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…
Getting to the bottom of my blogger’s block
I’ve not written a blog since 30th December, 2019. That’s 590 days and also, as it turns out, pretty much the entire reign of Mikel Arteta. It was also one…
I’ve taken my eye off the ball
When I was a mere stripling, Arsenal was my be-all and end-all. If we lost I’d mope around all weekend, and if we won I’d be bouncing off the walls.…
A handy guide to transfer terminology
A Kolasinac-shaped left-back aside, this June was hardly flaming in the transfer department. July is where the action usually is, I tell myself, and it’s an opinion I can justify…
Happy Christmas, ’tis the season for ho-ho-hoping
If I was to mark our Christmas scorecard, I’d probably give it about a 5 (as indeed did Gooner’s Diary in this piece in the Guardian). It’s been far from…
A day at the football
Something I tried out today - hope you enjoy. Took a lot of snapping and a bit of luck catching the right piece of video...
The story of the come-and-get-me plea
In this protracted vacuum of idle nothingness, it's amused me to once again notice the proliferation of bonkers transfer-only phrases. You know, those ones that you never hear for the…
XXXXXXX, a half-season wonder
So I took an interlull-esque dip into blogs past, because I was just thinking about Giroud (footballistically), and I emerged with this: 11.09.10 Lose him and we are looking to…
Time for top footballers to stop asking for more? And getting it?
So I was listening this evening to the excellent 5live report on Arsenal’s finances, a discussion with some knowledgeable men present: Martin Keown, former Liverpool MD Christian Purslow, Jeremy Wilson…
5 things to do in the international break
1. Find Abou Diaby He’s gone missing. Injurepol have been alerted but there is still no sign of our no-minutes-on-the-pitch midfielder. If spotted, feel free to approach him. He’s completely…