The Unbeaten Season Was Never About the Numbers

The penalty was never really in doubt, not for the eighty-nine minutes before it. Ruud van Nistelrooy placed the ball

14 September 2026

Arteta's Rotation Talk Doesn't Match His Team Sheets

Arsenal were 3-1 up at the Emirates against Tottenham, deep into the kind of afternoon a manager dreams about handing

13 September 2026

Arsenal Keep Reaching Finals and Keep Losing Them

Emirates Stadium, Wednesday 9 September 2026. Napoli sat deep and organised for eighty-odd minutes and gave up nothing until they

12 September 2026

Gyökeres Needs a Job Description, Not a Skill Set

On the last Sunday of July, at the Emirates, Viktor Gyökeres scored a second-half penalty in a game Arsenal lost

11 September 2026

Wenger Survived Two Februaries Before He Won Anything

By the second week of February 1998, Arsenal sat twelve points behind Manchester United at the top of the table,

7 September 2026

Saka's Goal Papers Over a Real Arsenal Problem

Fifty-nine minutes gone at Villa Park on the last Monday of August, and Riccardo Calafiori arrives on the overlap Eze

2 September 2026

Arsenal's Álvarez Fixation Is Solving the Wrong Problem

Atlético Madrid's asking price for Julián Álvarez is €150 million, the same figure Real Madrid had rejected outright

1 September 2026

The Eight O'Clock Verdict On Any Signing Is Weather

The radio in the Bank of Friendship on Blackstock Road was tuned to five different stations by half past six

31 August 2026

Martinelli's Saudi Exit Is a Business Decision Dressed as a Football One

Gabriel Martinelli was not in the squad for the Community Shield win over Manchester City. He was not in it

31 August 2026

Selling Martinelli Was Never a Moral Test

Gabriel Martinelli was not in the squad for the opening day win over Coventry City. A 3-0 stroll that will

30 August 2026