Posted in Analysis, Season Review on Jun 17th, 2026
This season just concluded, we became the first side in the Premier League’s 34 editions to go through a campaign without conceding a penalty or receiving a red card. We did, of course, concede a penalty of consequence in the Champions League final, and two others on the way there. However, that is beyond the […]
Posted in Champions League, Season Review on Jun 11th, 2026
Having reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season there were high hopes, indeed expectations, that Arsenal could mount a serious challenge for the trophy this year. Arsenal had adjusted to the new league system very effectively last season and comfortably qualified in the top eight places in third place. In theory, the higher […]
Posted in Season Review on Jun 6th, 2026
2026 arrived with Arsenal top of the table but facing a daunting January schedule. The last game of 2025 had brought Aston Villa, a potential title rival, to North London. Villa had been the last team to beat Arsenal and had recent history of thwarting Arsenal’s title ambitions. After a tight first half Arsenal broke […]
Posted in Season Review on Jun 3rd, 2026
Part 1 When Arsenal began their league season in August it was against an intolerant media backdrop amazingly supplemented by a cohort of Arsenal fans who suggested Arteta was ‘drinking in the last chance saloon’. The prevailing wisdom of this remarkable group provoked by ex-pros and tabloid journalists was that if Arteta couldn’t get Arsenal […]
Posted in Champions League, Season Review on Jun 12th, 2025
Embed from Getty Images Last season’s experience of the Champions League had been encouraging but ultimately frustrating, and had ended just as it so often did under Wenger, with an exit at the hands of Bayern Munich. This season, with a new expanded league system, there would be more games to play and it was likely […]
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