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Can Arsenal Win With Lightweights?
We like to hear things that reinforce our opinions. We agree with those that have the same opinions as us and argue against those who have opinions that differ. Of course we do. Why would we not? I have yet to meet someone that thinks their opinion is wrong. If they did they would change […]
Reality Leaves A Lot To The Imagination*
Morning +++’ers and I guess that like me you have been gently turning over last night’s game, like a tumble dryer at a slow speed, little flashes of bright cloth, amid a whirl of rather confused and apparently damp fabric. What of the contest itself? A disturbing first half. Hesitation, nervousness and careless passing from […]
Arsenal Versus Liverpool: Breaking Warren’s Heart
I bumped into Warren on Thursday, I was haggling in a camera shop, he was mooching about town with his daughter. We haven’t seen much of each other lately so we pressed pause in our respective schedules and brought one another up to date. As with most people in these circumstances it wasn’t long before […]
Football’s Habituation Principle
A guest post from @foreverheady On Tuesday night I watched United take on Club Brugge in the Champions League qualifier. I enjoyed the early goal against them, of course I did, but any hopes of further embarrassment were stopped short by an excellent performance form their new player, Memphis Depay. Although the rest of the […]
El Capitan (Translation Provided)
Arsenal El Capitan, Mikel Arteta This is a brief blog about Mikel Arteta. Spain, Rangers, Arsenal – right midfield, central midfield, defensive midfield blah blah. You all know his evolution so I will spare you a history lesson. I believe that Santi performs brilliantly in a role designed for Arteta. It’s more defensive than that […]
Zeros To Heroes in One Week – The Arsenal Story
“The force of habit that is Arsenal football club has been restored.” – Andrew Nicoll There is an unwritten rule at Positively Arsenal that we don’t do tactics, team selections and line-ups. We are kept in line not only by George’s very firm gaze (across land and sea), but, as well, most of us are […]
Arsenal, La force d’habitude
Good evening Positive Ones and we have had a rather good afternoon, those of us who have had the good fortune to see the game from Selhurst Park and later ‘events’, haven’t we? For those like Tim who have responsibilities elsewhere then it is a pleasure to come. Reviewing what for me was the first […]
Arsenal Versus Palace: Enough Is Enough
As Manchester United marches inexorably towards the Premier League title leaving us to wait and hope that Manchester City can beat Chelsea and so keep us in touch with our neighbours and fellow strugglers at the bottom of the table, Arsenal fans are left with one question. Why? Why can’t the stubborn management at our […]
Does Arsenal First Day Loss Put An End To Its Title Ambitions ?
Without confidence you are twice defeated in the race of life. – Marcus Garvey So, in contrast to the pre-game optimism that Arsenal was a sure thing to the title, a metaphysical force which had swept up even of the most virulent doom-mongers such as Pedro of LeGrove and Phil of Angry of N5, in […]
Arsenal Disappoint, To Say The Least.
Great, just great. I suppose when I thought of calling this blog Positively Arsenal I should have considered how difficult that would make days like today. All summer I’ve been looking forward to carrying on where we left off , and within 45 minutes of the start of the new season the rug has been […]
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