Football is about love and hate, success and failure, goals and misses. We see things in one dimension and there is little grey. Such an approach does not help us to assess Mourinho. We need some grey, some flexibility, and some give and take. So let me start at the beginning and say I loathe […]
PAT JENNINGS For this week’s Highbury Hero I’m going back to 1977. To talk about the only man who has the distinction of being loved on both sides of the great North London divide. A man who is not just one of Arsenal’s greatest goalkeepers. But also one of the finest goalkeepers of all time. […]
3 wins in a row. Three actual football matches Arsenal have won, putting 9 very real points in the bank. I think I can get used to it. With time. Jokes aside, though, we’ve shown some very good football yesterday. Both 11v11 and then of course 11v10. We’ve screwed up moments either side of […]
Hi everyone. We take on Hull today and another win would be extremely welcome, given we host Chelsea next weekend. Mike Phelan’s men have started pretty well and sit on 7 points after 4 games – exactly the same amount we’ve garnered. Let’s shoot to the team news, I guess. Team news update We’ll […]
I’ll get the positive out the way first. A draw away at the Parc Des Princes is a good result and without doubt, one that I would have readily accepted prior to kick off. It is often said that the result is the only thing that matters. In many ways that’s true, but should we […]
What I took from the PSG match. I was mystified when I saw the team selection. No Xhaka, No Giroud. Ospina for Cech? At the weekend I assumed that Xhaka was not selected because he was being saved for this match. The same applied to Giroud and I could not believe that Wenger would repeat […]
So, we are under way in group A and, while it can hardly be called a flying start, at least we have a point to show for it. A lot of things I want to discuss with you, so I’ll get straight to them. The result If you offered me a draw before the game, […]
I don’t normally write analysis pieces, but a couple of graphics I’ve seen recently by the genius analyst @11tegen11 have inspired me, so here goes. Arsene has a decision to make; does he go with Le Coq Blocker or the Stone Cold Kosovan as Santi’s sidekick. Both players have different outlooks to the game with […]
It’s hard to argue that earning a point in the Parc des Princes in the opening game of a new Champions League campaign isn’t a good result. On paper Paris Saint-Germain are comfortably the toughest opponents Arsenal will face in Group A this season and a draw away to them is not one that should […]
So the new season is back and after finishing second in the Premier League last season, we are now back in the Champions League for the 19th season in a row with a tough first group game against Paris Saint German in France, a match which may be our toughest group game. After being drawn […]
