Posted in Match Report on Jul 24th, 2022
Conventional wisdom advises that the extremes of pre-season performances and results be faced with, if not quite the stoicism of a sage (for no sage would voluntarily raise their blood pressure in a balmy summer evening), at least with a degree of measured nonchalance. But conventional wisdom is also a complete killjoy, so I decided to […]
Posted in Match Report on Jul 21st, 2022
Embed from Getty Images This is just a quick little review of Arsenal’s friendly against the Orlando City Lions in their home at Orlando, FL’s Expedia Stadium. The game was delayed by about an hour past its 1630 start time, forcing almost everyone hoping to watch it in England to seek their dreams. We started […]
Posted in Match Report on Jul 17th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images Arsenal played the first game of their preseason trip to America Saturday evening at 7 pm in Baltimore, Maryland’s M&T Bank Stadium. The unlucky opponents were our Premiership co-strivers Everton, who were playing their first preseason game, period. A crowd of nearly 40,000 watched the two teams wage their on-pitch battle; […]
Posted in Match Report on Jul 9th, 2022
Embed from Getty Images So, 6 weeks after the end of the season, we get to see the latest version of Arteta’s Arsenal. As every summer I can remember since early childhood, the wait for the pre-season to begin is bittersweet. On the one hand we have the long, warm evenings to enjoy, a blessed […]
Posted in Match Report on May 23rd, 2022
Arsenal thumped a sorry Everton 5-1 to finish the campaign with a flourish but Tottenham’s win at Norwich condemned us to yet another season out of Europe’s elite competition. Disappointing to say the least but only because of the unexpected position we found ourselves in due to our own merit. Despite our likely failure to […]
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