Some post-Saturday pre-Saturday bullet points on Tuesday
Every time we lose, the questions about Arteta bubble up. I bet Mikel longs for the day when a loss isn’t followed by questions about his ability or his inexperience…
I don’t care if Monday’s blue… it’s Friday, I’m in love
Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa An inglorious start: right up until the announcer welcomed Aston Villa onto the pitch, I thought we were playing Newcastle. Middle age, my friends, is a…
Cloud nine at the Emirates
Arsenal 3-1 Spurs Not a bad day for my youngest to experience his first north London derby, I suppose - and not a bad experience for me either. And to…
Arteta’s lightbulb moment can’t come quick enough
Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal Anyone who was at the Emirates in April 2016 will remember just how painful it was witnessing our splintered fanbase openly disagreeing about Wenger. But when…
Something to cling on to despite another dose of defeat
Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea Another day, another defeat, and the worrying stats rack up. 5 league wins in 20 (only two teams have won fewer this season), and no league wins…
It’s the wrong trousers, Granit.
Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace With impeccable timing, I was attempting to follow the Arsenal game yesterday on a train. What is it with mobile coverage on trains? You can spend…
Get the hell out of stodge
Sheffield Utd 1-0 Arsenal As Arsenal became less competitive in the second half of the Wenger era, we could at least comfort ourselves with the knowledge that we continued to…
Wheezing up to third
Arsenal 1-0 Bournemouth There’s a subtle difference between doing some pottering around yourself on a Sunday and watching someone else potter around on a Sunday. And by god, did Arsenal…
Read my match report. It’s two days late and still no good.
Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea In this era of on-the-whistle posts and hot-off-the-press post-match podcasts, I’ve decided to  develop a niche around commenting fluffily about a game at least two days after…
Plenty to ponder as Arsenal self-destruct
Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal It’s not lost on me that since it all came together so spectacularly against our old friends up the road on 2nd December, cracks have started to…