Seven up: in praise of Super Tom Rosicky
View image | gettyimages.com It was only a few days ago that I was thinking how Rosicky’s Arsenal career was fizzling out and destined for a disappointing end. Barely featuring,…
There’s more in this side, somewhere
View image | gettyimages.com Arsenal 2-0 Everton There should, ordinarily, be no reason at all why a 2-0 victory should not elicit a sense of complete wellbeing. So why did…
Giroud and Ozil show their class as Arsenal head to Wembley
Arsenal 4-1 Everton And so to our first FA Cup semi-final in five years. Ah yes, Wembley. The stroll up Wembley Way, my Kenny Sansom flat cap, a mixtape by…
Czech mate
Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham There was me worrying - silly old worrying me! In the end it was far from the toughest of derby days for Arsenal, but in terms of…
No doubting Tomáš
W.B.A. 1-2 Arsenal A few days from it all does wonders for your soul - and it transpires that Arsenal haven't done so badly in my absence either, with an…
Arteta, we art in heaven
Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City One-nil to the Arsenal, and as one goal wins go, that one was as sweet as it was deserved. Sweet because we needed a win and…
Boss on crocks / Spot-on Tom
So the midweek 5-1 came and went, and what better way could there have been to warm up for the weekend's visit to Man City? I was planning to write…
Tomas… It was up for grabs then…
Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal Football has the capacity to bowl all manner of unpleasant googlies at you – if you’ll pardon my mangling of sporting metaphors – and the last-minute equaliser…
More goals from Arsenal’s wings required
Scattering my eyes across the Sundays and the general theme hasn’t changed much: there’s the rustle of keeper talk and a persisting link to Everton’s Phil Jagielka. The latter story…
Contracts and Keepers
Contracts You can’t see the wood for the trees when it comes to Arsenal players being offered new contracts, can you? First, misser of two good chances on Tuesday, Charles…