Without wishing to tempt fate, it's difficult to see any scenario in which Arsenal don't qualify for the next round of the Champions League tonight. Nothing can or should ever be ruled out and nobody wants to appear arrogant but the deficit facing our Dutch visitors is so great that it would require the sort … Continue reading Arsenal v PSV: Finding new motivation
I worried we might sink without a trace when Girona took the lead in the first half of last night's Champions League dead rubber. With a heavily rotated squad and not much to play for, it felt like the kind of game in which the players might sense the complete lack of urgency and coast … Continue reading Girona 1 Arsenal 2: On to bigger and better things
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
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
When we collapsed during the final stages of the 22/23 campaign, a 3-3 draw with Southampton at the Emirates was one of the final nails in our coffin. A game we were widely expected to win against the struggling Saints, we simultaneously gave up soft goals at one end while spurning golden opportunities at the … Continue reading Arsenal vs Southampton: There’s no such thing as an easy win
In terms of optimal outcomes, Wednesday night's win over Bolton was about as close to ideal as we could have hoped for. Securing passage to the fourth round was the goal, of course, but in terms of offering our promising young stars a platform to showcase what they can do, in terms of getting some … Continue reading Arsenal 5 v Bolton 1: A night for young stars to shine bright
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