TERRACE TALK: Arsenal - Baby steps to lifting the gloom for Gunners

While the Gunners might have desperately needed to pocket all three points from our day out at the seaside, I’ll be delighted if the Cherries go on to consolidate their highly-prized place in the Premier League because the humble, yet most hospitable, environs of Dean Court is a very welcome addition to the top flight.

With an allocation of only 1,100 away fans at the 11,000 seater ground, Sunday’s game was always this season’s hottest ticket, with reports of our East Stand seats changing hands for utterly ridiculous sums, 15 times their £33 face value.

Bright sunshine greeted our lunchtime arrival, yet the sunny disposition of us Gooners soon gave way to exasperation with the news that Coquelin and Campbell had been left on the bench.