Player Focus: Aaron Ramsey saves the day against Stoke
Aaron Ramsey’s last minute goal line clearance took Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League following a goalless draw at Stoke City. In truth, there wasn’t…
Paul Williams
The FA Cup: Nobody’s bothered but Arsenal
This weekend, in a line surely designed to troll Arsenal fans everywhere, one tabloid wrote off the FA Cup as a competition only Arsenal were…
Mesut Ozil is the one
In Mesut Özil, Arsenal have a footballer who can deliver us the Premier League title. Hopefully, I have your attention now, yes? Good. That’s how good…
Can new blood take Arsenal all the way?
I’m not convinced that the last week saw us learn anything about Arsenal we didn’t already know. Okay, so the battering we took at Southampton…
Why Arsenal fans should enjoy Christmas after Manchester City win
The presents have been bought, though not wrapped and, thankful that we only live a five minute walk from Waitrose, the shopping is in. It…
Who’s the specialist in failure now, Jose?
According to reports, the Chelsea board are considering replacing Jose Mourinho with Juande Ramos. Read that sentence again and let it sink in. The Chelsea…
Santi Cazorla is better than all of you
Santi Cazorla’s ruptured knee ligaments are, obviously, both a pain for him and for Arsenal Football Club. I begin here, because as happens sometimes, I…
Arsenal: 4th not 14th
I wouldn’t say that I have spent the last few weeks soul searching, but it is fair to say that I have been in a…
Farewell, Banksy: Saying goodbye to a true Gooner
I hope you’ll forgive me, comrades, for not dwelling on Arsenal’s impressive 3-0 win against Dinamo Zagreb. I’d like to dedicate Wednesday’s column to my…
Come together
Here in London, it feels as though a world so thoroughly tilted on its axis by the horrific events in Paris last Friday, is just…
Arsène Wenger’s red jockstrap
A degree of irrationality can affect us all from time to time. Last night, for example, I took Jo to see Mark Kermode and Simon…
Cech gets the balance right for Arsenal
Arsenal are limping towards what may be a particularly welcome international break. Yes, I know, international breaks are rarely welcome. However, in this instance, with…
Halloween brings nightmares for Arsène Wenger
It was all going too well, wasn’t it? On Saturday, Arsenal followed up last week’s excellent win against Bayern Munich with a hard fought victory…
Bayern bogeymen stunned by Gunners
Well, that was alright, wasn’t it? I had written before that whilst there was still even an outside chance for Arsenal in this season’s Champions…
Should Arsenal sacrifice the Champions League?
Should Arsenal sacrifice the Champions League? It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? For me, the answer is a slightly complicated one. As things stand, Arsenal…
Jose Mourinho: Not a goodfella
Jose Mourinho is the Joe Pesci of the Premier League. I know, I know… I wrote this yesterday and compared the Chelsea manager to Othello.…
Hello, hello, Arsenal are back
In the last few weeks, it seems to have become open season on Arsène Wenger again. This is something I can only take as a…
Arsenal reach from the gutter to the stars
We all know the truism that football is a funny old game. It doesn’t always feel like it though, does it? That said, Arsenal seem…
Smoking Gunners
When I think back to happier times, it seems impossible to believe that they could have existed. Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and the demolition of…
‘Perry Groves is here’ – Behind the scenes at the Emirates
If you’ve come here looking for something in which you can really wallow following the weekend’s events at Stamford Bridge, then this is not the…