Posted in Match Preview on Apr 5th, 2024
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal travel down to the South coast of England on Saturday to take on Brighton and Hove’s Seagulls in an early-evening tilt at the Falmer Stadium. We’re coming off our workmanlike 2-0 win over Luton this midweek, after Sunday’s chess match at Al-Citeh’s oil-slick dump. Brighton drew with Brentford this week, […]
Posted in Match Preview on Apr 3rd, 2024
Embed from Getty Images With apologies for the title to The Slickers, whose reggae classic Johnny Too Bad (including the lyrics “you’re looting and you’re shooting now you’re too bad”) runs through my head whenever Luton is mentioned, Arsenal will hope to demonstrate their superior footballing skills when they host 18th-placed Luton Town on Wednesday […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 30th, 2024
It has been more than 12 years since Arsène Wenger had publicly raised certain concerns about the financial mechanics of squad building of our opponent this weekend. A lot has happened in the world of football since then, but his questions have remained unanswered. And true to the profound capacity of the human race to […]
Posted in Champions League, Match Preview on Mar 12th, 2024
Two hours or so inland from the city of Porto lies the northeastern Portuguese province of Trás-os-Montes, or Behind the Hills. I drove that route nearly 30 years ago but recalled it this week because Arsenal will have been working on some clever ways of getting in behind the Porto defenders to prevent a recurrence of […]
Posted in Match Preview on Mar 8th, 2024
And so to the Stadium of Stone on Saturday, when Brentford are our visitors as late afternoon turns to early evening and twilight brings the promise and menace of the night (OK! For a 5.30 kick-off). Our home league record against the Bees is surprisingly flat. Although we’ve lost only once, in 1938, we have […]
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