It feels like it's been a while since we've got through 90 minutes in relative comfort. The rigours of the winter schedule in the Premier League, mixed in with various cup competitions, has made it a gruelling month or so in north London and we have had to dig deeper than is reasonable in order … Continue reading Arsenal 3 Dinamo Zagreb 0: About as comfortable as it gets
I don't think I've ever seen a side be so comfortable, so dominant and yet somehow manage not to win. But that was how it played out on Saturday evening as Aston Villa recovered from 2-0 down to snatch a point at the Emirates when, for all the world, they looked dead and buried. And … Continue reading Villa capitulation leaves season hanging in the balance
We're well past the half-way point of this month and we've still yet to see any additions to the squad. In fairness, hardly anybody in the league has managed to add players in this window but that shouldn't serve as an excuse for Mikel Arteta and company, our need is perhaps greater than any other … Continue reading Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Limping ever onwards
In the end, all that matters is that we took the three points. After a lousy few weeks littered with bad results and bad injuries, it was a relief to finally get a win under our belts again, even if it wasn't the picture perfect result we were looking for. We'd already passed up two … Continue reading Arsenal 2 Spurs 1: Just about enough
We've had a terrible week, there's no getting away from it. Missed penalties, open goals, long-term injuries; everything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong for Mikel Arteta's men and, perhaps worst of all, they haven't even performed that badly. Despite being shorn of several key squad members and the accumulated fatigue of a … Continue reading Arsenal vs Spurs: We can’t afford to miss this chance
Arsenal are at a defining moment in their season and the choices before them are stark. They can invest in the squad, reinvigorate the season and go full-throttle at the Premier League and Champions League or they can stagger on as they are until the reach breaking point. It's as simple as that. The Newcastle … Continue reading Arsenal 1 Manchester United 1: The season is hurtling towards the precipice
For a long time now, Manchester United have been a shadow of their former selves, reduced to meme fodder and social media whipping boys. They have gone through manager after manager, rebuild after rebuild and, on almost every occasion, come out of it worse than when they went in. This season has seen plenty more … Continue reading Arsenal vs Manchester United: Expect more of the same from canny visitors
If you're a follower of the expected goals metric, known to most as xG, you wouldn't be surprised to learn that Arsenal generated enough chances to score more than three goals last night. It's not a measurement to everybody's taste, I understand that, but it is a useful way of judging the quality of chances … Continue reading Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2: High, wide and not very handsome
There's been a lot of talk around Arsenal's 'dark arts' already this season. Our willingness to slow the game down, to get physical, to innovate at set pieces; it's quickly become a feature of how we play our football and it's fair to say it's caused a stir. If there's any other side in the … Continue reading Arsenal vs Newcastle: Gear up for a big, ugly battle
Much of the discourse around the game has been about whether Arsenal 'deserved' the win, about whether they 'did enough' to get three points. It's a nonsense argument.
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