7 08, 2023

A nice little cup in the sunshine for The Arsenal

By |2023-08-07T08:08:09+01:00August 7th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning all - how we all doing after yesterday's late Community Shield drama, eh? I thought it was a very interesting display in the end; plenty for us to chew over and whilst it wasn't exactly a barnstorming game, it was a fascinating one that will have had all of the tacticos salivating over two teams [...]

6 08, 2023

A semi competitive game to prep us for the real stuff next week – City in the Community Shield

By |2023-08-05T07:52:06+01:00August 6th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Formation, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season|0 Comments

I'm going to let you 'in behind the curtain' a little here and level with you, these words were written yesterday (Saturday), as I knew that I would be rather hungover and probably in no mood to sit at my computer and tap away at the keyboard for 20 minutes whilst trying to prepare myself [...]

5 08, 2023

Arteta’s pre City comments; the most perfect Balogun ‘clause’ for Inter

By |2023-08-05T07:17:47+01:00August 5th, 2023|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, press conference|0 Comments

I'll be dammed if the cat didn't decide to sit on my chest at 4am this morning and aggressively purr into my face for about 45 minutes. So I'm up at 6.20 to let the little bugger out and I thought I might as well start typing some Arsenal related waffle a little earlier than [...]

30 08, 2020

Arsenal’s little confidence-booster with Community Shield win

By |2020-08-30T10:00:06+01:00August 30th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, Attack, Defence, Match Review, midfield, Mikel Arteta, pre season, soccer, Transfers|0 Comments

We all know it’s a glorified friendly, but yesterday’s penalty shootout victory against Liverpool is still a nice little bonus to start the season and against a team with more prep time and who are clear favourites to win the league again, it was nice to see us competing throughout the game. We were spritely, [...]

29 08, 2020

Arteta and Arsenal’s midfield test at the Community Shield today

By |2020-08-29T08:50:15+01:00August 29th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Defence, FA Cup, friendly, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|1 Comment

Match day for The Arsenal! Alright, it is only the Community Shield and ok, it’s Liverpool. But a match day is a match day and this is one in which I don’t have the usual nerves or fear of what a result will do to our season. That’s because, frankly, it doesn’t matter. As Arteta [...]

28 08, 2020

Has Guendouzi bought a ticket for the Arsenal boat?

By |2020-08-28T07:50:05+01:00August 28th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Arsenal Transfers, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, pre season, Transfers|0 Comments

Morning party people, hope you’re all well and happy Friday to you and yours, which is happy because... FOOTBALL’s BACK TOMORROW! Ok, it’s a friendly and ok, it’s against a Liverpool side who will probably batter us with our midfield. But at least it’s something to talk about and with that we also got Mikel [...]

13 08, 2020

Arsenal’s “creative accounting” on Diawara/Torreira swap

By |2020-08-13T08:19:12+01:00August 13th, 2020|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, finances, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Another day brings with it another set of spurious rumours that Arsenal are linked with, along with a clutch of players that everyone seems to know everything about, which I'll get to in a second. But first, at least we know one fact from yesterday, which is the details of the Community Shield, which takes [...]

7 08, 2017

Morale booster ahead of the real stuff for Arsenal

By |2017-08-07T10:25:48+01:00August 7th, 2017|Arsenal FC, Attack, contracts, Defence, friendly, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Match Review, midfield, pre season|0 Comments

Victory in the 'Jose Treble' cup assured yesterday, our second trophy of pre season and a cast iron GUARANTEE that we will win the league, league cup, FA Cup and Europa League, all without dropping any points or conceding any goals. Or not. Before the game we were all clear that you can't read too [...]

6 08, 2017

Xhaka/Ramsey connection most important for Community Shield

By |2017-08-06T09:47:59+01:00August 6th, 2017|Arsenal FC, Attack, friendly, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, pre season, Tactics|0 Comments

It's Community Shield day today and although I'll be out and unlikely to be able to watch it, I'll be keeping a close eye on the game, because it is the final dress rehearsal before the real stuff next week.  It'll be a tough game today. Chelsea will be ready for us and I am [...]

4 08, 2017

Resolution from Arsenal on Alexis is admirable but foolhardy

By |2017-08-04T08:00:48+01:00August 4th, 2017|Arsenal FC, Arsenal Transfers, Arsene Wenger, Attack, gooners, Gunners, pre season, press conference|0 Comments

Hey folks, hope you're all alreet? I had a charity casino night last night, so a few Sol's and some Chateuneuf du Pape are conspiring to make me feel very old and very tired ahead of a day in the Big Smoke.  Arsenal-wise, however, there is the freshness of a new season upon us and [...]

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