We’re back with Champions League football tonight, and it’s a visit to Napoli in my favourite city in Italy for those travelling Arsenal players and fans. Of course the problem with Naples is that it’s also a dodgy as hell in parts, and I’ve seen warnings about sticking to hotel bars if you’re English, but […]
Before a ball was kicked yesterday, I went for a walk with The Management, and she asked, “How are you feeling about this one? The usual nerves?” My response was that no, I actually felt fine. I did. It was a strange feeling not to have the butterflies in my stomach as I wrote the […]
It’s the third match week in a row in which we find ourselves NOT playing on a Saturday and, if I’m honest, I don’t like it. I enjoy change. I work in marketing and ‘doing new stuff’ is something I always try to adhere to as a work principle. Not when it comes to football, […]
The good thing about us playing on Monday night was that it means we’ve got less time to wait until the weekend, and easily the biggest of the three games so far this season against Chelsea. Because of that, I’m hopeful that the thnkpieces from journos (and to be fair, bloggers like me) about how […]
Compared to the walk in the park that was our opening weekend win against Coventry, this was always going to be a sterner test than a newly promoted side, and so it transpired as such a thing last night in Birmingham. We all know that Villa have been decimated. We know they have lost a […]
I’m back in Blighty following a week in the sun in Portugal, and yesterday I was making the journey back home whilst all the fun was happening for other teams in the Premier League. It’s fair to say that so far, there are a few nice surprises that have popped up, whilst equally there are […]
Ahead of the Premier League kicking off for us on Friday, yesterday was clearly media day at London Colney, because we’ve had Men in Blazers doing an interview with Arteta, Sky Sports sat down with him, plus Dan Roan from the BBC also talked to Richard Garlick. All of the interviews are worth a watch; […]
Here we go, people! It’s matchday! The Champions – that’s us, by the way – kick off the Premier League season tonight with a home game against newly promoted Coventry City, and whilst I am looking forward to it, I’m also gutted that I booked a holiday to Portugal, where my plane leaves at 4pm […]
This is shaping up to be a fun weekend, all things considered, eh? We kicked off with a lovely, comfortable, impressive 3-0 win at home to Coventry on Friday, then yesterday were treated to Man United losing the early game of the day to Hull. Lovely stuff. I hope this doesn’t come back to bite […]
The pundits said 3-0. The fans said 3-0. On the Same Old Arsenal, I said 3-0. In yesterday’s blog, I reiterated and said 3-0. But all of that is talk. You still have to go out there on the pitch and do it. And yesterday, against the EFL Champions, Arsenal did just that. Back in […]