I think, as League Cup matches go, that was about as stress-free as you're going to get. Even after each of the Ipswich goals, I never really felt even the slightest concern. yes, we had a rotated squad, and yes, so did Ipswich, but the 'look and feel' of this Arsenal side seemed exactly like [...]
The boy is well and truly back. Martin Odegaard, captain extrodinaire, leader, goalscorer, the metronome through which our creative play flows, showed everyone watching last night just what you get when he is fully fit, in form, and able to deliver in the final third of the pitch. 121 touches in total, drifting over to that right-hand [...]
Before a ball was kicked yesterday, I went for a walk with The Management, and she asked, "How are you feeling about this one? The usual nerves?" My response was that no, I actually felt fine. I did. It was a strange feeling not to have the butterflies in my stomach as I wrote the [...]
Compared to the walk in the park that was our opening weekend win against Coventry, this was always going to be a sterner test than a newly promoted side, and so it transpired as such a thing last night in Birmingham. We all know that Villa have been decimated. We know they have lost a [...]
The pundits said 3-0. The fans said 3-0. On the Same Old Arsenal, I said 3-0. In yesterday's blog, I reiterated and said 3-0. But all of that is talk. You still have to go out there on the pitch and do it. And yesterday, against the EFL Champions, Arsenal did just that. Back in [...]
I've been off the blog for a week, as the Management and I went to an Italian wedding and then toured Umbria, but back this weekend - and what a lovely thing to come back to yesterday, eh? Before I left for Italy, I was starting to feel like my daily musings were getting a [...]
That was not great, was it? I found a way to watch the game last night against Real Betis, and by the time I'd switched over to watch Live at the Apollo at about 9.45pm, I'd kind of wish I hadn't bothered. Now, what we all have to say is that it is a friendly, so [...]
We have some actual football to chew over and, I tell you what, there were some great finishes yesterday as Arsenal beat Girona 4-1. I liked Dowman's performance, who assisted for Kai's smart finish, then also bagged a good effort from the edge of the box. For all the talk of new signings, yesterday was [...]
So England booked their place in the Semi Final last night, and I have to say, Jude Bellingham is showing every bit the star power you'd expect from a Real Madrid Galactico. Are we still calling them that these days? Regardless, his two goals were enough, on a night in which two teams duked it [...]
I don't think any of us, deep down, thought that yesterday's victory over Burnley would be the absolute drubbing that we wanted. Sure, Burnley are crap, sure, they're relegated and have little to play for, but this Arsenal team seems to be masters of making life difficult. And so it proved yesterday. And yet, in [...]