Are Arsenal Up For The Cup? You’d hope so.
The magic of the cup, up for the cup, Wemberlee, wearing yellow ribbons – here we are again on third round weekend, and I still love this competition to bits.…
Fourth circle of hell / Seventh heaven
Reading 5-7 Arsenal I can think of a few bonkers results in this competition over the years – winning 6-2 at Liverpool courtesy of the Beast being one – but…
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…
The Milk Cup of human unkindness
Don’t mention the score It’s back into the Milk Cup saddle this evening as Bolton roll into town. Despite having despatched Shrewsbury Town already, the merest mention of a Carling…
Hesitations – not what you need
I'm not convinced I've quite mastered the direction of this season. A campaign that has had some impressive highs - six goals scored twice, five goals once and four goals…
Arsenal’s rotten week ends on a high
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal The sight of Arsenal sitting atop the league table - albeit briefly, until Turkey Rovers twizzled over at Old Trafford - was as much as anything…
Cool Hand Åukasz
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal A fine rearguard performance, bookended by two well-taken goals from Chamakh and notable for an exceptional goalkeeping performance from the enigmatic Lukasz Fabianski. Watching Fabianski is not…
Cham’s shimmy seals big three points
Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham City It is undeniable that after two league defeats, and with a trip to Middle Eastlands looming, a win against Birmingham was not only much needed but…
Arsenal: Headers and long balls
The Times, recently ensconced behind a paywall, has become pretty inaccessible to the vast army of online football fans used to getting their football news for free. Whatever the rights…
Injury forecast: Chance of sun on Saturday, chance of rain too
What else is there to do during the international break but worry? Worry, primarily, for the health of the Arsenal XI currently scattered across the globe being hacked to pieces…