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 [...]
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 [...]
So it looks like Pantomime Villain FC finally came-a-cropper in a game last night, as PSG smashed them on their own patch 4-2. Lovely stuff. It's a shame that Man City have a three-point banker with a home game to Ipswich at the weekend, because it would be nice to see how they respond to [...]
Yesterday I think none of us were really that surprised with the type of game we got, as Leeds came to town with an identity, and that identity translated exactly onto the pitch as I talked about in yesterday's pre-match blog. They are a strong team. They are a physical team. They press intensively. They [...]
FINALLY! MATCHDAY! And it's Leeds United for The Arsenal for the early kick-off today, which means I'll be dumping these thoughts on here, going for a quick run, then making my way straight to Highbury for a pre-match warm-up with my mate Steve. These early ones are funny, I find, because they're usually a little [...]
The news broke that we kind of already knew yesterday, but it was still important and lovely to read nonetheless: Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract with The Arsenal This is fantastic news. Yes, everyone was 'calma' about it at The Arsenal; the journos 'in the know' were all saying it is pretty much [...]
I would call myself an occasional 'follower' of the Arsenal Women. I want them to do well; I'll switch on the games if they are on TV, and I hope they can get it together and win trophies. It is The Arsenal, after all. But I wouldn't profess to call myself an expert on The [...]
Up until yesterday I think I’d watched about two minutes of international football, but for some reason, I decided I might as well put the football on in the background in the kitchen of the Mother-In-Laws house last night. I’m glad I did, because it was a superb game of football, and Saka was brilliant [...]
So, who survived the latest round of international torture, eh? I was making food for dinner last night, and I heard Sky Sports say that after Alexander Isak was sent home because of a minor injury, Cody Gakpo has now also been sent home for Liverpool, which means their front line is starting to look [...]