Our last two trips to Craven Cottage have been deeply frustrating affairs. We're a better side than Fulham, there's no question about it, but they have found a way of late to outsmart us when it matters. Be it smart defending, wily transitional play, ruthless finishing or all of the above, the Gunners simply haven't … Continue reading Fulham vs Arsenal: Time to banish ghosts of recent past
We're not going to win the Premier League this season. It's a bitter pill to swallow but most rational, right-minded Arsenal fans have made their peace with it now. Our focus must turn to more realistic goals. The first priority with the title gone is to secure our spot in next season's Champions League and … Continue reading Arsenal vs Chelsea: Focus must be on top four
The unravelling of our Premier League season was slow at first but then accelerated until it hit the buffers at breakneck speed. The only real surprise was that we limped on for as long as we did as we relied on makeshift formations and individual brilliance to keep our ship afloat. At Nottingham Forest, though, … Continue reading PSV v Arsenal: Gunners need to show they can be a threat
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
They really didn't have anything about them; no ambition, no guile, no threat.
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)
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.
In football, as in life, you don't always get what you want or deserve. For my money, Arsenal were much the better side at the San Siro last night - more ambitious, more threatening, and more productive - but they came away with precious little to show for it. While that, in and of itself, … Continue reading Inter Milan 1 Arsenal 0: A better performance but still no goals
Arsenal's sporting director, Edu, is set to leave the club, it had been revealed. The Brazilian, who made more than 120 appearances for the Gunners, re-joined the club in 2019 and worked under Raul Sanllehi before ultimately replacing the Spaniard as sporting director. Edu worked closely with Mikel Arteta and masterminded a rebuild at the … Continue reading Edu to leave Arsenal
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