as you know, begin their league campaign at home to Sunderland. What we don’t know is who will be part of the first team squad come Saturday afternoon.
Of course, there is the RvP situation. Well, I say situation. It’s not much of a situation, is it really? Whatever it is, I think we’re all well used to this summer scenario by now. What I would like to come out of it, apart from Arsenal actually getting a transfer fee in keeping with Robin’s status as the hottest striker in the Premier Lea...