Posted in Match Preview on Aug 19th, 2022
The Pre-ramble Hello Gladness, my old friend This weekend sees The Arsenal taking a short trip to the Dorset coast to face Bournemouth in the hope of not only maintaining our 100% start to the season, but also delivering our first three-game winning run at the start of a season since the 2004/5 campaign. Optimism, […]
Posted in Match Preview on Aug 12th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images The historians among us will remember that the last time Arsenal hosted Leicester City in a home opener, as they will on Saturday afternoon, substitute Olivier Giroud headed a late winner as the Gunners fought back to win 4-3 at the start of the 2017/2018 season. A mere 18 years earlier, at Highbury […]
Posted in Match Preview on Aug 4th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images A new season. New faces. Big new hopes and dreams. Yet, for all the preseason promise and the pleasure and puns it provided, this is where the football starts in earnest. Arteta’s team must begin turning potential into potential realised from the minute we kick off the Premiership opener at Crystal […]
Posted in Match Preview on May 21st, 2022
Embed from Getty Images When I put my hand up for this preview a few weeks back, I had no idea what might be up for grabs with a good result against Everton. Since then, things have swung back and forth; we have gone from being way out of the running for a Champion’s League […]
Posted in Match Preview on May 15th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images And so to St James’ Park. Fourth place is still in our hands, if barely, after Thursday’s fiasco and Burnley’s VAR-assisted Sunday lunchtime defeat at the Armitage Shanks. With the neighbours’ remaining game being at Norwich, we need, as the Chinese say, a win-win situation, Our renascent Monday evening hosts will […]
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