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A big night for bruised Arsenal

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:20/01/2022
  • Post category:News

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…

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A good loss, now a bad loss

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:10/01/2022
  • Post category:Match Review

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…

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Some post-Saturday pre-Saturday bullet points on Tuesday

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:23/11/2021
  • Post category:Match Review/Other

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…

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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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Arteta, who art unproven

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:08/12/2019
  • Post category:News

Oof, what a mess. I saw a few comments after the defeat to Brighton that this was as bad as they’ve seen Arsenal play. I’m not so sure that’s true:…

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Arsenal suffer a collective bad hair day

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:22/11/2015
  • Post category:Match Review

W.B.A. 2-1 Arsenal I’m not sure whether ‘a bad day at the office’ does this one justice, though Arsenal clearly did lose the document they were working on, said something…

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Weave your magic, Tony Colbert

  • Post author:Jim
  • Post published:01/04/2015
  • Post category:News

Good morning, and as the French say, ‘April Fish’. Internationals have been and gone, and there seem to have been wall-to-wall matches since Thursday. Uefa changed this a few years…

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