Woolwich 1886
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Woolwich 1886
2d ago
To be clear, the 0-2 scoreline suggests a rather comfortable win over Leicester, but the reality is that we laboured for most of the match with the worse-than-hapless Raheem Sterling doing his best to join the ranks of Chelsea castaways to nick a living at the Arsenal. In the end, though, it was Arteta, not ..read more
Woolwich 1886
5d ago
Yes, this one was always going to be an emotional cauldron. The 120th and final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, with the hosts and their visitors about as far apart as can be. Liverpool started the day nine points clear in first place; Everton started the day again needing points to stave off relegation. Both ..read more
Woolwich 1886
5d ago
Of all of the Greek myths, was anyone more hapless or useless than Epimetheus, the Titan whose supposed gift was afterthought? Keep that in mind as we launch into an ex post facto investigation into Kai Havertz’s season-ending hamstring tear and our failure to sign a striker in January. If only to get my historical ..read more
Woolwich 1886
1w ago
Despite our earlier optimism engendered by having humiliated Man City just before the FA Cup fourth round’s fourth round enforced a break on us, and despite our retreat to Dubai to resurrect our campaign, much as we did last season, we instead find ourselves over a barrel after news that Kai Havertz suffered an as-yet ..read more
Woolwich 1886
1w ago
December 2023 was a a dark time. It was the worst of times. From seven matches, we took just ten points. That’s the kind of form that would yield just 26.6 points from 38—that’s where Luton, whom we barely beat 3-4 on 5 December, finished. They got relegated. The high point of that stretch would ..read more
Woolwich 1886
1w ago
Saliba’s rise from Saint-Étienne has been nothing short of meteoric. It’s not hard to accept that he’s become one of the best CBs in the Prem if not all of Europe. Standing 1.92m (6’4″), the 23 year old has anchored an Arsenal defense that has conceded just 84 goals in our last 100 Prem matches ..read more
Woolwich 1886
1w ago
More than £600m spent. Five years and counting. One FA Cup won—with the squad he inherited from Unai Emery. Two eighth place finishes. It’s obvious to even the most casual observer that Mikel Arteta is in way over his head, barely treading water, at sea. How else to explain how he’s seen us crash out ..read more
Woolwich 1886
1w ago
Newcastle have brought some interesting…approaches to our encounters in recent years, whether it was Guimarães giving a forearm shiver to the back of Jorginho’s head, Joelinton shoving the back of Gabi’s head with both hands before heading to Gordon to score from an offside position from a ball that had rolled out of bounds, or—wait ..read more
Woolwich 1886
2w ago
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, but the end of a silly season, even one as short as the January transfer window, merits some silliness. No, we didn’t sign a raft of new signings. We didn’t make any new signings at all despite Arteta saying all of the diplomatically correct things ..read more
Woolwich 1886
2w ago
Well. that escalated quickly. After a sucker-punch of a goal within two minutes, it fel like we might cruise to victory. Things settled down, of course, and when Haaland equalised, a very different feeling began to creep in. This is still Man City, after all. Then—and then—well, we erupted with the kind of goal-scoring spree ..read more