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
As much as we all believe we can predict what will happen in any given game, that we have some sort of special insight into the myriad possibilities, there are moments that few of us see coming.
So much goes on in the build-up to the derby that it almost overshadows the match itself. Twice a season, a week-long circus comes to town and a sort of frenzy takes over - a heady cocktail of excitement, drama, tension and anxiety. The first installment of the 2024/25 season has been no different. Against … Continue reading Tottenham v Arsenal: All eyes on Mikel as north London derby looms
As Mikel Arteta faced the press today, it seemed matters may be a little rosier than the doomsters among us had feared
Does it get much better than this?
Discipline will, I think, win the day on Sunday. Lose our cool again and there will only be one winner.
Penalties, red cards and goals galore...it can only be the north London derby.
Antonio Conte is no fool and it will not have escaped his notice that Arsenal’s apparent weakness in this area happens to play right into the hands of his side’s biggest strengths.
Instead of facing the chop, the manager has bought himself breathing space and time for this project to develop and what a way to do it.
Imagine my satisfaction, then, when Jose Mourinho saw an advantage and utterly squandered it.
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