25 01, 2026

Unlocking the block: Control or creativity against United?

By |2026-01-25T07:46:04+00:00January 25th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, History, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Match day folks! And it's time to put everything to one side - the worry of a resurgent United, the fear of a blip after City's win against Wolves, the concern over two goalless draws in the Premier League previously - and get the job done this afternoon. Arsenal go into this one with a [...]

24 01, 2026

Arsenal must rediscover domestic ruthlessness against united tomorrow

By |2026-01-24T11:24:54+00:00January 24th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Howdy folks, from an overcast Sri Lanka in which I’m operating on about two hours sleep, so please bear with me if my usual Arsenal-related rambling is a little more incoherent than usual. We heard from Mikel Arteta yesterday and I guess the first thing to be happy about is that Hincapie and Calafiori are [...]

23 01, 2026

United are the unknown quantity

By |2026-01-23T07:29:49+00:00January 23rd, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

I've been up since some ungodly hour this morning, as the Management and I head off for some winter sun for a couple of weeks, which is great. The missing of The Emirates and at least three home games is a bit of a bummer, but First-World Problems n'that, so I won't look for any sympathy. [...]

22 01, 2026

From Colney to the Côte d’Azur: Nwaneri treads the Saliba path

By |2026-01-22T07:37:15+00:00January 22nd, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Morning campers. Hope we're all good? I was going to start looking ahead to the United game on Sunday, but given Ethan Nwaneri has essentially signed for Marseille on loan for the rest of this season, I figured we need to say something about that. It appears Big Bill Saliba has had his say before departing [...]

21 01, 2026

No treacle, just proper football: Predatory Jesus and the San Siro masterclass for The Arsenal

By |2026-01-21T09:05:51+00:00January 21st, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta|1 Comment

Three goals, three points, an away win to the team currently first in Serie A, doing it with a rotated team, players in attack finding form. What’s not to like about yesterday’s 3-1 win at the San Siro? Before a ball was kicked, yesterday morning and afternoon, I was excited for this game. The reason [...]

19 01, 2026

The Premier League…Nobody said it was easy….

By |2026-01-19T07:39:30+00:00January 19th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league, Unai Emery|0 Comments

I've already spoken about that gnawing frustration I felt after Saturday evening's disappointing 0-0 draw to Forest. I know I am not alone. Even Declan Rice had been snapped mouthing expletives at the final whistle, which I think we can all understand, because that's what a lot of us were feeling at the time. City slip [...]

18 01, 2026

The wrong attacking approach means dropped points for Arsenal against Forest

By |2026-01-18T09:15:09+00:00January 18th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Rant|1 Comment

I have a real sense of gnawing frustration this morning. I watched the United/City game, and I just assumed United would be pants and City cut our lead, not the other way around, so by the time kick off came for our game, I was buzzing. There's nothing like a Sean Dyche mid-block slog-fest to [...]

16 01, 2026

Forest fans not confident ahead of this one, but the Premier League always throws up surprises

By |2026-01-16T08:06:47+00:00January 16th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Happy Friday folks. It's a press conference one today, which means we'll get Arteta and Dyche having their say on the evening kick-off under the lights tomorrow as we travel up to the City Ground. And the nerves are starting to kick in for me, having had a week off and two cup games to [...]

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