Begin the begin. Arsenal’s 2023/2024 Premiership season starts Saturday, and this will be our 17th year, watching the Gunners at Maggie McGarry’s. These are exciting times for Arsenal fans. Last season’s 2nd place finish, big off-season signings, and a Community Shield victory over Man City last week, has us brimming with optimism. People always askContinue reading “Let’s begin again Saturday”
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Fight to the finish
As lovely as it was to watch Arsenal trounce a hapless Chelsea, it only put the Gunners back on top for a matter of hours before City beat West Ham to reclaim their spot. The Hammers put up valiant fight, before the reigning champions did what they do and put 3 past them. City showContinue reading “Fight to the finish”
Under pressure
At the risk of repeating myself, if Gooners are honest about this season, most of us would have gladly taken a top 4 finish and seen it as a very successful season. But that’s the thing about expectations and getting them raised, perhaps prematurely. None of us expected the success Arsenal have lavished on us,Continue reading “Under pressure”
The wait is over
The waiting is the hardest part. These international breaks are the worst. Having to watch Arsenal’s best players run into the ground, interrupting a title run, is excruciating. Then the small matter of Manchester City scum like Rodri, playing for Spain, trying to injure our best players. Hardly coincidence, he saved his most egregious tacklesContinue reading “The wait is over”
Jesus is just alright
The end is in sight. Sunday was the first of 12 matches to close out Arsenal’s Premier League season. Many of us expected Fulham to be a sterner test, with The Cottagers sitting in 7th place. But the Gunners swept them aside handily, with goals from Gabriel, Martinelli, and Ødegaard, and new boy Trossard havingContinue reading “Jesus is just alright”
Do you believe in magic?
Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock, you know where you were when Reiss Nelson hit the stoppage time winner against Bournemouth last Saturday. Needless, to say, Maggie’s was pandemonium. The hard part will be coming back to earth. We have a Europa League match Thursday and then a run of very challenging matches,Continue reading “Do you believe in magic?”
Payback is a…
Our loss against Everton a few weeks back was, to say the least, a demoralizing affair. Yesterday presented an prime opportunity for the Gunners to demonstrate resilience and show that match for what it was, an anomalous bump in the road. Early on, it seemed like a similarly frustrating night against the Toffees. Arsenal dominatingContinue reading “Payback is a…”
Fight the power
Had a day to reconcile Saturday’s result. On one hand, Arsenal got a hard earned point from a team that hadn’t lost in 10 matches, with wins over United and City under their belts. On the other, the same VAR official who (inserted impolite verb here) the Gunners during a loss at Old Trafford, gotContinue reading “Fight the power”
But we get up again
The Everton result was in some ways, all too predictable. Lunchtime kickoff, new manager bounce, eerie parallel to last season’s match. And yet, I genuinely believed we’d get a result. Now we must have a proper rebound from defeat. This team must show our winning ways have not been a fluke. That we’re not slippingContinue reading “But we get up again”
Utd, Raffle Redux Sunday!
Delightful win over Spurs this past Sunday! Unfortunately, our charity raffle was postponed as yours truly was ill and unable to attend. By all accounts, Maggie’s was a raucous good time! For everyone, except a solitary Tottenham supporter. Sunday, another stern test as Manchester United visits the Emirates. The Reds were responsible for Arsenal’s lastContinue reading “Utd, Raffle Redux Sunday!”
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