Match reaction : Arsenal 3-1 Roflham Lolspurs

[Marc Overmars]

Maybe so - but I ain't having any argument that it was 'only' Spurs on Sunday. A NLD is a big game. Simple as. And even bigger on Sunday because so much was riding on the game. It is really encouraging that we came through it like that. If we can't put together a decent run now, we never will under arteta.

Of course it’s a big game but it’s a big game we win at home more often than not.

It was a wonderful win but a marker for something greater? I doubt it but of course live in hope.

[IBK]

Of course it’s a big game but it’s a big game we win at home more often than not.

It was a wonderful win but a marker for something greater? I doubt it but of course live in hope.

Yeah I get the circumspection. But I guess if we can't hope then what's the point? I think the difference now is that there's a plan, and now that the manager has his new, predominantly young signings together we can see where we are supposed to be going. That is a key difference fom previously, and it does make a difference. The FA Cup run/win was based on defensive structure and knicking a goal, and even last season our complaint was that we were far too rigid - not enough invention and creativity. Now we are far more balanced than before and that is a better basis for progress. Will we progress the way we want? Who knows? But it does feel a bit more refreshing seeing where the manager wants to go rather than being as confused as the players seemed to be at times last season.

If you want to be glass half full, then if we want to look at 'par for the course' - and we discount the terrible pre Xmas 2020 run as an aberration (it was), we haven't done too badly as a team this calendar year!