Week Twenty Two – Do it for Theo! Transfer Window Week Two Buzzwords: Release Clause (RC), Julian Draxler, Diego Costa, Alvaro Morata, Stop-Gap We play Aston Villa away tonight, the reverse of our opening fixture of the season. Thinking back to how we all felt after that game, it is amazing now to think that […]
Week Twenty One – North London is Red The first thing I was going to do was wish you all a happy new year but if, like me, it’s your first proper day back at work today, after a nice Christmas break, the first person who says “Happy New Year, buddy, nice Christmas?” you want […]
Week Nineteen – The Christmas Special As I write this diary up until Sunday evening, last week’s piece missed out on a couple of things that happened on Monday. We were once again paired with Bayern Munich in the next round of the Champions League, a draw which was obviously greeted with a mixed response. […]
Week Eighteen – Perspective over meltdown Perspective – [mass noun] true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion:” Last week, I mentioned that it can sometimes be harder to write about Arsenal when things are going well than when things aren’t going well. Next time you hear me say anything like […]
Week Seventeen – Five Points Clear, that’s all that matters The day before the Hull game I was talking to someone who also writes about Arsenal and we both agreed how difficult it can be to write when things are going well. That may sound a bit ridiculous, but when there are problems – or […]
Week Sixteen – Believe… Remember when we feared the dreaded November? As far as Novembers go, this one didn’t turn out that bad did it? Another week, another two important wins, another clean sheet. Happy days. One of the most interesting things for me when writing this diary during the week is watching how things […]
Week Fifteen – Arsenal are back By the time you read this the last international break for a while will be well and truly forgotten, and we will be free to focus on The Arsenal for a few months. We are going into a crucial period now, and the fact that we are top of […]
Week Fourteen – Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming…. You can tell that an international break is upon us just from the hot topics of conversation from around Tuesday onwards. The week began with heated debate over the huge controversy that was, at the end of the day, a footballer celebrating scoring a goal. Such […]
Week Thirteen – What If…. Two huge games this week, the sort of games that are the reason we all love football. A week made more exciting by the fact that we go into this week in decent shape after going five points clear at the top of the league at the weekend. I’ve spoken […]
Week Twelve – And Now You’re Still Not Gonna Believe Us….. This week we played two teams that I have an extreme personal hatred for, and it turned out to be the perfect example of how the emotions we experience throughout the season can change so quickly and dramatically in the course of just a […]
