Match review: The nil-nillest of nil-nils
Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City Season ticket renewal time is almost upon us – and what better way to offset the pain of some of the priciest tickets in the country…
Motivation should come easy on Saturday
After Sunday’s volcanic eruption at Wigan, the dust has finally started to settle. It’s time to concentrate on the next three games. An attitude the antithesis to the one we…
Arsenal’s capitulate, late show
Wigan 3-2 Arsenal Wenger said on Friday that we were “very close†to winning a trophy. This morning, a trophy has never felt further away. Yesterday’s ten-minute capitulation at Wigan…
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…
Missed chances, dropped points
Birmingham City 1-1 Arsenal At the risk of repeating myself, a draw yesterday did indeed end up feeling like a ‘hammer blow’. Wenger merely called it a ‘big blow’, but…
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…
Prospects, Walcott and… Andy Linighan
Match updates via text – how 2006 is that? It fell on the willing shoulders of @feverpitch to keep me in the loop during Saturday’s game, as I had been…
Better performance, but same weaknesses
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal Improved performance? Yes, but with the same defensive clangers and the same lack of striking options as ever. All too familiar, all too avoidable. The bottom line…
Arsenal preview: It’s make or break
Eek, a whole week since the last post. Which means I’m bouncing straight from a dismal post-mortem straight into this preview. I’d like to say my outlook has changed and…