Colney Talk Podcast
Colney Talk podcast aims to bring Arsenal fans together with the intent to listen as I discuss weekly games highlighting top 3 players and the "other" player who is called out for lacking or not up to the expected standards of Arsenal's style of play. This byte size podcast hopes to create positive discussion with simple review of players' performance post-match. Take a listen.
Colney Talk Podcast
Matchweek 25: Colney Talk | Leicester City - Arsenal
Arsenal’s 2-0 grind at Leicester - survivalist masterpiece. It was about rewriting the rules of pragmatism under the flickering lights of a faltering conundrum. The crowd didn’t just witness a football match; they saw a team morph into something raw and ruthlessly creative when Plan A dissolved into dust.
Leicester’s barely strangled Arsenal’s attacking veins for 70 minutes - it was self-deficient and we needed a miracle - something. Then came the twist: Mikel Merino, a midfielder by trade, thrown on as a striker. Chaos theory in cleats. His two goals—a poacher’s stab and a predatory redirect—weren’t just goals; they were existential middle fingers to convention. Ethan Nwaneri, meanwhile, played without the comprehension of premier league pressure. Instead he decided “I’ll take it from here.”
The away fans? Architects of this chaos. Their roar after Merino’s second goal didn’t just rattle the King Power Stadium—it shook loose the cobwebs of Arsenal’s hidden talents. Three points earned, not gifted. Not pretty, not polished, but necessary. Sometimes survival is the sharpest form of beauty. Strap in—we have a lot of fight with this team. The fire burns brighter than ever. Stoke it. C'mon Arsenal!