Yesterday's objective was very clear: Win. That Arsenal made it look a lot harder than it probably should have been after Neto's sending off in the second half probably needs to be consigned to history, now that the points are in the bag. But it doesn't help my general stress and anxiety levels when we [...]
City getting away with it yesterday against Leeds is no real surprise, but what it does serve to underline is that today's game against Chelsea is huge. It's a cup final. We have 10 more to go in the League. Arsenal are as much in control of their own destiny as 115 Charges FC are. [...]
So, now we've heard from the managers, and we have somewhat of a team update, we can start to look at how Arsenal get three points in a London Derby that I am really nervous about. Not as nervous as before the NLD, but just starting today's musings has some butterflies in the stomach, such [...]
It's Friday, so the official countdown feels like it begins now for this Sunday's big crunch match against the world's most reprehensible football club, Chelsea FC. Today we'll have the managers' press conference, which will give us an update on team news, which won't be very telling on our side. But as I sort of [...]
None of us really and truly started supporting The Arsenal because we were interested in how the club was run. But because of the impact it has on how we progress as a club, how we can potentially improve the squad, inevitably, when the financial results announcement for the previous year comes along, we all [...]
I really don't like Chelsea. I'd go as far as to say I hate them. I hate what they represent. I hate the way they started the spiral of financial doping that is now so prevalent in the game. I hate their game model of stockpiling players and then farming them out on loan. I hate [...]
It's match day, it's the league Cup Semi final, it's Chelsea at the Emirates. It is not exactly a 'must win', but certainly you want this Arsenal team to go out there tonight and deliver the kind of performance that sends messages to the rest of the world that we are ready to take the [...]
Arsenal went to Stamford Bridge last night, to a Chelsea admittingly short of a fair few important players, and absolutely bossed them to take control of this League Cup two-legged semi-final. So why do I not feel completely sated this morning? I think it's probably the feeling that this tie could - and probably should [...]
It's match day, it's a cup semi-final, it's Chelsea away, and it's an opportunity to put one foot in the final with a good performance today. This will be a tough game. Both in terms of the opposition, but also on their approach, because whilst Liam Rosenior is new in post and will inevitably impart [...]
So last night we learned of our opponents in the next round of the FA Cup, with Wigan confirmed as the visitors to The Emirates in February, which brings back all kinds of memories for me. The first was that gawd-awful FA Cup semi-final in 2014. Going into it we were the favourites, we were [...]