16 09, 2025

Does the physical midfield battle against Bilbao mean a shuffle for Arteta?

By |2025-09-16T06:47:19+01:00September 16th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Champions League, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, Tactics|0 Comments

It's Champions League match day one and we find ourselves up against a familiar adversary from the summer friendlies: Athletic Club in Bilbao. In the summer we saw an Arsenal side who swash buckled their way to a comfortable 3-0 victory at The Emirates with Big Vik also getting on the scoresheet in a game [...]

13 09, 2025

Forest are an unknown quantity but Arsenal must start fast

By |2025-09-13T07:48:28+01:00September 13th, 2025|Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Here we are folks. It’s matchday. Like, a proper matchday, not like those fake match days that masquerade as if they’re matvhdays when in fact they’re international breaks. Oh how I have missed them. The nerves, the anticipation, the apprehension…it’s all here. Except…I’m at Heathrow as I type this, about to board a flight to [...]

12 09, 2025

A look behind enemy lines as Arsenal prep for Forest at home

By |2025-09-12T07:46:50+01:00September 12th, 2025|Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference|0 Comments

Morning folks, hope we're all good and looking for to the re-commencement of the proper stuff tomorrow. We had some lovely videos and pictures of the players in training and as usual, as we all did our zooming in to see if there were any players not in the pictures or videos. It looks like a [...]

11 09, 2025

Does Postecoglou’s arrival scupper Arteta’s tactical approach for this weekend?

By |2025-09-11T07:22:48+01:00September 11th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Morning folks and welcome to Thursday. With the international tedium now well behind us in the rear view mirror, thoughts shift back towards the Premier League and a return of an old adversary to The Emirates in 'Big Ange' Postecoglou. His reign at Forest is now underway and, as you'd expect, he's come out in [...]

7 09, 2025

Noni impresses, Eze doesn’t, but that shouldn’t bother Arsenal fans

By |2025-09-07T10:17:15+01:00September 7th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Internationals, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

I watched the WSL opener as I was doing some work in the kitchen yesterday and I have to say, that Olivia Smith lass looks good, doesn't she? That's one heck of a shot she's got on her and if that's the sign of things to come, then Arsenal Women have themselves one heck of [...]

5 09, 2025

What are we going to do about Gabriel Martinelli?

By |2025-09-05T08:05:54+01:00September 5th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Mikel Arteta, premier league|5 Comments

Morning folks, hope we're all good today? I got too focused on Gabriel Jesus' omission from the Champions League squad yesterday to talk about the topic I actually wanted to zoom in on yesterday, but the good thing about international breaks is that there's always tomorrow to be able to spill over one's thoughts. So, [...]

4 09, 2025

Gabriel Jesus’ Champions League omission raises eyebrows

By |2025-09-04T08:31:27+01:00September 4th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Attack, Champions League, injuries|3 Comments

I was thinking about talking about Gabriel Martinelli today, but before I get to that, there was the small matter of the Champions League squads announced yesterday ahead of the group stages and, unlike in previous years, the news was awash with players who had not made the respective squads for their teams. Spare a [...]

3 09, 2025

Arsenal need the best version of Odegaard

By |2025-09-03T07:46:27+01:00September 3rd, 2025|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy hump day people. The only down side to this particular one, is there is an intolerable international break that is getting in the way, with Arsenal not due again out on the green stuff until the Saturday after this one against Forest. I'm still trying to process the summer transfer window though. I'm focusing [...]

30 08, 2025

Keeping everyone happy at Arsenal

By |2025-08-30T07:59:32+01:00August 30th, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Arsenal Manager, Defence, gooners, Gunners, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league, press conference, Transfers|1 Comment

Happy Hincapie Saturday folks! Although Arteta was tight-lipped on that arrival, the Ornbomb has already dropped and it appears we're loan-optioning him for the season and clearly we'll drop the actual cash on Leverkusen's lap in the summer of 2026, which makes sense given that we probably don't have the cash lying around to make [...]

23 08, 2025

Will Leeds really come to play us?

By |2025-08-23T08:19:10+01:00August 23rd, 2025|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|3 Comments

It's match day folks and I've woken up with a bloody trapped nerve at the base of my spine. I hope it isn't a life metaphor for what we'll have to go through today, because it's bloody painful. Hopefully with some exercises and a bit of moving around it'll get freed up a bit. And [...]

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