So… the pariahs of the Premier League, the ones killing football, the team that must be chastised for their style of play at all costs, went to Germany, played the German Champions, and lived out a thrilling 90 minutes in the Allianz Arena. Interesting, interesting… Of course I’m being flippant, probably a little too ‘paranoid […]
With the Bayern game on tomorrow night, we should get a Mikel Arteta press conference with one of the players this evening, and I wonder if the media narrative and fainting couch approach by the English mainstream media translate to European competition? I’ve seen a few bits and bobs from yesterday, and what I saw […]
Seen a lot of Arsenal fans on my timeline this morning talk about how worried they are about today’s game. I get it. I mean, we have a pretty poor record at The City Ground; Oliver Glasner is a very good manager, plus they’ve been massively underperforming their statistical metrics on things like xG, so […]
It’s a wet and windy Friday in London. If they didn’t earn thousands of pounds literally per hour, I’d almost feel sorry for the players going out and training in this up and down the land. But they gotta do their job, like all of us do. And whilst this (blogging) isn’t exactly a ‘job’ (certainly […]
Eventually, it was an Arsenal performance that had everything: Dominance, goals, a little rotation to keep players fresh for the weekend. But it wasn’t the kind of free-flowing performance that had many around me in the ground last night saying that we were purring like a well-oiled machine. I guess that’s only natural. Arteta rang […]
The second that Chris Kavanagh produced the second yellow card from Gravenberch to effectively end the contest (even though it was still 0-0 at the time), I switched the football off and watched the remainder of Kung Fu Panda 3. There was no point in continuing to watch that farce that was on display. Playing […]
FINALLY! MATCHDAY! And it’s Leeds United for The Arsenal for the early kick-off today, which means I’ll be dumping these thoughts on here, going for a quick run, then making my way straight to Highbury for a pre-match warm-up with my mate Steve. These early ones are funny, I find, because they’re usually a little […]
The news broke that we kind of already knew yesterday, but it was still important and lovely to read nonetheless: Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract with The Arsenal This is fantastic news. Yes, everyone was ‘calma’ about it at The Arsenal; the journos ‘in the know’ were all saying it is pretty much […]
I would call myself an occasional ‘follower’ of the Arsenal Women. I want them to do well; I’ll switch on the games if they are on TV, and I hope they can get it together and win trophies. It is The Arsenal, after all. But I wouldn’t profess to call myself an expert on The […]
Well it sounds like Kai Havertz is going to be out for three to four weeks with his hamstring injury, if some of the noises from the socials are to be believed. If that has been confirmed by the club, if it is three weeks, say, then we’re looking at him being back by 24th […]