It's so weird to think that until yesterday, we hadn't heard a peep from Mikel Arteta. The man who has spent the most time of anybody associated with the 'process' under the greatest scrutiny hadn't been seen or heard of (that I can see) until yesterday's press conference and media day ahead of the Champions [...]
Yesterday was about joy. It was about the feeling. What it meant after so long. We did a 'vibes' pod on the Same Old Arsenal after work that leaned into that. I got some literal 'receipts' from my drawers to illustrate a point about all of those rival fans and pundits that called us bottlers [...]
We've done it. They've done it. Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal team/staff have delivered. They asked us to 'Trust the process." Now they can rightfully say, "this is why". I didn't watch the game last night. I am an irrational football fan, and I believe in football karma. I believe I have some kind of [...]
I don't think any of us, deep down, thought that yesterday's victory over Burnley would be the absolute drubbing that we wanted. Sure, Burnley are crap, sure, they're relegated and have little to play for, but this Arsenal team seems to be masters of making life difficult. And so it proved yesterday. And yet, in [...]
It's match day, people, and the nerves have, once again, properly kicked in. Arsenal have it all within their own power to win a Premier League title. Just two wins. Just two wins. Sounds simple, right? Well, yes, the logic of it is. Arsenal start the first half of this two-part challenge tonight against Burnley, [...]
With our game not until Monday, it feels like this weekend might be a bit of a long one, from a footballing perspective. Firstly, we'll have to watch City win their second trophy of the season, when they batter an absolutely turgid Chelsea side at Wembley today. Well, I say "we'll have to watch", but [...]
I wonder why Mikel Arteta decided that he wanted to do the press conference yesterday? The cynic in me says that, as we reach the pinnacle of the drama on this season, he wants to double down on his usual approach of leaving injury problems even more open in the air, by adding day before [...]
None of us expected anything from last night, I don’t think, so I’ll be surprised if most Gooners watched City’s procession game against Palace. The hope I’m taking from the overall result is two-fold: Palace players ALREADY having an eye on their Europa Conference League Final after the Premier League has finished. I saw a [...]
Let's start today with a bit of sad news, which is that Ben White now misses the rest of the season through injury, as a result of the clash he had with Summerville on Sunday. The club confirmed yesterday that he had sustained a 'significant medial ligament' injury in his knee, which would rule him [...]
This very much feels like the home straight now, doesn't it? It's as if we've been dodging and weaving, fence-jumping, avoiding other horses, have our noses in front, with a clear patch of grass and the finish line in sight. But as Amanda and I reflected on yesterday in the Same Old Arsenal pod yesterday [...]