Posted in Match Report on Oct 23rd, 2024
Matchday three in this new format Champions League – and I must confess that it is a format I am starting to enjoy, the whiff of danger and unpredictability palpable in the air, as each game takes on a unique importance of its own, is particularly satisfying – has thrown up some memorably exciting matches […]
Posted in Match Report on Oct 20th, 2024
Finally, after another seemingly interminable international break to play games the point of which nobody gets, proper football returned yesterday with Arsenal rolling into Bournemouth. We have the aforementioned games to thank for the fact that Ødegaard and Saka were unavailable and Martinelli on the bench. Pre-match talk was that it was better for both […]
Posted in Match Report on Oct 6th, 2024
Embed from Getty Images I’m just back home in rural Oxfordshire 12 hours after leaving for That London and my first live view of The Arsenal this season. This will be another somewhat impressionistic account of the match as I’m very far from qualified to provide any kind of in-depth analysis of what happened and […]
Posted in Match Report on Oct 1st, 2024
I have seen this match so many times before. Arsenal are playing against one of the top sides in Europe; one side has technical quality, passes the ball around well and creates a few decent chances, but ultimately succumbs to the knowhow and ruthlessness of the side that knows how to win football matches. I […]
Posted in Match Report on Sep 28th, 2024
Embed from Getty Images As the rhythms of the anthems of triumph rang out across the ground this afternoon a thought gripped me .’ How I wish I had some of the royalties from Free from Desire’ ! No I jest , it was how incredibly surprising football can be . This game was a […]
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