Mesut scores in a 5-2 win at Goodison in October 2017
March 31, 2019 7:07 am
Three Monday night games. Two home games, four aways in the Prem and a Europa quarter final against Napoli. Pretty exciting maybe?
Of the three Monday night games only one is at home, which just so happens to be tomorrow night against Newcastle. On April Fools’ night the UK parliament is going to, yet again, attempt to extract its head from its back passage. Don’t hold out much hope for that, but at least we have a fighting chance of turning Newcastle over!
Next Sunday, March 7th, sees us at Goodison with a 2.05pm kick off. The Toffees are on the up and we’ll need to be better than the chavs were on their recent visit to the wild wastelands of the North West if we want to come away with something.
Mesut scores in a 5-2 win at Goodison in October 2017
We’re back at the Emirates on the 11th for the home tie of the Napoli QF. It’ll be interesting to see Unai’s priorities for each game in this really busy month. At present the League appears our best route to a CL place since we sit in a top 4 place (well we did before the mancs luckily sneaked past Watford yesterday). Juggling both Prem and Europa balls is going to be tricky. One game at a time, I suppose. 🙂
The subsequent EPL game is away to Watford on Monday the 15th April, which does gives us an extra day after the Napoli game to regroup if you were trying to look for the positives of Monday night footie. Watford are a bit up and down but can be a stern proposition at Vicarage Road if it gets buzzing and Deeney puts that hideous mask on again.
Three days later we head to Naples, hopefully to finish off the job we begun in London. This is Arsenal, though, so don’t expect 3-0 at home and a clean sheet away in Italy. We don’t do easy.
The distance to the pitch in Naples will help but it’ll still be a hostile atmosphere
Yet another three day break follows and on the 21st we entertain Crystal Palace at THOF for the 4pm kick off. I’m particularly excited about this one as it’s my next trip to see the boys in the flesh.
Wolves in midweek on the 24th of April will be a tall order after such an intensive series of games, but if we can’t match them under the Molineux floodlights ….. we shall see. For some reason, this fixture seems one of the trickiest of the month, so expect us to cruise it.
April is topped off on the 29th with the third Monday Night Football we’ll have to endure over the next month. Away at Leicester is never easy but it just so happens to be the venue for my favourite away trip fixture of recent years when we beat them 5-3 and the beer was just delicious.
All in all a very busy, very exciting and potentially rewarding month is in store for Unai’s Arsenal. After the arid, uninspiring desert that was the second half of March, it’s going to be a headlong, bumpy sprint riding on the back of a camel desperate to dip its head into the oasis.
Before you go, what do you think the dippers v spuds score might be this afternoon? Take a punt
chas
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Morning and thanks Chas
Can’t find the Pool to thrash ’em button
Cardiff in relegation fighty mode won’t be easy for The Chavs
By mickydidit89 on March 31, 2019 at 7:30 am
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 7:43 am
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 7:51 am
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 7:56 am
You’ve been googling tree guards haven’t you? 🙂
By mickydidit89 on March 31, 2019 at 8:10 am
Cheers Chas
7.43 and not a flinch!
Let’s spring into April and bounce beautifully into May. Baku here we come!
By LBG on March 31, 2019 at 8:21 am
Morning All,
I am taking an Easter break of just 11 days, yet miss 4 games. What a Mons.
By Big Raddy on March 31, 2019 at 9:00 am
Thanks Chas for a good round up of April. The scheduling of games is a nightmare – a barren two weeks followed by a flurry of games WTF – the FA need to get this sorted out.
I think Liverpool will dice the Spuds 3-1.
By GunnerN5 on March 31, 2019 at 11:59 am
Have a super break Raddy, you will be missed.
By GunnerN5 on March 31, 2019 at 12:00 pm
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11680043/arsenal-will-consider-new-contract-for-danny-welbeck-says-unai-emery
By fred1266 on March 31, 2019 at 1:58 pm
If you look at who has ‘liked’ today’s post, this is she.
Russian bot random liking?
Maybe she’s an avid gooner well up for whatever April has in store for us?
