What if Arsenal win out…but don’t win the Prem? Are we therefore failures—again?

I don’t want to look past the North London Derby before it’s even been played, but we do have to acknowledge the elephant on the room. We stand a decent chance at winning our remaining matches, finishing on 89 points, and…finishing second to Man City. Would such an outcome amount to failure? Would we have once again bottled our best chance at winning the Prem—on the twentieth anniversary of our last league title, no less? It’s getting hard to resist such conclusions, especially when we consider that we controlled our fate just a few precious weeks ago.

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And, at the end, there were but two left standing…

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We’re through the looking-glass here, people. Liverpool’s dramatic derby drubbing at Goodison Park may have knocked them out of this three-way title-race once and for all—and, even as I type those words, I know full-well just how wary we’ll have to be as we prepare for our own derby this weekend. More on that later. For now, Liverpool’s loss leaves them on outside looking in, needing both us an Man City to drop points. Time grows short. Their list of allies grows thin. We and Man City run neck and neck even as they have the inside track.

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Arsenal send Man City a dramatic signal of intent (by thrashing Chelsea)

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Well, that escalated quickly. After a first half in which it started to feel like it might be one of those nights during which we’d dominate possession, create boatloads of chances, and concede some slapstick goal completely against the run of play, we erupted for four goals inside of 15 minutes, completely eviscerating a Chelsea side that some of the more-naïve among us might just jeopardise our chances at winning the Prem. Along the way, we threw down a gauntlet, daring the Man City monolith to pick it up. Let’s savour the savouries, shall we?

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Various reasons why Arsenal should worry about Chelsea

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While we all know how vital it will be to seize all three against Chelsea on Tuesday, it would be all too easy to write off the clown-car that Boehly has assembled over the last few transfer windows. After all, despite all of that spending, Chelsea languish laughably midtable with only a glimmer of a chance at qualifiyng for a Europa Conference League spot. What’s more, they’ll arrive at the Emirates without the services of close to ten players. What’s to fear? It’ll be a walk in the park, will it not? Not so fast.

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Arsenal should avoid a SHOCK move for Bruno Guimarães

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I’m not sure whether either Arsenal or the player have heard, but the former is apparently linked with a move for the latter. Frankly, if I’m being honest, I want nothing to do with Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimarães even if Newcastle have given him permission to seek a move to a club that’s qualified for next season’s Champions League. The only reason I could think of to justify the move is that he’d longer be able to maim our players during matches. Then again, he might end up doing it during training. Let’s put on some hip-waders and get into the muck…

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