Pinch yourself – yes it is Monreal
Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City Imagine my surprise when Arsenal’s mojo - which I had prayed for in hope rather than in expectation before the match - emerged in the second…
Bridge over: Troubled Wenger
Chelsea 3-1 Arsenal Apologies in advance, because this is a pun-free, humourless post. “I wonder if you could stick a gag in?†asked Mrs Lower as she read it. I’ll…
Now you see us, now you don’t. Following Arsenal is magic.
Preston 1-2 Arsenal Ah, hello again mystifying Arsenal. The third round of the FA Cup heralded another performance - the second in a week, now *that’s* consistency - that left…
Dead or alive, Alexis spins me right round
Arsenal 3-1 Bournemouth As we tip-toe over the last few yards of November I keep expecting some chaos to unfold, as is longstanding tradition in our neck of the woods.…
Fact: Watching a game ‘as live’ never bloody works
Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal Ferrying children to various sporting endeavours is pretty much my weekend. I am a dad taxi. That is my life. It’s unpaid, to flag up an obvious…
Xhaka, tackle and roll
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal 3-2 Swansea “Why are raspberry bonbons blue?†asked Shedman quizzically, during the early lull - a time when the mind is prone to wander to…
Holding in and holding out
Leicester 0-0 Arsenal There was some good and bad to chew on in that performance, an entertaining but low-quality trip to the champions. But it’s not about the points at…
Bring on the cricket
Arsenal 1-0 Norwich One nil to the Arsenal, three points and we shuffle into third. That’s a sentence you could seamlessly copy from one Arsenal season and paste into another,…
Here comes the Sanchez
Arsenal 2-0 West Brom Of all the things that need to happen this summer - clear-out, existential reappraisal, signings that exude ambition - nonsense about the futures of Alexis Sanchez…
Arsenal no scrooges as Christmas comes early for Carroll
West Ham 3-3 Arsenal That slither of hope I spoke about? Yeah, that. Only the wildest of optimists would now give Arsenal the time of day when it comes to…