Here we go again, and I can’t wait
Remember the last time? Remember the pocket Russian's thunderbolt? It’s amazing how quickly you forget a frustrating, rain-spattered nil-nil draw when you have the small matter of a European Cup…
Joyeux Joel and a Happy New Giroud!
Olympiacos 0-3 Arsenal I have vacillated about Arsenal’s chances in this must-win ding-dong for several weeks now. Curiously positivity after the Zagreb game was followed by gloomy no-hope once Alexis…
If it’s broken, fix it
There we all were, shaking our heads at the sheer misfortune of losing two players before the game had even got going at Hillsborough in the League Cup, and agreeing…
Assisters are doin’ it for themselves
Watford 0-3 Arsenal At nil nil, as the minutes rolled on with the Hornets going shoulder to shoulder with Arsenal, I began to stew more and more on the FA…
A shrug of the shoulder and a pffft
Arsenal 2-3 Olympiacos I know it’s the most spoilt thing to say, given how other teams look on at our repeated qualification with envy, but I’ve felt fairly ambivalent about…
Keeping the concentration
The battle to finish second - or at least in the automatic Champions League slots - has twisted and turned but with some strange fizzling-outs elsewhere in recent weeks, it’s…
Poor in the Ruhr
Borussian Dortmund 2-0 Arsenal A few observations now that the dust of the Dortmund storm is settling (ha!) World Cup focus? I offer this as an olive branch to Messrs…
Triple whammy leaves Arsenal on the ropes
Image courtesy of Arsenal Tickets Arsenal 0-2 Bayern Munich Another year, another mountain to climb. This time, it’s all about the frustrating ‘what ifs’. Things could and should have been…
Me: Not efficient in the zones where it matters
And so it came to pass, as they said in the olden days (along with other common but now old-fashioned phrases like ‘Willlttttttooooooord!’ and ‘it’s up for grabs now’). We…
Arrivederci abject Arsenal
AC Milan 4-0 Arsenal I have not been blogging recently and I must say, I’ve not really missed it. It would not be fair to solely blame the gradual declining…