Holding in and holding out
Leicester 0-0 Arsenal There was some good and bad to chew on in that performance, an entertaining but low-quality trip to the champions. But it’s not about the points at…
Ozil’s magic wand-feet
Arsenal 2-0 Bournemouth Had Mesut Ozil, in a puff of smoke, magicked up a rabbit on the edge of the box yesterday, I don’t think many present would have batted…
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…
Oli and Wally earn their lolly despite dilly dally
View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 2-0 Stoke City A beautiful early autumn afternoon that saw me shedding layers as the match went on - sort of like a striptease, but…
Arsenal crank things up a gear
View image | gettyimages.com Hull City 1-3 Arsenal There I was with my worry beads, thinking this could have been been a mouldy old banana skin, and here I am…
Giroud was all like ‘yeah’
View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 3-0 West Ham Ping, ping, dummy, flick, goal - it was one of those days when Arsenal’s build-up passing slotted together like one of those…
You won’t fool me this year, window
https://vimeo.com/118521293 I've been off the radar recently, in the land of dirt-cheap petrol. I haven't needed to think about Arsenal, because we signed Gary Pallister, he got a work permit…
Arsenal: Draw specialists
#456203642 / gettyimages.com Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham It’s hard to know what to make of this Arsenal side at the moment. In terms of personnel, we’re stronger than last season. But…
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…
Alexis marks the spot
#455362898 / gettyimages.com Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City It was one of those games where disappointment at the final whistle pretty quickly morphed into satisfaction. It was our best performance of…