It wasn't even a bad performance at the City Ground on Wednesday night. The team was clearly better motivated, more ambitious, more aggressive and more incisive in its efforts to get forward. It was a 100 per cent improvement on the dross we were served up on Saturday against West Ham. And yet, despite all … Continue reading Nottingham Forest 0 Arsenal 0: No light at the end of the tunnel
Three goals, a clean sheet, an opponent thoroughly dominated: what more could any of us asked for? Of course, three points is the only real target from any league game but consistency, stability, vivacity - these are all bonuses that point towards a team in form and in control. There's a lot more ground to … Continue reading Arsenal 3 Nottingham Forest 0: I can’t argue with that…
Despite it's anti-social scheduling for match-going fans, the midweek fixture tends to create the sort of electric atmosphere that lends itself to the host, and even more so to the underdog.
For the vast majority of Saturday's season opener against Nottingham Forest, Arsenal were in cruise control. The Gunners were dominant in possession, comfortable dictating the tempo and doing about as good a job as you could ask for in keeping the opponent at arm's length. But they have developed a habit in recent seasons of … Continue reading Arsenal 2 Nottingham Forest 1: Harder than it needed to be
If a game was won in the statistics, this would have been a comfortable win for the Gunners but, in reality, it was a million miles from it.
There's still something to be achieved this season, even if it's just pride.
After a barn-storming start to this month, Mikel Arteta's men have somewhat staggered their way towards the end,
We have plumbed depths so deep in recent years that is difficult to be embarrassed as an Arsenal fan these days. But, if there is one lesson we have all learned as Gooners over the years, it’s that you should never underestimate the ability of this team to surprise you, for better or, more likely, … Continue reading Another week, another farce for Arsenal in FA Cup horror show at Nottingham Forest
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