Posted in Fan Experience, Interlull, Opinions, Waffle on Nov 15th, 2025
We like to take the temperature among Holics at key points in the season and often reveal quite a division of opinion. But perhaps, not surprisingly, the consensus among Arsenal fans about the campaign so far is almost universally positive, although it is still interesting to get insights from some of our finest. Not all […]
Posted in Analysis, Interlull, Opinions, Waffle on Nov 13th, 2025
How many times have you heard during commentary “of course, XYZ FC are a big club”? The idea of the “Big Club” is often presented to us as a matter of fact. Usually delivered by some pundit or other, whose skills are almost invariably as a player and whose analytical abilities, as shown in coaching / managing roles as well as poor attempts on tv, are at […]
Andrea Berta, our very hard-working, and one must say effective, Director of Football spent a very busy summer improving our squad. During the recent game with Olympiacos it was very impressive to be able to point to a bench that contained the likes of Saka, Rice, Timber, Eze and child prodigy Max Dowman whose Mum […]
Posted in Fan Experience, Interlull, Opinions, Waffle on Sep 4th, 2025
I decided to try to find something appropriate to stimulate discussion as we enter our first enforced break of the season. What emerged is a bit of a ramble about my experience of watching international football and some thoughts about how the interaction between international football and club football has changed over the years. At […]
Posted in Analysis, Opinions, Review, Transfers, Waffle on Aug 11th, 2025
As we await the new season I think back to the last moments of the old one. Martin Ødegaard snatching a late winner at Southampton and it was over. And I’m going to confess I was relieved. I wasn’t ‘footballed out’, but I was glad of the break from putting my hopes and fears on […]
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