The Lowe-Down

It’s Anfield on Sunday for Arsenal. It’s time. Come on Mikel. Get those speakers out and now all together: “Walk on, walk on….” For its now time to prepare the lads for what’s in store this Sunday. For those of you who might not know what I’m going on about, on the week before a trip to Anfield back in 2021, Mikel Arteta hauled some speakers out onto the training pitch which blurred out the classic “You’ll Never Walk Alone” anthem in order to prepare his men for battle at Anfield. Those who watched the Amazon Prime “All or Nothing” documentary know what happened next. Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal. Four years later and it could be a whole different story. In fact, for Arsenal’s sake, it has to be. It’s a golden opportunity to lay down a marker. And here’s why tomorrow is almost, I said almost, a must win for Arsenal. Firstly, let’s address your concern. A “must-win” in the third week of the season? A must win away at the Premier League champions? Rubbish. And yeah, objectively you’re righ...

  The conundrum Imagine you’re Daniel Levy. First of all you’re accused of running Spurs like a business, which is deemed as a bad thing. Secondly, your “business” is constantly mocked at for not being successful, for not winning major football trophies. Then 21 st May happens and suddenly Spurs are European Champions, winning their first major European trophy. You wake up the next morning, head a little sore from the celebrations of last night, and boom, there’s Jumbo (insert whatever elephant name you fancy) sat in the corner of the room. What the hell to do, with Ange Postecoglou? On the one hand, you look at the extremely poor league form throughout the season and deem that 17th place is absolutely unacceptable for a club of Spurs’ stature, spending power and squad. On the other hand, you smile gleefully as you remember the events of last night (albeit not the dreadful game itself) and note that Ange is the one who made all that happen. The one who promised a trophy in his...