Posted in Match Preview on Nov 28th, 2020
What Is and what might have been When the Premier League fixture list for season 2020-21 was released on August 20th, it was immediately apparent that the early set of fixtures would represent a real challenge for Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal. Before this season’s opener, there was good reason to be confident that, going […]
Posted in Match Preview on Nov 25th, 2020
Remember, Remember the 5th of November? A few short weeks ago on that very day we welcomed Molde FK to The Arsenal on the back of an enjoyable victory at Man United. You might even say a roseate glow gleamed across the golden Goonerverse as we sailed serenely through seas of sunken Solskjaers. How I […]
Posted in Match Preview on Nov 21st, 2020
And so, our weary warriors trudge from a massacre at the hands of the Villans to the site of epic battles in our distant past. Can our leader revive their tattered morale? Can he restore the vestigial signs of defensive organisation and midfield drive that we saw at the Old Toilet and raised our hopes […]
Posted in Match Preview on Nov 7th, 2020
The relentless cycle of Thursday/Sunday matches continues this Sunday evening as Arsenal host Aston Villa, a club that has made strides toward solidifying their Premier League status after they were almost relegated in July. Coming into this game Villa are eighth in the table having played one fewer match than the ninth-placed Gunners, who trail them […]
Posted in Match Preview on Nov 4th, 2020
The Vikings are coming. A shout to strike fear into the hearts of some of the older denizens of this bar, however, fortunately, rampaging Vikings have not posed a threat for several centuries now and were after all among my forebears so I will malign them no more. The current bunch are a far more […]
