Does a Good Pre-season = Good Results?

Arsenal beat money-loaded Manchester City 3-1 yesterday. I didn't watch the match, but the highlights available online made it look as if we played well. A great result just before the start of a season! We didn't have the ideal results in the Emirates Cup but we looked good in our other performances.

Some people think that pre-season results are a good indicator of how well one's club is going to perform in the corresponding season. Let's see how significant they have been for Arsenal over the last 11 years.

Give Me My Invincibles Back! By Matthew Hurlow

Thierry Henry. There. Some of you Gooners can almost taste his delicious volley against Man United, his glorious solo run versus Tottenham or his audacious backheel goal against Charlton in 2004. Try another one. Dennis Bergkamp. Surely the Dutch master’s unbelievable pirouette and calm finish against Newcastle has to go down as the greatest Premier League goal ever?

As I type the names Sol Campbell, Freddie Ljunberg, Robert Pires and Patrick Viera, mouth-watering memories come flooding back. Regrettably, there will probably never be a team like The Invincibles again. But does that mean that their immense talents are lost to Arsenal forever? Is the only thing left to do for the Arsenal media team to have a couple of them round for a nostalgic chat over a cup of tea? Absolutely not!