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Congrats to the 3 who went ‘dippers by 1 goal’
What a fantastic way to watch a spuds defeat. A late OG. Just beautiful.
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 6:27 pm
Ooooh, own goal in the 89th, that must sting……….
Hehehehe
By LB on March 31, 2019 at 6:32 pm
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 6:33 pm
Haha, LB, you’re as evil as me.
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 6:35 pm
https://twitter.com/bplrealm/status/1112409340697296897?s=21
By Ant on March 31, 2019 at 6:57 pm
https://twitter.com/footyhumour/status/1112409024769810432?s=21
By Ant on March 31, 2019 at 6:58 pm
BREAKING NEWS: Harry Kane claims he got a touch on Jan Vertongen’s own goal, the striker now moves onto 18 goals for the season as he swore on his daughters life
By Ant on March 31, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Really enjoyed the Pool victory. Spurs were much the better team in the second half and still Spursed it up 😀
Shame the officials screwed Cardiff. They should have beaten Chavs and I fully understand Warnock’s ire. VAR would have cost Chelsea 3 points
By Big Raddy on March 31, 2019 at 7:02 pm
Ant 😀
By Big Raddy on March 31, 2019 at 7:03 pm
Snap of the day
By chas on March 31, 2019 at 7:48 pm
pool just got lucky, not only own goal by spuds, but mane was offsides by a mile before and after the cross was made.
Could not happen at a better time for the Arsenal.
The writing on here has been very solid, that two weeks was brutal, but the writers kept up their part of the deal here.
Job well done!!
By Aaron on March 31, 2019 at 9:30 pm
After today’s games 3rd spot is now in our hands.
Assuming we win all of our remaining games the maximum points we can get is 84 while Spurs and United can only get 82 and Chelsea can only manage 81.
By GunnerN5 on March 31, 2019 at 10:06 pm
Kroenke wants to change the Club motto
https://arseblog.news/2019/04/club-motto-set-for-public-vote-as-kse-push-for-change/
By chas on April 1, 2019 at 6:51 am
https://twitter.com/kosiszn/status/1111989849320550401?s=20
By chas on April 1, 2019 at 6:56 am
By chas on April 1, 2019 at 6:58 am
Morning All,
6,58 requires at least a morning.
By Big Raddy on April 1, 2019 at 7:09 am
BR
6.58 may require a morning, but 6.51 requires one second to tell you I will march up and down outside the Emirates for a week to stop this travesty, American mutilation, worst thing to happen since Margaret Thatcher became leader of Tories (worse!), from happening to my/our Club.
Leave us alone you f****** American twat!
By LBG on April 1, 2019 at 7:47 am
LBG. I have a post planned about the Kroenkes
By Big Raddy on April 1, 2019 at 7:52 am
LBG. Remember the date 😀
By Big Raddy on April 1, 2019 at 7:54 am
I fell for it
Change the club’s motto
And then I realised.
Nice one
Eddie McGoldrick………………
By LB on April 1, 2019 at 7:56 am
The game against NU is a golden opportunity for the gunners to put a marker for 3rd/4th.Fluff it and it will be back to square one. There are no easy games in the epl..
Cardiff were made to pay for the errors of the mo. Hopefully the
ref board will take severe action against these guys. The Blue scorer was clearly of . How on earth the lm didn’t flag is a crime.
The gunners have suffered such injustice and its time the FA punish such errant official .
By Wolfgang on April 1, 2019 at 8:17 am
Victory Through Va-Va-Voom 😀
By Big Raddy on April 1, 2019 at 8:18 am
Back from walking the dog, snarling ( me not the dog), planning my banner for tonight……..and…..its not fair on old guys, I could have ” blown up” with rage!
By LBG on April 1, 2019 at 9:09 am
read 6:51 and thought click bait and piss take then realised the date. nice one
By VP on April 1, 2019 at 10:22 am
There is a New and very late Post!
By Big Raddy on April 1, 2019 at 12:08 pm
A win @the Europa
By Football Cable on April 3, 2019 at 3:25 am