We’ll start out with a bit of perspective. That was Arsenal’s first Champions League in 7 years. It was our first quarter-final in 14 years. Only two of our starting 11 players had played in the Champions League before this season. We just lost a game to a Bayern Munich that won the CL 3… Read more »
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WHAT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS DEMAND
Champions League knockout games haven’t been good to us over the past 25 years, not have games against Bayern Munich. This one feels extra huge given the context of potentially blowing the league against a messy Aston Villa side. The maths is simple: Win and our season is well and truly back on. Lose, and… Read more »
BIG BOY BOOTS REQUIRED
Fans giving Zinchenko abuse in the Aston Villa game are a disgrace. I can sort of understand folk leaving early when we’re 2-0 down, but abusing one of our own players after the season we’ve had? Outrageous behavior – brings back memories of those dark times when players hated playing at the Emirates. Let’s not… Read more »
CURSE OF DON UNAI STRIKES AGAIN
You can look at coefficients, analyse the colour of a gilet, get hyped about starting line-ups… but none of it matters when Arsenal face up against Don Unai Emery. His exit from the club cast a forever curse on the big occasions when we have to deal with him. Sadly, there was no exception to… Read more »
MATCH DAY BLOG: TROSSARD, ZINCHENKO, AND JESUS REWARDED
Someone added me to a tweet about Unai Emery getting a good response from the Arsenal fans this afternoon. I have to be clear that any beef in this land is between me and Emery and it’s all one way. He should get a good response. I didn’t rate his tenure, but it’s not his… Read more »
SPURS HAMMERING CHANGES DYNAMIC OF SUNDAY – OR DOES IT?
The Premier League weekend got off to a bang with Spurs losing 4-0 to Newcastle in horrendous fashion. Angeball is coming unstuck of late and this was another example of what happens when you start to get sussed in the Premier League. Not too many Arsenal fans complaining we should have signed Maddison over Havertz… Read more »
GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS, EUROPA FÚTBOL
EUROPA DA DAH DA DAHHHHH! (Or something like that) What a night in Europe’s third-best competition (Champions League > Eurovision > Europa League). So many bad things happened to teams we are in direct rivalry with. Let’s go through them.