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…
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…
Arteta’s lightbulb moment can’t come quick enough
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…
Something to cling on to despite another dose of defeat
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…
Arteta, who art unproven
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:…
Arsenal suffer a collective bad hair day
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…
Weave your magic, Tony Colbert
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…