After the excitement and celebrations following the crucial victory over Everton last weekend, allied to the probable arrival of the next big English football star, it was back to the bread and butter of the Champions League. Less stress and a different type of football, the type you get with European opposition, only it […]
Category Archives: Match review
I’m not sure that my nerves can handle another seven Premier League games like yesterday’s so hopefully City will drop some more points so I can calm down. The tension at the Emirates yesterday was palpable, you could feel it, you could almost taste it and I was watching the game in my front room […]
Let’s be honest, after a faultless Champions League qualifying campaign where Arsenal won every match with the minimum of fuss, each and every Arsenal supporter, myself included, fully expected the Gunners to return home to North London from North-Rhine Westphalia with a comfortable win under their belt. But football is never that simple – and […]
After a series of nail biting Premier League fixtures, the prospect of a stress free day out in Mansfield was most appealing to me. The Arsenal players bought into the mood too and seemed to switch into their pre-season friendly mode with tippy tappy, flicks and tricks which look great on an Emirates quality […]
Where to start – Saliba picked up a foot injury against Chelsea so in came Mosquera whilst Martinelli came in for Trossard. No White or Odegaard still, but Max Dowman returned. Brighton, with two defeats to Arsenal this season already, came out of the blocks fast, they chased and they harried Arsenal […]
I almost felt like Russell Crowe when the final whistle blew, shouting ‘are you not entertained’ but by Jove it was a white knuckle ride. I joked with my sons at the end of the game online saying ‘now you know why I look so old’ – that’s what being an Arsenal fan does […]
There’s been plenty of noise surrounding Arsenal of late, especially after our dismal collapse at Molineux. All the talk has been about how are bottling the opportunity to win the league yet again. I think much of the criticism has been deserved because we have been a bit all over the place. We’ve conceded […]
With the Brentford game fresh in our minds allied to all the on-line angst that came with it, we all really needed a bit of a pick-me-up, something to readdress the growing fan base anxiety and nothing really picks you up quite like the good old FA Cup. Bearing in mind Man City had […]
According to my son, who was standing on the lower tier of the North Bank, the Arsenal players went through a number of warm up drills which included a series of long range shooting. A precursor for the game ahead perhaps? As it was the Gunners almost took an early lead from a […]
I had a few misgivings leading up to yesterday evening’s League Cup 2nd leg v Chelsea, I just couldn’t shake off those horrible memories of Arsenal losing to the Pensioners in the 2nd leg of the Champions League in 2003/04 – 22 years ago. Where has all that time gone? I have […]
After three Premier League games without a win, the spotlight was well and truly back on Arteta and his players with a savage vengeance yesterday. The Sky/Media/Online narrative was simply winding itself up into an absolute frenzy as Leeds suddenly became this major obstacle and potential banana skin to the many hopes of all […]
After the last few days of purgatory following the defeat to Manchester United and having to listen to the obvious joy from the usual mob of wind-up merchants and general pee takers, we definitely needed a bit of a lift. We wanted to see a response from our team and a return to resolute […]