12 01, 2026

The Martinelli show puts Arsenal through against Pompey

By |2026-01-12T07:40:01+00:00January 12th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Review|0 Comments

I couldn't watch the game yesterday due to family commitments and a birthday celebration for The Management, which meant watching the game on replay and benefiting from knowing the result. It has its upside, in that you feel perfectly calm watching the game unfold, knowing that Arsenal have safely progressed and done so with plenty [...]

11 01, 2026

Wasps, vikings, and the return of Kai: FA Cup striker audition opportunity at Pompey

By |2026-01-11T09:12:21+00:00January 11th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, Match Preview, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

It's FA Cup action today for The Arsenal and after having a wee chuckle at the Tiny Totts (they were terrible in that first half so I'm glad I didn't bother with the second) yesterday evening as I was cooking, Arsenal need to get themselves a win at Fratton Park against Portsmouth. We've all spoken [...]

10 01, 2026

Saka’s signing and big second half of the season needed

By |2026-01-10T09:54:42+00:00January 10th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, contracts, FA Cup, gooners, Gunners, History, Mikel Arteta|0 Comments

Let's start with the lovely ol' news that Bukayo Saka has reportedly agreed a new deal worth around £350k-per-week, depending on who you believe. What great news this is to finish a working week! It was announced yesterday via David Ornstein and a few others that pen had been put to paper on a new [...]

9 01, 2026

Opportunity missed as Arsenal deliver an inhibited second half against Liverpool

By |2026-01-09T08:45:53+00:00January 9th, 2026|analysis, Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, midfield, premier league|2 Comments

That was about as much fun as the weather last night. Arsenal had an opportunity to really lay down a marker against an injury-hit, beleaguered, and not really in form (despite what the ‘unbeaten run will tell you) Liverpool team. And they just didn’t take it. The opportunity was there, and no such marker was [...]

8 01, 2026

Can you grasp the opportunity?

By |2026-01-08T09:26:06+00:00January 8th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, History, Match Preview, midfield, Mikel Arteta, premier league, Tactics|0 Comments

Well now. That was one heck of a successful hate-watch midweek edition, wasn’t it? The Scum lost to a last-gasp winner (and the manager tries everything, including being given an Arsenal cup and told to drink from it because they’ve ’bottled’ some of Mikel Arteta’s tactical ju-ju in there Man United can’t hold off Burnley [...]

7 01, 2026

Gearing up for Liverpool: this won’t be easy despite the pundits predictions

By |2026-01-07T08:15:35+00:00January 7th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, Defence, gooners, Gunners, History, Match Preview, premier league|2 Comments

It's a watching brief for us today and this evening, with our game on tomorrow, but I'd be lying if I said I expected some kind of upset in Manchester. Brighton is a good team; they picked up a win in their last game, but their visits to some of the so-called 'big clubs' of [...]

6 01, 2026

The rarest January ever: Why Arsenal don’t need signings (and I’m loving it)

By |2026-01-06T08:28:44+00:00January 6th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, History, injuries, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

It's day two back in the office for me, and I already feel bloody knackered, so much for the rest and recharging of the Christmas period. I don't know how these footballers do it, you know. Well, I do, because they get lots of sleep, and they also treat their bodies like temples, not waste [...]

5 01, 2026

There are no more Premier League relentless title machine teams: Dropped points are the ‘new normal’

By |2026-01-05T08:39:52+00:00January 5th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Attack, gooners, Gunners, History, premier league|2 Comments

Morning all, and welcome to the first Monday of 2026. From a working point of view, given I took Friday off, it sucks. But from an Arsenal point of view, well, it has been a pretty successful and enjoyable Monday in which to write about the current situation. I'll be honest with you, at the [...]

4 01, 2026

Madueke and Rice shine in Bournemouth victory for The Arsenal

By |2026-01-04T11:29:38+00:00January 4th, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, gooners, Gunners, Match Review, Mikel Arteta, premier league|0 Comments

Happy Sunday boys and girls. We all feeling good about yet another Arsenal win? I know I am. I must admit that on 11 minutes of the game after Gabriel had played the most hospitally of hospital balls across his side of the 18-yard box to gift Evanilson a tap in, I did not have [...]

2 01, 2026

Holding serve: City’s New Year stumble and Arsenal’s chance to strike

By |2026-01-02T08:58:20+00:00January 2nd, 2026|Arsenal, Arsenal FC, Mikel Arteta, premier league|1 Comment

I decided to half-watch the Sunderland v City game on my phone yesterday, whilst rounding off my New Years Eve celebrations with one more night in the Cotswolds and a Thai takeaway, with Crocodile Dundee and then the World's Strongest Man on the TV instead of inflicting my friends on an evening of football. I'm [...]

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