Newcastle away with a distinct lack of nerves
Match preview ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Newcastle in the Premier League, April 2018, in which I don’t feel massively nervous for a change. Which is nice.
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04, 2018
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04, 2018
Arsenal should say ‘screw it’ and experiment
On Sunday before the game I posted my preferred line up which included Özil, Lacazette, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, with our number 10s starting on paper out wide although in all honesty in my mind I saw it as a very fluid system. I remember writing years ago about Rosicky and his mobility (when not on [...]
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03, 2018
Just keep us in it, Arsenal
Morning all and a strange morning it is for me, because I'm not sure whether I want to go all out schadenfreude after those Tiny Totts lost at home to Juve, given that the footballing fates are so fickle and will probably punish me by seeing Arsenal all but out tonight with a hammering. On [...]
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03, 2018
Brighton away: first goal and 15 mins key
A night of karaoke and beer/rum has essentially obliterated my Sunday morning, so I think I'll keep today's pre match blog rather short, because from when I'm typing now kick off is about two hours away and the team news will be put by the time I've fried up my bacon and egg as the [...]
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02, 2018
Winning the cup: formation, Welbeck and finding Auba
Cup final Sunday. I must admit to you that I do prefer it when it lands on a Saturday and is in May, because it's a much more pleasurable experience than having to be layered up in February. But let's not look a gift horse in the mouth, eh? After all, at least we're once [...]
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02, 2018
NLD preview – nailed on penalty for that lot at some stage
I'm sure I've said this before on this type of game day, but I hate North London Derby's, I really do. The worry, the build up nerves, the pessimism that only seems to exist in my life when it comes to The Arsenal; all of it just builds to a crescendo for this game every [...]
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01, 2018
Swansea preview: desperate for an early goal
The build up to tonight's league encounter with Swansea may be dominated by a certain player coming in from Dortmund and a certain handsome Arsenal player being an option for that most horrid of clubs Chelski, but I'm preferring to focus on the reason we are here today, which is the stuff that's played on [...]
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01, 2018
Wembley date, softens the FA cup exit; Auba be done before Swansea?
With no game this weekend due to the acrimonious exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Nottingham Forest, this weekend represents a moment in time whereby Arsenal fans are forced to look on in bittnerness as the other top clubs in England waltz through to the fifth round, having been handed easy ties [...]
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01, 2018
Tactical shift sees Arsenal through to Wembley
In the cold light of the new day, I can say with a degree of comfort that in the end, that was an enjoyable football match. It didn't start that well though, did it? I mean I don't really know what Arsène was thinking about when he decided to opt for four at the back [...]
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01, 2018
The majesty of Özil putting Palace to the sword
If you're going to describe the perfect start to a football match then you'd pretty much just re-run the opening 30 minutes of yesterday's win against Crystal Palace. It was goals, goals, goals. And I loved it. The nerves were there for all to see pre match and as I sunk a few pints round [...]