Den and dusted
Adeus Denilson. Ta-da for now (though I am prepared to wager that the ‘for now’ part will become ‘for good’). Denilson’s departure reminded me that this summer was as much…
Match report: One slump or two?
Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal And so, as feared, the sleep-slump to disaster continues. I can't see this one ending well. You don't have to scour the Arsenal online diaspora for…
Squill’s red and Nasri’s blues
Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield Town Quick blog ahead of a hectic transfer deadline day, which I'm sure you'll all want to get back to as soon as you can. A £38m…
Match report: Theo Speedwagon
Arsenal 1-1 Leeds United Cracking cup tie this. I couldn't make the game yesterday so watched it on HyundaITV while following the mood on Twitter. There was a fair bit…
Home comforts and other stuff
Arsenal have been around almost 125 years now. I've been a season ticket holder for the last sixteen of those. In terms of success, I could hardly have chosen a…
Thoughts on the opener/keeper/patience
The Arsenal goalkeeping mystery It’s not often I quote old Shakey, mainly because I’m not the brightest bulb in the room, but here goes: “If it were done when 'tis…
A spoonful of hope on a cereal of improbability
Good morning to you all on a cloudless, plane-free and gorgeous spring London morning. Having no aircraft humming overhead or vapour trails criss-crossing the skies has been as peculiar as…
No new faces (just long ones)
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester Utd So that’s that then – another less than gentle reminder that despite all the pre-match bullishness of Wenger and some of the squad, when push comes…
Seize the moment (and fix the unfixed)
Good things, as they say, come to those who wait. I sat watching Sky Sports on 1st January expecting a flurry of new players to change hands within moments, and…
A toast to absent friends as Arsenal freeze
Arsenal 2-2 Everton A point gained or two points dropped? Both; the former for us, and the latter for Everton. Let’s face it, we were very lucky indeed, scraping a…