Holding out, Takehiro
West Ham 1-2 Arsenal Any excuse to wheel out and remodel the Bonnie Tyler headline and I’m there, frankly. I was watching us arrive at the latest stop on the…
We don’t need another zero
Arsenal 0-0 Burnley The tentative optimism of Thursday morning had well and truly evaporated by 4pm yesterday. There was a smattering of boos at the final whistle - boos of…
A big night for bruised Arsenal
It’s been quite the week. With all the hoo-hah there’s been, you’d think Arsenal were the first team to request a postponement due to a squad decimated by Covid, injuries…
A good loss, now a bad loss
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal It does make me chortle a bit that we were lauded for losing last week, but lambasted for losing this week. A week’s a long time…
Deck the halls with boughs of Martinelli
Arsenal 2-0 West Ham Back to the Emirates we went, all tumbled together, in full voice, to see whether this team could scrabble momentarily into the top four at the…
Frustration is better than resignation
Man Utd 3-2 Arsenal After last season’s winning aberration, it was back to business with another defeat at Old Trafford. As the scoreline suggests though, it was a case of…
Nuno, Nuno Nuno, Nuno Nuno, Nuno there’s no limits
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle Perhaps it was the chilly, early start, but yesterday’s first half felt like the quietest (and most empty-seated) of any game this season. Perhaps, too, it was…
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…