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
You can take something different away from Friday night's clash with Ipswich on every viewing. It was at times dominant, at times wasteful and other times simply ok. It was a bit of a mystery of a watch. That's not to say we were bad, or that we didn't deserve the three points because it … Continue reading Arsenal 1 Ipswich 0: Not bad, not great but a win nontheless
On another day, Arsenal put four past Monaco in the first half and we're talking about the most comfortable of Champions League wins imaginable. Today was not that day, however. While we are still talking about a comfortable win, the manner in which we came about it was a little more frenetic than any of us … Continue reading Arsenal 3 Monaco 0: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (finishing)
Ultimately, nobody will remember how we won this game, only that we won it. There is no additional reward for completed passes, 90 per cent possession or barely breaking a sweat - the Premier League table only records points. And yet it feels right to acknowledge that we were ultimately pretty lucky to come away … Continue reading Arsenal 3 Southampton 1: A little bit of a mess…
That's not to say it was the complete performance because there were things we could have done better but, where we needed to be, we were efficient and laser-focussed.
Two goals ahead and utterly dominant in possession, it felt like a question of how many we could score in the second half.
What more can be said about the performance of referee Chris Kavanagh?
It came as a bit of a surprise, at least to me, to see the manager start with Oleksandr Zinchenko and Thomas Partey.
It would be churlish to complain after the Gunners snapped their Brighton hoodoo with victory at last over the south coast side at the Emirates. After all, three points are three points - no matter how you come by them, And, look, the performance on the day was actually excellent. In terms of ambition, incision, … Continue reading Arsenal 2 Brighton 0: A win…but we still lack a big finish
Much of the joy of our rollercoaster ride to the top of the table last season was built on the fluid, attacking football that surprised so many sides in the Premier League. After some pretty underwhelming seasons in Mikel Arteta's early reign, opponents eyed us as an opportunity rather than an opponent to be feared … Continue reading Brentford 0 Arsenal 1: Welcome to the deep block era
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