Has Arteta let the players down or have the players let Arteta down!
This was my column for Sun Football yesterday. The Morning after the woeful night before I knew I would be asked to articulate my views on Arsenal’s situation and that of the manager after last night’s limp exit from Europe’s secondary competition. Not a task to relish. Having already selected a weakened team in defence […]
The Controller and His Joystick – Undecided on Arteta as Arsenal’s Season Goes Down The Plug
The Controller and his joystick POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES It was the 70th minute yesterday. For the first time this season, I’d lost hope. Actually, that’s not true. There have been others. I felt without hope because I knew everything that Arsenal were going to do next. Nothing came as a surprise. More importantly, Unai […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – The Finale
The season was reaching its climax with Arsenal on 61 points from 39 matches and Leeds on 60 points from 40 games. The stakes were sky high as Arsenal travelled to Yorkshire to meet their title rivals knowing that a victory at Elland Road would win us the title for the first time since 1953. […]
Has Covid Changed The Way We Are Fans?
I ask this only due to all the goings on recently with fans in Manchester storming into Old Trafford and making tits of themselves. Bringing the wrong kind of publicity towards a cause all the fans want. Arsenal fans turned up in numbers and put on a great show of solidarity to protest before the […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – Part 2
The cold snap over Christmas continued into the New Year and Arsenal’s FA Cup third round tie against non-league giant killers Yeovil Town was postponed due to a frozen pitch. Many a big club had come unstuck on their infamous sloping pitch and the non-league side were angry and upset about the referee calling off […]
There Once Was A Guy Who Owned Spotify…
There once was a guy who owned Spotify Who loved Arsenal and his dream was to buy So he spoke to Thierry And his mate Paddy Then they convinced Dennis to help them try Now The Arsenal are owned by the Kroenkes And about the club they don’t give a monkeys They’re only in for […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – Part 1
Everyone at Highbury and all the fans including me were looking forward to the new season with great excitement and expectation after the team’s success in the Fairs Cup. However Arsenal couldn’t have had a tougher start to the 1970-71 season. Away to the Champions Everton at a raucous Goodison Park. The Gunners were one […]
Martinelli’s display has created serious headache for Arteta! An analysis of Arsenal’s win against Newcastle
Despite the fact that this was a poor Newcastle side, it was integral that Arsenal would go into their season-defining game against Villareal with a positive mindset and the performance provided on Tyneside was definitely required. In this piece, an analysis of Arsenal’s win against the Magpies is discussed. In possession In the absence of […]
Quicker, why quicker? How Arsenal’s pace overwhelmed Newcastle – the template for Thursday success
Quicker, why quicker? POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Watching that performance yesterday I had two main emotions…….. relaxed and frustrated. It was quite lovely to be able to watch a game with almost zero stress. It looked to me that Newcastle might just be the worst coached team I’ve seen in many a year. Probably the […]
A Fan’s Firsthand View of Arsenal’s 70/71 Historic Double – The Prelude
This week marks the 50th anniversary of The Arsenal winning their first ever historic Double. I’m 64 years old and back then as a 14 year old living in South Woodford recently moved from Hackney. I used listen to The Beatles singing “When I’m Sixty Four” and couldn’t imagine being that age as that seemed […]