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It’s time for the end of season squad assessment/player ratings. I’m using the grading system we have in school where A is the best, obviously; D is a passing grade; and anything below that a fail. I’m trying to combine their performances with their overall influence, and how the season went for them. Their marks …
Squad assessment in 140 characters or less (ish) – 2022 Read More »
Morning all, I’m back in Dublin and in the familiar surroundings of my office. I’m sure I’ll have more considered reflections on the weekend and the season as a whole, but right now I’m just concentrating on getting my voice back. If you listened to the Arsecast Extra yesterday you’ll have heard it was a …
Home again – some thoughts on the Premier League season Read More »
Match report – Arteta reaction – Video The match part of today’s blog is going to be relatively short, because I haven’t seen anything back, no replays, nothing, but obviously it was a comfortable win over an Everton side who basically turned up because they were contractually obliged to do so. I sat above their …
Morning all. Today’s blog is a very quick one because, after last night’s event at Union Chapel, it was some time after 3am when I got back to my hotel … via the kebab shop opposite it. Delicious at the time but I wish I still wasn’t tasting it this morning. Thank you so much …
A Sunday short one as we hope for the miracle of hilariousness Read More »
Good morning from London. As you can see, I have a hotel room with gorgeous ‘city view’. I got in yesterday afternoon, my first bit of travel since the pandemic and I have to say it was a bit weird but all very familiar. There have been horror stories about the security queues at Dublin …
Arsenal will be back in European competition next season. It might not be the European competition we all wanted and that was well within the team’s grasp before a disastrous pair of away fixtures last week. Now we have tossed Champions League qualification from our own hands into the lap of the undercooked lasagna Gods. …
I watched the end of the Europa League final last night, a penalty shoot-out between Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt. Aaron Ramsey missed his penalty, the German side dispatched five of the most clinical spot kicks you will ever see, and that was that. I felt sorry for Ramsey on a personal level, a player I …
Morning. Like many of you I’m sure, I’m still trying to process the last couple of games, through a fog of disappointment and frustration. It was good to talk it out with James on the Arsecast Extra yesterday. Going back to last Thursday, it seems clear we were tempted by the potential of what winning …
Match report – Player ratings – Video Whether or not you thought 5th would be a good finish for Arsenal at the start of the season, it’s impossible not to be profoundly disappointed this morning that we have more or less secured that given the context of last night’s game. We needed to win to …
Newcastle 2-0 Arsenal: Sub-par Gunners fall at the final hurdle Read More »
It’s Newcastle tonight, and nothing that happened yesterday will have any bearing on what we need to do. Speaking the press over the weekend, Mikel Arteta was asked about the fitness of Ben White and Gabriel, both of whom are doubts due to hamstring problems. At that point he was still waiting for news, but …