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 […]
Category Archives: Match review
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 […]
There had been a fairly clear narrative all last week (mostly on Sky Sports) where it was obvious to me that Sky via its reporting and punditry were hoping, nay desperate, for a positive Manchester United result at the Emirates this weekend, coming hot on the heels of the United demolition of Manchester City a […]
I switched on my television and there it was, Bodo Glimt 3-1 Man City and to be honest, Bodo looked well worth their win whereas City by comparison looked worn out. The fall off in recent games from the Eastlands Mob is quite astonishing. But it really is as easy as that to […]
I don’t normally watch other teams’ games live and certainly not our nearest rivals’ matches but yesterday at midday I put it on the TV in the hope that I would possibly see the Eastlands Mob drop a couple of points yet again. But never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that […]