First things first: The Ballon d'Or. Not for me. Sorry, but in a team sport, individual awards are just a bit pointless. And ever since Thierry Henry was passed over for Pavel Nedved, I've always scoffed at these a bit, so congrats to Harry Kane but 'meh'. And I'm also not that fussed about the [...]
With Arsenal doing their job on Saturday, having already seen the women beat the Scum and Man City lose away to Villa, yesterday was a day to enjoy a bit of hate-watch TV. And although Liverpool won, the fact it was Brighton on the other end is probably a good thing for us. Hürzeler is [...]
That was as routine and solid a win as you're going to get yesterday. And I couldn't be happier. 3 p.m. kickoff, a historically stubborn opponent, we haven't scored a set piece or a first-half goal in a while...that felt like it was going to be a grind in appalling conditions yesterday. Instead, The Arsenal [...]
It's match day; it's Everton, and as I said yesterday, it's going to be another tough one in which an opponent tries to stifle and contain us. This one isn't going to end up 4-0 to The Arsenal. Everton are going to be a tough nut to crack, whilst also having a fair bit of [...]
Bit later than usual today, on account of midweek 'on a school night' drinking last night. The Management and I have promised ourselves there'll be no booze this evening. Let's see how that plays out... And let's see how the press conferences play out today. I hope Arteta hits the assembled journo's with a big [...]
So... the pariahs of the Premier League, the ones killing football, the team that must be chastised for their style of play at all costs, went to Germany, played the German Champions, and lived out a thrilling 90 minutes in the Allianz Arena. Interesting, interesting... Of course I'm being flippant, probably a little too 'paranoid [...]
Last season we topped the League format of the Champions League with eight wins out of eight. That included a rather impressive home win against tonight's opponents, Bayern Munich, as Timber, Noni and Gabby Martinelli scored the goals in a dominant display in which the numbers showed we were by far the better team. This [...]
With the Bayern game on tomorrow night, we should get a Mikel Arteta press conference with one of the players this evening, and I wonder if the media narrative and fainting couch approach by the English mainstream media translate to European competition? I've seen a few bits and bobs from yesterday, and what I saw [...]
That was a tough watch yesterday. Well, I say "tough watch", but nothing is tougher than seeing The Arsenal lose, so the fact we speak today safe in the knowledge that Arsenal picked up the sixth win of seven so far this season has to be read as something that speaks with a sliding scale. [...]
Seen a lot of Arsenal fans on my timeline this morning talk about how worried they are about today's game. I get it. I mean, we have a pretty poor record at The City Ground; Oliver Glasner is a very good manager, plus they've been massively underperforming their statistical metrics on things like xG, so [...]