It’s good to be back! . . . Sort of.

The sun was out, the stadium was roaring, the stage was set, THE ARSENAL WERE BACK! For the first 60 minutes anyway, and then everything seemed to go a bit dead – atmosphere included. Nevertheless, I found it pleasing that despite losing our [former] best player and [former] captain, we looked an unchanged, comfortable and confident side. Something that many didn’t expect, myself included.
The match itself was enjoyable, despite being a 0-0 draw that featured last on BBC’s Match of the Day. We kicked off and from then on we looked pretty good, with the odd defensive lapse of course, one of which forced Szczesny to make a good save. We had a few decent chances in the first half, the best of which fell to Santi Cazorla who fired narrowly wide, however some would argue he should have left it to Podolski who was coming in behind him. But Podo...