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
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
Brighton's visit to the Emirates in the summer should have faded into memory by now some four months or so later but ask Arsenal fan about games they remember this season and it will be one of the first to mind. Not because it was a stand-out result or because of some particular moment of … Continue reading Brighton vs Arsenal: Remember that red card?
In more ways than one, tonight really is an opportunity.
Yes, he's taken his fair share of beatings at our hands too but there's something about Dyche that rankles me, that stirs up an irrational desire to see his teams humiliated
Last season, dropping crucial points to Fulham hindered our title hopes. This season, we aim to correct past mistakes against a well-performing Fulham, emphasizing the importance of securing vital points.
Sometimes, we will turn up there and blow them off the park, making them look every inch the average team they are.
Football is still football, of course, and nobody has re-invented putting the ball in the back of the net but there are some changes that, if we're being honest, have caught us out. Both the team and the manager have shown a little naivety.
It's only November but a failure to take some points from Stanford Bridge today could be terminal for Arsenal's title hopes this season. I don't want to be alarmist or reactionary but a gap of 10 points, even this early in the season, would be unrecoverable. It's simply too much. That is the scale of … Continue reading Chelsea vs Arsenal: It already feels like win or bust
It was never thus before the Saudi takeover but the influx of money into the north east seems to have ignited a certain strident aggression that simply didn't exist before. No club seems to have felt that more than Arsenal.
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