The wonder of you, Cesc Fabregas
Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa Some thoughts: • Was it worth risking Fabregas? Two goals and a game-changing performance answers that question. You can only beat the team you are currently…
Arsenal take a point but don’t make one
Burnley 1-1 Arsenal Was this really a bad result? Given Burnley’s home record it’s not. Burnley, for all their sieve-like qualities on the road, are a strong side at at…
Building up a head of steam
Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham City I suppose football is the popular game that it is partly because, while money, good management and history will always bubble to the top over the…
Two mistakes unravel the good work
Manchester Utd 2-1 Arsenal So, an early defeat, but I'm still scratching my head to work out how we came out of that game with nul points. Last season, in…
Abou’s cruise
Arsenal 4-1 Portsmouth Who'd have foreseen that our start to the season, as well as being faultless, would feature the steady rat-tat-tat of goals, almost all of which have come…
Feeling sorry for Nasri – but it could be worse
You've got to feel desperately sorry for Nasri. This was the season when he was expected to really push on after his promising debut campaign. In fact, he still will…
New defender – tick. Now to the midfield…
Remarkably, it's less than a month until our first pre-season match, against Barnet on 18th July. It's gone fast - partly because we've had the U21s, partly because of the…