Posted in Match Report on Aug 31st, 2020
As the traditional curtain-raiser – if you haven’t yet read Bathgooner’s excellent previous post about the fascinating history of the erstwhile Charity Shield, or Community Shield as it is known as nowadays, and Arsenal’s dominating records in it, I really must bring your attention to it – for the upcoming domestic season approached the general […]
Posted in Match Preview on Aug 28th, 2020
Once again, we begin a new season with the Community Shield, a competition with which we are extremely familiar but one which, unlike others I could name and wave two fingers at, neither the Club nor our fans have regarded as a “major trophy”. This competition began life as the Charity Shield in the 1908-09 […]
The dilemma in reviewing the squad for this strangest of past season is whether to review the performance of the squad throughout the season describing chronologically an arc of progress, regress or oscillations in between, or to review the squad for its full potential as an abstraction where the last season is only an input […]
A Polo Mint, An Aero Bar, But No Turkish Delight Some thoughts on Arsenal’s midfield play in EPL Season 2019/20 What Do We Want? The crown of creativity and skilled at unpicking the lock of the most tightly parked defensive bus; a ring of steel providing a nearly impenetrable barrier in front of our defence; […]
Posted in Match Preview, Waffle on Aug 17th, 2020
Not unlike David Luiz or Shkodran Mustafi watching the ball settle into the back of our own net as I imagined, confusion, not to say panic, surrounded, my first halting drafts of this assessment of Arsenal’s defensive personnel. Had I bitten off more than I could chew? But where did this confusion really come from? […]
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