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Blogging about Arsenal on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee

I don’t care if Monday’s blue… it’s Friday, I’m in love

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:23/10/2021
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Cloud nine at the Emirates

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:27/09/2021
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Arteta’s lightbulb moment can’t come quick enough

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:29/08/2021
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Something to cling on to despite another dose of defeat

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:30/12/2019
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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It’s the wrong trousers, Granit.

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:28/10/2019
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Get the hell out of stodge

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:22/10/2019
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Wheezing up to third

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:07/10/2019
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Read my match report. It’s two days late and still no good.

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:21/01/2019
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Plenty to ponder as Arsenal self-destruct

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:30/12/2018
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Emery fires up Arsenal in demolition derby

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:03/12/2018
  • Post category:Match Review

https://youtu.be/cNDLrrs67ZQ Arsenal 4-2 Spurs What a shot in the arm. I’ve been to many crackling, memorable matches at the Emirates, but there’s not much that’s got close to how yesterday…

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