ARSLEI match preview by @ShardGooner Football has often been ridiculed, by those that don’t get it, as a silly game where 22 men chase one ball. Some players, and occasionally, a team, could raise the game to new heights though, and take everyone along with them. That collective gasp of…
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#MCIARS match preview by @shardgooner It feels like a long time has passed since we played our last game, and probably because a lot has happened in the meantime. Arsenal signed Thomas in a deadline day “Partey”. Arsene Wenger launched his book and has done a series of interviews. God’s…
Written by @shardgooner After a frustrating, if not unexpected loss to Liverpool, Arsenal avenged themselves by inflicting a penalty shootout defeat in the League Cup. The reward; a game against Manchester City. It’s a trophy I’ve never seen us win so it would be nice if we could this time….
#FULARS is the season kickoff Here we go again. Two weeks after winning the Super Cup-Community Shield against the Champions of England, we are back to the main event. 38 matchdays of drama, excitement, passion, and emotion. Shhh. Don’t fight it. It’s the greatest league in the world and this…
#ARSWAT This game, like much of the season, is an exercise in ‘Oh what does it matter? Normally the end of the season would bring reviews and analyses and transfer talk, which I’d lap up. I’m sure the more dedicated ones will still indulge, but it just feels a bit…
#AVLARS I was going to start the Villa preview when I read Guardiola’s comments on Arsenal. So I decided to turn this into an event, with the match preview the final listing on the card. First we need Sideshow Bald to get off the stage. Now insofar as his comments…
FA Cup with Wembley in the background Arsenal travel to Wembley. It seems almost normal. Like the natural order of things is being restored now that Liverpool’s deal with the devil has been fulfilled. A record 30th semi final appearance and a chance to add to the glorious record of…
#ARSLIV It doesn’t get any easier for Arsenal. The disappointing draw to Leicester, the loss to Spurs, and now the newly crowned Champions come to visit. For a while, after Liverpool won the league, it looked like they’d taken their foot off the gas. Maybe it was the ManCity humiliation,…
#ARSLEI Bellerin has us looking sharp and well dressed, while Arteta tells stable boy Guendouzi to ready the horses. It’s time to go fox hunting. Ok, I’m sorry, but that’s despicable. Arsenal are far from that, except in the eyes of the referees and Jose Mourinho, whose team managed to…
#ARSNOR Two away losses, and two away wins, and now we’re back to play our first home game since the restart. I’m looking forward to the Fifa20 crowd chants. ‘Mike Dean is a wanker’ better be on the playlist. The referee is Peter Bankes but that doesn’t matter, except it…