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…
Derby defeat puts title out of reach
Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal It’s easier to damn than to praise after a defeat against your long-suffering nearest rivals, so let’s start off with the praise. Firstly, for Arsenal to retain…
Match preview: Something for everyone
I'm keeping this one brief. There’s a bit of something for everyone tonight. For starters, we’ve got two clubs who don’t much care for one another. Any north London derby…
Wenger douses the van Persie and Gibbs flames
It must be a bit frustrating for le Boss to have to spend so much time talking down two of his players. But I guess that’s the peril of a…
Crock Robin
What is generally perceived to the best way to prepare for a match – with good news or with bad? Certainly, the official confirmation, released by the club this morning,…
To lose van Persie would be a bitter blow
As ever, we cross our fingers in the hope that our players - and especially our key players - emerge from the pointlessness of international friendly week unscathed. If I'd…
Kroenke business
I'm not quite sure where this week has gone. It's absolutely motored past. However, I suspect I drifted along, basking a bit too much in derby delight, and before I…
Eleven sent
Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham For a football fan, there can be few things as satisfying as an epic goal bundle. In order to achieve optimum conditions for bundles, several key elements…
From Boy to Mannone
Fulham 0-1 Arsenal One line from David Walsh's Times match report yesterday sums up Arsenal at the moment, in many ways: "..though they always impress you, they don’t always convince…
Make Do and Mend
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal Bit late in the day to add my tupp'orth about yesterday's match - couldn't get anywhere near the pooter till now. Obviously, it's mostly about Adebayor,…