Written by: Shard aka @ShardGooner Arsenal is no longer among the traditional top-6. How do you recover from the worst season in 25 years? That’s the question everyone is asking, or ought to be asking. It’s going to be strange to not have Arsenal playing in Europe. From a club…
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YouTube Livestream to Podcast: Arsenal fans from three continents: Ehab aka @candymanchenk, @omijaved and Byso aka @hawk_red join with yours truly to provide a deep dive into the underlying reasons why Arsenal finished 8th in the League in 20-21 season. In the end there is no great optimism for the…
Podcast: After the final game of the 2020-21 Premier League season vs Brighton, yours truly and Blackburn George, the @arseblagger, lament the dire football that caused Arsenal to finish 8th and question some of the many excuses offered including the claim that Arsenal are the 3rd best club in the…
#ARSBRI match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner A season that started with much promise is ending with more promise. Just empty ones. Some want transfers, some want board seats, some point to conveniently arbitrary points groupings. It’s almost as if the football is the side show. Which, frankly, is the…
#CRYARS match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner So on to the penultimate game of a season which is already over. Some weird optimistic fans retain hope of a Europa League spot. Even weirder ones, of a Uefa Conference League spot. Avoiding the latter would be one of the good things…
#CHEARS match preview, Tuchel v Arteta, Chelsea take on Arsenal this evening (UK time) at Stamford Bridge with the FA Cup final looming on Saturday and fresh from hard fought last minute victory this past Sunday over fellow Champions League finalists Manchester City. How seriously will they take Arsenal given…
#ARSWBA match preview. I am on record for saying that failing to beat Villareal last Thursday, in the Europa League semi-final, was a disaster for Arsenal Football Club. It appears to me that most fans are still in a state of Shock or Anger (Kubler Ross; “7 Stages of Grief”)….
Newcastle v Arsenal match preview In the Premier League era Newcastle has been regular cannon fodder for the Gunners, home and away. Most of us have memories of Arsene Wenger clutching Pat Rice in pain and ecstasy at St James’ Park after Arsenal clinched a 2:3 win in the 91st…
Match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner We get more excitement and drama off the field than on these days. But there’s still some football to be played this season. Dull though it may be. After the Fulham draw, I couldn’t even muster up any anger. Apathy like that is really…
#ARSFUL match preview by @ShardGooner Two confidence boosting results and performances see Arsenal’s season still on for a great escape. In the semi finals of the Europa League, and with a chance of re-establishing the natural order in North London. While the EL offers the glory of a European trophy…